Lawrence Quill

EXPERTISE:
Political Theory, History of Political Thought

EMAIL:
lawrence.quill@sjsu.edu 

CONTACT INFORMATION:
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0119

OFFICE HOURS: 
Tuesday 12:00pm - 1:00pm via Zoom
Thursday 9:00am - 10:00am in-person
and by appointment

EDUCATION: 
Ph.D. University of Essex U.K., 2000

BACKGROUND:

Lawrence Quill is Professor of Political Theory at San José State University and a recipient of the S.J.S.U. President’s Scholar Award (2019-2020) . He was a Technology and Democracy Fellow at the Center for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (C.R.A.S.S.H) at Cambridge University in 2015 and 2017. His latest book Nostalgia and Political Theory, was published by Routledge in 2024.

He is a co-director of The Loneliness Project at San José State University.

His current research focuses on loneliness, technology with a special focus on social robotics/AI, and conservatism as a political philosophy.