Jack Bevacqua

Biography

Jack Bevacqua is a Ph.D. candidate in constitutional studies and political theory at the University of Notre Dame. His current research focuses on late modern political theory, especially theories of atomization, alienation, and the self. His dissertation examines Alexis de Tocqueville’s account of the political psychological roots and consequences of democratic individualism in light of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s moral psychology.

Jack is a University Presidential Fellow at Notre Dame and has received numerous fellowships, including from the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, the Mercatus Center, and the Hertog Foundation. He has taught through American University’s Summer Civics Institute, the French Ministry of Education, and other institutions at the college and high school levels. Jack holds an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame and graduated with honors from American University, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in political theory.

Areas of Interest

Late- modern political thought, American political thought, religion and politics, history of political thought