--- title: Mark T. Mitchell, Ph.D. description: "Mitchell, Mark T. Ph.D. Patrick Henry College Faculty member Chairman, Department of Government, Professor of Government." image: https://www.phc.edu/hubfs/Mark%20Mitchell.png --- 540-338-1776 [![Patrick Henry College logo](https://www.phc.edu/hubfs/Shield%2c%20Tag%2c%20Color%2c%201%20line%2c%20RGB.jpg "Patrick Henry College logo")](https://www.phc.edu) # Faculty "And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Colossians 1:17 [Full-Time Faculty](https://www.phc.edu/faculty/topic/full-time-faculty) [Adjunct Faculty](https://www.phc.edu/faculty/topic/adjunct-faculty) **![Mitchell_mug.jpg](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Faculty/Mitchell_mug.jpg?width=266&name=Mitchell_mug.jpg "Mitchell_mug.jpg")Dean of Academic Affairs; Professor of Government** **** **Dr. Mark T. Mitchell** **Email: **[mtmitchell@phc.edu](mailto:mtmitchell@phc.edu) **Phone: **540-441-8236 **Educational Background:** Ph.D. in Government, Georgetown University M.A. in Philosophy, Gonzaga University M.A. in Government, Georgetown University B.A. in History, Crown College **Time at PHC:** 2002 to present Mark T. Mitchell serves as the Dean of Academic Affairs and teaches courses in political theory. He is the author of several books including [*Plutocratic Socialism: The Future of Private Property and the Fate of the Middle Class*](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B2J2DHQX/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0); [*Power and Purity: The Unholy Marriage That Spawned America’s Social Justice Warriors*](https://www.amazon.com/Power-Purity-Marriage-Americas-Warriors/dp/1684510112/ref=sr_1_1); [*The Limits of Liberalism: Tradition, Individualism, and the Crisis of Freedom*](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CCHFBN2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3); [*The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place, and Community in a Global *](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009RQET4Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6)[Age](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009RQET4Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6); and [*Michael Polanyi: The Art of Knowing*](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932236910/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7). He is co-editor of *Localism in the Mass Age: [A Front Porch Republic Manifesto](https://frontporchrepublic.com/)*, and [*The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry*](https://www.amazon.com/Humane-Vision-Wendell-Berry/dp/1610170016). He is the co-founder of the web-zine [*Front Porch Republic*](https://frontporchrepublic.com/). In 2008-2009, he was a fellow at the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. [![PatrickHenryCollege-seal](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Campus_Documentation/Images/PatrickHenryCollege-seal.png?width=100&height=101&name=PatrickHenryCollege-seal.png "PatrickHenryCollege-seal")](https://www.phc.edu) [![PHC Facebook](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/PHC-FB-Icon.png?width=40&name=PHC-FB-Icon.png "PHC Facebook")](https://www.facebook.com/patrick.henry.college) [![PHC - x](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/PHC%20-%20x.png?width=40&height=40&name=PHC%20-%20x.png)](https://twitter.com/patrickhenrycol) [![PHC LinkedIn](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/PHC-LI-Icon.png?width=40&name=PHC-LI-Icon.png "PHC LinkedIn")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/patrick-henry-college) [![PHC Instagram](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/PHC-Ig-Icon.png?width=40&name=PHC-Ig-Icon.png "PHC Instagram")](https://www.instagram.com/patrickhenrycollege/) [![PHC Pinterest](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/PHC-Pn-Icon.png?width=40&name=PHC-Pn-Icon.png "PHC Pinterest")](https://www.pinterest.com/patrickhenrycol/) [![PHC YouTube ](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/New_Design_Images/PHC-YT-Icon.png?width=40&name=PHC-YT-Icon.png "PHC YouTube ")](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeDF1z2oL8BCEZv8nEeQ5ug) © 2021 Patrick Henry College [540-338-1776](tel:15403381776) | [communication@phc.edu](mailto:communication@phc.edu) 10 Patrick Henry Circle | Purcellville | VA | 20132