Lucy C. Britt
Assistant Professor of Politics
Associations
Politics
Pettengill Hall, Room 167
About
Lucy Britt’s work focuses on the politics of race and the politics of memory. She teaches classes on race and politics, political theory, and feminist political thought. Her current research focuses on African American political thought, Confederate monuments, and race and housing. She received her MA and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. She is from Southwestern Virginia and attended Wesleyan University for college.
Expertise
Current Courses
Fall Semester 2025
Feminist Political Thought
What is the point of feminism? This course brings an emphasis on the big questions about gender to political science while bringing a specifically political theoretical mode of questioning to gender and sexuality studies. Students evaluate and reshape their own beliefs about feminism and its politic…
The Moral Basis of Politics
This course is an introduction to the wide world of political thought. What is just? What is right? What do we owe each other? What is the purpose of politics – of having a government in the first place? How should we respond to seemingly intractable systems of oppression? These are some of the qu…
Senior Thesis
Discussion of methods of research and writing, oral reports, and regular individual consultation with instructors. Students undertake a one-semester thesis by registering for PLTC 457 in the fall semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both PLTC 457 and 458. Prerequisite(s): one 300-l…