Kathleen Hunker
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Kathleen Hunker is a policy analyst with the Center for Economic Freedom at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. She is also a managing editor of the Foundation’s research and publications.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Hunker worked as a legal associate at the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies, where she conducted rigorous research and writing on a wide-range of federal and state cases in order to advance the Center’s mission of a constitutionally limited government. She graduated in 2012 with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Columbia University School of Law and a Masters of Law (LL.M) from the University College London. A former editor for the Columbia Journal of European Law, Hunker has written for such publications as Townhall.com, Ethika Politika, TheBelltowers.com, and the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, among others. She specializes in comparative constitutional law and natural rights.