Jeff Polet, Ph.D.

Jeff Polet is Director of the Ford Leadership Forum at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Hope College. He is a Senior Fellow at The Russell Kirk Center of Cultural Renewal and board member of Front Porch Republic. He has published broadly in both academic and popular venues on topics such as education, American democracy, contemporary European political thought, American political thought, religion and politics, and other topics. He lives in an empty nest in West Michigan with his wife of forty years.