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Dwight D. Allman studies the history of political philosophy, with research interests in the ancient-medieval, modern, and contemporary traditions of western political thought. His work concentrates, in particular, on questions of citizenship theory - such as public culture, moral/civic formation, and the cultivation of citizens and statesman - as these have emerged and been addressed by thinkers across the broad history of political philosophy, from Plato and Aristotle to John Locke and John Rawls. He is currently working on a book, The Citizen & The Soul, that uses a critical evaluation of Rawls to explore the issues of citizen formation that confront contemporary liberal theory and to root the public role of contemporary political theory in an on-going engagement with both ancient and modern political thought. A second book project he recently launched concentrates on Nietzsche's Teaching on Religion. In 2006, Professor Allman presented the keynote address at the annual Colloquium in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Trinity University, San Antonio. In 2007, he was a participant in the Oxford Round Table on "The Future of Education: Religious versus Secular" held at Pembroke College, Oxford. His teaching awards include the Mortar Board Circle of Achievement for Excellence in Teaching, which he has been awarded four times. He is a co-founder of and active participant in the Lone Star Chapter of the Conference for the Study of Political Theory and a member of the Association of Political Theory.