Christie Maloyed

Christie Maloyed
  • Faculty
  • Associate Dean
  • Interim Department Head
  • Associate Professor

Biography

Christie Maloyed is associate professor of political science and associate dean of the college of liberal arts. She previously served as UL's coordinator for the first-year seminar program Her main areas of teaching are American institutions, religion and politics, and political theory. Maloyed's research focuses on civic education, religion and politics, and local government. Overarching themes in Maloyed's writings include the role of habits as a foundation for democratic education, instructional methods to encourage democratic practice, and involvement in local government. Her forthcoming co-edited volume, The Party is Over: The New Louisiana Politics, (co-editor Pearson Cross, LSU Press, forthcoming February 2022), provides a comprehensive reassessment of Louisiana state politics, from institutions to politics to policy. Her current book project, Civic Habits: Recovering the Practice of Citizenship in American Education, assesses the intellectual history of habits in American civic education. She has also published in the areas of religion and politics, with an emphasis on civil religion, as well as politics and literature/tv/film. Her work has been published in the Journal of Church and State, The History Teacher, and Journal of Political Science Education as well as in various edited volumes. She originally hails from the southwestern corner of Virginia, in the heart of rural Appalachia, and is an avid reader, gardener, and beekeeper. 

Education

Ph.D., 2010
Texas A&M University

B.A., 2004
Emory & Henry College

Publications

Books

  • The Party is Over: The New Louisiana Politics, Co-edited book, with Pearson Cross, LSU Press, February 2022.

Articles

  • 鈥淗ypocrisy and Democratic Leadership in Benjamin Franklin鈥檚 Political Thought,鈥 The Political Science Reviewer 44 (2) 2020: 479-508.
  • 鈥淒ante鈥檚 Monarchia as Political Satire,鈥 with Mary Elizabeth Sullivan, Midsouth Political Science Review, 19(1) 2018: 1-24.
  • 鈥淎ctionable Data Projects: Social Science and Service-Learning in General Education Courses,鈥 Journal of Political Science Education, 12 (2) 2016: 115-127
  • 鈥淢ad Men and the Virtue of Selfishness,鈥 Journal of Popular Film and Television, 42(1) 2014: 16-23
  • 鈥淢uch Ado About Texas: Civics in the Social Studies Curriculum,鈥 with J. Kelton Williams, The History Teacher, Vol. 47 (1), 2013: 25-40
  • 鈥淧lace-Based Civic Education and the Rural Leadership Crisis,鈥 with J. Kelton Williams, Great Plains Research, Vol. 23 (Fall), 2013: 127-135
  • 鈥淎 Liberal Civil Religion: William Penn鈥檚 Holy Experiment,鈥 Journal of Church and State, Vol. 55 (4), 2013: 669-689
  • 鈥淩everend John Witherspoon鈥檚 Pedagogy of Leadership,鈥 with J. Kelton Williams, American Educational History Journal, Vol. 39 (2), 2012: 349-364

Chapters in Edited Volumes

  • 鈥淭he Democratic Impulse in Post-Apocalyptic Films,鈥 with J. Kelton Williams, in The Politics of Fear, ed.Damien Picariello, Palgrave Macmillian, 2020: 47-57
  • 鈥淭he Death of Jeremiah? Marilynne Robinson and Covenant Theology,鈥 in A Political Companion to Marilynne Robinson, edited by Shannon Mariotti and Joseph H. Lane, Jr., University Press of Kentucky, 2016: 195-222
  • 鈥淪ervice Guarantees Citizenship: Starship Troopers and Democracy,鈥 with Ted Henry Brown, in Poli Sci Fi, eds. Michael A. Allen and Justin S. Vaughn, Routledge, 2016: 37-49
  • 鈥淓nder鈥檚 Dilemma: Realism, Neo-liberalism, and the Politics of Power,鈥 with Ted Brown, in Ender鈥檚 Game and Philosophy, ed. Kevin Decker, (Wiley Blackwell, 2013): 202-211

Awards & Recognition

  • Innovator Award, League of Women Voters 鈥 老司机福利网, 2019.
  • Outstanding Academic Advisor, 老司机福利网, 2019.
  • 20 Under 40 Young Leader Honoree, The Daily Advertiser/The 705, 2018.