America on Trial: A Weekend Conference for College Students

William B. Allen is Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at Michigan State University’s James Madison College. In 2018–19 he served as the Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Allen is currently Chief Operating Officer at the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE). He previously chaired the United States Commission on Civil Rights and served on the National Council for the Humanities. His books include Rethinking Uncle Tom: The Political Philosophy of Harriet Beecher Stowe and George Washington: America’s First Progressive.

Patrick J. Deneen is the author of the widely discussed book Why Liberalism Failed, which has received praise from the likes of New York Times columnists Ross Douthat and David Brooks, the American Conservative’s Rod Dreher, and former president Barack Obama. Professor Deneen holds the David A. Potenziani Memorial Chair of Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He has also taught at Princeton and Georgetown.

Kenneth Grasso is professor of political science at Texas State University, where he also chairs the Political Science Department. He specializes in religion and politics, democratic theory, liberal theory, and American constitutionalism. Dr. Grasso has edited or coedited several books, including Theology and Public Philosophy, Defending the Republic, and Rethinking Rights: Historical, Political, and Philosophical Perspectives.

Robert R. Reilly is the author of America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding, which was a finalist for ISI’s 2021 Conservative Book of the Year award. Reilly serves as director of the Westminster Institute. In his twenty-five years of government service, he served as special assistant to the president, director of the Voice of America, and senior advisor to the secretary of defense. Reilly has taught at National Defense University.