Curriculum Vitae Scott G. Nelson, Ph.D. January 2016 Current Position Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Department of Political Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 531 Major Williams Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061-0130 USA Tel: 540.818.1505 E-mail: scnelson@vt.edu Education Ph.D. in Political Science, May 2002, Arizona State University. Fields of specialization: International Relations Theory, Globalization and International Political Economy, Political Theory M.A. in Political Science, May 1993, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Fields of specialization: Political Theory, Philosophy of Science B.A. in Political Science, May 1991, College of Wooster Fields of Specialization International Relations, Political Theory and Political Philosophy, International Political Economy Academic Appointments Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, July 2013-present Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, July 2010-present Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, August 2004-July 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, and Director of International Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, August 2004-05
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, and Acting Director of International Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, August 2003-04 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2002-03 Visiting Instructor, Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1998-2002 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Political Science, Arizona State University, 1996 Research Associate, Department of Political Science, Arizona State University, 1994-95 Research Associate, Program in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University West, 1993-94 Research and Teaching Interests International organization; sovereignty; liberalism; the Enlightenment; global terms of trade and income inequalities; critical and poststructuralist theory; language and representation Published Books The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Theory, Modern Power, World Politics: Critical Investigations (co-edited with Nevzat Soguk), London: Ashgate Publishers, 2016). Sovereignty and the Limits of the Liberal Imagination (London: Routledge, 2010). 193 pages. Peer-reviewed Journal Publications Book Chapters Sovereignty, Ethics, Community, Philosophy and Social Criticism (November, 2004), pp. 816-841. Any Given We, Journal of International Political Theory, Vol. 6 (1) spring 2010, pp. 23-46. The Communal Machinery of Evil: Reflections on Hannah Arendt, Spectra, Vol. 3, (2) September 2014. URL: http://spectrajournal.org/article/view/141/152 Territorializing the Soul: the Geopolitics of Subjectivity, chapter in preparation for inclusion in The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Theory, Modern Power, World Politics: Critical Investigations (co-edited with Nevzat Soguk), 2016. 2
Introduction: The Measure of Modern Theory in World Politics, co-authored chapter (with Nevzat Soguk), The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Theory, Modern Power, World Politics: Critical Investigations (co-edited with Nevzat Soguk), 2016. Epilogue: Political Judgment in International Relations Theory, co-authored chapter (with Nevzat Soguk), The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Theory, Modern Power, World Politics: Critical Investigations (co-edited with Nevzat Soguk), 2016. Legitimacy, International Order, and Political Theory, in Ioannis A. Stivachtis (ed.) International Order in a Globalising World (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate, 2007) Prudence, Legitimacy, and International Relations: Learning the Lessons of Iraq, coauthored by Yannis A. Stivachtis, Global Affairs in a Turbulent World: Perspectives and Controversies, edited by Yannis A. Stivachtis (Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2008), pp. 33-56. Other Publications Stalemate, Health Care, and the U.S. Debt, co-authored with Edward Weisband, The Roanoke Times, 10 October 2013, p. 13. Political Legitimacy, Iraq, and International Relations, co-authored with Yannis A. Stivachtis, The Internationalist: Journal of Cultures and Currents, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Spring 2006). The Politics of Memory, co-authored with Georgeta Pourchot, The Roanoke Times, 24 April 2006, p. V7. Work in Progress Book monograph: Any Given We: Theory, Science and Agency in World Politics [expected completion date: Dec. 2016]. Professional Service Grants Book manuscript reviewer for Ashgate Publishers; article and book chapter reviewer for several Routledge social theory journals; the International Studies Association Research Compendium; International Studies Review; Longman Publishers; and Millennium. Virginia Tech, Humanities Summer Stipend, August 2004, in support of summer 2005 research project "The Ethics of Official Development Assistance: The UN FAO "Consultation on Science and Ethics"." 3
