Fellows

One of the defining characteristics of the Institute is its intellectual community, a rich and dynamic mix of historians, philosophers, sociologists, ethicists, political scientists, theologians, legal scholars, literary critics, and public intellectuals, bringing the perspective and experience of their trades to common questions and problems concerning the late modern world.

  • Fellow Types
Antón Barba-Kay
Fellow
Distinguished Fellow at the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown University
Emma Bedor Hiland
Asociate Fellow
Assistant Professor in the Communication & Media Department at SUNY Oneonta
Asher Biemann
Fellow
Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History
Tal Brewer
Senior Fellow
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia
Ty Buckman
Senior Fellow
Director and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture
Neslihan Cevik
Associate Fellow
Political Science and International Relations at Medipol University in Turkey.
David Ciepley
Fellow
Affiliated Visiting Researcher of Political Science, Uppsala University, Sweden
Robert Cochran
Senior Fellow
Louis D. Brandeis Professor Emeritus of Law at Pepperdine University
Matthew Crawford
Senior Fellow
Author, Philosopher, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture
Joseph Davis
Senior Fellow
Research Professor of Sociology at the Unversity of Virginia
David Decosimo
Fellow
Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeffrey Dill
Fellow
Affiliate Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies in the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University
Ron Dworkin
Associate Fellow
Anesthesiologist and Political Scientist
Azish Filabi
Fellow of Practice
Managing Director, American College Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services; Associate Professor of Business Ethics, Charles Lamont Post Chair of Business Ethics, The American College of Financial Services
Nichole M. Flores
Associate Fellow
Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia
Jenny Geddes
Fellow
Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia
Charles Glenn
Senior Fellow
Professor Emeritus of educational leadership at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Jeff Guhin
Associate Fellow
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles
William Hasselberger
Fellow
Associate Professor in the Institute for Political Studies of the Catholic University of Portugal
Larycia Hawkins
Associate Fellow
Director of the Center for the Study of the Underground Railroad and Professor, Political Science Department, Lincoln University
Howard Henderson
Fellow
Founding Director of the Center for Justice Research and Professor of Justice Administration in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University.
Mark Hoipkemier
Associate Fellow
Assistant Research Professor of Business Ethics and Society
Richard Horner
Senior Fellow
Former Executive Director, Christian Study Center of Gainesville, Florida
Alan Jacobs
Senior Fellow
Jim and Sharon Harrod Endowed Chair of Christian Thought and Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University
Slavica Jakelic
Associate Fellow
Richard P. Baepler Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Christ College, Valparaiso University
Anna Marazuela Kim
Associate Fellow
International Advisor for Culture and Cities, Historian, Researcher and Critic
Krishan Kumar
Fellow
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia
Dmitry Kurakin
Fellow
Modernity Seminar Co-director 2025-2026; Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics
Graham Lea
Fellow
Fellow and Assistant to the Executive Director
T.J. Jackson Lears
Senior Fellow
Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University
Andrew Lynn
Fellow
Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University
Brannon McDaniel
Associate Fellow
Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Richmond
Christina McRorie
Associate Fellow
Associate Professor of Moral Theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Stephanie Muravchik
Associate Fellow
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College
Bahiyyah Muhammad
Fellow
Associate Professor of Criminology in the Department of Sociology at Howard University
Justin Mutter
Fellow
Ward K. Ensminger Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of Virginia
Ekaterina Makarova
Fellow
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Sociology