Alex Zakaras, Associate Professor (2005)

• B.A., Harvard University
• Ph.D., Princeton University
• Curriculum Vitae

Area of expertise

Political Theory

Contact Information

Old Mill Room 522
Phone: 802.656.8229
Email: Alex.Zakaras [at] uvm.edu

Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday - 2:00-3:30 or by appointment.

Professor Zakaras specializes in political philosophy and the history of political thought. His interests include the philosophy of democracy and democratic citizenship, the ideal of autonomy and its place in the liberal tradition, and the political thought of the nineteenth century. His book, Individuality and Mass Democracy: Mill, Emerson, and the Burdens of Citizenship, was published by Oxford University Press in 2009. His is also co-editor of J.S. Mill's Political Thought: A Bicentennial Reassessment, published by Cambridge University Press in 2007.

Hear Alex Zakaras on Public Radio:
- Discussing Emerson's "Self-Reliance" on NPR's On Point:
- Discussing Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" on Wisconsin Public Radio:

Faculty Directory

• Ellen Andersen (2008)
• Robert Bartlett (2006)
• Caroline Beer (2000)
• Frank Bryan (1976)
• Eileen Burgin (1988)
• John P. Burke (1984)
• Matthew Carlson (2005)
• Michele Commercio (2006)
• Alec Ewald (2006)
• Jan Feldman (1982)
• F. Gregory Gause (1995)
• Anthony Gierzynski (1992)
• Deborah Guber (1998)
• Lisa Holmes (2002)
• Patrick Neal (1988)
• Garrison Nelson (1968)
• Bob Pepperman Taylor (1986)
• Martha Thomas (2010)
• Peter VonDoepp (2005)
• Melissa Willard-Foster (2012)
• Alex Zakaras (2005)

Research Associate Professors

• Edward R. McMahon (2003)

Adjunct Faculty

• Bradford Green (2012)
• Gordon Robison (2012)
• Fariborz Mokhtari (2012)
• Jody M. Prescott (2012)

Professors Emeriti

• Howard Ball (1989-2002)
• Carolyn Elliott (1987-2003)
• Alan Wertheimer (1968-2005)
• George Moyser (1987-2010)