In Patrick Brennan, ed., Civilizing Authority: Society, State, and Church (Lexington Books, 2007)

Occasional reflections on natural law, faith, philosophy, and anything else I want to talk about

Ph.D., Political Science, Yale University, 1981.

M.A., Political Science, University of Florida, 1977.

B.A., Political Science, University of South Florida, 1975.

Before matriculating at the University of South Florida, spent several years at the University of Chicago, followed by several years as a welder.

James Madison Program, Princeton, 2011

SEMINARS DIRECTED AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Some omitted

"Natural Law and Conscience."  Afternoon seminar presented annually to The Blackstone Fellows, Washington, D.C., 2000-2019.

"The Classical Natural Law Tradition."  Morning scholarly seminar at American Studies Center Summer Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 2011.

PARTICIPATION IN ROUNDTABLES

“Wages of Sin?  How Much Can I Get?”  Presentation at an Austin Institute / Thomistic Institute panel, “Getting Away With It?  The Natural Consequences of Moral Wrong,” April, 2025.

Roundtable on "Natural Law."  Acton Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June, 2018.

James Wilson Institute.  Participant in the Wilson Institute’s biennial roundtables on natural law and jurisprudence, chaired by Hadley Arkes, 2011-2015