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Ryan Reed
Associate Professor
爱豆传媒视频 Hall 426C
(309) 677-3982
rlreed@bradley.edu
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of California-Davis
B.A., Communication, University of Southern California
Teaching
- PLS 105, Introduction to American Government
- PLS 207, Introduction to Political Thought
- PLS 307, Classical Political Philosophy
- PLS 308, Modern Political Philosophy
- PLS 309, Gender and Sexuality in Political Thought
- PLS 407, American Political Thought
- LAS 101, The Good Life: Philosophical and Social Scientific Perspectives
Scholarship
Reed, Ryan and Christopher Hallenbrook. 2025. Justice across Generations: Equality, Opportunity, and the Social Contract. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
Hallenbrook, Christopher R. and Ryan Reed. 2024. 鈥淔rom the Common State: John Locke and the Climate Crisis.鈥 Public Affairs Quarterly 38(2): 79-104. DOI: 10.5406/21520542.38.2.01
Reed, Ryan and Christopher R. Hallenbrook. 2020. 鈥淭he Hobbesian Psychology of the US Firearms Debate.鈥 Critical Policy Studies 14(3): 267-284. DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2019.1612764
Reed, Ryan. 2020. 鈥淒ignity in Transgender Lives: A Capabilities Approach.鈥 Journal of Capabilities and Human Development 21(1): 36-48. DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2019.1661982鈥
Reed, Ryan, Craig Curtis, and Nicholas P. Lovrich. 2018. 鈥淒oes Democracy Entail an Obligation to Make Rational Policy Decisions? The Muddling Through vs Bounded Rationality Debate Through a Lockean & Madisonian Lens.鈥 Public Integrity 22(4): 316-329. DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2018.1518557
Reed, Ryan. 2018. 鈥淛ohn Locke and the Limits of Religious Liberty: Marriage License Refusal, Religious Freedom Laws, Vaccine Refusal, Contraception Mandate Exemptions, and Ultrasound Requirements.鈥 New Political Science 40(3): 497-514. DOI: 10.1080/07393148.2018.1487146
Reed, Ryan and Smith, Daniel E. 2016. 鈥淪uccess is an Open Book: Online Diagnostic Tools and Learning Outcomes in Introduction to American Government Courses.鈥 Journal of Political Science Education 12(1): 30-40. DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2015.1063436
Reed, Ryan. 2013. 鈥淪eptember鈥檚 Children: Does Liberal Neutrality Fail Gay and Lesbian Children?鈥 Politics, Groups, and Identities 1(4): 547-561. DOI: 10.1080/21565503.2013.845108
Reed, Ryan. 2013. 鈥淎re the Kids Alright? Rawls, Adoption, and Gay Parents.鈥 Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 16(5): 969-982.
Student Involvement Opportunities
Academic advising, research assistantships, mentorship