Bradley J. Birzer

Bradley J. Birzer Bradley J. Birzer is well known through his magisterial biography, Russell Kirk: American Conservative. As a result of that terrific book and his years of writing, especially as the co-founder and senior contributor of The Imaginative Conservative,...

DAVID HEIN, M.A., PH.D.

DAVID HEIN, M.A., PH.D. David Hein is Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal.He is a trustee of Saint James School (Hagerstown, MD), a trustee of the George C. Marshall Foundation (Lexington, VA), and a former trustee of his alma...

Michael Federici

Michael Federici Michael Federici is Professor of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University and chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations. He served on the faculty at Mercyhurst University from August 1993-May 2017 (seven...

Gary L. Gregg, Ph.D.

Gary L. Gregg, Ph.D. Gary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville where he also holds the Mitch McConnell Chair in Leadership. A former National Director of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, he has served on the Editorial...

Dr. Jeffrey Polet

Dr. Jeffrey Polet Jeff Polet is Director of the Ford Leadership Forum at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. Previously he was a Professor of Political Science at Hope College, and before that at Malone College in Canton, OH. A native of West Michigan, he...

James E. Person Jr.

James E. Person Jr. James E. Person Jr. is a writer, editor, and lecturer who has been involved with the activities of the Kirk Center since its founding in 1995. He was named a Senior Fellow in 2011. A graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of...