Reviews by Jill Harmston, Parker Meadows, Hannah Jenkins, and author response by David C. Hedrickson In spring 2019, a group of undergraduates in the NIU Tocqueville Forum had the honor of hosting …
Symposium on Alexander Hamilton’s Legacy
Symposium on Alexander Hamilton’s Legacy Students enrolled in a special Tocqueville Forum seminar in spring 2018 at Northern Illinois University considered Alexander Hamilton’s legacy for American …
Continue Reading about Symposium on Alexander Hamilton’s Legacy






Compass is an online journal that provides a space for the work of talented undergraduates who have original and well-articulated insights on important ideas and issues relating to American democracy understood in the broad contexts of political philosophy, history, literature, economics, and culture.