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
Benjamin A. Kleinerman
- R.W. Morrison Chair of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Baylor University
- 2011-12 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Fellow
Stefan Kolev
- Academic Director of the Ludwig Erhard Forum for Economy and Society, Berlin
- Professor of Economics at University of Applied Sciences Zwickau
- 2022-23 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
Steven J. Lenzner
- Research Fellow in Political Philosophy, Henry Salvatori Center, Claremont McKenna College
- 2003-04 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Yuval Levin
- Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, American Enterprise Institute
- Editor, National Affairs
Alan M. Levine
- Associate Professor of Government and Founding Director of the Political Theory Institute, American University
- 2006-07 James Madison Program John M. Olin Visiting Fellow
Andrew R. Lewis
- Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati
- 2011-12 James Madison Program Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate
Theresa MacArt (Smart)
- Assistant Professor, Politics and Public Service, Holy Cross College (Notre Dame)
- 2018-19 James Madison Program Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate
Adam J. MacLeod
- Professor of Law, St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX
- 2012-13 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Daniel J. Mahoney
- Senior Writer, Law & Liberty
- Professor Emeritus, Assumption University
- 2020-21 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Fellow
Joyce L. Malcolm
- Professor Emerita of Law, Antonin Scalia School of Law, George Mason University
- 2003-04 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Earl Maltz
- Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden
- 2014-15 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Fellow
Harvey C. Mansfield
- William R. Kenan, Jr. Research Professor of Government, Harvard University
- Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Daniel Mark '03 *13
- Assistant Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
- 2015-16 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Ted V. McAllister ~ d. 2023
- 2012-13 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Catherine M.A. McCauliff
- Professor Emerita of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law
- 2005-06 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Wilfred M. McClay
- Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization, Hillsdale College
Angus McClellan
- 2021-2022 Garwood Postdoctoral Research Associate
Gary L. McDowell ~ d. 2021
- Tyler Haynes Interdisciplinary Chair in Leadership Studies, Political Science, and Law, University of Richmond
Paul R. McHugh
- University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Johns Hopkins University
Bronwen C. McShea
- Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Augustine Institute Graduate School
- Advisory Editor, Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu
- 2018-20 James Madison Program Associate Research Scholar
Lawrence M. Mead
- Professor of Politics and Public Policy, New York University
- 2001-02 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow
Gilbert C. Meilaender
- Senior Research Professor, Valparaiso University
Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo
- Associate Professor in Political Science, Texas State University
- 2013-14 James Madison Program Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate