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Susan M. Matarese, Ph.D.
Appointments
- Professor, Political Science
- Honors Advisor, Political Science
Departments
Location
- Second Floor, Room 210
- Ford Hall, Belknap Campus
Phone Number
- 502-852-3315
Email Address
Website
Bio
CV
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Selected Publications
- Susan Matarese and Paul Salmon, “Utopia and Its Discontents: A Brother’s Secrets,” The Midwest Quarterly, Spring, 2007.
- Susan Matarese and Paul Salmon, “Shaker Health and Longevity,” Communities: Journal of the International Communal Studies Association, December, 2009.
- Susan Matarese, American Foreign Policy and the Utopian Imagination, (paperback edition) University of Massachusetts Press, 2010.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1979
- M.A., University of Minnesota, 1974
- B.A., University of Rhode Island, 1971
Teaching Areas
- POLS 202 Honors Seminar: Comparative Political Systems
- POLS 202 Comparative Political Systems
- POLS 383 American Political Thought
- POLS 384 Democracy and Its Critics
- POLS 386 Political Theory and Utopia
- POLS 387 Quest for Community
- POLS 495 American Political Thought
Research Interests
- Utopian Studies
- Politics, Literature, Film
Professional Activities
- Board of Directors, Center for Communal Studies
- Associate Editor, Communal Societies
Honors & Awards
- Philip Grant Davidson Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1982
- Israel T. Naamani Award for Outstanding Service, 1994
- University of Louisville Red Apple Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1996
Professional Memberships
- American Political Science Association
- Communal Studies Association
- Society for Utopian Studies
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