Senior Director of Individual Giving, American Enterprise Institute
Faculty Affiliate, Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University
Fellow, Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics, Boston College
Research Professor, University of Virginia, 2024-2026
Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, 2016-2024
Fellow in Late Antiquity, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University, 2011-2021
Program Director,
Kern Family Foundation, 2008-2016
Director of Education Policy, Mackinac Center, 2005-2008
Recent Publications
“Cicero’s Unsentimental Education,” The Hedgehog Review, Spring 2026 (PDF)
“On the Promotion of Human Flourishing in Education,” British Journal of Educational Studies 73(5), 615-635. (Video explanations)
Recent Media
Resources
Download “Character Formation as Cultural Strategy” Keynote (January 2026)
Download Working Paper: “Aristotle’s Moral Ecology” (January 2026)
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