Christopher D. Berk
I’m an Assistant Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government and direct the First-Year Democracy Lab learning community at George Mason University. My teaching and research center on the law, politics, and political theory of punishment. Before coming to Mason, I was a post-doctoral fellow in the Program in Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law at the University of Virginia.
I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago in the fall of 2016. I’m also the graduate of a joint degree program, the M.L.S., at the University of Chicago Law School. My CV is available here.
My book Democracy in Captivity: Prisoners, patients, and the limits of self-government (University of California Press) is available at UC Press, Amazon for $35 (Kindle $24), and other retailers. For a 30% discount on the paperback, use the code linked here. For those with library access, chapters are available for free at De Gruyter.
Contact information
Aquia Building, Room 331
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
cberk [at] gmu [dot] edu
Christopher D. Berk 