Potenziani Chair of Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to joining the faculty of Notre Dame in 2012, he taught at Princeton University (1997-2005) and Georgetown University (2005-2012). From 2005 to 2007 he served as principal Speechwriter and Special Assistant to the Director of the U.S. Information Agency. He holds a B.A. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University, and has also studied at the University of Chicago, Trinity College, Dublin, and several universities in Germany. His books include The Odyssey of Political Theory, Democratic Faith, Conserving America?, and the forthcoming book Why Liberalism Failed, to be published with Yale University Press in January 2018. He is also co-editor of three books and author of many articles and reviews that have appeared in both academic and more popular journals such as First Things, Commonweal, and The American Conservative.