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Academic Council

Accomplished university scholars who guide JMC on pressing issues in higher education and expanding our professor network, and who garner public interest through speeches, media, and articles.

Elizabeth Kaufer Busch

Christopher Newport University

Benjamin A. Kleinerman

Baylor University

John Agresto

St. John’s College

Danielle Allen

Harvard University

Richard Avramenko

Arizona State University

Jeremy Bailey

University of Florida

Susan McWilliams Barndt

Pomona College

Matthew Brogdon

Utah Valley University

Paul Carrese, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow for Civic Thought and Leadership

James Ceaser

University of Virginia

Daniel Cullen

Rhodes College

Daniel DiSalvo

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Joshua Dunn

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Justin Dyer

University of Texas at Austin

Allen Guelzo

University of Florida

William Inboden

University of Texas at Austin

Robert Ingram

University of Texas at Austin

Rita Koganzon

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jon K. Lauck

Middle West Review/University of South Dakota

Harvey Mansfield

Harvard University

Wilfred M. McClay

Hillsdale College

Thomas Merrill

American University

Roosevelt Montás

Bard College

Lucas Morel

Washington and Lee University

Vincent Phillip Muñoz

University of Notre Dame

Peter Onuf

University of Virginia

Lorraine Pangle

University of Texas at Austin

Thomas Pangle

University of Texas at Austin

Diana Schaub

Loyola University Maryland

Colleen Sheehan

Arizona State University

Steven Smith

Yale University

J. Walter Sterling

St. John’s College, Santa Fe

James Stoner

Louisiana State University

Benjamin Storey

American Enterprise Institute

Jenna Silber Storey

American Enterprise Institute

Lee Strang

The Ohio State University

Barry Strauss

Cornell University

George Thomas

Claremont McKenna College

Bernhardt Trout

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gregory Weiner

Assumption University

Jonathan W. White

Christopher Newport University

Gordon Wood

Brown University

Jean Yarbrough

Bowdoin College

Michael Zuckert

University of Notre Dame

More from our Academic Council

News

Embracing Civics Can Help Restore Trust in Higher Education

Civics is an antidote to the cynicism that reduces everything to power and to the nihilism that seeks only to subvert and tear down.

By Justin Dyer

The National Review

News

Civic Education Requires Liberal Education

By John Agresto

Civics Alliance

News

Embracing Civics Can Help Restore Trust in Higher Education

By Justin Dyer

The National Review

Interview

An interview with Professor William Inboden

By Elliott Drago

Interview

My Day with Abe Lincoln: an interview with Professor Jonathan White

By Elliott Drago

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