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Christopher Utter Professorial Lecturer Government

Contact
utter@american.edu
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.
For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • CORE-106 Complex Problems Seminar: The Examined Life

  • GOVT-205 Political Theory: Issues/Texts

  • GOVT-211 Roots of Political Economy

  • GOVT-409 Contemporary Political Thought

  • JLC-110 Western Legal Tradition

Spring 2025

  • GOVT-105 Indiv Freedom vs Auth

  • GOVT-205 Political Theory: Issues/Texts

  • GOVT-405 Modern Political Thought

  • GOVT-406 American Political Thought