Michael Promisel
Jack Miller Center Founding Civics Initiative Faculty
Assistant Professor, Catholic University of America
Michael Promisel is Assistant Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America. He teaches courses spanning ancient Greek, Medieval, and American political thought and his research draws on these traditions to reflect on timely questions concerning leadership, virtue, liberal education, and Catholic social thought.
During the 2023 – 2024 academic year, he was the Busch Family Visiting Fellow at the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government at the University of Notre Dame. His scholarship has appeared in the Review of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Political Science Reviewer, and Polis: The Journal of Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought. Dr. Promisel earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a B.A. in Government from the University of Virginia.
Research interests:
Leadership
Virtue
Liberal Education
Catholic Social Thought
Greek and Medieval Thought
American Political Thought
