Nancy Hirschmann

Hirschmann was born on April 25, 1956.{{cite web |title=Hirschmann, Nancy J. |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91110932.html |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=December 16, 2022}} She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Smith College before enrolling at Johns Hopkins University for her Master's degree and PhD.{{cite web |title=Nancy Hirschmann |date=9 December 2019 |url=https://www.ias.edu/scholars/nancy-hirschmann |publisher=Institute for Advanced Study |access-date=December 16, 2022}}

Following her PhD, Hirschmann joined Swarthmore College as an assistant professor from 1987 to 1990. She eventually left the college to teach in the Department of Government at Cornell University until 2002 when she joined the Department of Political Science at University of Pennsylvania (UPenn).{{cite web |title=Nancy Hirschmann |url=https://live-sas-www-polisci.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/people/standing-faculty/nancy-hirschmann |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 16, 2022}} Upon joining UPenn as an associate professor, Hirschmann received the 2004 Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association for her book The Subject of Liberty: Toward a Feminist Theory of Freedom. The book examines the traditional Western understanding of freedom in the context of contemporary issues such as domestic violence, welfare reform, and Islamic veiling.{{cite web |title=Honors & Other Things |url=https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v51/n05/hot.html|publisher=UPenn Almanac |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=September 28, 2004}} Following this, she was also promoted to the rank of Full professor of political science.{{cite web |title=Faculty Promotions |url=https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v51/n06/fac_promot.html |publisher=UPenn Almanac |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=October 5, 2004}} In this new role, Hirschmann accepted a research fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support her work A Political Theory of Disability and Illness.{{cite web |title=Honors and Other Things |url=https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v52/n28/hot.html#5 |publisher=UPenn Almanac |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=April 4, 2006}} She then published two books; an edited volume of Feminist Interpretations of John Locke and Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory. In 2007, Hirschmann was promoted to the rank of R. Jean Brownlee Endowed Term Professor as a faculty member committed to women's studies at Penn.{{cite web |title=Five Social Sciences Professors to Chairs in SAS |url=https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v53/n28/chairs.html |publisher=UPenn Almanac |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=April 3, 2007}}

As the Jean R. Brownlee Endowed Term Professor in political science, Hirschman continued to research and advocate for disability research. In 2011, she co-established a conference at UPenn aimed at "bringing together scholars from various fields to discuss disability and citizenship in U.S. history, disability and sexuality and new directions in the theoretical field."{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Heather A. |title=Theory, citizenship and the body |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2011-03-24/features/theory-citizenship-and-body |publisher=Penn Today |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=March 24, 2011}} Following this, she was elected vice president of the American Political Science Association for a one year term{{cite web |title=Professor Nancy Hirschmann elected Vice President, APSA |url=https://live-sas-www-polisci.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/news/professor-nancy-hirschmann-elected-vice-president-apsa |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=October 23, 2012}} and delivered an invited lecture at the Sorbonne University in France on "Relational Autonomy, or Relational Freedom? A Return to Psychoanalysis."{{cite web |title=Hirschmann Lectures at Sorbonne, Joins Editorial Boards |url=https://live-sas-www-polisci.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/news/hirschmann-lectures-sorbonne-joins-editorial-boards |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=April 21, 2014}} Prior to the start of the 2014–15 academic year, Hirschman succeeded Christine Poggi as director of the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program (GSWS) and Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality, and Women.{{cite web |last1=Posey |first1=Jacquie |title=GSWS and Alice Paul Center at Penn Announce New Director |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/gsws-and-alice-paul-center-penn-announce-new-director |publisher=Penn Today |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=September 23, 2014}} While serving in this role, she joined the editorial board of The Journal of Politics{{cite web |title=Hirschmann Joins Journal of Politics |url=https://live-sas-www-polisci.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/news/hirschmann-joins-journal-politics |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=February 23, 2015}} and Political Research Quarterly.{{cite web |title=Hirschmann Joins PRQ Editorial Board |url=https://live-sas-www-polisci.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/news/hirschmann-joins-prq-editorial-board |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=June 30, 2016}}

Throughout her tenure at UPenn, Hirschmann’s work has focused on the history of political thought, analytical philosophy, feminist theory, the intersection of political theory and public policy.{{cite web |last1=Posey |first1=Jacquie|url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-professor-nancy-hirschmann-looks-intersection-disability-and-feminism-through-unique-lens|title=Penn Professor Nancy Hirschmann Looks at Intersection of Disability and Feminism Through a Unique Lens |publisher=Penn Today |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=April 27, 2017}} In 2017, this accumulated into various fellowships including the American Council of Learned Societies, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, the National Humanities Center, and the European University Institute.{{cite web |title=Hirschmann Awarded Four Fellowships |url=https://live-sas-www-polisci.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/news/hirschmann-awarded-four-fellowships |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=March 16, 2017}} The following year, Hirschmann was appointed the Stanley I. Sheerr Term Professor in the Social Sciences while also continuing to serve as graduate chair and vice chair of the Department of Political Science.{{cite web |title=Nancy Hirschmann Named Stanley I. Sheerr Term Professor in the Social Sciences |url=https://www.sas.upenn.edu/news/nancy-hirschmann-named-stanley-i-sheerr-term-professor-social-sciences |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=September 11, 2018}} Three years later, she received a new appointment as the Geraldine R. Segal Professors in American Social Thought alongside Anthea Butler of Religious Studies.{{cite web |title=Butler and Hirschmann Named Segal Professors in American Social Thought |url=https://www.sas.upenn.edu/news/butler-and-hirschmann-named-segal-professors-american-social-thought |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=November 1, 2021}}

• The Subject of Liberty: Toward a Feminist Theory of Freedom. 2012. Princeton University Press.
• Feminist Interpretations of Thomas Hobbes, co-edited with Joanne Wright. 2013. Pennsylvania State University Press.
• Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory. 2007. Princeton University Press.
• Feminist Interpretations of John Locke, co-edited with Kirstie M. McClure. 2007. Pennsylvania State University Press.
• The Subject of Liberty: Toward A Feminist Theory of Freedom. 2003. Princeton University Press.
• Women and Welfare: Theory and Practice in the United States and Europe, co-edited with Ulrike Lieber. 2001. Rutgers University Press.
• Revisioning the Political: Feminist Reconstructions of Traditional Concepts in Western Political Theory, co-edited with Christine Di Stefano. 1996. Westview Press.
• Rethinking Obligation: A Feminist Method for Political Theory. 1992. Cornell University Press.

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