Clifford Devin Deaton

Ph.D.Student
M.A.University of Illinois at Chicago
Political Science
B.A.College of Wooster, Wooster Ohio
Political Science, concentration in Political Theory
Fax312.413.0440
E-Mailcdeato2@uic.edu

Fields of Interest

Major field: Political Theory

Minor field: Comparative Politics

Research Interests: critical subjectivity, the undead, revolution, globalization, rhetoric, postmodern culture, early modern economic and political history

Selected Publications

"Virtual Reality and the Avatar: Assessing Subjects and Bodies in a Virtual World" The Global Studies Journal (forthcoming 2008).

"Seeing the Specter: A Gothic Metaphor of Subjectivity, Popular Culture, and Consumerism" Gnovis Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 2. Spring 2008

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois Chicago, Political Science 190 The Scope of Political Science Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009

Selected Conference Papers

"Bourgeois Revolution?: An Arendtian analysis of France circa 1789," presented at the Joint Illinois Political Science and Sociology Association meeting. October 2007

"Seeing the Specter: A Gothic Metaphor," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago Il, April 2007

"Legitimating Bureaucracy, or, Structuring Bureaucracy through Lindblom and Foucault," presented at the Illinois Political Science Association. Elmhurst, IL November 2007.

Selected Activities and Honors

Web Editor. Asheville Global Report, Asheville NC - the nation's longest running weekly independent newspaper. Non-Profit position involving Internet web maintenance and proofreading. www.agrnews.org