HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College announces the newest recipient of the Judith Finn Memorial Award, Charles Stalzer. Stalzer will receive his master’s degree this year in Politics from the College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. His academic interests include 21st-century American Progressivism, Catholic Political Thought, and t...
Hillsdale presents the award each year to an outstanding master’s graduate.Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College presented the 2025 Judith Finn Memorial Award to Madelaine Christensen of Vicksburg, Michigan, on May 5, 2025. The award is presented each year to a graduating master’s student. Christensen received her master’s d...
Brown presented research from his dissertation on “Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Statesman.”Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Colin Brown gave a research presentation on his dissertation, entitled “Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Statesman” on Feb. 28. Franklin is often portrayed as a pragmatic sta...
Crenshaw presented research from his dissertation, ‘The Political Theology of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew.’Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Ben R. Crenshaw gave a research presentation on his dissertation, titled “The Political Theology of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew,” on Nov. 3. Mayhew was a Congregationalist mini...
Goniprow presented research from his dissertation “An Introduction to Global Justice Theory.”Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Stephen Goniprow gave a research presentation on his dissertation titled “An Introduction to Global Justice Theory” on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Global justice theory, which emerged in...
The conference included a keynote address by Kesler and panel discussions of some of his students’ writings.Download Press ReleaseHillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, in conjunction with the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government at the University of Notre Dame, hosted a conference Oct. 3-5 titled “Saving...
Higa presented research from her dissertation on “War Power in the Political Thought of Salmon P. Chase”Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Jessica Higa gave a research presentation on her dissertation titled “War Power in the Political Thought of Salmon P. Chase” on Nov. 14. Chase entered politics defen...
Loseke presented research from his dissertation, ‘The Antifederalist Party Machine of New York.’Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Ezekiel Loseke gave a research presentation on his dissertation, entitled “The Antifederalist Party Machine of New York,” on Oct. 31. Loseke argued New York owed its politic...
Clark presented research from his dissertation “Corruption and Corruptors: Niccolò Machiavelli and the Problem of Political Patronage.”Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Dennis Clark gave a research presentation on his dissertation titled “Corruption and Corruptors: Niccolò Machiavelli and the Problem o...
Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Gordon Dakota “Koty” Arnold gave a research presentation on his dissertation titled “The Constitutional Nationalism of Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.” on Sept. 2. Lodge served in the U.S. Senate from 1892-1894 and famously opposed Woodrow Wilson’s League of Nations. Arnold gav...