Alliance for Civics in the Academy

Abolafia, Jacob* | Bar Ilan University, Israel

Allen, Danielle* | Harvard University, Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation

Almeida Nevin, Stephanie* | Yale University, Citizens Thinkers Writers

Antepli, Abdullah* | Duke University

Abdullah Antepli is the Director of Polis: Center for Politics and the Civil Discourse Project and an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy and of Interfaith Relations in the Divinity School. A globally recognized leader in interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue, he is a Muslim-American imam and scholar of faith, ethics, and public policy who brings rich intellectual, ethnic, and cultural diversity to academia.

Anthony Chen, Collin* | Stanford University, Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Program, McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society

Collin Anthony Chen is a political philosopher by training who directs programs and fellowships for students centered around civil disagreement and dialogue at Stanford's Center for Ethics in Society.

Arcenas, Scott* | University of Montana

Arthur-Montagne, Jacqueline* | University of Virginia, Karsh Institute of Democracy
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Jackie Arthur-Montagne is a Classics professor and core faculty member of the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia. She is currently researching how the history of Classical Greece and Athenian democracy was taught in post-democratic contexts of the Roman Empire, and she routinely teaches a role-immersion and debate-centered course on fifth century BCE Athens.

Atkins, Jed* | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Avramenko, Richard* | Arizona State University

Bagg, Sam* | University of South Carolina

Bailey, Jeremy* | University of Oklahoma, Institute for American Constitutional Heritage

Jeremy D. Bailey is Professor of Humanities at the Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. His teaching and research interests include the political thought of the American founding and early republic, as well as constitutional controversies concerning executive power.

Balot, Ryan* | University of Toronto

Ryan Balot is Professor of Political Science and Classics at the University of Toronto. He regularly teaches the history of political thought, with a focus on citizenship, civic education, and the political virtues.

Barma, Naazneen* | University of Denver, Scrivner Institute of Public Policy

Bartsch, Shadi* | University of Chicago

Bednar, Jenna* | University of Michigan

Beerbohm, Eric* | Harvard University, Edmond & Lily Center for Ethics

Beienburg, Sean* | Arizona State University

Sean Beienburg is an associate professor in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, where he focuses on American constitutional development and helped design SCETL's course offerings that meet the state's American Institutions general education civics requirement. At SCETL he has served as the Director of its Center for American Civics, which is SCETL's outreach arm focusing on developing k-12 and citizen-focused curricular materials as well as undertaking teaching trainings on American constitutionalism, all of which can be found at civics.asu.edu.

Bendor, Jonathan* | Stanford Graduate School of Business

Berkowitz, Peter* | Stanford University

Binder, Amy* | Johns Hopkins University, SNF Agora Institute

Amy J. Binder is SNF Agora Professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University. She studies education from a political, organizational, and cultural perspective, with a particular focus on how universities influence students’ political and career pathways.

Bowman, Matt* | Zephyr Institute

Matt Bowman runs the Zephyr Institute, which offers programming at the intersection of philosophy and current events, and supports civics education initiatives within Stanford University. Prior to founding Zephyr, Matt cofounded EdSurge, a news source for education technology, and worked in various innovative inner-city education programs.

Boyagoda, Randy* | University of Toronto, Civil Discourse Project

Brogdon, Matthew* | Utah Valley University, Center for Constitutional Studies

Bullock, Graham* | Davidson College, Deliberative Citizenship Initiative

Graham Bullock is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Faculty Director of the Deliberative Citizenship Initiative (DCI) at Davidson College. He teaches courses on American politics, environmental politics, citizenship, and leadership, and leads the DCI’s efforts to create spaces for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members to engage with each other on contentious issues facing society both inside and outside the classroom. 

Burns, Daniel* | University of Dallas

Burns, Jennifer* | Stanford University

Burton, Robert* | Utah Valley University, Civic Thought and Leadership Initiative
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Busch, Elizabeth* | Christopher Newport University

Campa, Naomi* | The University of Texas at Austin

Naomi T. Campa is an assistant professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. An intellectual historian and political theorist, she studies and teaches on the development of “big ideas” in classical Greece, such as freedom, citizenship, and migration, and on the consequences those ideas had on real people. 

