Lorraine McCrary
- Associate Professor of Political Science
- Associate Professor of Political Science, Dept Chair
- Baxter Hall 129
- 765-361-6117
- mccraryl@wabash.edu
Lorraine Krall McCrary is a political theorist whose research brings together disability studies and the feminist ethic of care; she also writes about Arendtian natality, as well as the relationship between the family and politics. She often draws on literature in her research.
Before coming to Wabash, McCrary taught at Washington University in St. Louis and Villanova University.
Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the home of Little League baseball, she lives with her husband, Lewis, and their young sons in Crawfordsville.
Education
Ph.D. Georgetown University
M.A. Georgetown University
B.A. Grove City College
Recent Course Offerings
Introduction to Political Theory
Disability and Politics
The Family, Gender and Politics
Tocqueville and the Idea of Fraternity in America
Citizenship and Dystopia
American Political Thought
The Social Contract
Justice, Virtue, and Duty
Recent Publications
“Bearing Witness to Natality: The Politics of Birth at Auschwitz,” New Political Science (forthcoming).
“‘A Crooked Cross’: Disability and Community in Flannery O’Connor,” American Political Thought 10.2 (2021): 217-237.
“The Politics of Community: Care and Agency in People with Intellectual Disabilities at L’Arche,” Politics, Groups, and Identities 9.2 (2021): 409-422.
“From Hull-House to Herland: Engaged and Extended Care in Jane Addams and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.” Politics & Gender 15 (2019): 62-82.