Ryan Patrick Hanley is Professor of Political Science at Boston College, he was the Mellon Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, and held visiting appointments or fellowships at Yale, Harvard and the University of Chicago.
He is a specialist on the political philosophy of the Enlightenment period. His books include Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life (Princeton, 2019) and The Political Philosophy of Fénelon (Oxford, 2020).