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Curriculum Vitae
[July 2015]
Kimberly Hurd Hale
khhale@clemson.edu
Teaching Experience
ClemsonUniversity(2015-2016)
Department: ClemsonInstitute forthe Studyof Capitalism
Title: HayekVisitingScholar
Courses:
 POSC4530: AmericanPolitical Thought(Fall 2015)
Washingtonand Lee University(2013-2015)
Department: Politics
Title: VisitingAssistantProfessorof Politics
Courses:
 PO 396: Technologyandthe Republic(Winter2015)
 PO 266: Modern Political Philosophy(Winter2015)
 PO 111: IntroductiontoPolitical Philosophy(Fall2014, Winter2015)
 PO 265: Classical Political Philosophy(Fall 2014)
 PO 105: IntroductiontoGlobal Politics (Winter2014)
 PO 290: Utopian Political Thought(Winter2014)
 PO 295: Reasonand Revelationinthe AmericanFounding(Fall 2013)
 INTR 202: AppliedStatistics(Fall 2013)
SoutheasternLouisiana University (2012-2013)
Department: HistoryandPolitical Science
Title: Instructorof Political Science
Courses:
 POLI201: AmericanPolitics(Fall2012; Online:Summer2013)
 POLI202: State andLocal Government(Fall 2012, Spring2013)
 POLI300: ResearchMethodsand Statistics(Fall 2012, Spring2013)
 POLI460: PublicAdministration(Fall 2012)
 POLI436: The LegislativeProcess(Spring2013)
 POLI480: Special Topics: PoliticsandLiterature (Spring2013)
Louisiana State University(2009-2011)
Department: Political Science
Title: AdjunctInstructorof Political Science
Courses:
 POLI2051: IntroductiontoAmericanPolitics(Spring2011)
 POLI2060: IntroductiontoPolitical Theory(Fall 2008, Summer2009)

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Publications
 Hale,KimberlyHurd. FrancisBacon’s New Atlantis in the Foundation of
Modern Political Thought. 2013. LexingtonBooks: Lanham, MD.
 Hale,KimberlyHurd. TheJourney towardsCreation in Scientific Dystopian
Literature. (Forthcoming: 2016). LexingtonBooks: Lanham, MD.
Education
Graduate:
Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge, LA
Attended: 09/2007 – 08/2012
Degree: Ph.D, Political Science
First Field: Political Theory; Second Field: American Politics
Minor: Politics and Literature
GPA: LSU System: 4.0, Cumulative: 3.76
Boston College: Chestnut Hill, MA
Attended: 09/2005 – 05/2007
Degree: M.A. in Political Science
First Field: Political Theory; Second Field: American Politics
GPA: 3.44
Graduated with Distinction
Undergraduate:
Washington and Lee University: Lexington, VA
Attended: 09/2001 – 06/2005
Degree: B.A.
Major: Politics
GPA: 3.51
Graduated magna cum laude with Honors in Politics
Dissertation
 Title: The Lost City: Examining the Relationship Between Science, Philosophy,
and the Atlantis Myth
 Defense Date: 07/03/2012
 Advisor: Dr. James R. Stoner, Jr.
Professional Papers
 Shiny,Happy People: Human Natureand TechnologicalAdvancementin Atwood’s Oryx
and Crake. Presentedatthe 2015 SouthernPolitical ScienceAssociationannual meeting
inNewOrleans,LA.
 Living the Dream: Utopiasand Dystopiasin Modern Political Thought. Presentedatthe
2014 AmericanPolitical Science Associationannual meetinginWashington,D.C.
 Plato’sAtlantis: An Examination of theBeginningsof the AtlantisMyth in the Timaeus
and Critias. Presentedatthe 2012 LouisianaPolitical Science Associationannual
meetinginBatonRouge,LA.

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 Science, Technology,and theFounding of Modern PoliticalThought. Presentedatthe
2011 SouthernPolitical Science Associationannual conferenceinNew Orleans,LA.
 God is Dead,Long Live God: Examining Rebellion and Redemption in The Violent Bear It
Away. Presentedatthe 2009 AmericanPolitical Science Associationannual conference
inToronto,ON.
 Reason vs.Revenge:Balancing Vengeanceand Law in Ancient Greek Tragedy and the
Modern Western. Presentedatthe 2008 AmericanPolitical ScienceAssociationannual
conference inBoston,MA.
 The Destruction of Man and the Redemption of Mankind in Nietzsche’s ThusSpoke
Zarathustra. Presentedatthe 2008 New EnglandPolitical Science Associationannual
conference inProvidence,RI.
Professional Development
 Discussant:panel onPoliticsandLiterature atthe 2015 SouthernPolitical Science
Association’sannual conference inNew Orleans,LA.
 Participant: SummerInstitute on Science,Enterprise,and theRise of the Commercial
Republic,June 2014. Sponsoredbythe Jack MillerCenter.
 Participant: Libertyand the Art of Teaching Workshop,atGeorge Mason University,July
2011. Sponsoredbythe Institute forHumane Studies(IHS).
 Discussant: panel on DramaticLiberalism at the 2011 SouthernPolitical Science
Association’sannual conference inNew Orleans,LA.
 Participant: Workshop on Plato’s Laws,atthe Universityof Kentucky,March2009.
Awards/Fellowships
 Jack MillerCenterSummerFellow (2014)
 H.B. Earhart Fellowship(2010-2011, 2011-2012)
Associations
 03/2008 – present: Member of American Political Science Association
 03/2008 – present: Member of APSA’s Politics, Literature, and Film Section
 03/2009 – present: Member of APSA’s Foundation of Political Theory Section
 07/2014 – present: Member of Southern Political Science Association