Patrick J. Deneen is Associate Professor of Government and holds the Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Chair in Hellenic Studies. His interests include ancient political thought, American political thought, democratic theory, religion and politics, and literature and politics. He is the author of "The Odyssey of Political Theory" (2000) and "Democratic Faith" (2005), as well as co-editor of a book entitled "Democracy's Literature" (2005). He is also co-editor of two collections of essays by Wilson Carey McWilliams, entitled "Redeeming Democracy in America" (2011) and "The Democratic Soul" (2011).

He has also published a number of articles and reviews in such journals as Political Theory, Social Research, Polity, Polis, First Things, The Weekly Standard, Perspectives on Political Science, Society, The Hedgehog Review, The New Atlantis, Critical Review, The American Conservative and Commonweal.

Deneen is currently working on a book-length manuscript on the American political tradition in dialogue with ancient thought, particularly the Aristotelian tradition. He is also at work on a manuscript that explores the concept of the "division of labor" in the history of western political thought.

Deneen was the recipient of the A.P.S.A.'s Leo Strauss Award for Best Dissertation in Political Philosophy in 1995. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgetown he taught from 1997-2005 at Princeton University, where he held the Laurence S. Rockefeller Preceptorship. From 1995-1997 he was Special Assistant and principal Speechwriter for Joseph Duffey, Director of the United States Information Agency.

He has presented work and lectured widely, frequently at the invitation of student groups. His public lectures cover topics ranging from liberalism and conservatism in America, religion and politics, the American Founding, and thoughts on education. In recent years he has lectured at such institutions as Princeton University, University of Maryland, University of Virginia, Grove City College, The University of Notre Dame, The Catholic University of America, The University of Oregon, The University of Houston, The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Chicago, "Ignatianum" University (Krakow), Creighton University, Baylor University, Augustana College, Eastern University, Patrick Henry College, Christendom College, Berry College, University of Chicago, Colby College, Villanova University, University of Louisville, Virginia Tech., Boston College, Ohio University, Mercer University, Harvard University, Indiana University, Rutgers University, University of Tulsa, Valparaiso University, and Yale University.

Deneen serves on several editorial boards, including the journals "Perspectives on Political Science" and "American Political Thought." He is a member of the Academic Council of the Jack Miller Center and on the Advisory Board of the group "Christians in Political Science."

In 2006 Deneen became the Founding Director of "The Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy," an initiative that seeks to preserve and extend understanding of America's founding principles and their roots in the Western philosophical and religious traditions. For more information on "The Tocqueville Forum," visit http://government.georgetown.edu/tocquevilleforum, or write to: tocquevilleforum@georgetown.edu.