Elliot Bartky, Ph.D.

Dr. Bartky is the new dean of the men’s college. He brings more than 35 years of experience in higher education to his role with HTC. He is currently an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Science at Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he served as an assistant professor, and subsequently as an associate professor, from 1988-2019. Dr. Bartky also taught for twenty years at the University of Notre Dame as an adjunct professor in its Program of Liberal Studies. Dr. Bartky’s publications include articles and essays on religion and politics, American political thought, ancient political thought, and Jewish political thought. In addition to his academic work, he founded the Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana (JAACI), has written many public essays, lectured on Israel and Judaism, and introduced two laws against BDS passed by the Indiana State Legislature.