Mr. Alexander S. Duff
University of North Texas
Political Science
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Education

PhD, University of Notre Dame, 2011.
Major: Social Science
Degree Specialization: Political Science
Dissertation Title: The Paradox of Heideggerian Politics
MA, Carleton University, 2003.
Major: Political Science

Professional Memberships

American Political Science Association. (June 2019 – Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
PSCI 2316, Honors US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, 2 courses.
PSCI 3310, Political Theory: Quest for Justice, 5 courses.
PSCI 3320, Political Theory: The State and its Critics, 6 courses.
PSCI 3996, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 2 courses.
PSCI 4330, Topics in Political Theory, 5 courses.
PSCI 4900, Special Problems, 1 course.
PSCI 4951, Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.
PSCI 5350, Topics in Political Theory, 1 course.
PSCI 5900, Special Problems, 6 courses.
PSCI 6310, Topics in Political Theory, 2 courses.
PSCI 6900, Special Problems, 5 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

Other, 20. (January 2022 – Present).

Other, 6. (June 3, 2020 – July 22, 2020).

Directed Student Learning

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Political Science. (August 2021 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Political Science. (October 2020 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Political Science. (November 2018 – November 2023).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member,"Political Thought F. Scott Fitzgerald," Political Science. (October 2020 – October 2023).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair,"The Education of Glaucon in Plato's Republic," Political Science. (January 2022 – April 15, 2022).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Political Science. (August 2018 – April 15, 2022).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Political Science. (January 2022 – January 31, 2022).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Political Science. (October 2019 – May 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Political Science. (October 2019 – May 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Political Science. (December 2019 – November 2020).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Political Science. (October 2019 – August 2020).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Political Science. (January 2020 – February 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Political Science. (October 2019 – December 2019).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis, English. (February 2019 – May 2019).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Political Science. (January 2019 – January 2019).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Political Science. (January 2019 – January 2019).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Duff, A. S. (2015). Heidegger and Politics: The Ontology of Radical Discontent. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Book Chapter
Duff, A. S. (2021). Heidegger’s Challenge to the Renaissance of Classical Political Rationalism. Leo Strauss and Contemporary Thought.
Duff, A. S. (2020). Communication Ethics in Machiavelli. Political Communication Ethics: Theory and Practice. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. Anger, Hatred, and Judgment in Aristotle's Rhetoric. American Journal of Political Science.
Ward, A., Nichols, M., Dinan, M., Duff, A. S., Fortier, J., Schaeffer, D. (2022). Author Meets Critics: Ann Ward’s The Socratic Individual. 259-301. https://politicalsciencereviewer.wisc.edu/index.php/psr/article/view/750
Duff, A. (2022). Heidegger's Post-Western Politics. Political Research Quarterly.
Duff, A. S. (2022). The Language of Politics in Being and Time.
Duff, A. S. (2018). The Problem of Rule in MacIntyre's Politics and Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity. 4(1), 21.
Duff, A. S. (2011). Republicanism and the Problem of Ambition: The Critique of Cicero in Machiavelli's Discourses. Journal of Politics. 73(4), 980-992.
Duff, A. S. (2010). Stanley Rosen's Critique of Leo Strauss.

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Duff, A. S. (Author & Presenter), McDonald Center, Abraham Lincoln and the Rule of Law, Mercer University, Macon, GA, United States of America. (2023).

Duff, A. S. (Author & Presenter), Constitutional Conversations: A Civic Education Summit, Abraham Lincoln on the Rule of Law, University of Dallas, United States of America. (2022).

Duff, A. S. (Author & Presenter), Re-Reading Aristotle's Ethics Today, How Martin Heidegger Reads the Ethics, Eric Voegelin Institute, Louisiana State University, United States of America. (2022).

Duff, A. (Author & Presenter), Heidegger's Political Utopianism, Department of Political Science, University of Houston, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Duff, A. S. (Author & Presenter), What We Talk About When We Talk About Political Speech: A Word from Machiavelli's Florence, Michigan State University, United States of America. (2019).

Duff, A. S. (Presenter), The Paradox of Heideggerian Politics, United States of America. (2018).

Keynote/Plenary Address

Duff, A. S. (Author & Presenter), On the Varieties of Political Alienation: Challenges to Democracy in Continental Thought, Louisiana Tech University, United States of America. (2022).

