J. Michael Hoffpauir

Assistant Professor

J. Michael Hoffpauir is Assistant Professor of Political Theory at the University of Austin (UATX). Prior to teaching at UATX, he taught in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University and in the Lyceum Program at Clemson University, where he also served as the program's Associate Director. Professor Hoffpauir's research interests include ancient and modern political thought, statesmanship, and the American founding, and he has published on Plato and Seneca. He is the author of Between Socrates and the Many: A Study of Plato’s Crito. Professor Hoffpauir received a BA in Political Science from Louisiana State University, an MA in Political Science from Boston College, and a PhD in Political Science from Claremont Graduate University.