From a nationally recognized think tank on the East Coast to an academic institute out West and a Midwestern policy journal, Stephenson Institute students spent this past summer engaged in original research […]

Read More - Summer Undergraduate Research From Coast to Coast

Dakota Stacy ’27, like many Little Giants, has a passion for travel and liberal learning—so he’s all about getting outside the classroom, going far beyond his studies as a philosophy and economics […]

Read More - Three Months, Four Continents, and Invaluable Experiences

Why do some countries reach trade agreements after years of talks, while others choose to leave their negotiations? Wabash College BKT Assistant Professor of Political Science Huei-Jyun Ye thinks collecting data can […]

Read More - Students Help Build New Dataset on Trade Agreements

A couple weeks into their dream internship—working at an European think tank—Will Edwards ’28 and Scotty Semler ’28 hit a snag. In late May, cities across the continent began to exceed 90°F, […]

Read More - Why AI and Global Debates Get Heated: Wabash Students Get a European Perspective

The Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism at Wabash College has had another productive year of scholarship from its three post-doctoral Scholars-in-Residence. As the academic year draws to a close, Joshua Ammons, Eric […]

Read More - Recent Research from the Scholars-in-Residence

Nine members of the Wabash College Class of 2026 graduated this spring with something more than a diploma: a sharpened understanding of free societies, expanded professional networks, and firsthand experience gained through […]

Read More - New Graduates Carry Classical Liberal Ideas Beyond Wabash

The Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism at Wabash College closed out a remarkable four-month run of programming this May, which notably included a keynote Ama-Gi Lecture from Nobel laureate Vernon Smith. This […]

Read More - Institute Caps a Busy Spring Semester—Including Hosting a Nobel Laureate

  Mark Pennington, Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at King’s College London, spoke at Wabash College’s Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism on October 28. In his new book, Foucault and […]

Read More - Foucault Meets Hayek

In Washington, D.C., the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue from Dupont Circle to Chinatown has long been a street lined by public policy research institutes. Along with the Cato Institute, Brookings Institution, and […]

Read More - From Wabash to Washington: Stephenson Institute Students in D.C.

Between four European countries, six Wabash students studied classical-liberal ideas in historic cities this summer. As they considered the past and future of a free society, it was all made possible thanks […]

Read More - London, Prague, Vienna, and Rome: Discovering Classical Liberal Ideas Across Europe

When Brandon Ruder ’27 started his summer internship on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis, he didn’t know quite what to expect. EdChoice was bringing in the Wabash College rising junior as a […]

Read More - Two Students, Two Capitals: Stephenson Interns Learn State-Based Policy and Beyond

In summer 2025, the Stephenson Institute completed an incredible summer seminar series—as we look forward to the next lineup in 2026. From Crawfordsville to Chicago, Springfield to Charlottesville, students explored classical liberalism […]

Read More - Summer Seminars in Chicago, Prague, Springfield, and Crawfordsville