Christina Bambrick

Christina Bambrick is the Filip Family Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in constitutional theory and comparative constitutionalism. She holds affiliations with the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, and Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Her work examines horizontal rights application across jurisdictions like the U.S., India, Germany, South Africa, and the EU, emphasizing republican influences on constitutional obligations beyond state actors.

• Education: PhD in Government from University of Texas at Austin
• Previous Institutions: Clemson University (teaching prior to Notre Dame)

Research focuses on how constitutions shape private sector obligations through rights/duties frameworks, synthesizing legal cases, political histories, and republican theory. She critiques liberal narratives by highlighting duty catalogues in constitutional orders. Ongoing projects include a monograph on private sphere constitutionalization (Cambridge 2025).

Publications explore Tocqueville’s federalism analysis, virtue ethics in modern politics, and comparative constitutional identity. Teaching emphasizes constitutional principles and rights debates, with a Liberal Arts Council teaching award from UT Austin.

• Awards: 2025 MPSA Emerging Scholar Award (for digital rights work), 2024 APSA Law & Courts Award

Advocates for bridging liberal and communitarian thought through virtue-based constitutionalism. Active in interdisciplinary research teams and policy discussions on rights implementation in pluralistic societies.