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B.A., Tufts University; M.A. and Ph.D., Yale University

Lisa Gilson is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Bates College, specializing in political theory. Her work focuses on political reaction which rejects institutional paths toward change, from abolitionist movements to contemporary far-right groups. She is currently working on a book about how we might respond to the recent resurgence of romantic political reaction in the United States. Lisa’s work has been published in the American Political Science Review, Political Research Quarterly, American Political Thought and Perspectives on Politics. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University, and prior to her arrival at Bates, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard. At Bates, Lisa teaches courses on social movements, Black political thought, literature and politics, and democratic theory more broadly.