About Foundations

Foundations of Political Theory is an Organized Section of the American Political Science Association. It exists to advance the linkage of political theory and philosophy with political science as a discipline. Foundations recognizes and encourages research and teaching that crosses intellectual and disciplinary boundaries. It stands at and seeks to support the intersection where philosophical, psychological, normative, and empirical approaches and problems meet.

Foundations, as the name suggests, aims to study the more permanent dimensions of political life ranging from the design of institutions and political practices to the terms and concepts used to interpret the former.

At the Foundations web site, you will find information about the section, including its officers, its newsletter, and a Bookstore where you can browse past and new titles in political theory. One new feature is a listing of job opportunities for political theorists and recent placements. If you are not already a member of the section, we hope that you will join us.

Officers

The current slate of Foundations officers is as follows:

Chair:

Michael Gibbons, University of South Florida

Treasurer:

Stephen Leonard, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Newsletter Editor:

George Klosko, University of Virginia

2007 Program Chair:

Jodi Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Executive Council

Wendy Brown, University of California
Terrell Carver, University of Bristol, UK
Nancy Hirschmann, University of Pennsylvania
Leslie Paul Thiele, University of Florida
Stephen K. White, University of Virginia
Elizabeth Wingrove, University of Michigan

Webmaster

Jan Maine, Leipzig University

Section Awards:

(Deadline for nominations: February 15, 2008)

David Easton Award Committee

Dr. Joshua Foa Dienstag (Chair of the Committee)
dienstag@polisci.ucla.edu
University of California, Los Angeles
Political Science
4289 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1472
Phone: 310-267-5410

Dr. Rogers M. Smith
rogerss@sas.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania
Political Science
208 S 37th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215
Phone: 215 898-7662
Fax: 215-573-2073

Professor Melissa S. Williams
melissa.williams@utoronto.ca
University of Toronto
Centre for Ethics
6 Hoskin Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 1H8
Canada
Fax: 416-946-8069

First Book Award Committee

Dr. Joan Cocks
jcocks@mtholyoke.edu
Mount Holyoke College
Politics
50 College Street
South Hadley, MA 01075-6422
Phone: 413-538-2325
Fax: 413-538-2138

Dr. John E. Seery
jseery@pomona.edu
Pomona College
Politics
425 North College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-6336
Phone: 909-607-2458

Dr. Michael P. Zuckert (Chair of Committee)
zuckert.1@nd.edu
University of Notre Dame
Political Science
450 Decio Faculty Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5644
Phone: 574-631-8050

Best Paper Committee

Dr. Lawrie Balfour
klb3q@virginia.edu
University of Virginia
Department of Politics
223 Cabell Hall, PO Box 400787
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4787
Phone: 434-924-4631

Dr. Christopher M. Duncan (Chair of Committee
christopher.duncan@notes.udayton.edu
University of Dayton
Political Science
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1425
Phone: 937-229-3648
Fax: 937-229-1400

Dr. Stephen G. Engelmann
sengelma@uic.edu
University of Illinois, Chicago
Political Science
1007 West Harrison
M/C 276
Chicago, IL 60607-7137
Phone: 312-413-3781

Contact us

To submit links or announcements or to make suggestions for the rest of the website, please e-mail mgibbons@cas.usf.edu

If you think that you are a member of the Foundations of Political Theory section of the APSA but you have not received the occasional e-mails from the section (2-4 per year), please contact Linda Davis, director of membership services at APSA headquarters. APSA itself maintains our list of members and their e-mail addresses; we don't do that ourselves.

Questions about the domain registration for <www.political-theory.org> should be sent to Jacob T. Levy.