Scott P. Segrest
610 W. 42nd St., #N-38E
New York, NY 10036
E-mail: prof.scott@yahoo.com
scott.segrest@usma.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Political Science, Louisiana State University, 2005
M.A., Politics, University of Dallas, 1996
B.A., History, Baylor University, 1992
PUBLICATIONS:
America and the Political Philosophy of Common Sense (Forthcoming from
University of Missouri Press.)
Review of Ellis Sandoz, Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of America
(2006), in the Winter issue of Modern Age
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Political Thought and Ideas, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Spring, Fall
2009
American Politics, U.S. Military Academy, Fall 2008-Fall 2009
Co-director, Senior Thesis Project, Berry College, Mt. Berry, Georgia, Spring
2008
American Government, Berry College, Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Introduction to Philosophy, Berry College, Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Philosophy of Law, Berry College, Fall 2007
Social World I & II sections of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, Baylor
University, Waco, Texas, Fall 2004-Spring 2006
World Cultures IV (Baylor Interdisciplinary Core), Spring 2006
Intellectual Tradition of the Ancient World, for the Baylor Great Texts
Department, Spring 2004-Spring 2006
Modern Western Political Thought, Baylor, Spring 2003, Spring 2005
Ancient & Medieval Western Political Thought, Baylor, Fall 2003
Introduction to Political Theory, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, Spring 1999, Fall 2002
American Government, McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas, Fall
1997-Summer 1998
Texas Government, McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas, Fall 1997Summer 1998
OTHER SCHOLARLY WORK:
Resident Scholar, Liberty Fund, Inc., September 2006 – August 2007
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Earhart Foundation Fellowship, 2001-2, 2002-3
Louisiana State University Graduate Assistantship, 1998-2001
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION:
“Two Pragmatic Moral Universes: James vs. Dewey and Rorty,” presented to
the Eric Voegelin Society at the American Political Science Association
Meeting, Toronto, September 3, 2009.
Panel Discussant, “Civil Theology of the American Founding,” at the American
Political Science Association Meeting in Chicago, August 31, 2007
Lehrman American Studies Center Summer Institute (in Partnership with
Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and
Institutions), June 18-30, 2007
“Common Sense Philosophy and American Political Theology,” presented to
the Eric Voegelin Society at the American Political Science Association
Meeting in Philadelphia, September 1, 2006
“Voegelin’s Political Science,” presented to the Eric Voegelin Society at the
American Political Science Association Meeting in Philadelphia, August 30,
2003
“Illuminated Conscience: John Witherspoon on Faith and Political
Philosophy,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for
Eighteenth-Century Studies, August 4, 2003
Panel Discussant, “Nietzsche: New Perspectives,” at the annual meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 3, 2003
“Instructing the Founders: John Witherspoon’s Lectures on Moral
Philosophy,” presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 25, 2002
Panel Discussant, “Politics, Consciousness, and the Storyteller: Four Studies,
East and West,” at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science
Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 28, 2002
“Christian Political Thought and Liberty at the American Founding,”
presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 8-11, 2000
“Eric Voegelin on Faith and Political Order,” presented at the annual meeting
of the Southwestern Political Science Association, Galveston, Texas, March
17, 2000
TEACHING INTERESTS:
Ancient to Contemporary Political Theory
American Political Thought
American Politics
Public Law
Ethics
Philosophy
Classics
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Common Sense Philosophy
American Founding
Religion and Politics
LANGUAGES:
Ancient Greek, Latin, French, Spanish
American Pragmatism
Natural Law Theory
Moral Philosophy
REFERENCES:
Ellis Sandoz
Moyse Professor of Political Theory
Dept. of Political Science
Louisiana State University
240 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-2552
esandoz@lsu.edu
Cecil L. Eubanks
Alumni Professor
Dept. of Political Science
Louisiana State University
240 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-1944
poeubk@lsu.edu
James R. Stoner
Professor
Dept. of Political Science
Louisiana State University
240 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-2142
poston@lsu.edu
Leo Paul de Alvarez
Professor
Dept. of Politics
University of Dallas
1845 E. Northgate Dr.
Irving, TX 75062
(972) 721-5344
lpdealvarez@msn.com
Richard Dougherty
Associate Professor
Dept. of Politics
University of Dallas
1845 E. Northgate Dr.
Irving, TX 75062
(972) 721-5043
doughr@udallas.edu
Thomas West
Professor
Dept. of Politics
University of Dallas
1845 E. Northgate Dr.
Irving, TX 75062
(972) 721-4007
tomwest@udallas.edu
Peter A. Lawler
Dana Professor
Government & International Studies Dept.
Berry College
2277 Martha Berry Hwy NW
Mount Berry, GA 30149
(706) 233-4085
plawler@berry.edu
Michael Papazian
Associate Professor
Religion & Philosophy Dept.
Berry College
2277 Martha Berry Hwy NW
Mount Berry, GA 30149
(706) 238-5901
mpapazian@berry.edu
David D. Corey
Associate Professor
Dept. of Political Science
Baylor University
Waco, Texas 76798
(254) 710-7416
David_D_Corey@baylor.edu
Steve Ealy
Senior Fellow
Liberty Fund, Inc.
8335 Allison Pointe Trail
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46250-1684
sealy@libertyfund.org