Biography Kirstin Anderson is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her interests lie in modern and ancient political thought, specifically in regards to community and local political structures, as well as American political thought and institutions. Kirstin serves as a graduate fellow for the Center for the Study of Liberal …
Biography John Boersma is visiting associate professor at Christendom College. He received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University (2019), writing his dissertation on friendship in ancient political thought. He received his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law (2015) and was a postdoctoral fellow in the CSLD from 2020-2023. His research interests are in …
Biography Philip Bunn received his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (2023) where he won Best Dissertation in Political Theory (2022-23). His research brings both ancient and modern political thought to bear on contemporary issues, with a focus on normative questions relating to technology. His dissertation examined technological threats to liberty through …
Biography Holly was a Ph.D. student in Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She was also a graduate Fellow with the Centre for the Study of Liberal Democracy. Holly’s research explored the political implications of loneliness and alienation in modern liberal societies. Holly received her M.A. in 2020 …
Biography RESEARCH INTERESTS History of Political Thought; Republicanism; Class Conflict; Classical Political Thought; Tocqueville; Jefferson. EDUCATION Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison (2025) B.S. in Political Science & B.A. in Philosophy, University of Houston BIOGRAPHY Phillip Pinell is a Teaching Professor at Florida State University’s Institute for Governance and Civics. His research centers on …
Biography Michael Promisel is Assistant Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America. His teaching and research focus on statesmanship, the virtues, liberal education, and Catholic social thought. Dr. Promisel’s research has appeared in the Review of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Polis: The Journal of Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought, and the Political Science …
Biography Noah Stengl received his Ph.D. from the Political Science Department at UW–Madison, where he served as a graduate fellow at the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy. His research focuses on modern political thought, especially that of Alexis de Tocqueville, and Environmental Political Theory, and he is currently preparing a dissertation on conceptions …