2001-2002

Douglas Edwards

PhD candidate in Philosophy, Harvard University
Doug Edwards' research concerns the fundamental assumptions and sensibilities animating socialist politics and the quest for an ideal, egalitarian society. The central theme is a conception of the person as essentially social, rather than private, and the attendant understanding of society that informs the work of such thinkers as Aristotle, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Rawls.... Read more about Douglas Edwards

Louis-Phillippe Hodgson

Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department, Glendon College, York University
Louis-Phillippe Hodgson's dissertation explores the implications of Kant's approach to social contract theory for problems of international justice, and examines how these implications can shed light on related contemporary debates. He is generally interested in political and moral philosophy, both contemporary and historical.... Read more about Louis-Phillippe Hodgson

Orly Lobel

Don Weckstein Professor of Law, University of San Diego

Lobel is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and the author of several books about innovation policy, the new workplace, and behavioral law and economics. Her research is interdisciplinary, published widely in the leading scholarly journals in law, economics, business, and psychology.... Read more about Orly Lobel

Matthew Price

Law Clerk to Chief Judge Michael Boudin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Matthew Price received his Ph.D. in 2005 from Harvard's Government Department and his J.D. in 2006 from Harvard Law School. His research focuses on the legal and philosophical dimensions of citizenship and immigration policy.... Read more about Matthew Price

Martin Sandbu

Lecturer in Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
Originally from Oslo, Martin Sandbu was educated in Rouen and at Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. His dissertation explores how economic methodology informs common normative principles at the level of policy evaluation and to what extent the economic way of looking at the world favors certain strands of political philosophy.... Read more about Martin Sandbu

Penny Tucker

Visiting Assistant Professor of English and American Studies, Pomona College
Penny Tucker's dissertation analyzes the philosophy of promising in nineteenth-century American culture with special emphasis on literature, law, and business. She is interested particularly in how promises were used to depict and to reform the society, describes their use as both conservative and progressive tools to counter marginal social status, to relate individuals in a growing economy, and to make claims for political rights.... Read more about Penny Tucker