2025 Summer Research Fellows attended a dinner with their faculty sponsors May 6, 2025 at the ĢƵ Inn. (Photo by Andy Daddio)
The Center for Freedom and Western Civilization has announced its Summer Research Fellows for 2025. This year’s fellows were honored at a dinner May 6 at the ĢƵ Inn with their faculty sponsors and members of the External Advisory Board.
2025 James Madison Fellows
Jeremiah Bauer ’26
“Russia’s Patronage of Global Authoritarianism”
Faculty Sponsor: Jessica Graybill, professor of Russian & Eurasian Studies
James Conrad ’25
“The Education of Alexander the Great”
Faculty Sponsor: Daniel Tober, assistant professor of the Classics
Alexander Di Napoli ’26
“Deterrence and Diplomacy: South Korea’s Response to a Nuclear North and a Divided Indo-Pacific”
Valerie Morkevičius, associate professor of political science
Benjamin Haber ’25
“Assessing the Military-Industrial Complex: Do Defense Contracts in Wartime Serve National Security or Business Interests?”
Faculty Sponsor: Ed Fogarty, associate professor of political science
Emma Hanlon ’27
“Rhetoric and Power: Exploring the Expansion of Executive Authority in the Bush and Trump Administrations”
Faculty Sponsor: Annie Benn, assistant professor of political science
MG King ’27
“The Role of Umbrae (ghosts/shades) in Lucan’s Poem on Civil War, Pharsalia”
Faculty Sponsor: Geoffrey Benson, associate professor of the Classics
Jordan Maxham ’26
“Media Ecosystems and the Asymmetric Rise of the Populist Right in Europe”
Faculty Sponsor: Dominika Koter, associate professor of political science
Amy Meng ’26
“A Comparative Study of Reformed, Pentecostal, and Catholic Theologies”
Faculty Sponsor: David Dudrick, George Carleton Jr. Professor of Philosophy
Olivia Pascione ’26
“Freedom vs. Security: Reconciling Civil Liberties and Nuclear Strategies”
Faculty Sponsor: Fred Chernoff, Harvey Picker Chair of International Relations
London Pettibone ’27
“Affective Polarization, Partisanship, and Democracy: The Rising Threat of Lone-Wolf Terrorism”
Faculty Sponsor: Danielle Lupton, associate professor of political science
Peyton Taylor ’27
“Reviving Trust in American Journalism through the Proper Use of Polling”
Faculty Sponsor: Matt Luttig, associate professor of political science
Callen Tortolani ’26
“Environmentalism in the US and Australia: The Role of Constitutional Foundations, Free Enterprise, and Individual Freedom in Shaping and Implementing Environmental Policies”
Faculty Sponsor: Priscilla Van Wynsberghe, associate professor of biology
Alice Walton ’26
“Economic Freedom and Labor Dynamics in Great Britain's Industrial Revolution”
Faculty Sponsor: Chad Sparber, W. Bradford Wiley Chair in International Economics
2025 International Security & Intelligence (ISI) Summer Program Recipients
Sawyer Brown ’25
William Keiser ’27