University of Dallas

Jonathan Culp, Ph.D.

Expertise
  Ancient Political Philosophy (Plato, Aristotle), Hume, Rousseau, American Founding, European Politics

Education 
  Ph.D., Boston College, Political Science, 2008
  B.A., St. John’s College (Annapolis), Liberal Arts, 2001  

Academic Post
  Assistant Professor, University of Dallas, Fall 2008 to present
  Instructor, Boston College, Fall 2006
  Instructor, Boston College, Summer 2004 (Portugal)


Recent Courses
  POL 1311 Principles of American Politics
  POL 3335/5303 Modernity and Post-Modernity
  POL 3331/5304 Plato's Republic
  POL 3336 Comparative Government
  POL 4353 Globalization
  POL 6388/5300 The Political Philosophy of Rousseau
  POL 6377. Plato's Gorgias

Publications and Presentations
Doctoral Dissertation: “Plato’s Critique of Injustice in the Gorgias and the Republic.”

• Review of Jeff J.S. Black’s Rousseau’s Critique of Science, in Interpretation 38.1 (Fall 2010), pp. 95-102.
  
• Conference Paper, “Definitions of Justice in Republic I,” 2011 annual conference of the Western Political Science Association.
• Discussant, “David Hume at 300: Implications for Political Science” Panel, at the 2011 annual conference of the Western Political Science Association.
• Conference Paper, “Hume’s Defense of Justice,” presented at the 2010 annual conference of the Northeastern Political Science Association.
• Chair and Discussant, “Self-Interest, Corruption, and Morality” Panel at the 2010 annual conference of the Northeastern Political Science Association.
• Conference Paper, “Hume’s Reply to the Sensible Knave—Another Look,” presented at the 2010 annual conference of the Southwestern Political Science Association.
• Discussant, “Literature and Education in Politics” Panel at the 2010 annual conference of the Southwestern Political Science Association.
• Chair, “Origins of Law” Panel at the 2010 annual conference of the Southwestern Political Science Association.

Professional Awards
Jack Miller Center Fellow, Summer 2010
Bradley Dissertation Fellow, 2007-08
Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award, 2006, 2007