BRENT STEELE

Distinguished Professor

Political Science

  • Distinguished Professor
    Political Science

BIO

Prof. Dr. Brent J. Steele is the Francis D. Wormuth Presidential Chair and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, He has been at the University of Utah since 2013, and was at the University of Kansas before that (2005-2013). Since 2020, he has been the co-editor in chief of Global Studies Quarterly. His most recent works include Vicarious Identity in International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2021), with Chris Browning and Pertti Joenniemi, and Restraint in International Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2019), which co-won the ISA Theory section book award for 2020. His recent articles have appeared in the European Journal of International Security, Cooperation and Conflict,, Global Environmental Politics and the British Journal of Politics and International Relations. He teaches courses on US Foreign Policy, International Ethics, Interpretive Methods, and International Relations theory.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Distinguished Professor
    Political Science1 Jul 2025 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • University Distinguished Professor
    University of Utah, United States1 Jul 2025 - present

FIELDS OF RESEARCH