Undergraduate Fellow Thomas Emens ‘25 has received the Donald B. Marron Award for Best Historical Analysis, from the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC), for his research paper, “Lincoln and Congress: Preserving the American Experiment and Lessons for Modernity.” Emens…

Shilo Brooks, Executive Director of the James Madison Program, has been selected to receive the 2025 Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award, one of the highest teaching awards at Princeton University.

In 2004, Princeton University's chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society established a tradition of honoring two members of the faculty by…

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…

James Madison Program Undergraduate Fellows Osamede Ogbomo ‘25 and Matthew X. Wilson ’24 have received the 2025 John and Daria Barry Scholarship for study at the University of Oxford.

The Barry Scholarship began in 2019 and is awarded to the leading students of the U.S. in recognition of their dedication to the pursuit of truth.

On Saturday, March 22, 2025, our very own Allen C. Guelzo was recognized at the 28th Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium in Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. for winning the institute's annual book prize. Dr. Guelzo received the prize for his 2024 book,…

Undergraduate Fellow Celine Ho '25 has been awarded a ReachOut 56-81-06 Fellowship. ReachOut 56-81-06 is an alumni-funded effort that supports senior students to complete a public service project of their own design during the year after graduation.

Ho, an ecology and evolutionary biology major, was born in Toronto and raised in the…

We at the James Madison Program are very pleased to announce that Joshua Yang ‘25, one of our exemplary Undergraduate Fellows, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. According to the award announcement, the scholarship recognizes U.S. students for ”outstanding academic achievement” and “social leadership,” and covers the…

We at the James Madison Program are very pleased to announce that Avi Attar '25, one of our superb Undergraduate Fellows, has been named a co-winner of Princeton University's 2025 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize. Established in 1921, the Pyne Prize is awarded to the senior "who has most clearly manifested excellent scholarship,…

Undergraduate Fellow Nolan Musslewhite '25 has been named a 2025 Marshall Scholar to pursue two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom.

The Marshall Scholarship allows “intellectually distinguished young Americans, their country’s future leaders” to study at the U.K. institution of their choice, according to the…

The Serena Medal is presented annually to individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing the study of Italian history, philosophy, music, literature, art, or economics.

In 2024, Professor James Hankins FBA has been honored with the Serena Medal in recognition of his extensive and distinguished…

Professor George writes for the Foundation Against Racism and Intolerance (FAIR), offering insightful views on an examined life. You can find the article here. 

On September 1, 2024, Bradford Wilson, our former Executive Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, will begin his one-year appointment as the first James Wilson Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Civic Thought at Utah Valley University’s Center for Constitutional Studies (UVU). He will also teach a one-week…

Undergraduate Fellow Matthew Wilson '24 has been awarded the Stephen Whelan '68 Senior Thesis Prize for Excellence in Constitutional Law and Political Thought for his thesis: "In Defense of Faithful Reasons: Challenges to Contemporary Theories of Public Justification.”

The Stephen Whelan '68 Senior Thesis Prize for Excellence in…

Our Outgoing Executive Director Bradford Wilson has been sworn in to the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, which was established by Congress in 1986 to improve teaching about the United States Constitution in secondary schools. Members of the Board of…

Undergraduate Fellow Shane Patrick '24 has been awarded the John and Daria Barry Scholarship for study at the University of Oxford. The scholarship provides full funding for a minimum of two years of study, including full tuition, a generous living stipend, and…