Joey Barretta is a postdoctoral fellow at the Civitas Institute. His research focus on Frederick Douglass’s political thought shows the importance of Douglass’s Reconstruction era political project. His work has been published in New North Star: A Journal of the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, a peer-reviewed journal housed at the IUPUI Institute for American Thought. He received his B.A. in political science and history from Ashland University and his Ph.D. and M.A. in American politics and political philosophy from Hillsdale College.