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Early modern political thought, especially Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes; women in the history of political thought; democratic theory.

• Affiliation(s)

  • Department of Women's Studies
  • Department of Classical Studies

• Fields of Study

  • Political Theory
  • Gender and Politics

• Education

  • Yale University, Ph.D. (Political Science)
  • Oberlin College, B.A. (Classics)

• Awards

  • Tronstein Teaching Award, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan (2011)
  • Visiting Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa (2001-2002)
  • Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, University of Michigan (1998)

• Selected Publications:

• Books

  • (2006) Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens
  • (1992) Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought

• Articles

  • (2010) The Socratic Narrative: A Democratic Reading of Plato's Dialogues, Political Theory