- Position: Professor
- Department: Political Science & Public Administration
- Campus Address: Anspach Hall 313D
- Phone: (989)774-1621
- Email: clayt1ew@cmich.edu
- Vitae: Curricular Vitae
Education
- Ph.D., Political Science, December 1998
Dissertation: "Civic Friendship, Ancient and Modern"
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- M.A., Political Science, December 1996
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- B.A., Political Science, May 1989
Honors Independent Study Thesis: "Judicial Decision-Making and Abortion", College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
Dr. Clayton served as the PSC MA Program Director from Spring 2013 - Spring 2017 and served as the Interim Department Chair Spring 2017 semester.
He served as the Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program, 2018-2020.
Fields of Specialization
- Greek and Roman Political Theory
- Democratic Political Theory
- Feminist Political Theory
Current Research Interests
The political philosophy of Aesop's Fables and the Life of Aesop as they have been interpreted and used from Greek times to the present.