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He mentioned a few groups in his talk, APP being one of them. We had Charlie McKinney come speak to the students about his work with Cornerstone.

Helena Davis (née Fahey) and Dominic Cassella started the Milk Street Society in our senior year, and I was the Programs Manager. That led me to a curiosity for observing politics “in real life.” I participated in The Fund for American Studies program the summer before senior year and was very much disenchanted by the bipartisan groups fundraising for various offices, which made me more curious about values-driven think-tank work over direct party operations.īut the reason I found APP was actually through TMC. I wasn’t always interested in politics, but come junior and senior year, I was fascinated by our conversations on Rousseau, Tocqueville, Hobbes, and particularly Locke. What interested you in the American Principles Project, and how did you get involved with the organization after graduating? Sandra Kirby with conservative commentator Michael Knowles I knew it was what I wanted out of my college experience, and I hardly considered another school after that visit. For the first time, I was seeing students learning to think instead of just noting down a professor’s thoughts and going through the motions.

If they got stuck, the professor asked another guiding question rather than giving them the answer. Instead, she asked a few questions about their thoughts, and as the students warmed up, they ripped the argument to pieces. When we attended the class, I expected the professor to walk the students through it, piece by piece. It was David Hume, “On Suicide.” I had come with a friend, and as we discussed it together, we both knew the essay was wrong, but couldn’t articulate why in a satisfactory way. I remember reading the assignment for a third-year humanities class. At one school I asked a student if any of the curriculum was taught Socratically, and the answer I received was, “Oh, uh, yeah… I mean, sometimes the professors use PowerPoint.” Not quite the answer I wanted.īut at TMC, I was impressed. I sat through plenty of lectures at other colleges, but the smaller schools seemed to show a student body centered on “MRS degrees” others seemed more focused on showing the development of their facilities still others on their “progressive” dormitory arrangements. I had three criteria: small, Catholic, and Socratic. I’m pretty sure my mother threw the Newman Guide in my lap at twelve years old, but it wasn’t until my junior year of high school that I started visiting colleges. What brought you to Thomas More College? What aspects of the curriculum and culture appealed to you the most? Kirby graciously offered to answer some questions about her experiences at TMC, the path she took after college, and what advice she would give to those thinking about life after graduation.

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She now works full time at APP as their Government Affairs Manager. Kirby’s interest in politics eventually brought her to Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, where she received an MA. Following graduation, Sandra Kirby ’18 began work with the American Principles Project (APP)-a socially conservative think tank that engages in political advocacy on behalf of the family.