Ian joined the Department of Government and Politics in Fall 2008.  A political philosopher by training, his interests include the history of late-modern political thought, critical social theory, democratic theory, the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of language.  He is currently preparing a book manuscript, Democracy After Secularism, based upon his doctoral research.  He has published in Polity and contributed reviews to The Journal of Religion, The Journal of Church and State, and Ethics and International Affairs.

Vita (pdf)

Course Syllabi:

GVPT 449B: Seminar in Political Philosophy: Social Criticism

GVPT 449H: Seminar in Political Philosophy: Democratic Theory

GVPT 241: Political Philosophy, Ancient and Modern (Coming Soon)

GVPT 846: Theories of Democracy

Contact:

3140 Tydings Hall

College Park, MD 20742

301 405 0427 (Tel)

301 314 9690 (fax)

iward ‘at’ umd.edu