Ella Yates

Ella Yates is a senior from Western Springs, Illinois, pursuing a degree in Philosophy and Political Science. Her academic interests include ancient and medieval political theory, family studies, and all things within the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. At Notre Dame, she is a writer for The Irish Rover and Beyond Politics, a Sorin Fellow through the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, and an undergraduate fellow at the Maritain Center. She also serves as an RA in her residence hall, Grojean Hall. In her free time, she greatly enjoys reading classic literature, striking up philosophical conversations, and playing on Grojean’s interhall sports teams. She has previously interned with the Acton Institute in its Center for Social Flourishing and at the Archivio Storico of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. This past summer, she was a political studies fellow at the Hudson Institute. After graduation, she hopes to pursue graduate studies in political philosophy and a career at the intersection of teaching, writing, policy, and ethics.