Ashley N. Biser

Ashley N. Biser is the Charles W. Fairbanks Associate Professor in the Department of Politics & Government at Ohio Wesleyan University, where she also serves as First-Year Seminar Director and Co-Director of the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs.

Education:

• B.A., Mount Holyoke College (double major in Politics and German Studies)
• Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Research Focus:

• Contemporary political theory
• Works of Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger
• Political implications of biotechnology
• Intersection of science, technology, and citizenship

Notable Contributions:

• 2013 publication in Fordham University Press anthology
• Founder of Akili Dada, an international nonprofit supporting Kenyan women's education
• Travel-Learning Course leader to Athens, Greece
• Recipient of multiple teaching and scholarly awards