The Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government is proud to introduce its Spring 2025 Tocqueville Fellows. Selected through a competitive application process, the cohort is made up of 25 talented Notre Dame undergraduates from various programs of study.
In addition to 11 returning fellows, 14 new students joined the fellowship this spring. Crucial to the mission of the program, the fellows come from various ideological backgrounds. They self-identify as conservative, liberal, classical liberal, and leftist, and hold leadership positions in a wide range of campus organizations: Right to Life, SolidarityND, BridgeND, College Republicans, and ND Votes, among others. Despite their ideological differences, they share in common intellectual curiosity, leadership potential, and a desire to engage in serious (and charitable) discussion about pressing issues of politics, culture, economics, law, and religion.
This semester, the fellows will have the opportunity to meet privately with a number of prominent academics and leaders, including IU-Bloomington Professor Aurelian Craiutu (for a discussion of the virtues and limits of political moderation), Bishop Kevin Rhoades (for a conversation about the role of faith in public life), and Stanford Professor Josh Ober (for a discussion about AI and the future of democracy). The fellows will also participate in weekend discussion colloquia and social events with each other and with faculty. The opening colloquium for this spring’s cohort, led by Fr. Henry Stephan, O.P., will explore the virtues of statesmanship.
The complete list of spring fellows and their bios can be found on our fellows page.