Susan Mendus

Susan Lesley "Sue" Mendus (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. Born Susan Coker in Swansea, Wales, she studied classics and philosophy at Aberystwyth University, graduating with First Class Honours in 1973. She then pursued a BPhil at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. In 1977, she married Andrew Mendus and adopted his surname. Mendus was appointed a lecturer in philosophy at the University of York in 1975, later transferring to the Politics Department in 1986 and becoming a Professor of Political Philosophy in 1995. She directed the Morrell Studies in Toleration Programme at York from 1995 to 2000. She has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including the British Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Applied Philosophy. Mendus was also called as an expert witness to the Leveson Inquiry in 2011–2012. Her published works include "Toleration and the Limits of Liberalism" (1989), "Feminism and Emotion: Readings in Moral and Political Philosophy" (2000), "Impartiality in Moral and Political Philosophy" (2002), and "Politics and Morality" (2009). In recognition of her contributions, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2004, became a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW) in 2010, received an Honorary Fellowship from Swansea Metropolitan University in 2012, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to Political Science.