EDUCATION: Ph.D., Political Science, with Distinction,Yale University, December 2006 M.Phil., Political Science, Yale University, May 2004 M.Phil., Political Thought and Intellectual History, University of Cambridge, October 2000 B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Amherst College, May 1999 APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia Scholar-In-Residence, Political Science, Carleton College, 2005-2007 AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: American Pragmatism and Its History; American and African American Political Thought; Social and Political Philosophy (especially theories of Democracy and Republicanism) AREAS OF COMPETENCE History of Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Identity (Gender and Race) PUBLICATIONS: Books: The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy (Columbia University Press, 2008) *Review of Book, Jim Garrison, Teacher's College Record, June 24, 2009 *Review of Book, Paul Fairfield, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, August 6, 2009 *Review of Book, M. E. Bailey, CHOICE, August, 2009: 46-7076 *Review of Book, Shane Ralston, Journal of Politics, Volume 72.1, Jan. 2010 *Review of Book, Robert W. King, Journal of American Studies, Volume 44.1, Feb. 2010 Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters: "Democracy, Piety, and Faith: A Reading of Dewey's Naturalism," in Secular Faith, eds. Vincent Lloyd and Elliot Ratzman (Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Forthcoming) “Re-reading Honneth: Exodus Politics and the Paradox of Recognition,” European Journal of Political Theory 8.2 (April, 2009): 183-206 "Democracy, Elites, and Power: John Dewey Reconsidered," Contemporary Political Theory 8.1 (February, 2009): 68-89
“Republican Confusion and Liberal Clarification,” Philosophy and Social Criticism, 34.7 (October, 2008): 799-824 “Action and Inquiry in Dewey’s Philosophy,” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy, 43.1 (2007): 90-115 “Rorty’s Straussianism; Or, Irony Against Democracy,” Contemporary Pragmatism, 1.2 (December, 2004): 95-121 “Liberalism, Narrative, and Identity: A Pragmatic Defense of Racial Solidarity,” Theory and Event, 6.2 (2002) Encyclopedia Entries, Critical Commentaries, and Book Reviews: Review of Neil Gross, Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008), American Historical Review (Forthcoming) Review of George Yancy, Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race. (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008), Journal of Speculative Philosophy (Forthcoming) Symposium on Robert Talisse's A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy "Dewey, Pluralism, and Democracy: A Response to Robert Talisse," Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy 45.1 (June, 2009): 75-79 “Republicanism,” in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition, ed. William A. Darity, 9 vols (Detroit: Macmillian Reference USA, 2008): vol. 7, 188-89 PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS: Conference Roundtable: The Undiscovered Dewey Participants: Eric MacGilvray (Chair), Rogers Smith, James Johnson, Robert Taylor Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada June, 2010 "Pragmatism and Democratic Faith" Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Conference, Arlington, VA, October, 2009 "The Fact of Sacrifice and the Necessity of Faith: Dewey, Maine, and the Ethics of Democracy" Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, April, 2010 American Studies Conference, Washington, DC, October, 2009 MIT Political Science Work in Progress Colloquia, Cambridge, MA, March, 2009 William and Mary, Political Science Department Colloquia, Williamsburg, VA, April, 2009 Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture Colloquia, University of Virginia, April, 2009 University of Oregon, Department of Philosophy, April, 2009 "The Limits of Sympathy: DuBois, Tocqueville and the Habits of Race Prejudice" Association for Political Theory Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, October, 2008 Invited Paper: "Two Iterations on a Theme: Sympathy and Race" American Philosophies Symposium: Words, Bodies, War, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, April 2008 Invited Conference Paper: "Dewey and Pluralism: A Response to Robert Talisse" Pacific American Philosophical Association Conference, Pasadena, CA, March, 2008 Conference Paper: “Democracy, Elites, and Power: Dewey Reconsidered” American Political Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September, 2006 Invited Workshop Talk: “Dewey’s Neo-Aristotelianism” Political Theory Workshop, Yale University, New Haven, CT, December, 2005 Panel Discussant: “The Legacy of Socrates” Northeastern Political Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2005 Invited Workshop Talk: “Faith and Democratic Piety” Political Theory Colloquium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2005 Discussant: “Between Magnanimity and Humility: A Discussion of Patrick Deneen’s Democratic Faith,” Political Theory Workshop, Yale University, New Haven, CT, May, 2004 Conference Paper: “Rorty, Strauss, and Irony” Northeastern Political Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2003 Conference Paper: "Liberalism and Identity: A Pragmatic Defense of Racial Solidarity” New School University Conference, "Crisis and Opportunity: Rethinking the Political," New York, May, 2002 Conference Paper and Panel Organizer: "Dewey, Democracy, and the Fragility of Deliberation” American Political Science Conference, San Francisco, CA, September, 2001 Conference Paper: "Kant's Categorical Imperative Reconsidered" Tufts University Annual Graduate Conference on Philosophy, Medford, MA, April, 1999 Poster Paper: "The Impact of Racial Discrimination on the Political Participation of Black Americans" American Political Science Conference, poster session, Boston, MA, September, 1998 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: Minority Presence at Liberal Arts College Fellowship, 2005-2007 Exchange Scholar, Princeton University, Department of Religion, 2004-2005 John F. Enders Grant, Yale University, Summer, 2005 Yale University Dissertation Fellowship, 2004-2005 Amherst College Memorial Fellowship, 2001-2002; 2003-2004 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship, 1999-2002 American Political Science Graduate Fellowship, 2000-2001 Keasbey Scholarship, University of Cambridge, Selwyn College, 1999-2000 Ralph J. Bunche Fellowship, University of Virginia, Summer, 1998 Andrew Mellon Undergraduate Fellowship, Bowdoin College, 1997-1998 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: The Association for Political Theory The American Political Science Association American Philosophical Association PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Manuscript Reviewer: Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory Journal of Politics Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy American Political Science Review Philosophy & Rhetoric Political Studies back to first page>>> |
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| Melvin L. Rogers Assistant Professor of Politics University of Virginia |
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