Carly Herold

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Coordinator of Philosophy, Politics, & Econimcs
Welles 105D
585-245-6352
heroldc@geneseo.edu

Carly Herold is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Coordinator of the major in Philosophy, Politics, & Economics, and Co-Director of Geneseo's Forum on Constitutionalism and Democracy.

She teaches courses on ancient and modern political philosophy, philosophy of law,  conceptions of the role of morality in statesmanship and war, and the relationship between science and political life.  

Her research focuses on classical Greek and Roman political philosophy.  She is currently completing a book on the Roman statesman and philosopher Cicero's evaluation of the possibility of popular enlightenment, as well as an article on Thucydides' reflections on political ambition and demagoguery.  Before coming to Geneseo, she held a post-doctoral fellowship at the College of the Holy Cross and received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin.

Publications

“Life and Death as a Political Act: Cicero and the Stoics” in Political Theory on Death and Dying. Edited by Erin Dolgoy, Bruce Peabody, and Kimberly Hurd Hale. Routledge Press. September 2021.

"Quid Sit Tyrannus: Seeking to Understand Tyranny Within and Among Regimes."Perspectives on Political Science: Vol. 46:4.

Education

2014  Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
2010  M.A. University of Texas at Austin
2005  B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Tufts
           University: Political Science and Classics

Carly Herold

Classes

  • PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy

    Encourages critical thinking about fundamental problems that concern existence, knowledge, and value. As a means to this end, several philosophical works are read, discussed, and evaluated.

  • PHIL 130: Ethics

    An introductory course aimed at the improvement of moral reasoning. Analysis and assessment of contemporary examples are stressed.

  • PHIL 300: Ancient Philosophy

    An examination of the fundamental ideas of Western civilization against the Greek background that produced them. Original texts in translation are read. Selections from the works of such philosophers as Parmenides, Heraclitus, Democritus, Plato, and Aristotle are read, discussed, and evaluated.