Gustavus Adolphus College

Associate Professor, Chair
Political Science

B.A. Whitman College; M.A. and Ph.D. Rutgers University

Dr. Jill Locke teaches a range of courses in the history of political thought and democratic theory. Her research interests lie in the moral elements of democracy. She is contributing co-editor of Feminist Interpretations of Alexis de Tocqueville (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008). During the 2006-08 academic years, Dr. Locke was a faculty fellow and visiting associate professor at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Areas of Expertise

• democratic theory
• feminist theory
• history of political thought

Interests

• race and politics
• comparative political theory