What College Won’t Teach You About Conservatism | Joelle Webb

What happens when a college student can take an entire class on Marxism—but struggles to find courses on Locke, Burke, or the ideas behind America’s founding?

Author Joelle Webb joins Gen Z Unplugged to explain why that experience inspired her to write Conserving Truth, how political philosophy can help Gen Z move beyond viral soundbites, and why understanding conservatism’s intellectual roots matters now more than ever.

From Marxism and campus ideology to liberty, tradition, and the pursuit of truth, Joelle makes the case that young conservatives shouldn’t just know what they believe—they should know why.

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Joelle Webb is a writer, legal researcher, and graduate student whose work focuses on

American conservatism, constitutional law, civil rights, public policy, and higher education.

Webb recently graduated from Drake University with a B.A. in Law, Politics, and Society, where

her studies centered on constitutional law, political theory, contemporary public-policy debates,

and legal jurisprudence. She is currently pursuing a Master of Legal Studies at the University of

Denver Sturm College of Law.

Her professional experience has spanned politics, state government, public policy,

communications, and legal advocacy. Most recently, Webb worked as a Legal Research