Vidal-Aparicio teaches at ASU and the Maricopa Community Colleges. His PhD dissertation studies how deliberative democratic innovations help recover political trust. He is the author of 500 Preguntas al Nacionalismo Español.

Wright is a historian of modern Europe, specializing in the history of political thought in the era of the Enlightenment and the American and French Revolutions.

Ron’s research focuses around two central themes: the political and normative dimensions of the history of political economy, and the democratic theory of the public sphere.

German’s research and teaching focus on American political and constitutional thought, as well as early modern thought. He has been at ASU since 2017.

McNamara’s research and teaching has focused on American Political Thought, Early Modern Political Thought, and Political Economy. He has taught at Boston College, Clemson University, and Utah State University.

Dr. Stephen Lazer is a specialist in early modern Europe. His research focuses on Germany and France, particularly the histories of borderlands, political culture, state formation, and crime.

Adam Seagrave writes and teaches in the area of political philosophy and American political thought, with a particular focus on issues of race in American history.

Liew is a scholar of the premodern Islamic world. His research interests include the history of Islamic political thought, Islamic scholarly and intellectual culture, and Islamic historical and biographical writings.