Kennan Ferguson

  • Professor, Political Science

Education

  • PhD, Political Science, University of Hawai'i
  • BA, Political Science (magna cum laude) and Philosophy, Amherst College

Office Hours

T 4:00 - 5:00 pm & By Appt

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
POL SCI 281-001 Classics of Political Theory TR 11:30am-12:45pm
POL SCI 385-001 American Political Thought TR 2:30pm-3:45pm
POL SCI 385G-001 American Political Thought TR 2:30pm-3:45pm

Courses Taught

  • POL SCI 281 - Classics of Political Theory
  • POL SCI 382 - Modern Political Thought
  • POL SCI 711 - Current Topics in Political Science
  • POL SCI 801 - Proseminar in Environmental Political Theory
  • POL SCI 815 - Problems in Political Theory: Native American Political Theory
  • POL SCI 815 – Problems in Political Theory: The Sex Wars

Research Interests

  • Political Theory, broadly conceived.

Selected Publications

The Big No. (Editor) University of Minnesota Press, 2022.
Cookbook Politics. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020.
Ferguson, Kennan R.“Why does Political Science Hate American Indians?” Perspectives on Politics14.4 (2016).
Ferguson, Kennan R.“The Nigh is End: Politics After Time” Paradoxa27. Ed. Vint, Sherryl. (2016): 205-222.
. The Encyclopedia of Political Thought (8 volumes)Ed. Gibbons, Michael T., Coole, Diana, Ellis, Elisabeth, and Ferguson, Kennan R.Wiley-Blackwell. 2014: 4360 pages
Ferguson, Kennan R.All in the Family: On Community and IncommensurabilityDuke University Press. 2012.
Ferguson, Kennan R.“The Gift of Freedom” Social Text25.2 (2007): 39-52.
Ferguson, Kennan R.William James: Politics in the PluriverseRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2007.
Ferguson, Kennan R.“I ♥ My Dog” Political Theory32.3 (2004): 373-395.

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