In a world where people are apparently more connected, why do so many people feel so lonely and adrift? Elayne (Allen) Schwalbach, editor for Public Discourse, discusses what she thinks attributes to this phenomenon and how her experience as a John Jay Fellow taught her the importance of building a community around shared values in an environment of true leisure.

As a full-time wife and mom and Director of Publications for the Federalist Society, Katie (Geleris) McClendon, Fall 2011 John Jay alumae, works tirelessly to balance work and family, using what she learned at the John Jay Institute to ground her.

Ashley Bergfield left her experience at the John Jay Institute with a deeper appreciation of the daily need for prayer, reflection, and quiet. Her mission today requires this same inner strength and reliance on her creator.  

Mother, journalist and influencer, John Jay alum Kiley Crossland is quietly leading hot-button conversations from behind the keyboard in Denver, Colorado.

Juraj Seliga is taking to the streets to bring about change in a nation and tear down a longstanding culture of corruption.

With a nod to the past, an eye on the future, and a passion for serving the present day, Bethany is working daily to facilitate justice as Judicial Law Clerk for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Tyler Castle is a passionate advocate for the nexus of a robust Christian faith, an educated leadership, and the cultivation of healthy communities.

From her office in the Rockies, Brittany is empowering parents all over the nation to lead their children along the paths of an education that recognizes the True, Good, and Beautiful. 

In Asia, Abraham Lee is having a global impact by putting into practice the principles of leadership and mentorship that he learned at the Witherspoon Institute.

Engaging how the big questions impact the world turned an aspiring politico into a passionate filmmaker.

Lara Barger ‘11 is building the next generation of political mobilization online.

A Princeton postdoctoral fellow is developing the groundwork for international religious freedom...even in the Middle East.

One of Style Weekly's "Top 40 under 40" has gone from intern to president of Virginia's premier family policy organization.

The man who has been called "Putin's antidote" is developing a new generation of leaders for a free eastern Europe.

Meet the woman who organized what David Brooks has called “the most coherent and compelling policy agenda the American right has produced this century."

A reform powerhouse is wowing governors across the Midwest by putting parents in the driver's seat of their children's education.

A Yale graduate wasn't impressed with the schools in San Diego. Now, the school she started has parents bringing their kids from all over town.

A young pathfinder's use of insights from cognitive science is quietly changing the future of conservative strategy.

An entrepreneurial academic is helping Christians live out a rounded faith from Duke to Oxford to Australia.