Susan Lesley "Sue" Mendus, CBE, FBA, FLSW (born 25 August 1951) is a Welsh academic specialising in political philosophy. She is currently Professor Emerita of Political Philosophy at the University of York. She was Vice-President (Social Sciences) of the British Academy between 2008 and 2012.
Susan Coker was born on 25 August 1951 in Swansea, Wales, to John and Beryl Coker.[1][2] She grew up in Waun Wen, Swansea,[3] and was educated at Waun Wen Primary and Mynydd Bach schools.[2]
She studied classics and philosophy at Aberystwyth University, graduating in 1973 with First Class Honours.[3] After Aberystwyth she turned to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford for a BPhil in 1975.[4][5]
In 1977, Susan Coker married Andrew Mendus and assumed her married name.[1][3]
In 1975, Mendus was appointed a lecturer in philosophy at the University of York. In 1986, she transferred to the Politics Department[6] and was awarded the title Professor of Political Philosophy in 1995. Between 1995 and 2000, she was Director of the Morrell Studies in Toleration Programme at the University of York.[7]
She is a member of editorial boards of the British Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Philosophy of Education, and the Journal of Applied Philosophy.[8]
Susan Mendus was called as an expert witness to the Leveson Inquiry of 2011–2012 into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press.[9][10]
Susan Mendus was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2004.[7] She is a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW), which was launched in 2010.[12] She was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Swansea Metropolitan University in July 2012.[2] In the 2013 New Year Honours, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "For services to Political Science".[13]
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