Residential Fellowship Program

A Unique Educational Opportunity The Kirk Center’s Residential Fellows Program affords students and scholars the ideal conditions in which they can conduct important research and writing. Fellows write books, essays, reviews, and theses while staying at Piety...

Contact Us

Address The Russell Kirk Center P.O. Box 4 Mecosta, MI 49332 for The University Bookman, see this page. Telephone 231-972-5590 Facsimile 231-972-8078 E-mail {encode=”info@kirkcenter.org” title=”General information”}...

Senior Fellows

Ian Crowe, M.A. (Oxon), M. Litt, Ph.D. Director, The Edmund Burke Society of America Bruce P. Frohnen, J.D., Ph.D. Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University College of Law Vigen Guroian, Ph.D. Professor of Religious Studies (Eastern Christianity), University of...

Jeffrey O. Nelson

Jeff Nelson co-founded the Kirk Center with Annette Kirk and is currently Vice Chairman of the Center’s Board of Trustees. He served in 1986 and again in 1989 as Dr. Kirk’s personal assistant. Dr. Nelson is Executive Vice President of the Intercollegiate Studies...

Board and Staff

Staff Annette Y. Kirk, Co-Founder and President Dr. Jeffrey O. Nelson, Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman Cecilia Kirk Nelson, Publications Manager Peter L. Edman, Webmaster Charles C. Brown, Archivist Board of Directors Hon. Joanne Emmons, former Michigan State Senator...