Lawrence Quill

Lawrence Quill is a Professor of Political Theory at San José State University's Department of Political Science within the College of Social Sciences. He holds the S.J.S.U. President’s Scholar Award (2019-2020) and was a Technology and Democracy Fellow at Cambridge University's C.R.A.S.S.H. in 2015 and 2017. His research focuses on loneliness, technology (especially social robotics/AI), and conservatism.

Education: Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Essex, U.K. (2000).

Research interests include:

• Political theory and its historical evolution
• Technology's societal impact
• Philosophical underpinnings of conservatism
• Nostalgia's role in political discourse

Current projects include co-directing The Loneliness Project at SJSU. Advising hours are Tues/Thurs 1:00-2:30pm in-person/Zoom. No grants explicitly listed in provided materials.