Clarissa Rile Hayward
Associate Professor of Political Science
Washington University in St. Louis
Office: Seigle 232
Phone: 314-935-5834
Fax: 314-935-5856
Email: chayward@wustl.edu
Associate Professor of Political Science
Washington University in St. Louis
Office: Seigle 232
Phone: 314-935-5834
Fax: 314-935-5856
Email: chayward@wustl.edu
Clarissa
Rile Hayward is a political theorist whose research and teaching
focuses on questions central to understanding and evaluating
political life: “What is social power,” for instance, “and how does it
shape human freedom?” “What does democratic government entail, and what
are its practical and institutional implications?” “How do social
actors create and maintain identities?” Unlike theorists who attempt to
answer such questions by relying exclusively on what Rawls called
“ideal theory,” Hayward approaches these problems by examining their
concrete manifestations, writing theoretical work that is grounded in
the analysis of institutions and practices. The result is an
engaged form of political theory, addressed not only to other
specialists in the field, but more generally to social and political
theorists and social scientists who are concerned with questions of
power, democracy, and identity.
Hayward's publications include De-Facing Power, which was published by Cambridge University Press, and articles in edited volumes and in journals, such as the American Political Science Review, Constellations, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Polity, and Theory and Event. She is completing a second book, with the working title Stories and Spaces: How Americans Learn Race. Research for this project has been supported by the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Hayward's publications include De-Facing Power, which was published by Cambridge University Press, and articles in edited volumes and in journals, such as the American Political Science Review, Constellations, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Polity, and Theory and Event. She is completing a second book, with the working title Stories and Spaces: How Americans Learn Race. Research for this project has been supported by the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.