Kenneth Peter
EXPERTISE:
Political Theory
EMAIL:
kenneth.peter@sjsu.edu
CONTACT INFORMATION:
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0119
OFFICE HOURS:
Wednesday 10:30am - 11:30am in-person
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Princeton University, 1988
BACKGROUND:
Dr. Kenneth Peter came to our faculty in 1990 via Stanford and Princeton. Ken's specialty
is political theory: he studies historical Western political thought, contemporary
democratic theory, ecophilosophy and (some) Asian political thought. He also has a
strong interest in American Politics. Ken's goal in teaching is to get his students
to think critically in the best tradition of liberal education -not to memorize quantities
of political trivia. When he is not teaching, writing, haunting the Academic Senate
or helping to care for two small children, Ken occasionally finds the time for some
hiking and photography.
