Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Law
Phone: 903.566.7371
Email: jclarkson@uttyler.edu
Department: Political Science
Joseph Clarkson
Degrees
- PhD, University of Notre Dame (2024), Political Science
- MA, University of Notre Dame (2022), Political Science
- BA, Baylor University (2019), University Scholars
Biography
Joseph Clarkson is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Tyler. His research focuses on the history of political thought, including the history of constitutionalism, theories of the state, sovereignty, and the rule of law. His teaching interests include ancient and modern political philosophy, international relations, and comparative constitutionalism.
His current work examines interwar theories of the state and law in the German-speaking world. More specifically, his current book project reconstructs Hermann Heller's theory of the sozialer Rechtsstaat, an important concept in many civil law systems that was originally coined by Heller. Dr. Clarkson is also working on a translation of Heller's essays.