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Political theory community directory

Name Affiliation Specialty
Beitz, Charles Department Faculty Political theory
George, Robert Department Faculty Director, James Madison program; constitutional law, philosophy of law, political philosophy
Harris-Lacewell, Melissa Department Faculty African American political thought; black religious ideas and practice; social and clinical psychology
Lane, Melissa Department Faculty History of Political Thought (Ancient; Modern Reception of the Ancients); Political Philosophy; Ethics and Public Affairs
Macedo, Stephen Department Faculty Liberalism and its critics; American constitutionalism; ethics and public affairs; citizenship; rights; public education policy; church-state relations; international justice.
Mueller, Jan-Werner Department Faculty Political theory; history of modern political thought; European politics and society
Patten, Alan Department Faculty Political theory
Pettit, Philip Department Faculty Political philosophy; philosophy of cognitive and social science
Viroli, Maurizio Department Faculty
Whittington, Keith Department Faculty American constitutional theory and development; politics of law and courts; presidency; American political thought
Appiah, Kwame Princeton Faculty Moral and political philosophy; African and African-American studies; personal and political identity, multiculturalism, and nationalism
Keohane, Nannerl Princeton Faculty
Stout, Jeffrey Princeton Faculty Theories of religion; religious and philosophical ethics; philosophy of religion; social criticism; political thought; modern theology; film
Kateb, George Emeritus Faculty
Sigmund, Paul Emeritus Faculty History of political theory, esp. 13th-17th c.; religion and politics; Chilean politics
Rubenstein, Jennifer Former Faculty Political theory; international ethics; democratic theory; NGOs
Shaw, Tamsin Former Faculty
Wenar, Leif Former Faculty
Zakaras, Alex Former Faculty Democratic theory, American political thought, ethics and public policy, nineteenth century political thought
Arnold, Samuel Graduate Student Political Philosophy; Ethics; Metaethics
Bali, Asli Graduate Student
Brown, Brookes Graduate Student Democratic theory; political philosophy;liberalism; American constitutional theory and development
Buckinx, Barbara Graduate Student Political theory; republicanism; global governance; international distributive justice
Chong, Ja Ian Graduate Student International relations theory; international security; politics of hegemony; east Asian security; concepts of sovereignty; non-western traditions of political theory
Cotterill, Sarah Graduate Student
Dannenbaum, Thomas Graduate Student Political philosophy; international relations; ethics; humanitarian intervention
Davis, Ryan Graduate Student
El Amine, Loubna Graduate Student Political theory; confucianism; communitarianism; special obligations; virtue ethics.
Elazar, Yiftah Graduate Student political theory and history of political thought, with special interests in theories of freedom, democratic citizenship, liberalism and republicanism, conservatism and radicalism, radical patriotism, Hobbes, Hume, Price, Ferguson, Burke
Field, Sandra Graduate Student Political theory and philosophy; history of political thought, especially the early modern period (Hobbes, Spinoza)
Flanigan, Jessica Graduate Student
Gallagher, Katie Graduate Student Normative Political Theory
Giglioli, Matteo Graduate Student Political theory; history of political thought; legitimacy; revolution; power; modernity; Europe (1870s-1930s)
Hidalgo, Javier Graduate Student
Lee, Daniel Graduate Student Political theory; history of medieval and modern political thought; civil law; constitutional and legal historiography
Mayne, Quinton Graduate Student Comparative Politics; Political Theory; International Relations
McKean, Benjamin Graduate Student
Oxman, Evan Graduate Student Political theory; history of political thought; democratic theory; American political thought; American politics; public law
Rousseliere, Genevieve Graduate Student Contemporary theories of justice ; ethics and metaethics ; history of political thought
Sullivan, Michael Graduate Student
Vandiver, Joshua Graduate Student
Wilson, James Graduate Student Interests include democratic theory and constitutionalism; international political theory; moral philosophy; the thought of Aristotle, Hobbes, Kant, and the Federalists; constitutional law; election law; antidiscrimination law; and administrative law.
Goff, Sarah Graduate Student
Shuster, Amy Graduate Alum History of political thought; feminist theory; democratic theory
Webb, Adam Graduate Alum