Duff, A. (Author), LSU Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Heidegger and the Language of Politics, LSU, Baton Rouge, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Oral Presentation

Duff, A. S. (Author & Presenter), What Next for the War in Ukraine?, Putin-Dugin-Heidegger and the Deconstruction of the West: Ideological Elements in the Russian Regime, UNT, United States of America. (2022).

Duff, A. (Other), What We Talk About When We Talk About Political Speech, Honors College, University of Houston, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Panel Presentation

Duff, A. S. (Author & Presenter), Midwestern Political Science Association, Anger and Hatred in Aristotle's RHETORIC, MPSA, Chicago, United States of America. (2023).

Duff, A. S. (Author & Presenter), Southern Political Science Association, The Problem of Anger in Aristotle's RHETORIC, SPSA, St. Pete Beach, Florida, United States of America. (2023).

Duff, A. (Author & Presenter), Ancients Critique of the Moderns: The Problem of Political Science, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Duff, A. (Author & Presenter), American Political Science Association, Machiavelli and the Political Psychology of Factionalism in the Florentine Histories, San Francisco, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Duff, A. (Author & Presenter), New England Political Science Association, Heidegger on Postwestern Politics, New England Political Science Association, Mystic, Connecticut, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Duff, A. S. (Discussant), American Political Science Association, Comments on Panel on German Political Thought, United States of America. (2019).

Duff, A. S. (Author & Presenter), American Political Science Association, Machiavelli's Humors in the Florentine Histories, United States of America. (2019).

Duff, A. S. (Discussant), New England Political Science Association, Comments on Panel on Contemporary Political Theory, United States of America. (2019).

Duff, A. S. (Panelist), Southern Political Science Association, Comments on Michelle Clarke, Machiavelli's Florentine Republic, United States of America. (2019).

Paper

Duff, A. (Author & Presenter), North Texas Philosophical Association, Heidegger and the Language of Politics, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Symposium

Duff, A. S. (Coordinator/Organizer), Symposium on Heidegger's Thought, University of Texas, Austin, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Duff, A. S. (Other), Demagoguery, Oratory, and Liberty, Demagoguery, Oratory, and Liberty, Liberty Fund, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship
Duff, A. S., "Texas Fellowship," Sponsored by Civitas Institute, University of Texas - Austin, State, $95000 Funded. (August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2024).
Grant - Research
Duff, A. S., "CREATE grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (May 2022 – June 2022).
Grant - Service
Duff, A. S., "Constitutionalism and Democracy Forum," Sponsored by Jack Miller Center, Private, $17000 Funded. (August 2022 – June 2023).
Borck, C. A. (Co-Principal), Duff, A. S. (Co-Principal), "American Civic Tradition Professionalization Seminar with the Constitutionalism and Democracy Forum," Sponsored by Jack Miller Center, National, $26000 Funded. (March 2022 – August 2022).
Duff, A. S., "Constitutionalism and Democracy Forum," Sponsored by Apgar Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. (January 2022 – June 2022).
Borck, C. A. (Co-Principal), Duff, A. S. (Co-Principal), Ruderman, R. (Co-Principal), Major, R. (Co-Principal), "Constitutionalism and Democracy Forum," Sponsored by Jack Miller Foundation, National, $10000 Funded. (August 2021 – May 2022).
Grant - Teaching
Duff, A. S., Borck, C. A., "American Civic Tradition - Summer sessions for teachers," Sponsored by Jack Miller Center, National, $26000 Funded. (June 30, 2023 – July 31, 2023).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, PSCI Professionalization Seminar Committee. (August 2022 – Present).

Co-Director, Constitutionalism and Democracy Forum. (August 2021 – Present).

Member, PSCI Graduate Studies Committee. (August 2021 – Present).

Member, PSCI Graduate Studies Committee. (August 2021 – Present).

Member, PSCI Library Committee. (August 2021 – July 2022).

Director, History of Political Thought Speaker Series. (September 2020 – April 2022).

Member, Executive Committee. (August 2020 – July 2021).

Committee Member, PSCI Graduate Studies Committee. (August 2018 – July 2020).

Committee Member, PSCI Library Committee. (August 2018 – July 2020).

Professional Service

Reviewer, Journal Article, Review of Politics. (November 2020 – November 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal. (October 2020 – October 2020).

Reviewer, Book, Palgrave MacMillan. (August 20, 2020 – September 14, 2020).

Conference-Related, New England Political Science Association. (September 2018 – November 2019).

Reviewer, Book, Palgrave MacMillan. (October 8, 2019 – November 26, 2019).