Nicholas Tampio

Nicholas Tampio
Professor of Political Science

Email: tampio@fordham.edu
Office: Faber Hall 665
Phone: 718-817-3955

Curriculum Vitae

  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University
    MA, Indiana University
    BA, New College of Florida

  • Nicholas Tampio is a Professor of Political Science at Fordham University. Tampio researches the history of political thought, contemporary political theory, and education policy. He has published books on the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, national education standards, and teaching political theory. Tampio serves as an editor of the journal Comparative Political Theory and as the faculty mentor of the Fordham Political Review and the department's Pi Sigma Alpha chapter. He regularly writes for the public in outlets such as Aeon, the Boston Globe, the Conversation, and the Washington Post. Click here for Nicholas Tampio CV.

  • Introduction to Politics
    Global Justice
    Introduction to Political Theory
    Introduction to Political Philosophy
    The Enlightenment and its Critics
    Modern Political Thought
    American Political Thought
    Human Nature after Darwin
    Contemporary Political Thought
    Political Theory in Popular Culture (Marvel Universe)

  • Teaching Political Theory: A Pluralistic Approach, Edward Elgar Press, 2022.

    Learning versus the Common Core, University of Minnesota Press, 2019.

    Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.

    Deleuze's Political Vision, Modernity and Political Thought series, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

    Kantian Courage: Advancing the Enlightenment in Contemporary Political Theory. Fordham University Press, 2012.