Chase is a third-year Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is primarily interested in Spanish scholasticism, especially the work of Bartolomé de las Casas and Francisco Vitoria, and their conceptualization of liberty and property, which emerged from encounters with the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
He is also interested in the emergence of Utopian political thought during the Renaissance and its use in the colonial context. He has presented his work at conferences, including the American Political Science Association and the Midwest Political Science Association.
Currently, he serves as the Political Theory Field Representative for the Notre Dame Political Science Graduate Organization and as the Political Theory Colloquium Coordinator for the academic year.
Currently, he serves as the Political Theory Field Representative for the Notre Dame Political Science Graduate Organization and as the Political Theory Colloquium Coordinator for the academic year.
You can read more about Chase here: https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/chase-mendoza/
Originally published by at reviewofpolitics.nd.edu on August 18, 2025.