Patrick Deneen

Professor and author

Patrick Deneen, 59, is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2012. Previously he taught at Princeton University (1997-2005) and Georgetown University (2005-2012), where he held the Eleni and Markos Tsakopoulos Kounalakis Chair in Hellenic Studies. He is the author of numerous essays and several books including Why Liberalism Failed, which has been translated into 14 languages. His most recent book, last year’s Regime Change, critiques the current political status quo and makes the case for a form of community-focused conservatism that seeks the common good.