Dennis Dalton

Political Science Department Names Replacement for Professor Dalton

Barnard professor and internationally recognized scholar Dennis Dalton, who has taught the same two-semester political theory sequence since 1969, will give his last lecture this Thursday.

Why I Write Against the Hunger Strike

In the twilight hours of Nov. 15, I was one of five Columbia students who helped organize that night’s rally against the hunger strike.

Citing Gandhian Tradition, Dalton Joins Protest

In joining the hunger strike, Dennis Dalton is bringing the ideas he teaches to life.

Dalton's Decision

Barnard professor Dennis Dalton's decision to join the now six-day-old student hunger strike has raised new questions about the legitimacy of the strikers' demands and the role of student-faculty c

Retiring, Professor Dalton Reflects on 39-Year Tenure

Picture an office flooded with volumes by Gandhi, Einstein, Lao Tzu, Hitler, and Plato, all losing pages from being read, and walls decked in photographs of the Dalai Lama, Gandhi, and Marx.