PETER C. STONE
Political Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-6044
Phone: 650-725-2916     Fax: 650-723-1808
E-Mail: peter.stone "at" stanford.edu
Website: http://www.stanford.edu/~pstone
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Positions Held:

2003 - PresentAssistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

2001-2003      Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Rochester

Education:

2000                Ph.D., University of Rochester, Political Science. Dissertation: “The Luck of
the Draw: Revisiting the Lot as a Democratic Institution.”

1996                M.A., 1996. University of Rochester, Political Science. Fields: Political
Philosophy, Positive Political Theory, Methods.

1993                B.A., Pennsylvania State University, Political Science. Magna Cum Laude.
Honors in Political Science. Phi Beta Kappa. Senior Honors Thesis: “Towards
the Empowerment of Labor: The Allende Experience.”

Academic Honors and Fellowships:

• Stanford University:
• Faculty Grant, Political Science Program for Undergraduate Research, 2004, 2005, 2006.
• University of Rochester:
  • University Fellowship, 1995-97.
  • Rush Rhees Fellowship, 1995-96.
  • Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Fellowship Program, 1994.
  • Robert and Mary Sproull Fellowship, 1993-95.

Articles:

• “The Logic of Random Selection.” (PDF) Political Theory 37, no.3 (June 2009) 375-397.
• “Lotteries, Justice, and Probability.” (PDF) Journal of Theoretical Politics 21, no.3 (forthcoming).
• “Rationality, Intelligibility, and Interpretation” (PDF). Rationality and Society 21, no. 1 (February 2009), forthcoming.
• “What Can Lotteries Do for Education?” (PDF). Theory and Research in Education 6, no 3 (November 2008): 267-282.
• “On Fair Lotteries” (PDF). Social Theory and Practice 34, no. 4 (October 2008): 573-590.
• “Russell, Mathematics and the Popular Mind.” In Alan Schwerin, ed. Russell Revisited: Critical Reflections on the Thought of Bertrand Russell. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.
• “Why Lotteries Are Just.” (PDF). Journal of Political Philosophy 15, no. 3 (September 2007): 276-295.
• “The Impossibility of Rational Politics?” (PDF). Politics, Philosophy and Economics 2 (June 2003): 239-263.

Working Papers and Papers Under Review:

• “Conceptualizing Lotteries.” Working Paper No. 16, Political Concepts: A Working Paper Series of the Committee on Concepts and Methods, International Political Science Association, September 2007.
• “Lotteries and Probability Theory.”
• “Picking and Choosing Revisited.”
• “Three Arguments for Lotteries”
• “What Can Lotteries Do for Education?” Manuscript, the Equality Exchange. Posted May
  25, 2008.

Book Reviews:

• Review of Democracy Defended by Gerry Mackie. Public Choice 125:3-4 (December 2005): 471-475.
• Review of Justice and Democracy edited by Keith Dowding, Robert E. Goodin, and Carole Pateman. Perspectives on Politics 3:3 (September 2005): 614-615.
• “Hanging Out with Russell, Brando, and Lennon.” Russell n.s. 25:1 (Summer 2005): 91- 93.
• Review of Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy by S.M. Amadae. Perspectives on Politics 2, no. 2 (June 2004): 347-348.
• “Russell in the Philippines.” Russell n.s. 23 (Winter 2003-2004): 183-185.
• “Ray Monk and the Politics of Bertrand Russell.” Russell n.s. 23 (Summer 2003): 82-91.
• Review of Cosmopolitan Intervention by Darrel Moellendorf. New Political Science 24 (December 2002): 612-615.
• Review of Microfoundations, Method, and Causation: On the Philosophy of the Social Sciences by Daniel Little. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 32 (March 2002): 120-126.
• “Adrift at Armageddon.” Russell n.s. 21 (Winter 2001-2002): 181-185.
• “Russell the Political Theorist.” Russell n.s. 20 (Summer 2000): 85-92.

Short Articles:

• “Introduction.” In Ernest Callenbach, Michael Phillips, and Keith Sutherland. A Citizen Legislature/A People’s Parliament. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2008.
• “Introduction: Reflections on Andrew Rehfeld’s The Concept of Constituency.” Polity 40, no. 2 (April 2008): 216-220. (requires login)
• “Voting, Lotteries, and Justice.” Polity 40, no. 2 (April 2008): 246-253. (requires login)
• “On Linking Cognitive Mechanisms to Game Play.” Politics and the Life Sciences 22 (September 2003): 33-40. (requires login)
• “Making the World Safe for Methodology.” Political Methodologist 10 (Fall 2001): 9-10. (requires login)

Miscellaneous:

• “Pi and the Movie Mind.” Philosophy Now, November/December 2007, pp. 44-46. (requires login)
• “How to Settle Tie for Berryessa School Board: Flip a Coin.” San Jose Mercury News, September 25, 2007, p. 12A.
• “Facilitating Justly.” Socrates Café, Summer 2007, pp. 1-3.