Undergraduate Teaching Courses Taught Introduction to World Politics; International Political Economy; International Relations Theory (residential and online); International Law and Organization (residential and online); United States Foreign Policy; Modern Political Theory (residential and online) Senior Seminar in International Studies: Challenges of the Twenty-first Century; Honors Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics (residential and online); Regimes, Revolution, and the Uprisings of the Long Arab Spring (online). Competencies Ancient Political Theory; Contemporary Political Theory Graduate Teaching Courses Taught Graduate Seminar in International Politics (residential and online); Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Political Theory (residential and online) Competencies The State; International Organization; Comparative Political Economy; International Security Global Governance Awards and Honors 2000 Department of Political Science Outstanding Teaching Recognition Award, Virginia Tech 1991 Cummings-Rumbaugh Government Prize for outstanding work in the discipline of Political Science, Department of Political Science, College of Wooster 1991 The Parker Myers Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to community service, College of Wooster 1991 Honors awarded by the Department of Political Science, College of Wooster, on Senior Independent Study Thesis Selected Recent Presentations at Conferences Existential Ethics: The Soul in Early-Modern Thought, paper presented at the International Studies Association meetings, New Orleans, 17-20 February 2010 Sheldon Wolin and Vital Democracy, paper presented at the International Studies Association West meetings, San Francisco, 23-24 September 2009 Sheldon Wolin and Vital Democracy, paper presented at the American Political Science 4
Association meetings, Toronto, 2-5 September 2009 What Students Tell us About Doing Research: Information Literacy Assessment Activities as Pedagogy, co-authored paper (with Craig L. Brians and Bruce Pencek) presented at the American Political Science Association meetings, Toronto, 2-5 September 2009 Statecraft, Geo-political Representation, and Subjectivity, paper presented at the Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies meetings, Potsdam, Germany, 12-14 June 2009 Territorializing the Soul: the Geo-politics of Subjectivity, paper accepted for presentation at the Western Political Science Association meetings, Vancouver, BC, 19-21 March 2009 You ve Assigned a Research Paper, Now what?: Turning the Topic into the Story, panel presentation co-organized with Craig Brians and Bruce Pencek for the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, 6-8 February 2009 Opening the Black Box of "Information Literacy": What's the Story? co-authored paper (with Craig Brians and Bruce Pencek) poster presentation at the American Political Science Association meetings, Boston, August 2008 Any Given We, paper presented at the Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies meetings, Paris, 14-15 June, 2008 What is Legitimacy Today? Market, Democracy, and Nation as Political Rationalities, paper presented at the conference Thinking (With)Out Borders: International Political Theory in the 21 st Century, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 12-13 June 2008 Assessing Social Constructivism in IR Theory, paper presented at the International Studies Association meetings, San Francisco, March 23-26 March 2008 What is International Theory Today?, paper accepted for presentation at the International Studies Association meetings, San Francisco, March 23-26 March 2008 Intimate Sovereignties, paper accepted for presentation at the International Studies Association meetings, San Francisco, March 23-26 March 2008 Research, Reading and History: The Uses and Disadvantages of Information For Knowledge and Life, co-authored paper (with Bruce Pencek) presented at the American Political Science Association meetings, Chicago, 28-31 August 2007 Discover, Retrieve, Forage, Recapitulate: Integrating Modes of Library Research, coauthored paper (with Bruce Pencek) paper presented at the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Charlotte, NC, February 2007 Power, Knowledge, and Disciplinarity in Library Science, co-authored paper (with Bruce Pencek) presented at the American Political Science Association Meetings, Philadelphia, 31 August - 3 September, 2006 5
Sovereignty, Liberalism, and the Culture of American Exceptionalism: Implications for Transatlantic Relations, paper presented at the Sixth International Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Millennium Conference, The Hague, 2-4 June, 2006 Another Cosmopolitanism: Universalizing the Difference/Differing the Universal, paper presented at the International Conference of Philosophy, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, 1-3 June, 2006 A Normative Approach to Internationalizing Political Science Curricula, co-authored paper (with Ioannis A. Stivachtis) presented at the Eighth International Conference on Education, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, 25-28 May, 2006 Professional Memberships American Political Science Association; International Studies Association; International Studies Association West; Western Political Science Association Language German (proficient) References Available upon request. 6