Joseph Karol Natali

Education

B.A., History and Politics, St. Vincent College, 2019

Bio

Joseph Karol Natali received his Ph.D., in August of 2026 and received departmental commendation for his dissertation Presidential Power and Constitutional Public Administration which was supervised by Dr. Benjamin Kleinerman. His work focuses on the American separation of powers system and its effects on the relationship between the three branches and the federal bureaucracy. During his time at Baylor, he authored five peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from political theory to American Politics.  His work has appeared in journals like Perspectives on Politics and Political Research Quarterly, among others. 

Currently, Joseph is writing a book on the constitutional relationship between the presidency and the administrative state. Upon receiving his Ph.D., Joseph was appointed as a John and Daria Barry Post-Doctoral Fellow at the James Madison Program for American Ideals and Institutions in the Department of Politics at Princeton University for the 2026–2027 academic year.

 In 2027, Joseph will begin his appointment as an assistant professor at the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin.  

Selected Publications

“Education, Statesmanship, and Man's Common End: Abraham Lincoln and the Moral Education of the Public Mind,” New England Political Science Association, Bretton Woods NH, Apr 29, 2022

"The Unitary Executive, the Constitution, and the Trajectory of the Supreme Court's Approach to the Removal Power." Perspectives on Politics, forthcoming.

"Sectional Interests and American Foreign Policy: The Annexation of Texas and the Problem of Sovereignty." The Journal of Political Science, Vol. 51, No. 1, Article 3 (2023).