Dr. Virginia Armstrong, has had a distinguished academic
career, currently holding the title of Senior Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and
Political Science at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She now devotes
her attention to the Eagle Forum's Court Watch Project of which she is the National
Chairman and to the Blackstone Institute, which she founded. Dr. Armstrong also
founded HSU's Legal Studies Program and the Texas Undergraduate Moot Court
Association and served as the first Chairman of each organization.
A high school and university honor graduate, Dr. Armstrong holds the Ph.D. in
political science and public law. The Eagle Forum has twice granted her its National
Service Award "with appreciation for your dedicated work for God, home, and
country." She received the Liberty Bell Award from the Abilene, Texas, Young
Lawyers Association and was a finalist for the Texas Liberty Bell Award, given "to
an outstanding nonlawyer for efforts in his/her community to strengthen the American
system of justice." She has been listed in several honor publications, including
Outstanding Young Women of America, Outstanding Educators of America,
and Who's Who Among America's Teachers (joining only 1% of America's
educators to be listed in consecutive editions of this publication, whose honorees are
selected by outstanding students for "making a significant impact and difference in
students' lives"). Her students have described her as "an intellectual Rambo."
Dr. Armstrong has written and spoken widely on legal and constitutional topics and
Christian apologetics. Her publications include The Christian World View of Law
and Courting Justice: A Guide to Judicial Reform. She has authored other works
for a variety of organizations, including the American Family Association, the
Christian Legal Society, the Simon Greenleaf School of Law (now the Trinity Law
School), the South Texas Law Review, the Eagle Forum, Probe Ministries, the
Northeastern Political Science Association, the Western Political Science
Association, and the Southwest Political Science Association. Additionally, she has
drafted many of the cases which are argued in undergraduate moot court
competitions across Texas.
On their furloughs from the Culture War, Dr. Armstrong and her husband, Gerry, a
college administrator, enjoy music, reading, horseback riding, hiking, water skiing,
and snowshoeing. They are active in the Abilene Bible Church, where they serve as church pianist and organist.
