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Department of Political Science and International Studies
Dr. Andrea Ciliotta-Rubery
225 AWB
(585) 395-5093
Email: arubery@brockport.edu
Education:
BA in Political Science from Colgate University – 1985
MA and PhD in Political Theory from Georgetown University – 1994
Publications:
Piety and Humanity: Essays on Religion and Early Modern
Political Philosophy (Rowman and Litlefield, 1997)
"Gender and Fathers: The Rejection of Spiritual Fathers in Machiavelli's
Castruccio Castracani of Lucca" (Journal of Political Science, 2000)
"Congressional committee simulation: An Active Learning Experiment"
(PS: Political science and Politics, December, 2000)
"An Opposing World View: Transient Morality in Shakespeare's Measure
for Measure and Machiavelli's Mandragola" (Logos, 2003)
"A Crisis of Legitimacy: Shakespeare's Riebard II and the Problems of Modern Executive Leadership" (Journal of Political Science Education, February, 2008)
"Machiavelli: An Invitation to Political Thought" (Thomson and Wadsworth, 2009)
Courses Taught:
The History of Western
Political Thought
American Political Thought
Women in Western Political Thought
Politics and Literature
and an issues course, Virtue and Politics
American Political Systems.
Professor History:
"Dr. Andrea Ciliotta-Rubery is the Department's political
theorist. She came to SUNY Brockport in 1996, after several years of teaching
at NYU. She received her Bachelor's degree from Colgate University in
1985, with a degree in political science. She then went on to get a Master's
Degree and Doctorate from Georgetown University in political theory. Specializing
in the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, Dr. Rubery interests focus
on Machiavelli and the impact of his writings upon Christianity. Dr. Rubery
has also served as a discussant for various APSA theory sections on Machiavelli
and has presented on Machiavelli's spiritual fathers. While Dr. Rubery's
main focus is on Machiavelli, she also has great interest in the American
Founding period, as well as the relationship between politics and literature.
Presently, Dr. Rubery is the Chair of our Department,
the Chair of the Awards Committee, the Chair of Phi Beta Delta Honors Society for International Education Students, and an active faculty member with International Education Programs at The College at Brockport. She resides with her husband and four children."
