UTD School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

Profile

Harpham is the author or editor of 11 books and over 30 articles, chapters, and essays. His research has focused on the development of liberal economic and political ideas and their impact on public policy in America.

Recently, Harpham has completed a series of articles in the moral, political, and economic thought of Adam Smith. He is particularly interested in explaining the role that passions and emotions play in Smith’s larger theory of political economy.

Harpham’s related interest in the subject of gratitude stems from his participation in an interdisciplinary conference on gratitude sponsored by the Templeton Foundation in 2000.

He contributed an article entitled “Gratitude in the History of Ideas” to a book that came out of the conference entitled The Psychology of Gratitude (Oxford University Press: 2004).

Recently he has been exploring the secularization of the idea of gratitude that takes place in the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing on particular attention on the thought of David Hume and Adam Smith.

In 2004 and 2005, he delivered four papers at professional meetings based upon this work. He is currently working on a series of articles and a book length manuscript on Smith’s A Theory of Moral Sentiments.

Past Work Experiences

University of Houston (1978-81)

Awards

2005-2006 Polykarp Kusch Lecturer, The University of Texas at Dallas
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2002-03, 7th edition, 2003-2004 8th edition, 2004-05 9th edition
Marquis Who’s Who in American Education, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2002, 2003, 2004
President, Southwestern Political Science Association (2001-2002)
Honorary Member, Golden Key Honor Society, The University of Texas at Dallas, March 2000
Chancellor’s Council Outstanding Teacher Award (1996-1997), The University of Texas at Dallas
Andrew R. Cecil Lecturer, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1994
Vice-President Southwestern Political Science Association (1993-1994)

Professional Organizations:

American Political Science Association
Southwestern Political Science Association
History of Economics Society
Hume Society
Association for Political Theory

Courses

Empirical Democratic Theory (graduate)
Political Theory
American and Texas Government
Political Economy
Bible and Politics

Media Expertise

Political Theory and Ethics
American and Texas Politics
Passions and Politics
Political Economy

Recent Publications

Adam Smith Review essay on Gavin Kennedy’s Smith’s Lost Legacy. Forthcoming: 2006.

We the People. Texas Edition Fifth Edition. By Theodore J. Lowi, Benjamin Ginsberg, Margaret Weir, Anthony Champagne, Edward J. Harpham, and John Forsche. New York: W.W. Norton: 2005.

“Gratitude in the History of Ideas.” By Edward J. Harpham. In The Psychology of Gratitude. Edited by Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough. Series in Affective Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Updated: October 16, 2006