Mary Barbara Walsh is a teacher, a philosopher of politics and a poet. Her research has been published as articles in numerous academic journals and chapters in scholarly books. She has just begun to express her narrative and poetic voice. She is especially excited to bring together her academic research with her creative, literary voice.

She is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Elmhurst University in Illinois. Here, she teaches courses on ancient, modern and contemporary political philosophy; American political thought; feminist philosophy; and political justice. At ElmU, she also serves as Director of Service Learning. In this role, she helps to connect students with the transformative experiences possible when engaging with one’s communities.

She earned her PhD from Loyola University Chicago in Political Science with a specialty in Political Philosophy.  See “Political Philosophy; Not Just Another Subfield”, available here under the Academic Publications tab, for an explanation of the pursuit of political philosophy. Her current research focuses on the notion of autonomy in liberal and in feminist philosophy.