Patrick Deneen
Rank
Regular Faculty - Associate ProfessorTitle
David A. Potenziani Memorial Associate Professor of Constitutional Studies
Field(s)
Constitutional Law and Politics
Political Theory
Education
B.A., Rutgers University, 1986
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1995
Research and Teaching Interests
Ancient and Modern Political Thought, American Political Thought, American Constitutionalism Literature and Politics, Religion and Politics
Biography
I hold a B.A. in English literature and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University. From 1995-1997 I was Speechwriter and Special Advisor to the Director of the United States Information Agency. From 1997-2005 I was Assistant Professor of Government at Princeton University. From 2005-2012 I was Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, before joining the faculty of Notre Dame in Fall 2012. I am the author and editor of several books and numerous articles and reviews and have delivered invited lectures around the country and several foreign nations.
Published books include:
The Odyssey of Political Theory, 2000 (Rowman and Littlefield) Democratic Faith, 2005 (Princeton) Democracy's Literature (ed.), 2005 (Rowman and Littlefield) The Democratic Soul (ed.), 2011 (University Press of Kentucky) Redeeming Democracy in America (ed.), 2011 (University Press of Kansas)
Office Hours
Wednesday 1-4 p.m. and by appointmentContact Information
Office: Decio 417
Phone: 574-631-7659
Email: pdeneen1@nd.edu
Mailing Address
Department of Political Science
217 O'Shaughnessy
Notre Dame, IN 46556
