John POTTENGER

Profile Updated: May 20, 2021
Residing In Huntsville, AL USA
Spouse/Partner Kawthar Slaitane, who teaches Arabic, French, and English at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Occupation Professor - University of Alabama in Huntsville
Children Two daughters:

Kressent, who has been active in Occupy Wall Street, the labor movement, and More…promotion of Bernie Sanders for President, just completed a Masters degree program in labor studies at NYU. She worked at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science in Manhattan, and lived in Brooklyn with her husband (Aaron) and two children (Eva and Malcolm) who are my wonderful grandchildren! They have moved to Philadelphia.

Ashley, who completed an MFA in mixed media art at the Art Center in South Pasadena, lives in Los Angeles.
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After WHS, I went to BYU then lived in Brazil for two years doing missionary work. Upon returning home, I completed my BA degree and then an MA, both from ASU. Afterward, I pursued and received a doctorate in political philosophy at the University of Maryland.

I taught at California State University-Long Beach and now teach at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. I recently served two terms as chair of the department as well as 20 years as director of International Programs.

I have published several articles and three books on Platonic philosophy, Marxism, political theology, political hermeneutics, and religion and politics. And, I have conducted several workshops and seminars on civil society for the U.S. Department of State in Egypt, Morocco, Netherlands, Russia (both Soviet and post-Soviet), Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. University and other academic assignments have also taken me to Canada, China, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan (Soviet), Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, and Romania.

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