Dr. Alisa Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Political Science, majored in Political Science and History at Beloit College in Wisconsin. She went on to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001. Professor Rosenthal studies political theory, reconciliation studies, constitutional law, and feminist theory. She has presented her research at numerous conferences including those sponsored by the American Political Science Association, the Western Political Science Association, and the Law and Society Association, and is completing work on two book manuscripts: Liberal Bodies: Bodily Invasion and Political Theory and The Subject of Suffering: Deliberative Democracy and Injustice (coauthored with Julie White of Ohio University). At Gustavus, Professor Rosenthal teaches courses in ancient and modern political theory, constitutional law, political and legal thinking, civil rights and liberties, and feminist theory.
