Career[edit]
Sargent taught political science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis from 1965 until 2005, when he retired and was appointed professor emeritus. He also held visiting appointments at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London; Mansfield College, Oxford; Birkbeck College, University of London; and the University of Nottingham.
Honors[edit]
In 1997 Sargent was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award by the North American Society for Utopian Studies. The Award was subsequently renamed in his honor.