Joseph R. Reisert Harriet S. Wiswell and George C. Wiswell Jr. Associate Professor of American Constitutional Law Government- Department Chair

Office: Diamond 261 Phone: 207-859-5316 Fax: 859-5229 Email: jrreiser@colby.edu Mailing Address: 5316 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853 Office Hours: W: 1 - 3 p.m. and by appointment

Education

Ph.D. Harvard University, 1996 A.M. Harvard University, 1992 A.B. Princeton University, summa cum laude, 1989

Areas of Expertise:

History of political thought Political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau American constitutional law and jurisprudence

Other Courses Taught

Course Course Title GO 472 Topics in Political Theory: Tocqueville GO 474 Seminar: Plato and Rousseau GO 475 Seminar: Law Liberty and Morality GO 271 Classical Political Theory GO 313 Federalism in American Constitutional Law

Publications

My most recent book is Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A Friend of Virtue (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003). It argues that Rousseau's work offers a coherent political theory, centered on the ideal of virtue, that both complements and challenges key elements of contemporary liberalism.