Jacob Feiser '24

Jacob S. Feiser is a research fellow for the Institute for Faith & Freedom and a senior political science major with minors in Biblical and religious studies, economics, and history from Havertown, PA. As a third-generation pastor’s kid, Jacob has always been engaged with the intersection of culture, theology, and politics. On campus, Jacob is the Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs for the Student Government Association, the Executive Content Editor for the Grove City College Journal of Law and Public Policy, the Senior Chair of Worship for Homecoming, and a ranking member of the Student-Faculty Review Committee. He also competes for Grove City College on the Classical Fencing team.

Jacob works as a teaching assistant for Dr. James Bibza, Dr. Joseph Loconte, President Paul McNulty, and is the campus Latin tutor. Jacob is also a physics lab assistant. He has placed in several academic competitions, focusing his research on Christian doctrine, procedural justice, legal metaphysics, and religious economic thought. Jacob’s most recent publication (Originalism and Interpretive Sin: Natural Law, Substantive Due Process, and the Declaration) studies the role of natural law reasoning in constitutional hermeneutics from an originalist perspective.

Jacob also leads the monthly Political Philosophy in Film discussion for IFF, selecting films and working with faculty to promote cultural engagement and reflection among the student body.

In the summer of 2021, Jacob worked as a grassroots canvasser for the Freedom Foundation, informing Pennsylvanians across the state of their right to work and helping them leave public unions.

In the summer of 2022, Jacob worked as an intern for the Pennsylvania Family Institute. As a summer intern, Jacob analyzed the effects of electoral redistricting upon voting trends and statistically modeled several state-legislature races. He also enjoyed helping with the youth leadership and worldview camp, City on the Hill, which involves highschoolers with the legislative process from a Christian perspective.

In the summer of 2023, Jacob worked as a U.S. Legal Research intern with Alliance Defending Freedom in their Washington, D.C. office. In this position, he went to the Supreme Court, worked with attorneys in moot court, wrote speeches, and completed several statistical analyses on federal courts and their composition, among other things. Most importantly, he performed statutory and case research for on-going litigation. Jacob also appreciated the art museums of the city.

Jacob is inducted into Omicron Delata Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha, Theta Alpha Kappa, and Phi Alpha Theta. Upon graduation, Jacob anticipates going to either law school or seminary, pursuing a doctoral degree, and hopes to teach afterward.