Christopher R. Hallenbrook (781) 626-0725 challenb@bloomu.edu Employment Fall 2015 present, Instructor, Department of Political Science, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Education PhD Political Science, University of California, Davis, September 2015 Dissertation: Constrained Absolutism: The Power to Protect, the Rights of Subjects and the Duties of Sovereignty in Hobbes s Political Thought Committee: John T. Scott (chair), Robert S. Taylor, Shalini Satkunanandan M.A. Political Science, University of California, Davis, December 2014 B.A. Political Science and History, Bridgewater State University, May 2009 Summa cum laude Robert N. Larson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Political Science Honors Thesis: Exploring the Nature of Anti-Federalist Thought: Republicanism and Liberalism in the Political Thought of Cato Publications 2016. Leviathan No More: The Right of Nature and the Limits of Sovereignty in Hobbes, Review of Politics 78 (2): 177-200. Working Papers "Defining the Office: Officium, Commodious Living and the Substantive Duties of Hobbesian Sovereigns" under review Contract with R. Lee McNish We Don t Call 911: Thomas Hobbes and the Firearms Debate in the United States with Ryan Reed under review Impartial Fury: The Role of Thumos in Adam Smith s Moral Theory Constrained Absolutism (book manuscript)
Teaching Experience Instructor of Record Introduction to Political Theory 2015-2017 Bloomsburg University The Social Contract Tradition 2015-2016, Bloomsburg University Fall 2017 American Political Thought 2016-2017 Bloomsburg University United States Government 2015-2017 Bloomsburg University Western Political Thought 2014 (2x) University of California, Davis Teaching Assistant Ancient and Medieval Political Thought (3x) Distributive Justice Foundations of Political Thought (2x) Introduction to Western Political Thought (2x) Contemporary Political Thought American Political Thought Introduction to American Politics (4x) The Legislative Process Teaching Workshops and Training Teaching Students How to Learn, Teaching and Learning Enhancement (TALE) Center, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2017. Active Learning for Busy Skeptics, TALE Center, Bloomsburg University, Spring 2017. Writing in the Disciplines Series, TALE Center, Bloomsburg University, Fall 2016. Faculty Book Club on How Learning Works, Bloomsburg University, Fall 2016.
Certificate, Associate Instructor Development Series, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of California, Davis. Summer 2012. Invited Colloquia Ancients, Moderns, and Postmoderns: Honoring Catherine Zuckert, Notre Dame. May 2017. Jack Miller Center Summer Institute. Philadelphia. August, 2015. Thomas Hobbes on Reason and Passions, Law and Politics. UC Berkeley. Nov 2014. Research Presentations Contract, Association for Political Theory, 2017. We Don t Call 911: A Hobbesian Debate Over Firearms in America with Ryan Reed, Midwest Political Science Association, 2017. Contract, American Political Science Association, 2016. Contract, Junior Scholar Symposium, Midwest Political Science Association, 2016. Defining the Office: Officium, Commodious Living and the Substantive Duties of Hobbesian Sovereigns." Association for Political Theory, 2015. Defining the Office: Officium, Commodious Living and the Substantive Duties of Hobbesian Sovereigns." American Political Science Association, 2014. The Definition of the Office: Officium, Commodious Living and the Substantive Duties of Hobbesian Sovereigns." Midwest Political Science Association, 2014. Conditional Obedience: The Power to Protect and the Right of Rebellion in Hobbes Leviathan. Midwest Political Science Association, 2012. Exploring the Nature of Anti-Federalist Thought: Republicanism and Liberalism in the Political Thought of Cato. Midwest Political Science Association, 2009
Fellowships and Grants Research Fellowship, Mellon Research Initiative in Early Modern Studies, Andrew Mellon Foundation, 2012-2013 Career Development Grant, Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies. 2014 (2x), 2016 (2x) Travel Grant, Graduate Student Association, University of California, Davis, 2014 Travel Grant,, 2012, 2014 (2x) Graduate Fellowship,, 2009-2010 Professional Service Manuscript reviewer for The Review of Politics and The European Journal of Political Theory Department Ambassador to Teaching and Learning Enhancement Center, Fall 2017 to present Faculty Adviser, esports Club, Bloomsburg University, Fall 2016 to present Graduate Student Association (GSA) Representative, Graduate Association of Political Science Students (GAPSS), 2012-2013 Member, GSA Travel Fund Award Committee, 2013 Faculty Meeting Representative, GAPSS. 2010-2012. Peer Mentor, Graduate Association of Political Science Students. 2010-11, 2012-2013, 2014-2015 Professional Memberships Association for Political Theory Midwest Political Science Association American Political Science Association European Hobbes Society
References John T. Scott, Professor jtscott@ucdavis.edu Robert S. Taylor Professor rstaylor@ucdavis.edu Shalini Satkunanandan Assistant Professor ssatkunanandan@ucdavis.edu Peter Doerschler Associate Professor and Chair Department of Political Science, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania pdoersch@bloomu.edu Neil Strine Associate Professor Department of Political Science, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania hstrin2@bloomu.edu