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Alexander S. Duff

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Political Science

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

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

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 5900.601Special ProblemsSpring 2023
PSCI 6900.740Special ProblemsSpring 2023
PSCI 3310.001Political Theory: Quest for JusticeFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3310.002Political Theory: Quest for JusticeFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4951.002Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2022
PSCI 3320.001Political Theory: The State and its CriticsSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3320.002Political Theory: The State and its CriticsSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2022
PSCI 5900.730Special ProblemsSpring 2022
PSCI 3996.730Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2021
PSCI 5900.730Special ProblemsFall 2021
PSCI 4330.001Topics in Political TheoryFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3996.003Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceSpring 2021
PSCI 3320.001Political Theory: Eighteenth Century to the PresentSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3320.003Political Theory: Eighteenth Century to the PresentSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5900.730Special ProblemsSpring 2021
PSCI 4330.001Topics in Political TheorySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2316.003Honors US and Texas Constitutions and InstitutionsFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2316.007Honors US and Texas Constitutions and InstitutionsFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3310.001Political Theory: Socrates to the Eighteenth CenturyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3310.003Political Theory: Socrates to the Eighteenth CenturyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5900.730Special ProblemsFall 2020
PSCI 6900.703Special ProblemsFall 2020
PSCI 3320.002Political Theory: Eighteenth Century to the PresentSpring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 5900.730Special ProblemsSpring 2020
PSCI 6900.732Special ProblemsSpring 2020
PSCI 4330.001Topics in Political TheorySpring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 6310.001Topics in Political TheorySpring 2020
PSCI 4330.001Topics in Political TheoryFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6310.001Topics in Political TheoryFall 2019 SPOT
PSCI 3320.002Political Theory: Eighteenth Century to the PresentSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.601Special ProblemsSpring 2019
PSCI 4330.001Topics in Political TheorySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5350.001Topics in Political TheorySpring 2019 SPOT
PSCI 3310.002Political Theory: Socrates to the Eighteenth CenturyFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.703Special ProblemsFall 2018
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

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.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Duff, A.S., "Texas Fellowship," sponsored by Civitas Institute, University of Texas - Austin, State, $95000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).

    • Grant - Research

  • Duff, A.S., "CREATE grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2022 - 2022).

    • Grant - Service

  • Duff, A.S., "Constitutionalism and Democracy Forum," sponsored by Jack Miller Center, Private, $17000 Funded. (2022 - 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. (2022 - 2022).
  • Duff, A.S., "Constitutionalism and Democracy Forum," sponsored by Apgar Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. (2022 - 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. (2021 - 2022).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Duff, A.S., Borck, C.A., "American Civic Tradition - Summer sessions for teachers," sponsored by Jack Miller Center, National, $26000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
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    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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