Tocqueville Forum

Graduate Fellows

Aimee Raile is a PhD candidate in political theory in the Department of Government at Georgetown University.  Her undergraduate education included degrees in English literature, theology and mathematics.   She attended the University of Tulsa where she earned an M.A. in history.  Her research interests center on politics and religion.

Jonathan Silver was raised in Rochester, New York and was educated in Classics and Political Science at Tufts University. He holds an MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and is a PhD candidate in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. He maintains research interests in the history of political thought, focusing on the classical Greek and Hebraic traditions, and the theory and practice of American government.

Matthew Sitman is a doctoral candidate studying political theory in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. His research interest lies in the relationship between political thought and theology in the West. Matthew's dissertation, "Redeeming Modernity: The Reformation Self and the Politics of Faith," deals with Calvin's understanding of both Christian freedom and man's divided self, and the way these innovations haunted early modern political thought, particularly that of Hobbes and Rousseau. In the 2008-9 academic year, Matthew will hold a predoctoral fellowship at the University of Virginia's Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy. A list of his publications, conference participation, awards, and fellowships can be found on his C.V.