Lorraine Pangle studies and teaches ancient, early modern, and American political philosophy, with special interests in ethics, the philosophy of education, and problems of justice and moral responsibility. She has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Earhart Foundation.
Her publications include "Virtue is Knowledge: The Moral Foundations of Socratic Political Philosophy" (2014), "The Political Philosophy of Benjamin Franklin" (2007), "Aristotle and the Philosophy of Friendship" (2003), "The Learning of Liberty: The Educational Ideas of the American Founders" (co-authored with Thomas L. Pangle, Kansas, 1993), and numerous articles on Plato, Aristotle, the American founders, and the philosophy of education.
Ph.D.
in Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 1999
B.E.
in Education, University of Toronto, 1985
B.A.
in History, Yale University, 1981
Ancient, early modern, and American political philosophy; ethics; the philosophy of education; problems of justice
Director,
Jefferson Scholars Program (2014 - Present)
Senior Fellow,
Academic Council, Jack Miller Center for Teaching Americas Founding Principles and History (2011 - Present)
Co-Director,
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas, University of Texas at Austin (2009 - Present)
"The Learning of Liberty: The Educational Ideas of the American Founders," "Aristotle and the Philosophy of Friendship," and "The Political Philosophy of Benjamin Franklin"
Fellowship
- National Endowment for the Humanities (2016)
Fellowship
- Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship (2014)
Fellow
- George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History (2013 - 2016)
