Jacinda Swanson

Associate Professor

3412 Friedmann Hall
(269) 387-5698

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Jacinda Swanson received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in 2003. Her research and teaching interests center on contemporary, feminist, and democratic theory, and on issues of political economy within both political theory and American politics. She is currently working on a book manuscript that investigates the relationship between political-economic discourses and existing economic relations in the U.S. Dr. Swanson is a member of the editorial board of the journal Rethinking Marxism and has written articles on the political consequences of academic and popular economic discourses (forthcoming in Political Research Quarterly); feminist philosopher Judith Butler’s concept of reiteration (Contemporary Political Theory); Robert Dahl’s conceptualization of economic practices (Polity); feminist theorist Nancy Fraser’s redistribution and recognition framework (Theory, Culture & Society); Clinton's rhetoric of “personal responsibility” (Radical Philosophy); and human rights (Rethinking Marxism). Dr. Swanson teaches American political thought and other courses on the history of political theory.