Evy Behling

Biography

Evelyn Behling is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. She brings ancient perspective to bear on social challenges in liberal democracies, with a particular interest in the American case. Her dissertation, "Aristotle's Realist Aims: On Faction, Reciprocal Equality, and the Common Advantage in Aristotle's Politics," considers the value and challenge of diversity in political life through study of Aristotle's approach to the problem of faction. She argues that Aristotle seeks to retain a link between political order and higher-minded justice while also recognizing the limits of political action that follow from the potential for conflict among the differing groups needed for a self-sufficient city. In addition to currently being a Laub-Novak Fellow of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame, Ms. Behling is a David Solomon Fellow of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at ND. She has also been a Graduate Fellow of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at Notre Dame and a GAANN Fellow of the United States Department of Education through the ND Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government. For her work with undergraduates, she won Notre Dame Political Science's Spring 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award. Ms. Behling earned her M.A. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in 2023 and her B.A. with Distinction in Humanities from Yale University in 2017.

Areas of Interest

Freedom, Diversity and Constitutionalism in Liberal Democracies; Ancient, Medieval, and American Political Thought; Philosophy of Law