Ryan Pevnick

Associate Professor of Politics

Education

B.A., George Washington University, 2003 Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2008

Areas of Research/Interest

Political Theory

Select Publicataions

'Does the Egalitarian Rationale for Campaign Finance Reform Succeed?' Philosophy & Public Affairs 44/1, 2016.

'The Anatomy of Debate about Campaign Finance' The Journal of Politics Forthcoming.

'Should Civil Liberties have Strict Priority?'  Law & Philosophy 34/5, 2015

'Immigration, Jurisdiction, and History' (with Michael Kates) Philosophy & Public Affairs 42/2, 2014

'Are There Good Procedural Objections to Judicial Review?' (with Kathleen Doherty) The Journal of Politics, 76/1, 2014.

"Democratizing the Nonprofit Sector" The Journal of Political Philosophy, 21/3, 2013.

'Immigration and the Constraints of Justice' (Cambridge University Press)

‘The Lockean Case for Religious Tolerance: The Social Contract and the Irrationality of Persecution’ Political Studies 57/4, 2009.

‘Social Trust & the Ethics of Immigration Policy’ The Journal of Political Philosophy 17/2, 2009.

‘Collective Ownership and the Morality of Immigration Restrictions’ A Response to Mathias Risse Ethics & International Affairs 22/3, 2008.

‘Political Coercion & the Scope of Distributive Justice’ Political Studies 56/2, 2008.

‘Obligations of Fair Play & Foreigners’ The Journal of Political Philosophy 14/2, 2006.