Dr. Michelle Kundmueller

Dr. Michelle M. Kundmueller is associate professor of constitutional law and political theory at Old Dominion University. Her research focuses on the American judiciary, ancient and American political thought, literature, and the role of moderation in the health of political and legal communities. She is the author of a book on the virtue of ancient heroes, Homer's Hero: Human Excellence in the Iliad and the Odyssey, and articles on Homer, Cicero, Augustine, Shakespeare, J.R.R. Tolkien, the United States Constitution, and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Her current book project, Moderating the Republic, is on the rhetoric of Atticus Finch. Before becoming a scholar, Dr. Kundmueller practiced law for five years.