John Patrick Coby
Esther Booth Wiley 1934 Professor Emeritus of Government
Biography
Patrick Coby teaches courses in political theory and American political thought. He studied at the University of Dallas and the University of North Carolina and taught previously at Kenyon College and Idaho State University. He has authored five books and numerous articles and reviews. He is the recipient of the Smith College Faculty Teaching Award, the Sherrerd Prize for Distinguished Teaching and the Board of Trustees Honored Professor Award.
Selected Publications
The Constitutional Convention of 1787: Constructing the American Republic
Thomas Cromwell: Machiavellian Statecraft and the English Revolution
Henry VIII and the Reformation Parliament
Machiavelli's Romans: Liberty and Greatness in the Discourses on Livy
Socrates and the Sophistic Enlightenment: A Commentary on Plato's Protagoras
Office Hours
Fall 2021
On Sabbatical