University of New England

Brian Duff

Assistant Professor Political Science
(207) 602-2535
Email: bduff@une.edu


Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Recent Publications, Papers and Talks

Pathologies of the Parent as Citizen.  (Book manuscript).  Forthcoming, The University of Minnesota Press.  2010.

“Confession, Sexuality and Pornography as Sacred Language: A reading of MacKinnon and Foucault.”  Forthcoming Sexualities 13:2, 2010.

“The Pragmatics of Parenthood: Rorty and West on the Politics of the Family.”  Forthcoming Ethics & Politics (Etica & Politica).  12:1, 2010.

‘The Pleasures Associated with the Reproduction of Men:’ Rousseau on Desire and the Child” in John Duncan and Simon Kow, eds. Rousseau and Desire.  Forthcoming from University of Toronto Press.

“Good Excuses: Understanding Who Votes With an Improved Turnout Question” (with Mike Hanmer, Won-Ho Park and Ismail White).  Public Opinion Quarterly 71:1, 2007.

“The Meaning of American National Identity: Patterns of Ethnic Conflict and Consensus” (with Jack Citrin and Cara Wong).  In Richard D. Ashmore and Lee Jussim, eds. Social Identity, Intergroup Conflict, and Conflict Reduction.  New York: Oxford University Press.  2002.

“Parenthood and the Authoritarian Impulse.”  Presented at The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.  April 6, 2007.

“Meaning from Children, Authoritarianism and Other Complications.” Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. November 2004.

"Learning about Politics from History: Political Generations, Democratic Engagement, and Transformative Events" (with Mike Hanmer, Won-Ho Park and Ismail White). CIRCLE Foundation and American National Election Studies Working Paper. May 2004.

"How good is this excuse: correction of over-reporting of voter turnout in the 2002 election study" (with Mike Hanmer, Won-Ho Park and Ismail White). American National Election Studies Technical Report. December 2003.

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Political Theory.
The Family and Politics.
Contemporary Political Theory
Contemporary Feminist Theory.
The Politics of Evil.
Human Traditions: Ancient and Medieval Political Thought.
Human Traditions: Topics in Modern Political Thought.
Introduction to American Politics.
Presidents and the Presidency.
Senior Seminar