Kellogg faculty fellow and former director Paolo G. Carozza was invested as a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters (the Academy) in a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, last night.
In becoming an Academy member, he joins prestigious fellow members that include Sir Salman Rushdie, Jay Bhattacharya, Jon Haidt, Steven Koonin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Steven Pinker, Sir Niall Ferguson, Nicholas Christakis, Akhil Reed Amar, and two Nobel-laureate scientists (chemist Arieh Warshel and biochemist Jennifer Doudna).
Carozza is a professor of law and concurrent professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, with expertise is in the areas of comparative constitutional law, human rights, law and development, and international law. From 2012 to 2022 he served as the director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, where he was also the principal investigator of the Notre Dame Constitutionalism and Rule of Law Lab (CAROLL). He is also a faculty fellow of other Keough School institutes, including the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, and the Pulte Institute for Global Development. From 2019 to 2024, Carozza was the United States member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission), the Council of Europe’s expert advisory body on issues of constitutionalism, the rule of law, democracy, and fundamental rights.
Last night, the Academy also bestowed a 2024 Barry Prize on another Notre Dame faculty member, Gary A. Anderson, Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Thought, in recognition of intellectual excellence and courage. Two other Notre Dame faculty, Richard W. Garnett and Christian Smith, were also invested as Academy members along with Carozza.
The American Academy of Sciences and Letters promotes scholarship and honors outstanding achievement in the arts, sciences, and learned professions. To these ends, the Academy awards ten Barry Prizes each year, honoring scholars of extraordinary achievement and dedication to excellence in the arts, sciences and learned professions.