Matthew K. Reising received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Baylor University, where he also served as a Predoctoral Teaching Fellow and was the Assistant Director of the Zavala Program for Constitutional Studies. His research examines constitutional government through ancient Greek and Roman political history, medieval political philosophy, and American political thought.

While at the Madison Program, Reising will work on his first book project, which examines Greek and Persian freedom in the political thought of Herodotus. He will also continue research on Plutarch’s conception of virtue and philanthropy as well as a project on the American abolitionist’s pamphlet refutations of John C. Calhoun and George Fitzhugh.

Reising’s work has appeared in the academic journals American Political Thought, Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought, The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Perspectives on Political Science, and as a chapter in the edited volume Constitutionalism and Liberty: Essays in Honor of David K. Nichols (Lexington Books, 2024). His research has won professional awards, including the American Political Science Association’s 2023 Best Article in the Journal of American Political Thought, which was awarded to his paper “James Otis and the Glorious Revolution in America.”