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Christopher Utter Professorial Lecturer Department of Government

Contact
Christopher Utter
SPA | Government
Hurst Hall 206P
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Fridays, 1-2 pm and by appointment in Hurst 206P
Degrees
B.A. St. John's College, 2006

M.A. Georgetown University, 2015

Ph.D. Georgetown University, 2015

Bio
Christopher Utter is a professorial lecturer in the Department of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University. He has taught courses in the history of political philosophy, classical political philosophy, American political thought, American politics, and public affairs. His research focuses mainly on classical political philosophy with a particular interest in the problem of theory and practice in Plato and Aristotle.
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Teaching

Spring 2024

  • CORE-105 Complex Problems Seminar: Imagining the Good Life

  • GOVT-105 Indiv Freedom vs Auth

  • GOVT-409 Contemporary Political Thought

Summer 2024

  • GOVT-109 Summer Scholars Topics: Political Action & Public Pol

Fall 2024

  • CORE-106 Complex Problems Seminar: The Examined Life

  • GOVT-211 Roots of Political Economy

  • GOVT-409 Contemporary Political Thought