Geoffrey Upton

Geoffrey Upton received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, where he specialized in political theory and public law; he also holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is currently an assistant professor of political science at Seton Hall University, where he is also the pre-law advisor for the College of Arts and Sciences. Geoffrey has taught political theory, law, and American politics at Berkeley as a lecturer and teaching assistant, and legal studies at Mills College in Oakland as an assistant adjunct professor in political science. He has also been an instructor for the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies program at Stanford University, teaching summer courses to high school and middle school students on democracy, legal studies, philosophy, and expository writing. Before pursuing his Ph.D., Geoffrey was a lawyer in New York for two major international law firms, an attorney and political aide for the New York City Council, and a professional journalist and editor. He also lived and worked in Berlin for one year on a Robert Bosch Foundation fellowship.