Political Science and International Relations

Assistant Professor Hanna Brant (SUNY Geneseo/Keith Walters ’11) Author Hanna Brant Publication Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (2022) Summary “Legislating as Your Full Self: Queer Women of Color in US State Legislatures,” demonstrates that though US state legislatures are disproportionately white and male, queer women of color are making significant strides in increasing their

Associate Professor Aaron Herold Author Aaron Herold Publication The Democratic Soul: Spinoza, Tocqueville, and Enlightenment Theology, University of Pennsylvania Press (2021) Abstract: The Democratic Soul argues that liberal democracy’s current crisis—of extreme polarization, rising populism, and disillusionment with political institutions—must be understood as the culmination of a deeper dissatisfaction with the liberal Enlightenment. Major elements