Lev Marder | Faculty & staff bios

Name	Lev Marder
School	School of Liberal Studies
Program	Bachelor of Business Administration – International Business Management Bachelor of Business Administration – Accounting, Audit and Information Technology
Academic and Professional Designations	Ph.D., University of California-Irvine
Title	Associate Faculty
Courses Taught	CULT 72000 World Cultures SOC 1030 Sociology I
Areas of Expertise & Interest	Political and legal theory Identity politics, critical race theory, and theories of representation Politics of information, media, and knowledge.
Industry Experience, Professional Currency Activities	Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Loyola Marymount University (2014-2015) 8 years of teaching experience at universities including York University, University of Toronto and the University of California-Irvine
Major Research Projects, Scholarly Activities, and/or Publications	Publications: [2015] “Examination of Practices of Ignorance Conducive to Democracy Based on Rancierian Thought and Rortian Pragmatism” in Philosophy and Social Criticism. Conference Presentations: [2016] “Racial In/Justice: Revisiting The Charles Mills—Tommie Shelby Debate” at the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities.
Additional Information	I earned my PhD in Political Science at the University of California-Irvine and in the following September I joined Conestoga as a part-time faculty member. My research focuses on the roles of knowledge and ignorance in contemporary political theories, ethics, democratic theory, and conflict resolution. I take a student-centered approach that integrates student experiences and perspectives into classroom learning.