Clayton, Edward

FACULTY

Biography

Dr. Clayton served as the Political Science Master of Arts (MA) Program Director from Spring 2013-2017 and served as the Interim Department Chair Spring 2017 semester. He served as the Political Science Director Fall of 2022.

He has served as the Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program 2018 - 2020, 2023 - 2024.

Dr. Clayton teaches classes in Women and Gender Studies and Political Science.

More about Edward Clayton

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, December 1998
Dissertation: "Civic Friendship, Ancient and Modern"
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M.A., Political Science, December 1996
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
B.A., Political Science, May 1989
Honors Independent Study Thesis: "Judicial Decision-Making and Abortion", College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

Research Interests

The political philosophy of Aesop's Fables and the Life of Aesop as they have been interpreted and used from Greek times to the present.

Fields of Specialization

Greek and Roman Political Theory
Democratic Political Theory
Feminist Political Theory