Political Philosophy and American Political Thought ross.corbett@gmail.com http: //rossjcorbett.com/ http://ssrn.com/author=1320580 Education Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 2015 (expected) University of Toronto, Ph.D., Political Science, 2005. Dissertation: Prerogative and Revolution in the Lockean Commonwealth. Committee: Thomas Pangle, Clifford Orwin, Melissa Williams, Donald Forbes, Nathan Tarcov University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., Government and Politics, 1999 Positions Held Northern Illinois University, Assistant Professor, 2007 2012. Department of Political Science. Senior Member of the Graduate Faculty Brown University, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2004 2007. Department of Political Science, Political Theory Project University of Toronto, Instructor, 2004. Department of Political Science Publications Books The Lockean Commonwealth. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2009 Refereed Journal Articles The Suspension of Law During Crisis. Political Science Quarterly 127, no. 4 (Winter 2012 13): 627 57 Locke s Biblical Critique. Review of Politics 74, no. 1 (Winter 2012): 27 51 Political Theory Within Political Science. PS: Political Science and Politics 44, no. 3 (July 2011): 565 70 The Question of Natural Law in Aristotle. History of Political Thought 30, no. 2 (Summer 2009): 229 50 The Extraconstitutionality of Lockean Prerogative. Review of Politics 68, no. 3 (Summer 2006): 428 48 1/5
Book Chapters & Invited Articles The Fading Promise of a More Meritocratic Society. Perspectives on Political Science, forthcoming Ross Jacob Corbett Renaissance and Early Modern Political Thought. In Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought, edited by Gregory Clayes. Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming Aristotelian Kingship and Lockean Prerogative. In Recovering Reason: Essays in Honor of Thomas L. Pangle, edited by Timothy Burns. New York: Lexington Books, 2010 Locke and the Challenges of Crisis Government. The Good Society 18, no. 2 (Winter 2009): 20 25 Book Reviews A Banausic, Plebeian Hegel? review of Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns, by Domenico Losurdo. Review of Politics 67, no. 3 (Summer 2005): 147 9 Work in Progress For the Good of the People. Book manuscript Natural Law and the Challenge of Socratic Political Philosophy. Article manuscript Awards and Honors Sir John M. Templeton Fellow, Independent Institute, 2009 10 Jack Miller Center Fellow, 2009 Jablin Dissertation Award, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, 2005 Humane Studies Fellow, 2003 2004 Conference Papers The Rhetoric of Emergency Powers: How Partisan Crises Illuminate National Security Crises. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2013 The Founders Thoughts on Habeas Corpus. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2013 The Philosophic Context of the Development of Natural Law. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2012 Statesmanship and Precedent. Paper presented at the Statesmanship Center of Morehead State University Symposium, Lexington, Ken., April 2011 2/5
Locke s Biblical Critique. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2011 Aristotelian Kingship and Lockean Prerogative. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 2010 Liberal Education for Liberal Democracy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Private Enterprise Education, Las Vegas, April 2010 For the Good of the People. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 2009 Carl Schmitt and the Myopic Treatment of Prerogative. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2009 Aristotle and Natural Law. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2008 Flux, Fortuna, and the Role of Philosophy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Boston, April 2007 Locke and Aristotle on the Limits of Law. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September 2006 The Missing Judiciary in Locke s Separation of Powers. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2006, and of the Southwestern Political Science Association, San Antonio, April 2006 The Extraconstitutionality of Lockean Prerogative. Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, January 2006 Locke and the Problem of Crisis Leadership. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Leadership Association, Amsterdam, November 2005 Locke, Law, and Freedom: Prerogative, Resistance, and the Constant Flux of Things. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New York State Political Science Association, Staten Island, April 2003 Invited Lectures and Conference Participation John Locke and Algernon Sidney on Liberty and Free Government. Liberty Fund Colloquium. Portland, Maine, July 2010 Crisis and Statesmanship in American Democracy. Jack Miller Summer Institute. Charlottesville, Virginia, June 2009 Moral Knowledge and Education in John Locke. Liberty Fund Colloquium. Park City, Utah, July 2007 Humane Studies Research Colloquium. Arlington, Virginia, May 2003 3/5
Courses Taught Ross Jacob Corbett Northern Illinois University Democracy in America Religion and the Constitution Classical and Medieval Political Theory Nietzsche and Postmodern Politics Graduate Seminars on Plato s Republic, Aristotle s Politics, Machiavelli s Discourses on Livy, Locke s Two Treatises of Government, and Nietzsche s Thus Spoke Zarathustra Brown University The Philosophy of the American Founding Topics in American Constitutional Law Machiavelli s Spirit of Modern Republicanism Ancient Political Thought University of Toronto Politics & Morality Graduate Student Committees Doctoral Dissertation Committees Neil Wright (2012) Christopher Whidden (2008) David Perrin (Dean s Designee, Department of Teaching and Learning, 2008) Master s Thesis and Starred Paper Committees John Grove (2011) Lewis Slawsky (2008) Professional Service Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science (2011), American Political Science Review (2012), American Political Thought (2013) Journal of the History of Ideas (2007) (2008), Political Research Quarterly (2008) (2010), Political Studies (2009) (2010), 4/5
Political Theory (2007), Polity (2008), Review of Politics (2007) (2008) (2011) (2012) (2013), Social Theory and Practice (2010) New Ideas in History (22 Oct. 2007). Addressed regional middle and secondary education teachers as part of conference on 21st Century Freedom Departmental Committee Service. Political Theory Field Convener (2009 10), Executive Committee (2010 11), Representative to the Division of Public Administration (2008 9), Graduate Committee (2009 10), Undergraduate Committee (2007 8, 2010 11) References Thomas L. Pangle, Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies, University of Texas at Austin. (512) 232-1529. tpangle@austin.texas.edu Clifford Orwin, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto. (416) 926-1300 x3277. clifford.orwin@utoronto.ca John Tomasi, Professor of Political Science, Brown University. (401) 863-1577. john_tomasi@brown.edu Matthew Streb, Chair of the Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University. (815) 753-7046. mstreb@niu.edu 5/5