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 Colgate 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