Paul Kirkland

• Associate Professor of Great Ideas and Political Science

Professor Paul Kirkland specializes in the study of political philosophy. He earned a B.A. in politics from Ursinus College in 1994, a master's in political science from Fordham University in 1997, and a Ph.D. in political science from Fordham in 2002. He has been a visiting instructor at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill., and a Bradley Fellow and visiting assistant professor at Kenyon College. His book, Nietzsche's Noble Aims: Affirming LIfe, Confronting Modernity was published in 2009 by Lexington Press. 

Prof. Kirkland came to Carthage in 2007 from the College of the Holy Cross, where he was a visiting assistant professor.

Education

• Ph.D. — Political Science, Fordham University, 2002
• M.A. — Political Science, Fordham University, 1997
• B.A. — Politics, Ursinus College, 1994

• Courses
• Great Ideas
• Political Science