Her work with Greek political thought, however, was an extension of her interest in American foreign policy.  Her early work concentrated on how the United States’ founding principles shaped American foreign policy decisions. The depth of thought of America’s founders and the universalism of early American liberalism led her back through the history of western political philosophy to the Greeks, who examined politics with a similar universalism.  Dr. Dworin’s subsequent research and teaching has been guided by the realization that both the Greeks and the American founders based their ideas regarding politics and the best political constitution on a thorough analysis of human nature and an insightful awareness of human history.  In her view, the parallels and connections between Greek philosophy and American political thought, constitute a framework of study which enhances the study of each.

After years of teaching at the University of Chicago and North Park University of Chicago, Dr. Dworin returned to her hometown of Louisville in 2006, where she helped to found Classical Studies Institute of Louisville in support of continuing adult education and also joined the faculty of Bellarmine University.   As a parent at Louisville Classical Academy over the past year, she has come to share the convictions of other academics on its faculty regarding the importance of rigorous elementary and secondary study as preparation for legitimate university-level work.