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Jennet Kirkpatrick
Biography:
Jennet Kirkpatrick is Associate Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on American political thought, with an emphasis on social movements, law, and social change. her first book, Uncivil Disobedience (Princeton University Press), examines the role that violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America.
Her second book, The Virtues of Exit (University of North Carolina Press) raises a question about a well-established tenet of democratic theory. Democracies rely on civic participation; they need citizens to act (to vote, to serve on juries, to run for office, and so on) in order to function and to possess political legitimacy. Do democracies also need citizens who purposefully opt out of politics? She investigates this question by looking at a range of cases, including Thoreau's decamping to Walden, narratives of American slaves who escaped slavery, and the lives of political exiles.
Her other interests include law and society, morality and politics, and feminist theory.
Education:
- Ph.D. Political Science, Rutgers University 2002
- B.A. Politics (Magna Cum Laude), Mount Holyoke College 1992
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Research Interests:
Resistance, Political Theory, American Political Thought, Law, Gender
Research Group:
Political Theory Workshop, founder and organizer
Gender Violence Research Network, founder and organizer
Women and Politics Working Group, member
Conflict and Human Rights Working Group, member
Political Theory Workshop, organizer
Publications:
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2017, The Virtues of Exit: On Resistance and Quitting Politics, University of North Carolina Press,
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2008, Uncivil Disobedience: Studies in Violence and Democratic Politics, Princeton University Press.
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2021, “Literary Devices: Teaching Social Contract Theory with a Short Story,” Journal of Political Science Education. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15512169.2021.1884563
- Rogers Smith, et al., 2020, “APSA Presidential Task Force Report on New Partnerships,” PS: Political Science & Politics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096520001274
- Mǎsa Mrovleje and Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2020, “Grey Zones of Resistance and Contemporary Political Theory,” Theoria. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/th.2020.6716501
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2020, “Fairness Has A Face: Neutrality and Descriptive Representation on Courts,” Politics, Groups, and Identities. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2020.1782951
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, Miki Kittilson, Valerie Hoekstra, 2020, “Diversity in the Judiciary: How Diversity Matters for Democratic Inclusion, Representation, and Inequalities,” Politics, Groups, and Identities. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2020.1782953
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2018, “Resistant Exit,” Contemporary Political Theory, 1-23. DOI:
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2018, “Benjamin R. Barber: The Headstrong Democrat,” in “Benjamin Barber and the Practice of Political Theory, Contemporary Political Theory,” Contemporary Political Theory, 1-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41296-018-0226-3
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2016, “Walking Away with Thoreau: The Pleasures and Risks of Exit,” American Political Thought, vol. 5, no. 3, 446-466. DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/687359
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2014, “Exit out of Athens? Migration and Obligation in Plato’s Crito,” Political Theory, vol. 43, no. 3, 356-379
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2012, “Democracy on the Lam: Crisis, Constitutionalism, and Extra Legality,” Contemporary Political Theory, 11, 264-284.
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2011, “The Prudent Dissident: Unheroic Resistance in Sophocles’ Antigone,” The Review of Politics, vol. 73, no. 3, 401-424. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670511003421
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2010, “Selling Out? Solidarity and Choice in the American Feminist Movement,” Symposium Introduction, “Women’s Choices and the Future of Feminism,” Perspectives on Politics, vol. 8, no. 1, 241-245. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592709992829
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2009, “Come A Little Closer: Citizens, Law, and Identification,” Law, Culture and the Humanities, vol. 5, no. 2, 216-227. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1743872109102489
- Jennet Kirkpatrick and Ian Robinson, 2005, “Fighting to be Fired (But Only with Just Cause): The Unionization of Nontenure-Track Faculty,” Dissent, vol. 52, no. 1, Winter, 72-76.
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2016, “Walking Away With Thoreau: The Pleasures and Risks of Exit,” American Political Thought, vol. 5, no. 3, 446-466.
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2015, “Exit out of Athens? Migration and Obligation in Plato’s Crito,” Political Theory, vol. 43, no. 3, 356-379.
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2012, “Democracy on the Lam: Crisis, Constitutionalism, and Extra Legality,” Contemporary Political Theory, 11, 264-284.
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2011, “The Prudent Dissident: Unheroic Resistance Sophocles’ Antigone, The Review of Politics, vol. 73, no. 3, 401-424.
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2010, “Selling Out? Solidarity and Choice in the American Feminist Movement,” Symposium Introduction, “Women’s Choices and the Future of Feminism,” Perspectives on Politics, vol. 8, no. 1, 241-245.
- Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2009, “Come A Little Closer: Citizens, Law, and Identification,” Law, Culture and the Humanities, vol. 5, no. 2, 216-227.
- Jennet Kirkpatrick and Ian Robinson, 2005, “Fighting to be Fired (But Only with Just Cause): The Unionization of Nontenure-Track Faculty,” Dissent, vol. 52, no. 1, Winter, 72-76.
Research Activity:
2019, Liberty Fund, “Henry Clay, the American System, and the Politics of Liberty in Antebellum America,” Panelist.
2019, Liberty Fund, “The Ends of Enlightenment: Diderot and Catherine I,” Panelist.
2019, American Political Science Association, “Candice Delmas, A Duty to Resist: When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil,” Presenter.
2019, American Political Science Association, “Grey Zones of Resistance and Contemporary Political Theory,” Discussant.
2019, American Political Science Association, “Migration and the Wall,” Presenter.
2019, Frontiers of Democracy, Tufts University, Panelist.
2019, Liberty Fund, “Liberty and Biology in Robert Sapolsky’s Behave,” Panelist.
2019, Rice University, “Varieties of Academic Careers,” Panelist.
