Prior to his position at Brewton-Parker, Cheek was an Associate Professor of Political Science at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Cheek has also served as a congressional aide and as a political consultant.  Dr. Cheek's books include Political Philosophy and Cultural Renewal(Transaction/Rutgers, 2001, with Kathy B. Cheek); Calhoun and Popular Rule, published by the University of Missouri Press (2001; paper edition, 2004); Calhoun: Selected Speeches and Writings (Regnery, 2003); Order and Legitimacy (Transaction/Rutgers, 2004); an edition of Calhoun's A Disquisition on Government (St. Augustine's, 2007); and an critical edition of W. H. Mallock's The Limits of Pure Democracy (Transaction/Rutgers, 2007).  He has also published dozens of scholarly articles in publications like the Journal of Politics, Methodist  History, International Social Science Review, Hebraic Political Studies, and is a regular commentator on American politics.  Dr. Cheek’s current research includes completing an intellectual biography of Francis Graham Wilson, a study of the American Founding, and a book on Patrick Henry's constitutionalism and political theory.   Dr. Cheek is also the Founder and Director of the Wesley Studies Society.   He currently serves on the editorial boards of Humanitas, The Political Science Reviewer, and The University Bookman, as a Senior Fellow of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization, and as a Fellow of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters (elected).  Cheek has been a Fellow of the Wilbur Foundation, the Earhart Foundation, the Center for Judicial Studies, and the Center for International Media Studies. 

Cheek is married to Kathy B. Cheek, a dance instructor and choreographer who currently serves as the Executive Director of Ohoopee Regional Council for the Arts.