The Nonresident Fellows program at the Center for Constitutional Studies brings together scholars from institutions across the State of Utah who support the Civic Thought & Leadership Initiative's purpose of developing the next generation of citizens and Civic leaders. They collaborate with CTLI on a variety of projects—from K–12 professional development to research and public events.
Ralph Hancock is a professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University, where he teaches political philosophy.
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He is the author of Calvin and the Foundations of Modern Politics (St. Augustine’s Press, 2011); The Responsibility of Reason: Theory and Practice in a Liberal-Democratic Age (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011); and the forthcoming Virtue’s Pride: Against the Secular Subversion of Christian Love (Notre Dame Press). He is also the editor of several volumes and author of many scholarly chapters and articles dealing with the intersection of faith, reason and politics. He has translated numerous books and articles from the French, including Pierre Manent’s Natural Law and Human Rights, and has often contributed to opinion journals and op-ed pages.
Leah Murray is the Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science at Weber State University.
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She currently serves as the director of the Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service, and is a radio talk-show host for KSL News Radio in Salt Lake City. She was recognized as the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Endowed Professor for 2017 - 2020.
Murray earned a BA in political science and newspaper journalism from Syracuse University and a PhD in political science at the University at Albany. Her primary research interests are in American politics, specifically youth political engagement and her recent publications include pieces that focus on campus climates for political learning. Murray teaches courses on all aspects of American politics.
Bradley Rebeiro is an associate professor of Law at Brigham Young University Law School.
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He earned a BA from Brigham Young University, JD from BYU Law, and PhD in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame. Rebeiro's research ranges from U.S. constitutional history to comparative constitutional inquiries. He researches the philosophy of law, as well as the influence of political thought on constitutional jurisprudence. His current focus is on anti-slavery constitutional thought in the late antebellum period. He has published, and has articles forthcoming, in top journals, such as the Notre Dame Law Review, Brigham Young Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and others. His book manuscript, Frederick Douglass and Constitutional Abolitionism (under contract with Harvard University Press), investigates the constitutional thought of Frederick Douglass and its influence in the antebellum period and Reconstruction.
Robert Ross is an associate professor of Political Science at Utah State University.
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His research focuses on American political development, constitutional theory, and the development of representative institutions in American politics. His research has been published in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Polity, and Publius. He also is the author of the book The Framers' Intentions: The Myth of the Nonpartisan Constitution from the University of Notre Dame Press. Professor Ross teaches courses on American politics and political theory.
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