The James Madison Society is an international community of scholars whose research contributes significantly to civic education in institutions of higher learning. Members of the Society share the belief of James Madison that only a well-instructed people can be permanently free. They also share a commitment to instill within rising generations an appreciation of the common good and the moral foundations of democratic governance. The Society provides a forum through which scholars who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in constitutional law, political thought, and related fields can engage in intensive discussions about their research and teaching.
Board of Consulting Scholars
Hadley P. Arkes
- Edward Ney Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus, Amherst College
- Director, James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights & the American Founding
- 2002-03 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
John M. Finnis
- Biolchini Family Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
- Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy Emeritus, University of Oxford
Mary Ann Glendon
- Learned Hand Professor of Law Emerita, Harvard University
Leon R. Kass
- Addie Clark Harding Professor Emeritus in the Committee on Social Thought and the College, The University of Chicago
- Dean of the Faculty, Shalem College, Jerusalem, Israel
- Madden-Jewett Chair Emeritus, American Enterprise Institute
Harvey C. Mansfield
- William R. Kenan, Jr. Research Professor of Government, Harvard University
- Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Paul R. McHugh
- University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Johns Hopkins University
Gilbert C. Meilaender
- Senior Research Professor, Valparaiso University
David Novak
- J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Professor Emeritus of Religion, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies, and Fellow of St. Michael's College, University of Toronto
- 2005-06 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Daniel N. Robinson ~ d. 2018
- Fellow, Faculty of Philosophy, Adjunct Fellow, Linacre College, University of Oxford
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University
James Q. Wilson ~ d. 2012
- Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
- Former President, American Political Science Association
- Recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom
Members of the James Madison Society
Donatella P. Rinaldi
- Research Assistant in Translational Psychiatry, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, Nottinghamshire NHS Trust, Nottingham University Hospital
- 2011-12 James Madison Program Postdoctoral Research Associate
Veronica Roberts Ogle
- Assistant Professor of Political and Social Thought and the Augustinian Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Vilanova University
- 2014-15 James Madison Program Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate
Daniel N. Robinson ~ d. 2018
- Fellow, Faculty of Philosophy, Adjunct Fellow, Linacre College, University of Oxford
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University
Mitchell Rocklin
- President, Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
- 2018-19 James Madison Program Postdoctoral Research Associate
Charles T. Rubin
- Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Duquesne University
- 2014-15 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Professor and Visiting Fellow
- 2017-18 James Madison Program Forbes Visiting Fellow