Zachary Kyle German
Department of Political Science
University of Notre Dame
217 O’Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Student
University of Notre Dame (Anticipated 2017)
Program: Political Science; Primary Field: Constitutional Studies; Secondary Field: Political Theory
M.A.
University of Notre Dame (August 2014)
Program: Political Science
B.A.
Lee University, Summa cum Laude (May 2012)
Major: Political Science, emphasis in Political Theory/Law; Minors: Philosophy and Religion
Primary Research Interests: American Political Thought; American Constitutional Interpretation and
Constitutional Law; Christian Political Thought/Political Theology and the Relationship between
Religion and Politics; Montesquieu; Tocqueville.
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND HONORS
Nominee, Northeastern Political Science Association 2014 Best Paper Award
Graduate School/ISLA Notebaert Professional Development Fund
Graduate School/ISLA Professional Development Award
Greggo Graduate Fellowship
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Summer 2014
Summer 2014
Fellowship funded by Mr. Vincent N. Greggo and administered by the
Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame.
Calihan Travel Grant
Spring 2014
Travel fellowship provided by the Acton Institute.
H.B. Earhart Fellowship
AY 2012-13; 2013-14
Fellowship and tuition scholarship provided by the Earhart Foundation.
University of Notre Dame Summer Stipend
Dan Searle Fellowship
Summer 2013;
Summer 2015
Spring 2012
Competitive fellowship funded by the Searle Freedom Trust and granted as a Humane
Studies Fellowship by the Institute for Humane Studies.
Robert W. Sledge Fellowship
Spring 2012
Competitive fellowship granted by the Alpha Chi National Honors Society.
Lee University Political Science Scholarship Award
Spring 2012
Annual award given by the Department of History, Political Science, & Humanities to the
top student in the discipline of Political Science.
Lee University Philosophy Scholarship Award
Spring 2012
Annual award given by the School of Religion to the top student in the discipline of Philosophy.
Lee University Centennial Scholarship
Fall 2008-Spring 2012
A full-tuition, renewable scholarship contingent upon satisfactory academic performance.
CURRENT PROJECTS AND PENDING PUBLICATIONS
“The Statesman’s Sermon: Lincoln’s Democratic Virtues and Biblical Religion” (Part of collaborative book
project in progress).
“Lincoln’s Dilemma: Blair, Sumner, and the Republican Struggle over Racism and Equality in the Civil War
Era, by Paul D. Escott” (Invited book review to be published in American Political Thought).
“American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism, by Matthew Avery Sutton” (Invited book review
to be published in American Political Thought).
“More than Tire Swings: Toward a Tocquevillean Case for Dual Federalism” (In progress).
“The Promise, Problem, and Preservation of the Family in Tocqueville’s Democracy in America” (In progress).
“River of Fortune, River of Providence: Machiavelli and Tocqueville on the Limits and Possibilities of
Statesmanship” (In progress).
“Hope and History: Rousseau, Kant, and Tocqueville’s Engagement with the Biblical Narrative” (In progress).
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“What Lincoln Still Teaches Us 150 Years Later,” The Irish Rover, April 16, 2015.
“For Liberty’s Sake: An Appeal to Libertarians for Restricting Biotechnology,” Alpha Chi Recorder 56.1 (2013):
31-38.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Hope and History: Rousseau, Kant, and Tocqueville’s Engagement with the Biblical Narrative,” Spring 2015.
Henry Symposium on Religion and Public Life; Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. (Upcoming)
“River of Fortune, River of Providence: Machiavelli and Tocqueville on the Limits and Possibilities of
Statesmanship," Spring 2015.
Indiana Political Science Association Conference; Indiana University-South Bend, South Bend, IN.
“The Promise, Problem, and Preservation of the Family in Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.”
(1) Northeastern Political Science Association Conference; Boston, MA, Fall 2014.
(2) Graduate Student Union and Office for Postdoctoral Scholars Research Symposium; University of Notre
Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Spring 2015.
“More than Tire Swings: Toward a Tocquevillean Case for Dual Federalism,” Summer 2014.
Institute for Humane Studies 2014 Summer Research Colloquium; Chapman University, Orange, CA.
“‘Preached from the Pulpit’: The Role of Biblical Religion in Lincoln’s Political Religion and Statesmanship,”
Spring 2014.
Midwest Political Science Association Conference; Chicago, IL.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant: U.S. Foreign Policy – Professor Dan Lindley, University of Notre Dame (Spring 2014).
Teaching Assistant: The American Regime – Professor Patrick Deneen, University of Notre Dame (Fall 2013).
Teaching Practicum: Understanding Contemporary Politics – Instructor Tim Passmore, Lee University (Spring 2012).
Lee University Writing Center Tutor (Spring 2012).
Lee University Academic Support Tutor (Spring 2011-Spring 2012).
Lee University Leonard Center Tutor (Fall 2011-Spring 2012).
TEACHER TRAINING
I have attended the following workshops with the University of Notre Dame’s Kaneb Center for
Teaching and Learning, having completed the workshop attendance requirements for both the Striving for
Excellence in Teaching Certificate and the Advanced Teaching Scholar Certificate: “Debating in the
Classroom”; “Helping Students in Distress: Tips for Faculty and TAs”; “Teaching and Evaluating Oral
Communication”; “Effective Lecture Strategies”; “Fundamentals of Course Design I: Developing Learning Goals”;
“Fundamentals of Course Design II: Writing a Syllabus”; “Fundamentals of Course Design III: Assessment and Exam
Design”; “Fundamentals of Course Design IV: Lesson Planning”; “Facilitating Discussion in Social Sciences and
Humanities”; and “Writing Multiple Choice Questions.”
I have also attended the following workshop presented by the University of Notre Dame Political
Science Graduate Organization: “Teaching Political Science as a Vocation.”
I am currently enrolled for Summer 2015 in the following Kaneb Center teaching courses: “Teaching
Writing/Teaching with Writing” and “How to Teach Effectively and Prepare for an Academic Career in the Humanities
and the Social Sciences.”
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Assistant & Social Media Director: American Political Thought: A Journal of Ideas, Institutions, and Culture (Fall
2014-Spring 2015). Editor: Professor Michael Zuckert, University of Notre Dame
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OTHER CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
CS Lewis and Liberty, Fall 2014.
Acton Institute/Liberty Fund Liberty & Markets conference series; Grand Rapids, MI.
Liberty, Progressivism, and the Administrative State, Fall 2014.
Institute for Humane Studies/Liberty Fund Advanced Topics in Liberty conference series; Arlington, VA.
Hayek’s Social and Political Thought, Spring 2013.
Institute for Humane Studies/Liberty Fund Advanced Topics in Liberty conference series; Arlington, VA.
Acton University, Summer 2012.
Acton Institute; Grand Rapids, MI.
Liberty & Society, Summer 2012.
Institute for Humane Studies summer seminar; Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem, NC.
REFERENCES
Michael Zuckert (Graduate Advisor), Nancy R. Dreux Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame,
(574) 631-4405, [email protected]
Patrick Deneen, David A. Potenziani Memorial Associate Professor of Constitutional Studies, University of Notre
Dame, (574) 631-7659, [email protected]
Thomas Pope, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lee University, (423) 614-8133,
[email protected]
Catherine Zuckert, Reeves Dreux Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, (574) 631-6620,
[email protected]
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