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. 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 & Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion and Philosophy, 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
Christopher R. Green '94
- Professor of Law and Jamie L. Whitten Chair in Law and Government, University of Mississippi School of Law
- Fall 2015 James Madison Program Ann and Herbert W. Vaughan Visiting Fellow
Amanda Greene
- Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 2020-21 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Philip Hamburger '79
- Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Susan E. Hanssen
- Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Dallas
- 2010-11 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Fellow
William Anthony Hay
- Professor of History, Mississippi State University
- 2019-2020 Garwood Visiting Fellow
Sara M. Henary
- Associate Professor of Political Science, Missouri State University
- 2010-11 James Madison Program Olin-Lehrman Postdoctoral Research Associate
Anne Hendershott
- Professor of Sociology and Director of the Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life, Franciscan University of Steubenville
- Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy, The King’s College
- 2004-05 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Heather E. Heying
- 2019-2021 Visiting Fellow
Zena Hitz
- Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis
- 2010-11 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Matthew S. Holland
- President of Utah Valley University (2009-2018)
- 2005-06 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Carson L. Holloway
- Professor of Political Science and Department Chair, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- 2005-06 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Thomas D. Howes
- 2022-23 James Madison Program Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- 2020-21 James Madison Program Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Lecturer in Politics, Princeton University
Nasser Hussain
- 2021-22 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate
Richard A. Izquierdo
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University of Albany, SUNY
- 2012-13 James Madison Program Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate
Boleslaw Z. Kabala
- Assistant Professor of American Politics, Colorado Christian University
- 2017-18 James Madison Program Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate
Christopher Kaczor
- Chair, Department of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University
- 2014-15 James Madison Program William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life
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
Paul E. Kerry
- Associate Professor of History, Brigham Young University
- 2007-08 James Madison Program Ann and Herbert W. Vaughan Visiting Fellow
Ken I. Kersch
- Professor of Political Science, Boston College
- 2001-02 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Charles R. Kesler
- Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College
Sarah Beth V. Kitch
- Associate Director, Civitas Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
- 2016-17 James Madison Program Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University
Harvey Klehr
- Andrew Mellon Professor of Politics and History, Emeritus, Emory University
Benjamin A. Kleinerman
- R.W. Morrison Chair of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Baylor University
- 2011-12 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Fellow
Robert C. Koons
- Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin
- 2014-15 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Peter K. Koritansky
- Professor of Religious Studies, University of Prince Edward Island (Canada)
- 2021-22 John and Daria Barry Visiting Research Scholar
Alan Charles Kors
- Henry Charles Lea Professor Emeritus of History, University of Pennsylvania
Stephen M. Krason
- Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies, Franciscan University of Steubenville
- Co-founder and President, Society of Catholic Social Scientists
Michael I. Krauss
- Professor Emeritus of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
- Spring 2010 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Robert A. L'Arrivee
- Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs, Furman University
- 2019-2020 Associate Research Scholar
Peter Augustine Lawler ~ d. 2017
- Professor of Government and Chair, Government and International Studies, Berry College