Matthew B. O'Brien received an A.B. cum laude in philosophy and a certificate in medieval studies from Princeton University, winning the Class of 1869 Senior Thesis Prize. He studied classics in the post-baccalaureate program at the University of Pennsylvania, before receiving his MA and PhD in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.

Ana J Samuel is a postdoctoral Bradley Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute. She has lectured on the history of political philosophy, ethics, and constitutional law for the Politics Departments at Princeton University and the University of Notre Dame, and the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society at Princeton University. Her published work and research focuses on the political and moral thought of Montesquieu. She received her BA from Princeton University and PhD from the University of Notre Dame.

Seana Sugrue is Associate Professor of Politics at Ave Maria University. She came to Ave Maria University from Princeton University, where she was the Associate Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. Her research interests include civil liberties and constitutional governance, the role of law in the formation of a just society, civic institutions such as the family, and pro-life concerns. She teaches courses in Constitutional Law, American Civilization, International Relations, and Public Policy, among others. Dr. Sugrue holds the degrees of BBA from Bishops University, LLB from the University of Ottawa, and both LLM and DCL from McGill University. She has taught at Princeton University and McGill University.

Past Faculty:
Michael Sugrue is a Professor of History and the Chairman of the History Department at Ave Maria University. Professor Sugrue holds a BA from the University of Chicago and an MA, MPhil, and PhD from Columbia University. Before coming to Ave Maria University, Professor Sugrue taught history, philosophy, religion, literature and politics at Princeton University. In his ten years at Princeton, Sugrue was a member of the Council for the Humanities and the Department of Politics. He has previously taught at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University. Professor Sugrue teaches world history, American history, the history of Western philosophy, and the history of literature.