Education

University of Maine B.A.

University of Toronto M.A.

Boston University Ph.D

Interests

Memberships

Publications/Papers

Keynote Speaker. "Islam and the West" Young Leaders Academy. University of Louisville. 15-18 July 2009. Presentation

“Gilgamesh and the Education of a Tyrant,” The International Journal of the Humanities, Common Ground Publisher, 2009. Article

Book Review: Martha Nussbaum’s Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership, The Polish Journal of Philosophy. Other

“Aristophanes’ The Birds,” The Association for Core Texts and Courses, Plymouth, Mass., April 2008. Presentation

“The Depiction of the Philosopher in Plato’s Theaetetus,” Panel: “Socratic Philosophy: Socrates, his Students, and his Rivals,” 40th annual conference, Northeast Political Science Association Meeting, Boston, November 2008. Presentation

“Platonic Philosophy,” Chair: 40th annual conference, Northeast Political Science Association meeting, Boston, November 2008. Presentation

“Plato and Public Life,” Eighth annual Association for Political Theory Meeting,Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., October 2008. Presentation

“Civil Religion and American Politics,” Chair and Discussant: Midwest Political Science Association meeting. Chicago, April 2008. Presentation

“Gilgamesh and the Quest for Self-Knowledge,” Sixth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2008. Presentation

Research and Scholarly Achievements

Fellow: Lewis Lehrman Summer Institute, Teaching of America’s Founding Principles

Sponsor: The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, June 2009.

Awards

Class Schedule

Fall 2009 Schedule