Dr. Melissa Matthes
Assistant Professor
Government/Humanities Department
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
- Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
- MDiv, Yale Divinity School
- The History of Political Theory
- African American Political Thought (Modern)
- Religion and Politics
- Feminist Political Thought
- Women, Religion and Globalization
- Morals and Ethical Philosophy
- "The Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics: Readings in Livy, Machiavelli and Rousseau", Penn State Press, 2000
- Livy, Lucretia and Rome's Republican Founding: A Reading of Female Rape and Masculine Virtu" in The Nature of Woman and the Art of Politics edited by Eduardo Velasquez, Rowman and Littlefied Press, 2000
- "Machiavelli's Mandragola and the Seduction of Lucrezia" in Feminist Re-Interpretations of Machiavelli edited by Maria Falco, Penn State Press, Winter 2000
- "Shahrazade's Sisters: Storytelling and Politics in the Memoirs of Fatima Mernissi, Nawal El Saadawi and Hanan Ashrawi," Alif 19 (Journal of Middle East Studies), Summer 1999
- "Machiavelli and Democracy" American Political Science Association, Toronto, Summer 2009
- "The Making of American Christian Patriotism in the Sermons of 9/11," American Political Science Association, Boston, Summer 2008
- "Is Religion Rational? The Political Economy of Belief," Women, Religion, and Globalization Forum, Yale Faculty Seminar Presentation, Spring 2008
- "Getting Personal: Religious Faith and Elected Office" Moderated dinner discussion with Representative Tony Hall and author David Kuo. Yale Divinity School, Fall 2007
- "Getting Down to Business: Shaping the New Moral Agenda" Panel Discussant, Voices and Votes II: Shaping a New Moral Agenda, Yale Divinity School, Fall 2007
- "Candidates Expressing Their Faith: How Much Is Too Much?" Panel Moderator, Voices and Votes: Religious Convictions in the Public Square, Yale Divinity School, Winter 2007
- Jonathan Edwards Fellow, Yale Council of Masters, Yale University, January 2009
- Institute of Sacred Music Full Tuition Scholarship, Yale Divinity School, 2005-2008
- Tutu Institute for Pilgrimage and Peace, Scholarship Retreat Fellow, South Africa, July 2007
- Outstanding Teacher of the Year - Behavioral and Social Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Maryland. Spring 1999
- American Political Science Association
- American Academy of Religion
- Middle East Studies Association