McConnell Center Podcast

McConnell Center welcomes Professor Jeffery Pojanowski to discuss Constitutional Interpretation and the Classical Legal Tradition.

Jeff Pojanowski joined the faculty and community of Notre Dame Law School in 2010 and was promoted to full professor in 2015. He teaches and writes in the areas of administrative law, jurisprudence, legal interpretation, and torts. He has published work in the Georgetown Law Journal, Harvard Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal, among other publications. He serves as co-editor of The American Journal of Jurisprudence.

Pojanowski earned his A.B. in Public Policy with highest honors from Princeton University and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2004, where he was Articles Co-Chair for the Harvard Law Review. After law school, he served as a law clerk to then-Judge John Roberts on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and then to Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States. He then practiced law with Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in appellate litigation and administrative-law matters.

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McConnell Center welcomes Dr. David Campbell to discuss Religious Backlash - How Politics Pushes Americans Away from Religion.

David Campbell is the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on civic and political engagement, with particular attention to religion and young people. His most recent book is Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics (with Geoff Layman and John Green), which received the Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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McConnell Center welcomes Dr. Eric McDaniel to discuss The Continuing Crusade: American Religious Exceptionalism and the Future of American Politics.

Professor McDaniel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and the co-director of the Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab at the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts. His research examines how the intersection of race and religion influence the American political landscape. His book, Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches, provides an explanation for why some Black churches choose to engage the political world while others do not. His most recent book, The Everyday Crusade: Christian Nationalism in American Politics, co-authored with Irfan Nooruddin and Allyson Shortle, explores the ramifications of Americans believing that their nation is God's chosen nation.

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McConnell Center welcomes Dr. Mark David Hall to discuss the topic of What is Christian Nationalism? And Should I Be Concerned?

Mark David Hall is a Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics at George Fox University, where he has served since 2001. He received a BA in political science from Wheaton College and a PhD in political science from the University of Virginia. In addition to teaching politics and honors, he is director of the John Dickinson Forum for the Study of America's Founding Principles.

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McConnell Center welcomes Jeana Dunlap for a discussion entitled "History and Liberal Policy: Generational Wealth in Louisville and America."

Jeana Dunlap is a lecturer in Urban Planning at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She considers herself an urbanist, strategic advisor and recovering economist working at the intersection of community and economic development. Jeana's local government experience includes affordable housing finance, public infrastructure and place-based strategies for neighborhood improvement. In 2014, Jeana established the Vacant & Public Property Administration and designed interventions that reduce vacancy and abandonment. In 2017, Jeana partnered with advocacy organizations to facilitate the Redlining Louisville Community Dialogue series, shedding light on the history and current impacts of past and present forms of redlining practices.

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McConnell Center welcomes Matthew Continetti to discuss the work that informs his book The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism.

Matthew Continetti is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where his work focuses on American political thought and history, with a particular focus on the development of the Republican Party and the American conservative movement in the 20th century.

A prominent journalist, analyst, author, and intellectual historian of the right, Continetti is the founding editor of The Washington Free Beacon. Previously, he was opinion editor at The Weekly Standard.

Continetti is the author of two previous books: "The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star" (Sentinel, 2009) and "The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine" (Doubleday, 2006).

He has a BA in history from Columbia University.

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McConnell Center welcomes Dr. George Nash for a lecture entitled "American Conservatism and the Challenge of Populism."

Dr. Nash is an independent scholar, historian, and lecturer, with specialties in twentieth century American political and intellectual history. He speaks and writes frequently about the history and present direction of American conservatism, the life of Herbert Hoover, the legacy of Ronald Reagan, the education of the Founding Fathers, and other subjects.

His writings have appeared in the American Spectator, Claremont Review of Books, Intercollegiate Review,Modern Age, National Review, New York Times Book Review, Policy Review, University Bookman, Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.

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McConnell Center welcomes U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema to discuss her personal story, her journey into politics, and her passion for bringing together folks who may not normally feel they have anything in common.

As Arizona's senior Senator, Kyrsten Sinema feels a duty to serve and give back to the communities and country that gave her so much. Here she speaks on her passion for coming together with people of both political parties to accomplish important things.

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McConnell Center celebrates Mike Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State, with the presentation of the 2022 Mattingly Award.

The Chris Mattingly Award for Outstanding Community Leadership in Kentucky was established to honor the memory of one of the first McConnell Scholars. Chris Mattingly, 21, died as a result of a car accident on Nov. 1, 1996. He had completed 104 hours towards a political science degree at the University of Louisville and was a member of the first McConnell Scholars' Leadership Council.

First presented in 1998, the Mattingly Award is given annually to an individual who reflects exceptional character and leadership benefitting the Commonwealth. McConnell Scholars and alumni nominate and vote to determine the recipient of the Mattingly Award.

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McConnell Center welcomes Dr. John Rose from The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University for a discussion entitled, "Political Polarization, the Classroom, and the Future of Civic Discourse"

John Rose is Associate Director of the Civil Discourse Project. In addition to helping coordinate the Civil Discourse Project's programming, John teaches courses in Happiness and Human Flourishing, Christian Ethics, Conservatism, and Political Polarization. His research concerns the tradition of virtue ethics and Christian theology. Originally from Iowa, John holds a BA in religion from Wabash College, an MTS from Duke Divinity School, and a PhD in Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.

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