Jen Patja Howell, VA Civics

Jen Patja Howell has dedicated her career to strengthening constitutional self-government through her work with the Center for Civic Education and Montpelier’s Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution, where she served as Deputy Director. She is the producer and editor of “Rational Security,” a weekly foreign policy and national security roundup; “The Lawfare Podcast”; and Eagles, Globes, and Anchors, the podcast of Marine Corps University. Over the last decade, Jen has also held teaching and research positions at the University of Virginia, most notably in Criminology and the school’s University Internship Program with the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. She is an appointed member of the Virginia Commission on Civic Education, and the former We the People Coordinator for the District of Columbia. She received her master’s in Sociology from the University of Virginia, and a bachelor’s in English from the University of California, Berkeley.