Graduate faculty

Wynne Moskop teaches and conducts research in the areas of political leadership, gender and multiculturalism in political community, and constitutionalism.

EDUCATION
Wynne Moskop received a Ph.D. in Political Science from George Washington University in 1985, specializing in political theory, American policy-making, and constitutional law.

RESEARCH
Dr. Moskop's primary research is on the theory and practice of political leadership, understood broadly as a cultural and collective process that relates formal political leaders and leaders of social movements to their respective publics. Her most recent article, "Prudence, Imprudence, and the Puzzle of Bill Clinton," appeared in Tempered Strength: Studies in the Nature and Scope of Prudential Leadership, edited by Ethan Fishman (2002). Currently, she is working on a book that elaborates the implications of Aristotelian prudence for contemporary political leaders, particularly U.S. presidents. She also has written on moral and legal aspects of democracy-with regard to the women's movement, popular culture, and constitutionalism-and on the history of American Studies ("Free Riders or Front Runners: The Role of Social Scientists in the American Studies Movement," American Studies, Summer 1999). Her articles and reviews have appeared in a range of journals, including the Journal of Political Psychology, the American Political Science Review, American Studies, The Quarterly Journal of Ideology, and the Journal of Politics.

TEACHING

Wynne Moskop teaches graduate seminars on American political thought, leadership and culture, multicultural theory, and American studies perspectives and methods. She also teaches an undergraduate course in American political thought and supervises a women leaders internship. Before coming to St. Louis, Dr. Moskop taught courses at New York University, Sarah Lawrence College, and George Washington University.

COURSES IN AMERICAN STUDIES
ASTA 670 Seminar in American Political Thought: Imagining Rights
ASTA 671 Leadership and Culture
ASTA 593 Multicultural Theory
ASTA 510 Perspectives in American Studies
ASTA 475 American Political Thought

COURSES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLA 170 Foundations of Political Theory
POLA 371 Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
POLA 372 Renaissance and Modern Political Thought
POLA 373 Contemporary Political Ideologies
POLA 375 Democratic Theory
POLA 475 American Political Thought
POLA 482 Senior Inquiry: Political Leadership
POLA 496 Women Leaders Internship

SERVICE
Dr. Moskop has served on numerous panels of the American Political Science Association, the Mid-America American Studies Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, and the Western Political Science Association-as paper presenter, discussant, and chair. At Saint Louis University, she has been active in faculty governance, serving as a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, the Executive Committee of the Arts and Sciences Faculty Council, and Chair of the Arts and Sciences Finance Committee, among other positions.