Lorna Dawson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
Lynchburg College
Carnegie 334
434.544.8849
dawson.l@lynchburg.edu
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
Ph.D., Political Science, Boston College, 1998
M.A., Political Science, University of Alberta, 1988
B.A., 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
Information on 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.
