Each year the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosts scholars with established records as well as scholars who have recently received their doctorates as Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Research Associates. Scholars in the James Madison Program pursue their own research and writing, participate in courses, seminars and colloquia, and contribute to the intellectual life of the Department of Politics and Princeton University.

The James Madison Program is pleased to announce its fellows for the 2017-18 academic year:

Adeline Allen, 2017-­18 Visiting Fellow, Assistant Professor of Law, Trinity Law School

Antón Barba-Kay, 2017-­18 Visiting Fellow; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Catholic University of America

Keegan Callanan, 2017-­18 Visiting Fellow; Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College

Allen C. Guelzo, 2017-18 Garwood Visiting Professor and Visiting Fellow; Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director, Civil War Era Studies, Gettysburg College

Boleslaw “Bolek” Z. Kabala, 2017-­18 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate; Ph.D. in Political Science (political theory), Yale University (2016); A.B. in Social Studies, Harvard University; M.A. and M.Phil. in Political Science, Yale University

Thomas W. Merrill, Fall 2017 Visiting Fellow; Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Government, School of Public Affairs, American University

Mark Movsesian, Spring 2018 Visiting Fellow; Frederick A. Whitney Professor of Contract Law and Director of the Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s University

Deborah O’Malley, 2017-­18 Forbes Postdoctoral Research Associate; Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science (American Politics and Constitutional Law), Baylor University; B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science, Ashland University; M.A. in Political Science, Baylor University

Michael Stokes Paulsen, Spring 2018 Visiting Professor in the Department of Politics and Visiting Fellow; Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law

Nathan Pinkoski, 2017-­18 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate; D.Phil. Candidate in Politics (political theory), University of Oxford; B.A., University of Alberta, Canada; M.Phil., Politics, University of Oxford

Andrew Porwancher, Spring 2018 Garwood Visiting Fellow; Assistant Professor of Classics & Letters, University of Oklahoma

Charles Rubin, 2017-­18 Forbes Visiting Fellow; Associate Professor of Political Science, Duquesne University

Matthew Slaboch, 2017-18 Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Ph.D., Political Science, Indiana University, 2016

Carl Trueman, 2017‐18 William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life; Paul Woolley Professor of Church History, Westminster Theological Seminary

David Tubbs, 2017-­18 Ann & Herbert W. Vaughan Visiting Fellow; Associate Professor of Politics, The King’s College, NY

Kevin Vance, 2017-­18 Forbes Postdoctoral Research Associate; Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science (constitutional studies), University of Notre Dame; B.A. in Government, Claremont McKenna College; M.A. in Political Science, University of Notre Dame

John Wilsey, 2017-­18 William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life; Associate Professor of Church History, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary