Lisa R. Gilson

Lisa R. Gilson is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Bates College, specializing in political theory with a focus on political reaction, abolitionist movements, and contemporary far-right groups. She is currently working on a book addressing the resurgence of romantic political reaction in the United States. Her research has been published in journals such as American Political Science Review, Political Research Quarterly, and American Political Thought.

Education: B.A., Tufts University; M.A. and Ph.D., Yale University. Prior to Bates, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.

Teaching interests include social movements, Black political thought, literature and politics, and democratic theory. She is affiliated with the Department of Politics at Bates College, located in Pettengill Hall, Room 173.

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