Joan Tronto, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota, will deliver a free public lecture on Wednesday, May 5 at Gustavus Adolphus College to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the College’s Political Science Department.
Tronto’s lecture is titled “What Will Political Science Look Like in 40 Years,” and will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Heritage Room, located on the upper level of the C. Charles Jackson Campus Center. Tronto’s visit is made possible by a gift from Kathryn Christenson, whose late husband, Ron, founded the Political Science Department in 1970.
Tronto, who received her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and her Ph.D. from Princeton University, is an expert in contemporary political theory, feminist political theory, the feminist ethic of care, and democratic political theory.
Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota, she served as professor of political science and director of women’s studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). She has held visiting appointments at Yale University, the University of Humanist Studies in the Netherlands, and at Goethe University in Frankfurt-am-Main.
Tronto has authored numerous articles and the book Moral Boundaries: A Political Argument for an Ethic of Care (1993). She is also the co-editor, with Cathy Cohen and Kathy Jones, of Women Transforming Politics: An Alternative Reader (1997).
For 40 years the Political Science Department at Gustavus has been helping students to understand political processes and institutions and acquaint them with recurring themes and debates in politics and public life. The department also teaches students skills of analysis, research, and evaluation so that they can become more informed citizens.
For more information about Tronto’s lecture or the Political Science Department at Gustavus, contact department chair Jill Locke via email at jlocke@gustavus.edu.
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