Allan Carey is an Adjunct Professor of Politics at the University of Dallas where he is a doctoral candidate and an Earhart fellow. Mr. Carey also teaches at Mountain View College in Dallas, and has worked in Ohio as a consultant at Strategic Public Partners, where he directed work on several lobbying campaigns. He was an Ashbrook Scholar at Ashland University, where he received a B.A. in Political Science, History, and Philosophy.

Nathan Harden is a freelance writer and singer-songwriter living in Nashville, Tennessee. He writes for National Review Online's Phi Beta Cons blog, has been published in National Review and on the Huffington Post, and is a contributor to the forthcoming book Proud to Be Right: Voices of the Next Conservative Generation (HarperCollins, 2010). Mr. Harden holds a B.A. in Humanities from Yale University.

Rita Koganzon is an Associate Editor of Doublethink Magazine and a Ph.D. student in Government at Harvard University. She has held positions as an Editorial Assistant at The New York Times, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Midway Review at the University of Chicago, and a Research Intern on the President's Council on Bioethics. Ms. Koganzon has written for The New Atlantis, Doublethink, and Policy Review. She holds a B.A. in History from the University of Chicago.

Hillel Ofek is an Assistant Editor at National Affairs. He has worked as Charles Krauthammer's research assistant and as a writer for the public relations firm, Berman & Company. Mr. Ofek's writing has appeared in The New Atlantis, the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and the Kenyon Observer. He has studied at Georgetown and Oxford universities, and holds a B.A. in Political Science from Kenyon College. This fall he begins doctoral studies in Government at the University of Texas at Austin.

Deborah O'Malley is a Research Associate in the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation. Prior to her work at Heritage, she was Assistant Director of the Lawyers Division of The Federalist Society. Ms. O'Malley has had her writing featured at Townhall.com, Human Events Online, FOXNews.com, the Washington Times, and the American Spectator Online. She has deferred graduate school for a year to participate in the John Jay Fellowship in Colorado Springs, CO. Ms. O'Malley holds a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from Ashland University, where she participated in the Ashbrook Scholar Program.

Daniel O'Toole is an Editorial Assistant for the Claremont Review of Books. He was Editor of Claremont McKenna College's conservative journal, the Claremont Independent, and won an award for Best Government Student. Mr. O'Toole has spent a year at Claremont Graduate University and will now continue his doctoral work in Government at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in political theory and public law. He holds a B.A. in Government from Claremont McKenna.

James Poulos is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Government at Georgetown University, a Graduate Fellow of the Tocqueville Forum, and the Managing Editor of Ricochet. He is the Founding Editor of the Postmodern Conservative blog at First Things and was Political Editor of Culture11. Mr. Poulos has had his writing published in the Boston Globe, the Guardian, The New Atlantis, Perspectives on Political Science, Society,and The Weekly Standard, and he is a regular contributor to Bloggingheads. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Duke University and a J.D. from the University of Southern California.

Neil Rogachevsky is a doctoral student and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. Hehas been an assistant manuscript editor at the Leo Strauss Center of the University of Chicago and a Research Assistant at Georgetown's Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. Mr. Rogachevsky has written for Ha'aretz, The Jerusalem Post, and Commentary Online.He holds a B.A. in Intellectual History from McGill University and a M.A. in Political Science from the University of Toronto and has held fellowships at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Leipzig.

Nicholas Romero received his commission in 2009 from the US Air Force Officer Training School and is a top graduate in his military specialty. He was the founder of the Gaucho Free Press, UC Santa Barbara's first and only conservative student magazine. In addition to years of work on California political campaigns, Mr. Romero's experience in local politics includes staff positions with two California State Assemblymen and work as Managing Editor of The FlashReport. Mr. Romero holds a B.A. in Philosophy from UC Santa Barbara and a M.A. in Political Science from California State University, Fullerton.

Ashley Samelson is a freelance writer and works in international programs at The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, where her work has taken her from Mexico City to Jakarta, Indonesia. Her writing has appeared in theWall Street Journal,First Things, and The Guardian. Ms. Samelson holds a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from Tufts University. She blogs about faith, feminism, and politics at www.rogueinrouge.com.

Matthew Shaffer is the William F. Buckley Fellow in Political Journalism at National Review, and a senior at Yale University, where he is completing a B.A. in Economics and Humanities. At Yale, he has held positions as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Free Press, a columnist for the Yale Daily News, and a reporter for the Yale Herald. Mr. Shaffer has worked as a Research Assistant at City Journal as a Koch Fellow, and is a graduate of the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidates School.

Apoorva Shah is a Senior Research Associate at the American Enterprise Institute. He has had his work published in The American, Policy Review, The Weekly Standard, Washingtonpost.com, and TCS Daily. Mr. Shah is a Fulbright Scholarship recipient and holds a B.A. in Policy Studies and Hispanic Studies from Rice University.

Stephen Shipp is a Politics doctoral candidate at the University of Dallas and a Professor of Government at the Cambridge School of Dallas. He has received fellowships from the Earhart Foundation and from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and is a regular colloquium participant for Liberty Fund. Mr. Shipp holds a B.A. in Public Policy from Patrick Henry College and a M.Litt. in Ancient History from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

Katrina Trinko is the Collegiate Network Editorial Department Fellow at USA TODAY. She has held positions as a Reporter Intern at The Bulletin in Philadelphia, Staff Writer and Editor-in-Chief at One Rock E-Zine in San Francisco, and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Swerve, Thomas Aquinas College's first student newspaper. Ms. Trinko holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Thomas Aquinas College.