Office Location
SS 3040
Phone Number
416-978-8220
Fax Number
416-978-5566
Email Address
Area Group(s)
- Political Theory
Education
- MESc, Bryn Mawr College
- A.M., Harvard University
- Ph.D., Harvard University
Melissa S. Williams
Professor
Biography
General research focus is contemporary democratic theory. Current projects include Deparochializing Political Theory (ed.), and Democracy After Sovereignty. Published work includes Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation (Princeton University Press), articles on a wide range of topics (toleration, citizenship, comparative political theory, the history of political thought, Indigenous rights, multiculturalism) and numerous edited volumes.
Research Interests
- Contemporary Democratic Theory