Joseph Karol Natali

Ph.D. Student in Political Science

Education

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

Bio

Joseph entered the Baylor political science department in the fall of 2021. He graduated magna cum laude from Saint Vincent College in 2019 and spent the subsequent two years teaching at a classical high-school in Chandler Arizona. His research focuses on the interaction between the presidency and the bureaucracy, with special attention to the role played by the separation of powers in that relationship. In addition to his primary focus in American Politics, Joseph has secondary interests in American political development, American political thought, public law, judicial politics, and political theory. His work has appeared in The Journal of Political Science and Perspectives on Political Science. Additionally, he has articles forthcoming in Perspectives on Politics and The New Ressourcement.

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).