Patrick Connolly has a PhD. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  He is primarily interested in issues at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and the natural sciences in early modern Europe with a special focus on the thoughts of John Locke and Isaac Newton.  He has published papers in a number of journals including the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Philosophical Studies, and the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.  .