Invited Presentations:

• "The Inquisition of Bertrand Russell". Presented to the Unitarian Universalist Church, Bethlehem, PA, December 21st, 2008.
• "Russell on War and Peace". Humanist Community, Palo Alto, January 25th, 2009.
• "Arbitrary Selection and Random Selection', Symbolic Systems Forum, Stanford, CA, February 12th, 2009.
• "Machiavelli Reconsidered". Structured Liberal Education, Stanford, CA, February 10th, 2009
• “Lotteries and Probability Theory.” Presented to “Selection by Lottery: Theory and Practice.” Centre de Recherches Politiques, Paris, November 27, 2008.
• “Justice, Rationality, and Indeterminacy.” Presented to the Political Science Department, Duke University, April 7, 2008.
• “Lotteries and the Social Contract Tradition.” Presented to “Novus Ordo Seclorum: Summer Program in the American Founding.” Liberty Fund Weeklong Conference, June 9, 2005.
• “Why Lotteries Are Just.” Presented to Political Theory Seminar, University of California, San Diego, May 6, 2005.

Media Appearances:

• “The Luck of the Draw. Philosophy Talk, KALW, San Francisco, July 13, 2008.

Papers and Presentations:

Latest Three Years:

• “Three Arguments for Lotteries.” Panel 3-37: “Democratic Decisionmaking.” 2008 Annual Meeting — American Political Science Association. Panel 13: “Sortition and Public Policy.” 2008 Annual Conference—Manchester Workshops in Political Theory.
• With Eduardo Bruera. “Public Reason and Scarce Medical Resources” Panel 47-6: “Ideas, Institutions, and Interests in Health Policy Reform.” 2008 Annual Meeting— Midwest Political Science Association.
• “Picking and Choosing Revisited.” Panel 33-14: “Politics and Philosophy of Science.” 2008 Annual Meeting—Midwest Political Science Association. Social Ethics and Normative Theory Workshop, Stanford University, October 4, 2008.
• “The Simple and Complex Nature of Lotteries.” Panel II-A: “Alternative Democratic Institutions.” 2007 Annual Meeting—Association for Political Theory.
• “Why Not Toss a Coin? Lotteries and Justice.” Ethics at Noon, Stanford University, October 5, 2007
• “The Lottery as a Means to Representation". Panel 1-28: “Descriptive Representation in Science, Politics, and Law.” 2007 Annual Meeting—Western Political Science Association.
• “What Is a Fair Lottery?” Panel 2-23: “On Skepticism and Desert: Fairness and the Limits of the Liberal.” 2006 Annual Meeting—American Political Science Association.
• Panel I-A: “Democratic Decision-Making Procedures.” 2006 Annual Meeting— Association for Political Theory.
• “Russell, Mathematics, and the Popular Mind.” 2006 Annual Meeting—Bertrand Russell Society. Panel 033: “Philosophy and Popular Culture I: Philosophy and the Zeitgiest.” 2008 Joint Conference—Popular Culture and American Associations.
• “Why Lotteries Are Just.” Panel 27-23: “The Politics of Chance and Risk.” 2006 Annual Meeting — Midwest Political Science Association.

Archive of earlier papers (previous to 2005)

Other Conference Participation:

      Latest Three Years:

• Session Chair. 2008 Conference—“Justice and Educational Distribution.” Stanford University, October 17-18, 2008.
• Chair. Panel 1b: “Political Epistemology.” 2008 Annual Meeting—Association for Political Theory.
• Master Class Instructor. “Russell’s Appeal to the American Conscience.” 2008 Annual Meeting — Bertrand Russell Society.
• Chair and Discussant. 32-15: “Functions of Politics: Rationality, Emotion, and Conflict.” 2008 Annual Meeting—Midwest Political Science Association.
• Commentator. “Democratic Lawmaking and Political Representation” by Andrew Rehfeld. Political Theory Workshop, Stanford University, February 8, 2008.
• Discussant. Pane; 3-19: “Risk in Democratic Decision-Making.” 2007 Annual Meeting— American Political Science Association.
• Panelist. Panel Discussion on Understanding History by Bertrand Russell. 2007 Annual Meeting — Bertrand Russell Society.
• Chair. Panel 33-101: “Author Meets Critics: The Concept of Constituency by Andrew Rehfeld.” 2007 Annual Meeting—Midwest Political Science Association.
• Commentator. “Competition, Scale, and Knowledge” by Josiah Ober. Political Theory Workshop, Stanford University, December 1, 2006.
• Session Chair. 2006 Conference—“Equality and the Market.” Stanford University, September 28-30, 2006.
• Chair and Discussant. Panel 27-12: “New Problems, New Paradigms?” 2006 Annual Meeting — Midwest Political Science Association.
• Discussant. Panel 3-27: “New Perspectives on Deep Disagreement.” 2005 Annual Meeting—American Political Science Association.
• Panelist. Panel Discussion on Harriet Ward’s A Man of Small Importance: My Father Griffin Barry. 2005 Annual Meeting—Bertrand Russell Society.
• Respondent. 2005 Conference—“Rational Choice Theory and the Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Conference.” Stanford University.

