Jordan Hobbs and Zachary Poston, two political science students, presented their first academic papers at the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) in San Antonio on January 14. Jordan presented “American Liberty as the Great Mediator: Understanding the Tensions between Morality and Law in American Constitutionalism,” while Zachary presented “How the ‘Second Discourse’ and the ‘Social Contract’ Are Not All That Far Apart.” Both papers were developed from seminar papers they took with Dr. Paul DeHart, and both papers were well-received. Of the conference, Zachary Poston commented that “SPSA introduced me to leading scholars in the field, I provided me with valuable feedback on my research.”
