Richard Avramenko is the director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership and the Editor-in-Chief of the Political Science Reviewer. He has a BA in Political Science from the University of Calgary, an MA in Political Science from Carleton University, and a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University.
Avramenko is the author of "Courage: The Politics of Life and Limb" (2011), the co-editor of "Friendship and Politics: Essays in Political Thought" (2008), "Dostoevsky’s Political Philosophy" (2013), "Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times" (2018), "Canadian Conservative Political Thought" (2022), and "Aristocratic Voices: Traditional Alternatives to Liberalism, Populism and Radical Egalitarianism" (2024). He has published essays on topics like boredom, suicide, ambition, toleration, sportsmanship, Canadian political thought, home ownership, disasters, aristocracy, democracy, snobbery, compassion and friendship in journals like the Review of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Perspectives on Political Science, Perspectives on Politics, Polis, the Political Science Reviewer, and Political Theory.
When off campus, you will likely find him coaching his kids' hockey teams.