Dr. William Felice

William F. Felice is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Eckerd College. Dr. Felice is the author of six books on human rights and international relations: Human Rights and Public Goods (2021) with Diana Fuguitt; Introduction to International Politics: Global Challenges and Policy Responses (2019) with Glenn Hastedt; The Ethics of Interdependence: Global Human Rights and Duties (2016); How Do I Save My Honor: War, Moral Integrity and Principled Resignation (2009); The Global New Deal: Economic and Social Human Rights in World Politics (2010; 2003); and Taking Suffering Seriously: The Importance of Collective Human Rights (1996). He has also published numerous articles on the theory and practice of human rights in a variety of journals including, the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Ethics and International Affairs, Human Rights Quarterly, International Affairs, and Social Justice.
Dr. Felice was named the 2006 Florida Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In addition, Felice has received Eckerd College’s John Satterfield Outstanding Mentor Award (2021), Grover Wren Award for Leadership and Service to General Education (2017), the Lloyd W. Chapin Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Art (2011), the John M. Bevan Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award (2005), and has been recognized by the students as Professor of the Year (2003) and by the faculty as the Robert A. Staub Distinguished Teacher of the Year (1999).
Felice received his Ph.D. from the Department of Politics at New York University. He has served as a trustee on the board of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Relations. He was also the past president of the International Ethics Section of the International Studies Association.