Eric Malczewski is a social theorist and sociologist working in the areas of social and political theory, sociology of knowledge, philosophy of the human sciences, sociological theory, and culture. He has published works on the organizing principles of social science, epistemological issues in social and sociological theory, nationalism, culture, and conceptions of nature in American culture. He specializes in the thought of Émile Durkheim, Ferdinand Tönnies, and Max Weber. He is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech, a member of the Ciceronian Society, and a Miller Fellow at the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History. In 2026 he will be a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. He has been affiliated with the Center for Cultural Sociology since 2014. From 2009-2017 he taught social and political theory in Social Studies at Harvard University and served on the Board of Advisors.
