social and political thought and theory, the formative intellectual communities of post-Second World War American conservatism 

democracy, democratic theory and the process of democratization in the developing world

labor, class and gender studies in the Appalachian coal field; social justice

social & cultural thought, reification & violence; pluralism

democratic engagement, public space, and sovereign power

pigmentocracy, whiteness studies; feminist, postcolonial, and intersectionality theories.

Spatial aspects of political economy; history of spatialities, particularly Hegelian concepts of space, network spatiality as techno-spatial mediatedness, and postcolonial thirdspaces

popular culture, consumption, identity, and citizenship

social-religious roles of resistance

peace studies and conflict resolution

global citizenship, participatory assessment and research methodologies, narrative as research

migration, power, identity, leadership, and gender

political conflict and religious change in the Middle East; Jews in Greek gymnasia during the Hellenistic Period

NGO accountability; social policy design, implementation and evaluation; social entrepreneurship

social justice, critical theory, and the environment

pedophilia as class warfare

political and cultural thought

Ethics, political philosophy, epistemology, philosophies of community, philosophies of liberation in Latin American thought, feminist critical social theory, narrative theory, community organizing, activism and pedagogy

sovereignty, power, and domination in the U.S.

history of Africana art

human security, democracy, communism

institutional and social memory, cultural theory, public/private space, political protests, identity issues and critiques of capitalism

oppression, racism, power, and marginalization

women in the labor force; American Indian governance

post-secondary education, American higher education, political and social economies of the university

virtue ethics

democracy, race theory, power, identity, ethnicity

History of political philosophy, liberalism and its critics, American political thought, religion and politics, Latin American political thought, risk and uncertainty studies, and theories of democracy

racial and social passing

social media technologies

synchronous failure, propaganda, energy security, food and water security, environmental degradation, destabilization, global warming/climate change, privatization, dissent, classism and class dynamics, consumerism

global climate change cooperation; environmental ethics, collaborative environmental partnerships; affluent society; corporate social responsibilities; regulated and voluntary carbon trading; global governance