Archive of earlier conferences (previous to 2005)

Research Projects Supervised:

• Doctoral Dissertation: Committee Member, Eduardo Bruera, “Democracy and Healthcare Policy.” Submitted September 2008.
• Undergraduate Honors Theses: Supervisor, Jenny W. Cheung, “Recall: What Madison Should Have Said.” Winner of the Arnaud B. Leavelle Jr. Memorial Award for Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Political Theory. Submitted June 2004.
• Supervisor, Ray Seilie, “Paternalism by Agreement: Toward a Liberal Theory of Legal Paternalism.” Winner of the Firestone Medal. Submitted June 2007 (thesis co-supervised by Rob Reich)
• Second Reader, Jason Shen, “Who Gets the Goods? The Ethical Allocation of Liver Transplants.” Submitted June 2008 (thesis supervised by Agnieszka Jaworska).

Other Research Experience:

• Research Assistant, University of Rochester, Political Science Department, 2002. William H. Riker Prize Committee. Committee Chair: James Johnson.
• Analyst/Programmer, University of Rochester, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, 1997-2002. Project Director: Jack Zwanziger.
• Research Assistant, University of Rochester, Department of Political Science, 1997-98. Alfred B. Harrott Project on Constitutional Amendment. Project Director: Randall Calvert.

• Stanford University, Department of Political Science
  Assistant Professor, 2003-Present
  Courses include: Modern Political Ideologies, Topics in the Philosophy of Social Science (graduate course), Contemporary Theories of Justice, Introduction to Political Philosophy, History of Political Thought III: Reason, Freedom, and Power, Politics and Religion, Rational Choice (graduate course).

• University of Rochester, Department of Political Science
  Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2001-2003
  Instructor, 1999-2001
  Teaching Assistant, 1995-1996
  Courses: Theories of Justice (instructor and teaching assistant), Contemporary Political Theory, Law & Authority, Game Theory & the Law, Anarchism, Applied Data Analysis, Math “Prefresher” for Political Scientists (graduate course), Introduction to Contemporary Political Theory (teaching assistant), Introduction to Political Science (teaching assistant)

• University of Rochester, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine
  Instructor, 2002
  Tutor, 2001
  Courses: Basic Math for Social Research (graduate course), Introduction to Statistical Methods (graduate course, tutored)

• Pennsylvania State University, Department of Political Science
  Teaching Assistant, 1992
  Course: Critical Thinking in the Social Sciences

• Pennsylvania State University, Supplemental Instruction Program
  Supplemental Instructor, 1991-93
  Courses: Calculus with Analytic Geometry I, Calculus with Analytic Geometry II

Department and University Service:

• Faculty Advisor, Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics at Stanford (AHA!), 2008-Present.
• Academic Draw Advisory Group, 2007-Present.
• Faculty Affiliate, Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, 2006-Present.
• University Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Oral Examination. Anne Newman, “A Case for a Right to Education for Equal Citizenship.” School of Education. Defended June 4, 2007.
• University Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Oral Examination. Kenneth Stalzer, “On the Normativity of the Instrumental Principle of Reason.” Department of Philosophy. Defended September 1, 2004.
• Faculty Coordinator, Political Theory Reading Group, 2005-7.
• Faculty Affiliate, Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, 2004-Present.
• Faculty Coordinator, Political Theory Teas, 2004-2006.
• Political Theory Field Convener, 2004-05.
• Admissions Committee, 2004, 2005, 2007.
• Firestone Award Selection Committee, 2004.

Other Professional Experience:

• Manuscript Referee:
  
• Books: Humanity Books, Lexington Books, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press,       Stanford University Press.
  
• Journals: American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Constitutional       Political Economy, Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Politics, Journal of Theoretical       Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Philosophy Compass, Political Studies, Politics and Ethics       Review, Polity.
• Research Grants: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
• Council Member, Gerson Lehrman Group Policy & Economics Council, 2006-Present.
• Editorial Assistant, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2001-2003. Editors: Keith Dowding and James Johnson
• Coordinator, Conference for the Study of Political Thought (Upstate New York Chapter), 2001-2003.
• Director, Bertrand Russell Society, 1997-Present.
  Other positions held: Speakers Committee Chair (2008-Present), Service Award Committee Member (2008-Present), Bylaw Review Committee Chair (2005- 2006), Founding Member and Steering Committee Member of Bay Area Russell Set (local chapter) (2004-Present), Awards Committee Member (1998-2002, 2003-Present), Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly Editor (2001-2003), Founding Member and Steering Committee Member of Greater Rochester Russell Set (local chapter) (1996-2003), Awards Committee Chair (1998-2001), Secretary of the Society and Board (1998-2001).
• Consultant, In re: Estate of Benjamin Evans Lippincott, 2002.
• Intern, American Political Science Review, 1994-95. Managing Editor: G. Bingham Powell.