Roger White
Associate Professor of Political Science
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E-mail: rwhite@loyno.edu
Home Page: http://www.loyno.edu/~rwhite/
Roger White, Ph. D., is associate professor of political science. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Dr. White joined the Department in 2006.
Dr. White's teaching and research interests include Civic Education, Civil Discourse, and Civic Engagement, and other courses within the subfield of Political Theory. In 2004, he received the Loyola, City College Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2005, he was named Professor of the Year for the state of Louisiana by the Carnegie Endowment for the Advancement of Teaching. In 2006, he received the Loyola, City College Award for excellence in Community Service.
Dr. White’s research has appeared in Social Theory and Practice, International Studies in Philosophy, The Journal of Thought, The Journal of Information Technology Impact, and Bulletin de la Societe Americaine de Philosophie de Langue Francaise. He is currently at work on a critique of libertarian theories of the state.
Dr. White is also active on campus and in his field. He is Faculty Advisor for The Loyola Journal of Civil Discourse (http://www.loyno.edu/civildiscourse/), a bipartisan journal that publishes articles by professional speakers and student respondents that participate in forums and debates organized by the Loyola Society for Civic Engagement (LSCE), a student organization that ensures civil discourse from all perspectives on controversial issues. Documentation in the Journal of Civil Discourse gives prospective students, alumni, parents, community members and academics insight to intellectual life on Loyola’s campus.
Dr. White is Faculty Adviser for The Loyola Society for Civic Engagement (LSCE).