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Dr. Patrick Cain serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Lakehead University, maintaining an active office in Ryan Building 2035 with contact email pncain@lakeheadu.ca. His institutional role spans teaching, research, and significant administrative service including a six-year tenure as Department Chair (2015-2022).
His educational credentials feature a Ph.D. in Political Science from Baylor University, complemented by an M.A. in Political Science from Brock University and an H.B.A. in Political Science from Lakehead University.
Cain's scholarly work centers on political philosophy with particular emphasis on constitutional law and politics-literature intersections. He investigates privacy and family law frameworks while conducting deep textual analyses of thinkers ranging from Homer and Aristotle to Aquinas, Shakespeare, and Ratzinger. His methodology consistently bridges historical political theory with contemporary legal and democratic challenges.
Recent publications reveal sustained engagement with classical and medieval political thought through democratic theory lenses. The 2021 co-edited volume on democracy's historical evolution, paired with Aristotelian ethics scholarship and Aquinas regime analysis, demonstrates his focus on foundational texts' relevance to modern constitutional dilemmas across temporal frameworks.
Dr. Cain actively contributes to academic governance through university committee service and journal reviewing while teaching an extensive curriculum covering Ancient/Medieval Political Thought, Constitutional Law specializations, and democratic theory across historical periods. His service record includes significant departmental leadership and interdisciplinary scholarly collaboration.