Campbell, David* | University of Notre Dame, Democracy Initiative

David Campbell is the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame, and the director of the Notre Dame Democracy Initiative. His research has focused on civic engagement, including how education and religion shape civil society. At Notre Dame, he  developed the lecture Keeping The Republic and teaches Religion In American Politics; his most recent book is See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People.

Canes-Wrone, Brandice* | Stanford University; Center for Revitalizing American Institutions at the Hoover Institution

Carnes, Mark* | Barnard College

Carpenter, Daniel | Harvard University, Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS)
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Carrell, Scott |  University of Texas at Austin, School of Civic Leadership

Scott Carrell is EAC Chair of Economics and the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a labor economist who specializes in the economics of higher education, particularly college access and persistence. He has ongoing work examining the impact of civic education on the civic engagement of high school students.

Carrese, Paul* | Arizona State University

Professor and founding Director of the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University; now also Senior Fellow for Civic Thought and Leadership, Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles & History. Charter member of new American Political Science Association standing Committee on Civic Education; Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution Center for Revitalizing American Institutions, 2025; co-author of Educating for American Democracy report (2021) on K-12 civics; civilian professor at U.S. Air Force Academy, 1998-2016.

Clark, Mary* | University of Denver

<Conti, Greg* | Princeton University

Gregory Conti is associate professor of politics at Princeton University. He is a political theorist and historian of political thought, and a contributor to various public-facing outlets.

Coyne, Bryan* | Stanford University, Stanford Civics Initiative

Crane, David | Grand Valley State University

Culp, Jonathan | University of Toledo, Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership

Decosimo, David* | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Duff, Alexander | University of Austin at Texas, School of Civic Leadership

Dunn, Joshua* | University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Institute of American Civics

Dyer, Justin* | University of Texas at Austin

Justin Dyer is dean of the School of Civic Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin. He writes and teaches in the fields of American political thought, jurisprudence and constitutionalism, with an emphasis on the perennial philosophical tradition of natural law.

Edelstein, Dan* | Stanford University, Stanford Introductory Studies

Englert, Gianna* | University of Florida, Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education

Gianna Englert is an Associate Professor in the Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida, where she teaches courses in PPE + Law and the Great Books. Gianna's research is in the history of liberal democracy, with a particular focus on citizenship and political membership.

Etchemendy, John* | Stanford University

Evrigenis, Ionnis | Claremont McKenna College

Farrell, Henry* | John Hopkins University, SNF Agora Institute

Finn, Chester E., Jr.* | Fordham Institute and Hoover Institution

Forsdyke, Sara* | University of Michigan

Foster, Luke* | Hillsdale College

Frankel, Steven | Xavier University, Stephen S. Smith Center

Steven Frankel is a professor of philosophy and the executive director of the Stephen S. Smith Center at Xavier University.  He also directs the Smith Scholars honors program which focuses on political economy.  His most recent book, Commerce and Character, explores some of the most important minds behind the new political economy of the American Founding.

Garsten, Bryan* | Yale University

George, Robert* | Princeton University

Gienapp, Jonathan* | Stanford University

Gilhooley, Simon* | Bard College

Gismondi, Adam* | Harvard Graduate School of Education, Democratic Knowledge Project
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Gonzalez, Michael* | University of Toledo, Ohio, The Institute of American Constitutional Thought & Leadership
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Gordon, Daniel | University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Daniel Gordon, a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was a founding faculty member of the Commonwealth Honors College, for which he designed the required first-year seminar, "Ideas that Changed the World." The course introduces students to fundamental texts and questions in ethics and politics. 

