Past Community Members

Kendra Mills, Program Officer

Kendra was a Program Officer for the CCDS. Currently, she is JD Candidate at The George Washington University Law School. Kendra is a graduate of AUP’s History, Law, and Society program and holds an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics. She has previously worked with the Global Justice Center, the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, and the Education Justice Project.

Zach Freig, Program Officer

Zach Freig was a Program Officer for the CCDS. Currently, he is a PhD candidate in Political Theory at UC Berkeley. Zach holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge in Political Thought and Intellectual History, as well as a Bachelors degree in Philosophy and Religion from the University of Winnipeg (Canada). Zach’s research intersects political theory, intellectual history, and philosophy.

Carlo Burelli, Visiting Fellow

Carlo Burelli joined the CCDS as a visiting Fellow, teaching "Ethical Inquiry: Problems and Paradigms." Currently, he is Assistant Professor at the University of Eastern Piedmont. Carlo's research is focused on traditional political realism, which has seen increased focus recently as a criticism of liberal theory, bridging classical philosophies of Machiavelli and Hobbes to contemporary issues. He brought a contemporary realist justification of democracy to the CCDS, one based on Machiavellian republicanism. In the Ethical Inquiry course, he explored normative ethics, whether the skepticism of ethics is warranted and how to answer skeptical challenges. His research is broadly interested in clarifying what can and should hold together today’s large and conflictual societies. This vast question led him to cross various debates: utopian and realist political theory, theories of justice and theories of legitimacy, solidarity and equality in contemporary political societies. He published two monographs in Italian, and several articles in leading international journals (such as European Journal of Political Theory, Journal of Common Market Studies, and Ethical Theory and Moral Practice).

Anastasiya Sindyukova, Communications Intern

Zachary Egan, Research Intern

Madison Coakley, Intern

Dominic Spada, Research Intern