Joshua B. Kaplan
(B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz; M.A., University of Chicago, 1977) Associate Professional Specialist, is Associate Director Undergraduate Studies. His courses include American Politics, Southern Politics, Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, Political Theory, and 19th Century Political Thought. He is the author of Political Theory: The Classic Texts and Their Continuing Relevance, (2005) and The People and the Ballot: A History of American Political Parties (2007), both published by Recorded Books. He has been recognized by the American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, for outstanding teaching in political science. Notre Dame's student body presented him with the Frank O'Malley Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2006, and he received Kaneb Awards for Excellence in Teaching in 2000 and 2006.
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
Advising specialties:
General advising
Research and teaching interests:
Alexis de Tocqueville, 19th century political theory, politics and literary theory, civil liberties and civil rights, southern politics.
Contact Information
Office of Undergraduate Studies
Email: Joshua.B.Kaplan.4@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-6377
Mailing Address:
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556