Political Science

Teaching

Spring 2020

POLS 310 Pillars of Western Political Thought: Plato to Machiavelli

Great works of political philosophy from ancient Greece and Rome, early Christianity, and the Renaissance. Themes include the foundations of
morality and justice, the role of hierarchy in politics, and the role of politics in cultivating human excellence. Works may include Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War; Plato’s Apology, Crito, and Republic; Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics; Augustine’s City of God; and Machiavelli’s The Prince, among others.

POLS 400 Senior Thesis

POLS 402 Problems in Political Theory

Advanced analysis of a specific problem, theme, or concept intriguing to political theorists. Specific content varies. Themes have included revolution, utopia, the American founding, Nietzsche, identity and self-creation, and the
philosophy of history.

Academic Credentials

BA Political Science and English, Colgate University, 1993

PhD Politics, Princeton University, 2004