Peter Josephson

Peter Josephson is Professor and Chair in the Department of Politics at Saint Anselm College. From 2012 to 2015 he held the Richard L. Bready Chair in Ethics, Economics, and the Common Good. He teaches in the Politics, Humanities, and Philosophy departments. From 2005 to 2008 he served as the Academic Advisor to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. From 2005 to 2010 he co-chaired Saint Anselm’s programs for Learning Liberty and Education in Liberty and the Liberal Arts. Josephson was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, where he worked as a campaign manager, legal researcher (on issues related to oil and gas, and agricultural development in Alaska), and as an actor, and mushed dogs recreationally. He received his B.A. in Russian and Soviet Studies from Oberlin College, his M.A. from the University of New Hampshire, and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston College, where he was a recipient of the Boston College Excellence in Teaching Award. His scholarly work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Earhart Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. Josephson is the author of The Great Art of Government: Locke's Use of Consent, co-author with R. Ward Holder of The Irony of Barack Obama: Reinhold Niebuhr, Barack Obama, and the Problem of Christian Statecraft, as well as works on politics and popular culture, and the writings of Henry Kissinger. His current research explores the relation between philosophy and classical liberal politics.