2019, Arizona State University, School of Politics and Global Studies, Kopf Conference on Diversity in the Judiciary, “Fairness Has a Face: Representation, Diversity, and Law,” Presenter.
2018, American Political Science Association, “Power, Persuasion, and Disruption in Activist Politics,” chair.
2018, Liberty Fund, “Liberty, Markets, and Ideas in the Work of Joyce Appleby,” Invited participant.
2018, Liberty Fund, “Political Economy,” Invited participant.
2018, Midwest Political Science Association, “Author Meets Critics: Jennet Kirkpatrick’s The Virtues of Exit,” Invited participant.
2018, Midwest Political Science Association, “Empire, State, and Resistance,” Discussant.
2018, Midwest Political Science Association, Junior Scholar Symposium, “Topics in Ancient Greek Political Thought,” Discussant.
2017, Liberty Fund, “Civil War and Liberty in the Writings of Henrico Caterino Davila and Lord Clarendon,” Invited participant.
2017, Liberty Fund, “Liberty and Responsibility in the Forgotten Founding Fathers,” Invited participant.
2017, American Political Science Association, “Democracy Impassioned, Democracy Tamed: On Passions, Virtues, and Judgment,” Discussant.
2017, American Political Science Association, “Strong Democracy: Remembering Benjamin R. Barber,” Invited participant.
2017, PLuS Alliance, “Institutions and Abuse Workshop,” and “Forum on Inequality,” Invited participant (Sydney).
2017, Liberty Fund, “Liberty’s Claims on Man and Citizen in the Writings of Albert Camus,” Invited participant.
| Spring 2021 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
| POS 305 | Politics and Film |
| Fall 2020 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
| POS 442 | American Political Thought |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
| POS 305 | Politics and Film |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| POS 442 | American Political Thought |
| POS 475 | Morality and Politics |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
| POS 442 | American Political Thought |
| POS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| POS 442 | American Political Thought |
| POS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| POS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| Spring 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
| POS 470 | Law and the Political Order |
| POS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| POS 442 | American Political Thought |
| POS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| POS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| POS 799 | Dissertation |
Honors / Awards:
2021 Nominated Zebulon Pearce Teaching Award, Arizona State University
2019 Virtues of Exit selected for Visual Bibliography, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Arizona State University
2019 Moral Capital Development, Faculty Fellow, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, Arizona State University
2019- Recovering Truth, Faculty Fellow, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University
2012 Tronstein Award for Pedagogic Excellence, University of Michigan
2010-2012 Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
2010-2011 Visiting Scholar, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
2005-2006 Institute for Advanced Study, Visitor
2005-2006 Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University, Visitor
2005 Professional Development Grant, University of Michigan
2002 Finalist Society of Fellows, University of Michigan
2001 Law and Society Graduate Student Workshop, Law and Society Association
2000 Dissertation Fellowship, Rutgers University
2000 Mary E. Woolley Graduate Fellowship, Mount Holyoke College
2000 Donald G. Morgan Graduate Fellowship, Mount Holyoke College
1994 PRC Graduate Fellowship, PRC Corporation
1992 Phi Beta Kappa, Mount Holyoke College
Editorships:
2020, Editorial Board, Journal of Political Science and International Relations
Professional Associations:
American Political Science Association
Association for Political Theory
Law and Society Association
Association of Law, Humanities, and Culture
Midwest Political Science Association
Western Political Science Association.
Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History:
2015- , Diversity and Inclusion Program, American Political Science Association, Mentor (long and short term)
2013-2015, Faculty Mentor, Natasha Behl, West Campus, Arizona State University
Work History:
2015- Arizona State University, Assoc. Professor (with tenure), School of Politics
and Global Studies
2012-2015 Arizona State University, Assoc. Professor (without tenure), Political Science
2005-2012 University of Michigan, Lecturer IV (highest rank), Political Science
2002-2005 University of Michigan, Lecturer II, Political Science
Service:
SERVICE
PROFESSIONAL
2020, Editorial Board, Journal of Political Science and International Relations
2020, APSA Educate, Advisory Board, American Political Science Association, Member
2020, Growing Democracy Grants, Selection Committee, American Political Science Association Member
2019-20, APSA Educate, Advisory Board, American Political Science Association, Chair
2019, Pedagogical Partnership Grants, Selection Committee, American Political Science Association, Member
2019, Institute for Civically Engaged Research, American Political Science Association, (held at Tufts University), Instructor
2019, Institute for Civically Engaged Research, Selection Committee, American Political Science Association, Member
2017- 2019, Presidential Task Force on New Partnerships, American Political Science Association, Member
Member of the 15-person Task Force established by APSA President Rogers Smith; Tasked with developing policy initiatives in research, civic engagement, and teaching that build partnerships within and outside of political science as an academic discipline.
2018-2019, Teaching Subcommittee, Presidential Task Force on New Partnerships, American Political Science Association, Chair
Convener of a 5-person team within task force that designed and implemented two new APSA programs:
- Pedagogical Partnership Grants: grants provide up to $40,000 funding for collaborations between faculty at community colleges and four-year institutions; Houston pilot, 2018-19. See APSA press release: https://connect.apsanet.org/centennialcenter/grants-awards/p4-faq/
- APSA Educate: website for high-quality teaching and learning materials online; launch 2020. See website: https://educate.apsanet.org/
2018, Review of Politics Award Committee, Midwestern Political Science Association, Member
2017, Okin-Young Award Committee for Best Article in Women and Politics, American Political Science Association, Member
2016, Program Chair, Political Thought: Historical Approaches, Western Political Science Association (24 panels)
2015- , Diversity and Inclusion Program, American Political Science Association, Mentor (long and short term)