Political Science

Instructor Political Science Program School of Public Policy 310 Bexell Hall Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-5303 Phone: (541) 737-1325 Fax: (541) 737-2289 philipp.kneis@oregonstate.edu

Teaching Resources

Recurring Courses

• PS 315 The Politics of Media: Cultural Representations of Politics (e-campus)
• PS 341 Politics of Western Europe and the EU: History and Politics of European Integration (e-campus)
• PS 361 Classical Political Thought (e-campus)
• PS 362 Modern Political Thought (e-campus)
• PS 363 Gender and Race in American Political Thought (e-campus)
• PS 366 From Atlantis to Utopia: The Politics of the Ideal State (e-campus)
• Seminar & International Field School: Transatlantic Students Symposium
• ALS 199 Cultural Competence in a Globalized World (u-engage)
• ALS 199 Is a Better World Possible? Utopian Thinking in Reality & Fiction (u-engage)
• History and Politics of the European Union, at University of Tübingen, Germany (International Summer School)

PREVIOUS COURSES AT OSU

• PS 341- Politics of Western Europe and the EU: History and Politics of European Integration (on-campus)
• PS 361 Classical Political Thought (on-campus)
• PS 365 American Political Thought
• PS 399 - The U.S. Seen From Abroad
• PS 499/PPOL 507 - Indigenous Policy
• SOC 499/599 - Comparative Education Policy
• ES 444 Native American Law (co-teaching)
• RS 599 - International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
• INT 299 / PS 299 / SOC 299 - Engaging the Global Village
• MPP (PPOL) 507 - Professional Development Seminar, First Year
• Colloquium: Theories of Society and Culture

Research Interests

• Political Theory
• Intersections of Culture and Politics
• International Affairs and Cultural Diplomacy
• European and US History and Politics
• Indigenous Policy
• Age Studies

see also: complete teaching history

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Web Site

Brief Vita

Education

• 2012: Dr. phil. in American Studies (University of Potsdam, Germany)
• 2008: M.A. (Magister / dual-major Masters) in American Studies, History (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)

Publications

Monographs

• (S)aged by Culture. Representations of Old Age in American Indian Literature and Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2013. 298 pp.
• The Emancipation of the Soul. Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2010. 153 pp.

Edited Books

• with Antje Dallmann and Reinhard Isensee:
  Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011. 239 pp.
• with Antje Dallmann and Reinhard Isensee:
  Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2007. 204 pp.

Book Chapters and Articles

2014-Current: At OSU

• "Administering Old Age. The Co-Production of Aging Between Humanistic Gerontology and Public Administration." With Keith Baker and Carolyn Mendez-Luck (in preparation)
• “Rural Policy and the Cultural Construction of the Urban/Rural Divide in the United States.” In: Vittuari, Matteo; Marco Pagani; John Devlin, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Rural Policy. (forthcoming; 2019)
• “Aging in Rural Areas.” With Keith Baker. In: Vittuari, Matteo; Marco Pagani; John Devlin, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Rural Policy. (forthcoming; 2019)
• "Old Age and Disability." With Antje Dallmann In: Boesenberg, Eva, Antje Dallmann, Marin Klepper, eds. Approaches to American Cultural Studies. London: Routledge, 2016.
• "Elders in Exile: Three American Indian Stories of Survivance." In: Offizier, Frederike, Marc Priewe, Ariane Schröder. Crossroads in American Studies: Transnational and Biocultural Encounters. Heidelberg: Winter. 2016.
• "Evolution." In: Steel, Brent, ed. Issues and Controversies in Science and Politics. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2014.

2007-2011: At Humboldt-University Berlin

• "Introduction: Utopia and America".
  in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011. 7-17.
• "Finding Atlantis Instead of Utopia: From Plato to Starfleet and Stargate Command".
  in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011. 79-102.
• "Barbarians at the Gate: (Ig)noble Savages and Manifest Destiny at the Final Frontier".
  in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011. 103-128.
• "'Normal Again': Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Psychotic Narration" (with Chris Flor).
  in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2007. 65-77.
• "Communicating Democracy. Entering the American Republic Through The West Wing or the Commander in Chief".
  in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2007. 131-149.

see also: further information, conference presentations published online

Professional Experience

• since 2012 Instructor, Political Science, Oregon State University University
• since 2003 Lead Organizer, Transatlantic Students Symposia, American Studies Program, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; since 2012 at Oregon State University

• 2013-2017 Assistant Graduate Program Director, Public Policy, Oregon State University University
• 2008-2011 Academic and Research Assistant and Instructor, American Studies Program, Potsdam University
• 2009-2010 Instructor, Potsdam Spring School, Potsdam University
• 2009-2010 Instructor, American Studies Program, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• 2001-2008 Organizer, Annual Students and Graduate Conferences, American Studies Program, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• 2002-2006 Teaching Assistant, American Studies Program, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin