Contributors Page: Symposium Dedicated to Leo Paul de Alvarez

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John Peterson is Manager of Interdisciplinary Programs at the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts at the University of Dallas, where he helps to direct a program for classical school teachers and administrators. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Dallas and his B.A. from St. John’s College in Annapolis. He has previously published on Aristotle in the pages of Ramify (“On Hippodamus: The Classical Critique of Innovation in Aristotle’s Politics,” Ramify 2, no. 1 [2011]: 119–30), and is currently working on developing his doctoral dissertation, “Property and Privacy of Conscience in Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws,” for publication.

Christopher J. Wolfe is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Thomas at Houston. He received his B.A. in political science from the University of Dallas, his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the Claremont Graduate College. Wolfe has published on John Rawls, Alasdair McIntyre, and most recently in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, on John Marshall and Corporate Personhood.

William J. Nunnally is a graduate student at the University of Dallas Studying Political Philosophy. William received an M.A. in Political Science at the University of New Hampshire and a Bachelors in Political Science at Saint Anselm College. He has presented on the politics of Arthurian Legend at Texas Tech University and the University of Western Michigan, and he has presented on Aristotle’s Ethics at the University of Dallas.

Michael Anton is Lecturer in Politics and Research Fellow at Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center in Washington, DC. He is the author of “Of Conquest: An Interpretation of Chapters 3–5 of Machiavelli’s Prince” (Perspectives on Political Science, Volume 38, 2009 — Issue 1), “Socrates as Pickup Artist: An Interpretation of Xenophon’s Memorabilia III 11” (Perspectives on Political Science, Volume 44, 2015 — Issue 1), and “Spiritual Warfare in Machiavelli’s Prince” (Perspectives on Political Science, Volume 46, 2017 — Issue 3).

Kevin Slack is an Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College where he teaches courses on 20th and 21st century political thought, the American founding, late modern political philosophy, and American foreign policy. He received a B.A. in History from Indiana University, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of California-Davis, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Dallas. Dr. Slack has written a book titled Benjamin Franklin, Natural Right, and the Art of Virtue.

Jerome C. Foss is Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the Saint Vincent Center for Catholic Thought and Culture. Dr. Foss earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Dallas in Politics and his master’s and doctorate at Baylor University in Political Science. Dr. Foss has authored two books. Most recently his Flannery O’Connor and the Perils of Governing by Tenderness was published by Lexington Press as part of its Literature and Politics Series. His earlier book is Constitutional Democracy and Judicial Supremacy: John Rawls and the Transformation of American Politics.

Samuel Postell is a graduate student at the University of Dallas pursuing a Ph.D. in political philosophy. He received a B.A. in political science at Ashland University and an M.A. in political philosophy at the University of Dallas. He has a forthcoming book chapter on Henry Clay and the Whig Party.

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