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CONTACT INFORMATION: Office: Business
223 Phone: (903)
566-7415 Fax: (903)
565-5537 Email: rleblanc@uttyler.edu
The Riter Millennium Carillon
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PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC INTERESTS: I
am Associate Professor in the Political Science division of the Department of Social Sciences at the University
of Texas at Tyler. My primary
field of emphasis is political theory.
I was broadly trained in western political theory but take a multidisciplinary
approach to the discipline often incorporating literary and historical texts
and concerns. My primary research
interest is in contemporary political theory, especially in its intersection
with literary theories of text and power.
I am particularly interested in the postcolonial critique of western
intellectual and political structures and that critique’s compatibility with
the efforts of democratic and multicultural theorists to preserve human
rights while honoring cultural diversity.
For samples and a listing of my work respectively, please see the
“Research Information” and “CV” links to the left. TEACHING: My
undergraduate
teaching duties include our courses in political theory and in
public law. The political theory
courses I teach are: Western Political
Theory from the Antiquity to the Renaissance; Western Political Theory from
the Enlightenment; Contemporary Political Theory; and American Political
Thought. The law courses I teach
include American Constitutional Law; The Law of Civil Liberties; The Judicial
System and Process; and Jurisprudence.
I have also taught introductory courses in American Government and
Texas Politics. At the graduate level,
I am responsible for our Seminar in Scope and Methods of Political Science;
Seminar in Political Theory; and Topics in Political Theory. |
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