Hertog Foundation
@HertogFDN
Study political ideas in the heart of the nation's capital. In-person and online #fellowships.
We're celebrating 15 years of the Hertog Foundation by exploring our archives! This 2018 #PoliticalStudiesProgram photo was captured during an alumni panel on the state of the university, featuring @robkhenderson, Robert Bellafiore, and @ElliotKaufman6.

Meet our 2025 Fellows from Texas! Alison Eng is a graduate of @UTAustin, where she studied Political Philosophy. @UT_Civitas Gavin Monk is a senior Political Science major at @tamu. Ethan Szumanski graduated as salutatorian from @STCL_Houston.



We have begun the first sessions of our online seminar for high school educators—a close study of Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric, led by our own @philopolites. We’ll explore how speech shapes public life and why rhetoric remains central to the liberal arts. #HumanitiesAtHertog

Great to welcome the @HertogFDN fellows to the Reagan Institute today. These students embrace many of the core principles of the Reagan Institute’s work particularly in civic engagement, rigorous intellectual political debate, and informed patriotism.
Meet our Summer Fellows from California! Jack Morris is a senior at @biolau & a member of @AEI's Collegiate Network. Sarah Rietz is a graduate of @pepperdine, where she studied Political Science. Max Salem graduated from @uofsandiego, where he majored in Political Science.



We're celebrating 15 years of the Hertog Foundation by exploring our archives! Pictured here are our 2016 #WarStudiesProgram fellows in seminar at @TheStudyofWar. Learn about our full suite of fellowships at hertogfoundation.org.

Meet our summer 2025 Fellows from @yale! Will Mahoney is a rising junior studying Philosophy and Classics. Noa Ní Aoláin Gross is a rising senior studying Ethics, Politics, and Economics. Kevin Zhong is a recent graduate who studied Economics.



For the second week of our #PoliticalStudiesProgram, we welcomed back 2010 PSP alum Shilo Brooks to teach his award-winning course on #Xenophon. Teaching the other section is longtime instructor Dr. Jenna Storey, who led a course on #Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Throwing it back to our 2022 #PoliticalStudiesProgram students enjoying the Fourth of July fireworks!

Thaddian Burson is a @cedarville grad planning to earn his J.D. Margaret Dean studies History and Gender & Sexuality Studies at @KenyonCollege. Matan Lieberman of @UWMadison studies Int'l Studies. Jenny Melia of @UMNews majors in the Sociology of Law, Crime, and Justice.




We are pleased to announce that we will welcome back 30 Hertog Foundation alumni to participate in online seminars devoted to #Genesis and #Tocqueville's #DemocracyInAmerica. Learn more about our full suite of fellowships at hertogfoundation.org.

Meet our fellows! Isabelle Brady is a @ucsantabarbara grad who majored in Philosophy & Literature. Nick Reason is a junior at @ucsandiego & studies Political Science and Literature. Zach Wong is an Engineer at Northrop Grumman. He studied Mechanical Engineering at @ucla.



Looking back at a great first week of our #PoliticalStudiesProgram! On to the next!
We are pleased to announce our 2025 #ConstitutionalStudiesProgram cohort. This summer, 20 fellows will study key constitutional questions and controversies, led by legal expert Adam J. White and Supreme Court advocates. Learn about our fellows: hertogfoundation.org/nationally-com….

Meet our Fellows from @UCBerkeley! Samantha DeCosta hopes to pursue a career in foreign policy. Alexis Eskenazi is a Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholar. Eli Glickman will study at @UniofOxford and @KingsCollegeLon. Alexander Richter will pursue a career in defense analysis.




Our opening week of the #PoliticalStudiesProgram was excellent. On to Week II!
