Samantha Frost

Samantha Frost is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, affiliated with the Department of Political Science, the Gender and Women's Studies program, and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Her work bridges political theory with feminist philosophy and biocultural studies.

• Co-editor of New Materialisms: Ontology, Agency, and Politics (2010)
• Author of Lessons from a Materialist Thinker: Hobbesian Reflections on Ethics and Politics (2008)
• Recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship

Her research examines how materiality, embodiment, and biological processes intersect with political theory and subjectivity formation. Recent projects analyze epigenetic processes and their implications for understanding human development and political agency.

Key scientific awards include the First Book Award from the American Political Science Association and the Mellon New Directions Fellowship. She currently directs the IPRH-Mellon Biohumanities Initiative, exploring interdisciplinary connections between biology and humanities.