Lorna Dawson, PhD

Experience/ Background

• 2008-present: Associate Professor of Political Science, Lynchburg College
• 2002-2008: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lynchburg College
• 1999-2000: Visiting Assistant Professor, Kenyon College

Degrees and Certifications

• PhD, Political Science, Boston College, 1998
• MA, Political Science, University of Alberta, 1988
• BA, Political Science, University of Alberta, 1986

Honors and Awards

• 2004, 2005 Who's Who Among America's Teachers
• 1999-2000 Bradley Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Kenyon College

Professional/ Research Interests

• Political philosophy
• American politics

Courses Taught

• Political Philosophy
• American Presidency
• Constitutional Law

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.