Rate My Professor Alexandra Oprea

Oprea has authored numerous publications in leading journals. Key works include “A minimal standard of democratic competence” (with Daniel J. Stephens) in Politics, Philosophy & Economics (2024); “Moving toward the Median: Compulsory Voting and Political Polarization” (with Lucy Martin and Geoffrey Brennan) in American Political Science Review (2024); “Nudges, Regulations, and Liberty” (with Keith Dowding) in British Journal of Political Science (2023); “Adam Smith on Political Judgment: Revisiting the Political Theory of Wealth of Nations” in Journal of Politics (2022); “Inadequate for Democracy: How (Not) to Distribute Education” in Politics, Philosophy & Economics (2020); and “Counterproductive Altruism: The Other Heavy-Tail” (with Daniel Kokotajlo) in Philosophical Perspectives (2020). She teaches courses including Political Philosophy and Global Justice. Oprea serves as principal investigator on a $500,000 Mellon Foundation grant for the project “Inclusive Immigration and Democratic Revival in a Rust Belt City” in the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program.