CoReCon Panelist Interviews

Interviews with panelists at the 2025 Conservative and Republican Student Conference.

Mar 01, 2025

In February, the Salient co-hosted the second Conservative and Republican Student Conference at Harvard. As part of our coverage of the event, writers had the privilege of interviewing many of the speakers. Interviews with panelists are available below.

Recordings of the conference sessions can be found on our YouTube channel.

CoReCon Panelists

An Interview with Jeremy Carl

The Harvard Salient

Mar 1

Jeremy Carl is a Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, where his work focuses on immigration, multiculturalism, and nationalism in America. He is the author of The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart, and his writing has been featured in the

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CoReCon Panelists

An Interview with Garett Jones

The Harvard Salient

Mar 1

Garett Jones is the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at George Mason University. He has written a number of books analyzing the intersection of economics and government policy, particularly analyzing the effects of immigration on the economy. He has also worked as an economist in Congress. He received his BA from Brigham Young University and h…

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CoReCon Panelists

An Interview with Sumantra Maitra

The Harvard Salient

Mar 1

Sumantra Maitra is the Director of Research and Outreach at the American Ideas Institute, a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America, and a senior editor at The American Conservative. He is also a senior contributor to The Federalist, and an elected Associate Fellow at the Royal Historical Society, London. Maitra coined the doctrine of “Dormant …

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CoReCon Panelists

An Interview with William Ruger

The Harvard Salient

Mar 1

William Ruger serves as the President of the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He is a veteran of the Afghanistan War and remains an officer in the U.S. Navy (Reserve Component). Ruger was nominated by President Trump to serve as the United States Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and was appoin…

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CoReCon Panelists

An Interview with Carla Sands

The Harvard Salient

Mar 1

Ambassador Carla Sands serves as the Vice Chair of the Center for Energy and Environment at the America First Policy Institute. Previously, she was appointed to President Trump’s Economic Advisory Council, and in 2017, President Trump called on Sands to represent the United States as the Ambassador to Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. In Januar…

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CoReCon Panelists

An Interview with Amy Wax

The Harvard Salient

Mar 1

Amy Wax is a Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Her research has focused primarily on the intersection of economics and social welfare policy, including how such factors affect family and workplace relations. She previously worked as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice, where she argued fif…

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CoReCon Panelists

An Interview with Simon Hankinson

The Harvard Salient

Mar 1

Simon Hankinson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. From 1999–2022, he was a Foreign Service Officer who served in India, Fiji, Ghana, Slovakia, Togo, Washington, D.C., Marseille, and Nairobi. Hankinson holds a master’s degree in modern history from St. Andrews University, a degree from t…

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CoReCon Panelist Interviews

Interviews with panelists at the 2025 Conservative and Republican Student Conference.

An Interview with Jeremy Carl

An Interview with Garett Jones

An Interview with Sumantra Maitra

An Interview with William Ruger

An Interview with Carla Sands

An Interview with Amy Wax

An Interview with Simon Hankinson

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