ABOUT ME
I have served as Chair of the Department of Political Science at Iowa State since 2002. I received my Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton, my Masters in Political Thought and Intellectual History from Cambridge University, and my bachelors degree in Political Science from the University of Chicago. I have been at Iowa State University since 1999. I have a courtesy appointment in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and serve as Chair the Department of Political Science.

EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The History of Political Thought
Princeton University, Ph.D. in Politics, 1999.
Ethics and Politics
Religion and Politics
Cambridge University, M.Phil. with Distinction in Political Thought and Intellectual History, 1995.
University of Chicago, A.B. with Honors in Political Science, 1994 (Phi Beta Kappa, 1993).
