Peter Steinberger
Encyclopedia
Peter Steinberger is a professor of political philosophy at Reed College
, where he is Dean of the Faculty. He was the thirteenth president of Reed College, preceding Colin Diver
.
Steinberger has served on the Reed College faculty since 1977. He has also authored editorial columns in both the local and national press, including The Oregonian
, The Wall Street Journal
, The Christian Science Monitor
, and The New York Times
.
Reed College
Reed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon wilderness...
, where he is Dean of the Faculty. He was the thirteenth president of Reed College, preceding Colin Diver
Colin Diver
Colin Diver is the president of Reed College in Portland, Oregon He was named the college's 14th president on October 5, 2002, replacing acting president Peter Steinberger, dean of Faculty, and succeeding Steven Koblik, who departed Reed College to run the Huntington Library in San Marino,...
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Steinberger has served on the Reed College faculty since 1977. He has also authored editorial columns in both the local and national press, including The Oregonian
The Oregonian
The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850...
, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily online, Monday to Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2009, the print circulation was 67,703.The CSM is a newspaper that covers...
, and The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
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Early Education
- Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, 1976
- M.A. Fordham University, 1972
- B.A. Fordham University, 1970
Positions held
- Dean of the Faculty, Reed College, 1997–2001, 2002–2010.
- Acting President, Reed College, 2001-02 academic year.
- Chair, Department of Political Science, Reed College, various terms between 1979 and 1990.
Books
- Ideology and the Urban Crisis (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1985)
- Logic and Politics: Hegel's Philosophy of Right (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988).
- The Concept of Political Judgment (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1993).
- The Idea of the State (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005).