Timothy Brennan is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and holds a doctorate in political science from Boston College. His research focuses on the history of political thought, especially Enlightenment and American political thought. He has published articles in Political Theory, History of Political Thought, Interpretation, the Review of Politics, History of European Ideas, The European Legacy, and the Journal of Politics, and is currently revising a book manuscript. Before joining the University of Austin, he taught at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Virginia. He is originally from Sydney, Australia.