Department of Political Science and International Studies

Dr. Andrea Ciliotta-Rubery
223 FOB
(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

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)

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 serves as the Chair to our Governance Committee, the Chair of the Awards Committee, the Library Coordinator and a member of the Board of Directors of BOA, a non-profit publisher of independent poetry. She resides with her husband and four children."