The James Madison Program Announces 2025-26 Fellows

The James Madison Program is pleased to announce its fellows for the 2025-26 academic year:

Sarah Byers, 2025-26 Visiting Fellow; Associate Professor (with tenure), Philosophy Department, Boston College

Connor M. Ewing, 2025-26 Visiting Fellow; Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science; Fellow, Trinity College; Cross-Appointment, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Michael C. Hawley, 2025-26 Visiting Fellow; Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Civic Life and Leadership, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Thomas W. Holman, 2025-26 John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Ph.D. in Political Theory, The Catholic University of America

Sophie Pangle, 2025-26 John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Ph.D. candidate in Government, Harvard University

David Franco Futscher Pereira, 2025-26 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate; Ph.D. Candidate in Political Theory and the History of Political Thought, University of Texas at Austin

Mary Jane Porzenheim, 2025-26 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate; Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science, Boston College

Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco, 2025-26 Visiting Fellow; Chair in Moral and Political Philosophy (Jurisprudence), School of Law, University of Surrey, UK

Thomas Schmidt, 2025-26 Visiting Fellow; Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Fairfield University

Wan Ning Seah, 2025-26 John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Ph.D. candidate in Political Science, Duke University

John Tasioulas, Spring 2026 Visiting Fellow; Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy; Director, Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford

Avery Williams, 2025-26 John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Ph.D. in Political Theory, University of Texas at Austin