Associate Professor of Political Science
434.544.8849
dawson.l@lynchburg.edu
Carnegie Hall 334
Experience
- 2008-present, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Lynchburg
- 2002-2008, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Lynchburg
- 1999-2000, Visiting Assistant Professor, Kenyon College
Education
- PhD, Political Science – Boston College, 1998
- MA, Political Science – University of Alberta, 1988
- BA, Political Science – University of Alberta, 1986
Publications
- “If Not a Fatherland, at Least a Country: The Citizenship of Emile.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 2005.
- “Locke and Moses on Law.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Core Texts and Courses, April 2004.
- “Art, Anthropology and Oprah.” Review of The Legacy of Rousseau, eds. Clifford Orwin and Nathan Tarcov,Books in Canada, June1998.
- “The Transpolitical Moral Education in Rousseau’s Emile.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 1997.
- “Rousseau’s Maxims on Pity in Emile and Their Relation to Justice,” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1994.
Awards
- 2004, 2005 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
- 1999-2000 Bradley Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Kenyon College
Teaching Areas
- Political Philosophy
- American Presidency
- Constitutional Law
Professional Interests
- Political philosophy
- American politics