Susan Bickford, Associate Professor of Political Science, received her A.B. from Bryn Mawr College and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Her teaching interests are in the history of political thought, feminist theory, and democratic theory. She is the author of The Dissonance of Democracy: Listening, Conflict, and Citizenship (Cornell University Press, 1996); “Reconfiguring Pluralism: Identity and Institutions in the Inegalitarian Polity” (1999); and “Constructing Inequality: City Spaces and the Architecture of Citizenship” (2000). Bickford has received fellowships from the Institute for Arts and Humanities, the American Association of University Women, and the Center for Conflict and Change. Her research focuses on feminist political theory, the impact of conflict and inequality on the practice of citizenship, and ancient Greek political thought.