User:Michael Rinella

Michael A. Rinella received his doctorate in 1997 from the University at Albany. His dissertation examined the theme of ecstasy in Plato's moral psychology. Since 1999, he has been an editor at the State University of New York Press, acquiring scholarly and trade market manuscripts, primarily in political science, along with other fields in the social sciences and humanities such as ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and military history. In addition, he has also worked regularly as a political science adjunct both online and in the traditional classroom. His research areas include ancient Greek thought and contemporary drug ethics. His book, "Pharmakon: Plato, Drug Culture and Identity in Ancient Athens," was published by Lexington Books in 2010. In 2012 he was National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Visiting Professor at SUNY Potsdam, where he offered three public talks about historic views on inebriation, with a series entitled "The Politics and Ethics of Intoxication: Ancient and Modern Perspectives."