Gordon, Deborah* | Stanford University, Department of Biology

Deborah M. Gordon is a professor in Biology at Stanford whose research is on collective behavior, in ants and other natural systems. Unlike ants, people need some understanding of their civic life to participate effectively, and she is interested in how our teaching could include the basic biology underlying  issues related to climate, biodiversity, public health and food security.

Green, Jeff* | University of Pennsylvania

Jeffrey Edward Green is Professor of Political Science and Andrea Mitchell Endowed Director of the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently working on a book project on civics education. His previous books include: The Eyes of the People: Democracy in an Age of Spectatorship, The Shadow of Unfairness: A Plebeian Theory of Liberal Democracy, and Bob Dylan: Prophet Without God.

Green, Kenneth | University of Toronto
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Ha, Polly* | Duke University

Hay, William Anthony* | Arizona State University, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership

Hankins, James* | Harvard University

Hitz, Zena* | Saint John's College

Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis and founder and president of the Catherine Project, an open online community for the study of great books.  She is the author of Lost In Thought:  The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life (2020).

Hoekstra, Kinch* | University of California, Berkeley

Igo, Sarah* | Vanderbilt University; Dialogue Vanderbilt, Open Dialogue Fellows Program, A&S College Core

Inboden, William* | University of Florida, Alexander Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education

Ingram, Jill* | University of Florida, Hamilton Center

Jiang, Dongxian* | Fordham University

Dongxian Jiang is a normative political theorist and intellectual historian specializing in comparative political theory and the history of Asian, Chinese, and Confucian political thought, with a particular interest in the defenses and critiques of democracy in the Chinese context. His teaching in these areas aims to offer students a global perspective on fundamental political concepts and pressing normative issues.

Katz, Vikki* | Chapman University, Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Free Speech

Keilson, Ana* | Gull Island Institute
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The Gull Island Institute was founded in 2022 with a mission is to cultivate democratic citizenship and reinvent liberal arts learning for an age of climate change. Featuring a three “pillared” approach to education through rigorous academics, physical labor, and student self-governance, we run tuition-free programs on remote islands off Cape Cod and in partnership with public and private universities, colleges, and Community Colleges nationwide.

Kimbrough, Erik* | Chapman University

Klingele, Cecelia | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy

Kloos, Karina* | Stanford University, ePluribus Stanford

Knibbenberg, Joseph | Oglethorpe University

Knight, Jack* | Duke University

Knippenberg, Joseph | Oglethorpe University

Kochin, Michael | Tel Aviv University

Kotkin, Stephen* | Hoover Institution, Hoover History Lab

Kumar, Aishwary* | California State Polytechnic University, The Democracy Institute; The GIFT Project; Ahimsa Center

Lamb, Michael* | Wake Forest University, Program for Leadership and Character

Landauer, Matthew* | University of Chicago

Lane, Melissa* | Princeton University
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Levine, Peter* | Tufts University

In the domain of civic education, Levine was a co-organizer and co-author of The Civic Mission of Schools (2003), The College, Career & Citizenship Framework for State Social Studies Standards (2013) and The Educating for American Democracy Roadmap (2021). He helped to found and then led CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

Levy, Jacob* | McGill University

Jacob T. Levy is the Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory and associated faculty in the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. He is the founder and coordinator of McGill's Research Group on Constitutional Studies, whose Charles Taylor Student Fellowship is devoted to an intensive non-credit yearlong reading group of major works in the history of political, moral, and social thought.

Lewis, Verlan | Utah Valley University; Jack Miller Center

Verlan Lewis is the Stirling Professor of Constitutional Studies at UVU, where he researches, teaches, and writes about American political thought and institutions. His recent co-authored book, The Myth of Left and Right, shows how the familiar left-right political spectrum harms America by undermining civil discourse and constitutional government in the United States.

Liu, Glory* | Johns Hopkins University

Glory M. Liu is a political theorist at Johns Hopkins’ Center for Economy and Society at the SNF Agora Institute. Her research focuses on the history of political and economic thought. She currently teaches a course, “Social Theories of the Economy,” which aims to situate theories of economic life in broader debates about modernity, markets, and democracy. 

