Politics
Contact
Department Chair:
Eve Sandberg

Administrative Assistant:
Tracy Tucker

Department Email:


Phone: (440) 775-8487
Fax: (440) 775-8898

Location:
Rice Hall, Room 216
10 N. Professor St.
Oberlin, OH, 44074

Jacob Schiff

Jacob Schiff

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

E-mail:


Office:
Rice 206
(440) 775-6549

Personal Office Hours:
Tuesday & Thursday 1:30-3:30 or by appointment

Jacob Schiff

Educational Background

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto, 2002
  • Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 2004
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 2010


JACOB SCHIFF, Assistant Professor of Politics received his B.A. from the University of Toronto, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.  He works at the intersections of political theory, international relations, phenomenology and literary criticism.  His primary research area is contemporary political theory, and emphasizes issues of suffering, political responsibility and redemption in local and global contexts.