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Department of Political Science
Faculty - Patrick Neal
Patrick Neal, Professor (1988)
- B.A., West Virginia University
- M.A., University of Toronto
- Ph.D., University of Toronoto
- Curriculum Vitae
Area of expertise
Modern Political Thought; Liberalism and its Critics; Theories of Justice
Contact Information
Office: Old Mill Room 502Phone: 802.656.4316
Email: Patrick.Neal@uvm.edu
Office Hours: On Sabbatical Spring 2013, by appointment only.
Professor Neal teaches courses in political theory. He is especially interested in the tradition of liberal political thought since Hobbes and the various criticisms elicited by it. His recent research has focused upon the relationship between religion and liberal-democracy. He is the author of Liberalism and its Discontents (NYU Press, 1997), and numerous articles. Recent publications include, “The Path Between Value Pluralism and Liberal Political Order (San Diego Law Review, 2009), and “Is Political Liberalism Hostile to Religion?” (in S. Young, ed. Reflections on Rawls, 2009).
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
Adjunct Faculty
- Bradford Green (2012)
- Gordon Robison (2012)
- Fariborz Mokhtari (2012)
- Jody M. Prescott (2012)