Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies at Louisiana State University.
Sandoz was a specialist in the field of political philosophy (American, European, and Russian), and he approached problems of public policy from that perspective.
The Board of Foreign Scholarships in 1987 named him a Fulbright 40th Anniversary Distinguished American Scholar to represent the United States in Italy and lecture on the Constitution during the U.S.
[2] Sandoz, as Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies, established in 1987, devoted himself to research, publications, and conferences on political philosophy and constitutionalism.
He delivered the John Witherspoon Lecture titled "Republicanism and Religion: A Conspiracy of Faith and Reason" (Washington, D.C., April 2004); addressed University of Genoa conference on EU constitution-formation (May 2004).