
Areas of Expertise
- Plato and Machiavelli
- Political Philosophy
- American Political Thought
J. Michael Hoffpauir
Associate Director of the Lyceum Program and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Clemson University
Areas of Expertise
- Plato and MachiavelliPolitical PhilosophyAmerican Political Thought
J. Michael Hoffpauir is Associate Director of the Lyceum Program and Clinical Assistant Professor in the department of Political Science at Clemson University. Prior to teaching at Clemson, he taught at Hillsdale College. Prof. 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. Prof. Hoffpauir received a B.A. in Political Science from Louisiana State University, an M.A. in Political Science from Boston College, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Claremont Graduate University.