Dennis specializes in political philosophy, with interests both in the history of political and philosophic thought and in contemporary political philosophy. He has several projects underway, including a book manuscript focusing on resistance and contemporary identity politics, with related articles on Sartrean existentialism, Thoreau’s resistance, and the Quebecois philosophical-artistic movement, Le Refus global. His chapter, “Democracy as Voice: Political Liberalism and Critical Philosophy in Dialogue,” was published in Political Theory: The State of the Discipline (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013). His edited collection, “Histories of Resistance,” appeared in 2009 as a special issue of the journal, Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques, with his article, “Philosophy and Politics of Résistance in Early Modern France,” included. Other recent articles include “Frantz Fanon, the Resistance, and the Emergence of Identity Politics” in The Color of Liberty: Histories of Race in France (Duke University Press, 2003), and “How Can Liberal Education Engage ‘Things That Matter’?” in Phi Beta Kappa’s Key Reporter (Spring 2008). He co-founded the Association for Political Theory in 2000 and served as its executive co-director from 2000 to 2008.