Livingstone, David* | Vancouver Island University

Lombardini, John* | College of William & Mary

Longo, Nick* | Providence College

Nicholas Longo is chair and professor of Global Studies and co-director of the Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy Lab at Providence College. He focuses on creating spaces for young people to practice democracy and welcomes the chance to collaborate on educating the next generation of democratic citizens.

Ly, Minh* | University of Vermont

Ma, John* | Columbia University

Macedo, Stephen* | Princeton University

Mackil, Emily* | University of California, Berkeley

Maymí-Sugrañes, Hector | Western Illinois University
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McConnell, Michael* | Stanford Law School

McConnell teaches courses on constitutional law and constitutional history, including courses cross-listed with the history and political science departments and open to undergraduates. 

McCormick, John* | University of Chicago, Program in Law, Letters, and Society
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John P. McCormick gives annual lectures on the writings and careers of Niccolò Machiavelli and Saul Alinsky in the University of Chicago's Civic Leadership Academy, a program for Chicago area municipal officials and community organizers.

McDavid, Brennan* | Chapman University, Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy
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McQueen, Alison* | Stanford University

Alison McQueen is a political theorist and historian of political thought whose work explores themes of religion, catastrophe, and treason in the history of political ideas. She teaches courses on modern Western political thought, political freedom, and citizenship. Through close engagement with canonical texts, McQueen encourages students to practice interpretive charity, wrestle with conflicting perspectives, and reflect critically on their own political beliefs. 

Meredith, Thomas | Santa Clara University

Thomas Meredith is a Lecturer in Political Science at Santa Clara University, specializing in political philosophy with teaching interests in American Political Thought and Civic Constitutionalism. He is currently organizing "Reclaiming the Declaration: Civic Renewal in the 21st Century," a speaker series focused on rethinking democratic citizenship and renewing civic life and institutions.

Merrill, Thomas* | American University, The Civic Life and Lincoln Scholars

Molle, Andrea* | Chapman University

Morgan, Demetri* | University of Michigan

Demetri L. Morgan is an Associate Professor at the Marsal Family School of Education at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on how higher education institutions can enhance democracy by fostering student political engagement and promoting effective governance practices within colleges and universities.

Morison, Melissa | Grand Valley State University

Moshier, Drew* | Chapman University

Moyar, Dean* | Johns Hopkins University

Muirhead, Russell* | Dartmouth College

Nahoe, Francisco | Zaytuna College

Fr Francisco Nahoe OFMConv is Franciscan friar and a Catholic priest. He teaches the Trivium Seminars in Grammar and Rhetoric, and seminars in Politics and Principles of Democracy at Zaytuna College, a Muslim Great Books institution in Berkeley.

Newell, Waller* | Carleton University, College of the Humanities
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Waller R. Newell is Professor of Political Science, Philosophy and Humanities at Carleton University, where he co-founded the College of the Humanities, Canada’s only four-year B.A. in the Great Books.  His teaching and research focus on the history of political ideas, with a special emphasis on the history of liberal education from ancient to modern times, the meaning of manly virtue and great political leadership.  He is currently writing a book for Cambridge University Press on the modern project for the conquest of nature.

Nordenson, Guy* | Princeton University
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Ober, Josiah* | Stanford University, Stanford Civics Initiative

Josiah Ober is the Director of the Stanford Civics Initiative and chairs the Executive Committee of the ACA. His scholarship and teaching focuses on political theory and practice, ancient and modern. 

Oshatz, Molly | Zephyr Institute
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Through the Zephyr Institute, Molly runs summer camps for high school juniors and seniors and college freshmen on topics including political philosophy and ethics, all of which promote civil discourse and an attention to first principles.

Owens, Ryan* | Florida State University, Florida Institute for Governance and Civics

Ryan Owens is the Director of the Institute for Governance and Civics. Through research, teaching, and programming, the Institute aims to be the nation's premier policy institute in preparing students to be responsible leaders and effective citizens.