Michael P. Zuckert
(B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D, University of Chicago, 1974) Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor, and Chair, Department of Political Science, works in political philosophy, American constitutional law and theory, and American political thought. He has published Natural Rights and the New Republicanism and The Natural Rights Republic , which was named an outstanding book for 1997 by Choice magazine, as well as many articles on a variety of topics, including George Orwell, Plato's “Apology,” Shakespeare, and contemporary liberal theory. His most recent book is Launching Liberalism: On Lockean Political Philosophy. He is currently completing a book called Completing the Constitution: The Post-Civil War Amendments , is co-authoring a book on Machiavelli and Shakesepeare, and has been commissioned to write the volume on John Rawls for a new series on Twentieth Century Political Philosophy . He co-authored and co-produced the public radio series Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson : A Nine Part Drama for the Radio and was senior scholar for Liberty !, a six hour public television series on the American Revolution. He has received grants from NEH, the Woodrow Wilson Center, Earhart Foundation and NSF, and has taught at Carleton College , Cornell University , Claremont Men's College, Fordham University, the University of Minnesota , and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor .
Advising specialties:
Rhodes; Marshall; graduate programs in political science
Research and teaching interests:
Early modern political theory; Locke; American political thought; constitutional law
Contact Information
Email: zuckert.1@nd.edu
Office: 217 O'Shaughnessy Hall (Chair's Administrative Office)
Phone: (574) 631-5189
Mailing Address:
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Web site: Michael Zuckert's Webpage