John C. Berg's Curriculum Vitae

John C. Berg

93 Lyndhurst Street
Dorchester, Massachusetts 02124-2213
U.S.A.
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Email: jberg@suffolk.edu

Employment:

Chair, Department of Government, Suffolk University, 2004-
Professor of Government, Suffolk University,1985-
Associate Professor of Government, Suffolk University, 1980-1985
Assistant Professor of Government, Suffolk University, 1975-1980
Instructor in Government, Suffolk University, 1974-1975
Political prisoner, Middlesex and Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Houses of Correction, May-December 1970

Education:

Ph.D. in Political Science, Harvard University, 1975
B.A. in English, University of Wisconsin, 1964

Scholarly Publications:

“Waiting for Lefty: The State of the Peace Movement in the United States,” in Tamkang Journal of International Affairs 12:4 (April, 2009), 77-101.
“Greens in the USA,” in Green Parties in Transition: the End of Grass-Roots Democracy? ed. E. Gene Frankland, Paul Lucardie, and Benoît Rihoux (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2008), 245-256.
“Cape Wind: A Case Study in the Politics of Technology Choice,” in Beyond the Global Village: Environmental Challenges Inspiring Global Citizenship, ed. Rafaela C. Hillerbrand and Rasmus Karlsson (Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2007), 65-74. [E-book]
“Conventions for the Unconventional: Minor Party Conventions, 1992-2004,” in Rewiring Politics: Presidential Nominating Conventions in the Media Age, ed. Costas Panagopoulos (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2007), 98-112.
“Spoiler or Builder? The Effect of Ralph Nader’s 2000 Campaign on the U.S. Greens,” in John C. Green and Rick Farmer, ed., The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties , 4th ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), 323-336.
“Participation, Representation, and Party: Can the Greens Be Different?” in European Culture in a Changing World: Between Nationalism and Globalism, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of ISSEI (International Society for the Study of European Ideas), University of Wales, Aberystwyth, July 22-27, 2002, ed. Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe.[CD-ROM]
Teamsters and Turtles? U.S. Progressive Political Movements in the 21st Century (ed.) (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).
“Marxism and the Study of U.S. Political Institutions,” Studies in Marxism 8 (2001), 39-60.
“Liberty Party,” in Immanuel Ness and James Ciment, ed., TheEncyclopedia of Third Parties in America (Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2000).
“Green Liberty: Minor Parties and Realignment in the 1840s and the 1990s,”Sapienti no. 7 (October, 1999).
“Class, Gender, Race, and Power in U.S. Politics: The Continuing Relevance of Marxism,” in Marxism and Reality (Beijing), 1999.
“Beyond a Third Party: The Other Minor Parties in the 1996 Elections,” in John C. Green and Daniel M. Shea, eds., The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, 3d ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999) 212-228.
Unequal Struggle: Class, Gender, Race, and Power in the U.S. Congress, (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994).
“What’s Wrong with American Politics? (And What to Do about It),” special issue of New Political Science (ed.), No. 28/29 (June 1994).
“Massachusetts: Citizen Power and Corporate Power,” in Ronald J. Hrebenar and Clive S. Thomas, eds., Interest Group Politics in the Northeastern States, (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993), pp. 167-198.
“Massachusetts,” in Leroy Hardy, Alan Heslop, and George S. Blair, eds., Redistricting in the 1980s: A 50-State Survey, (Claremont: The Rose Institute of State and Local Government, 1993).
“Beyond the Party-Group Continuum; Massachusetts Interest Groups in the1980s,” New England Journal of Public Policy, v. 7, no. 2 (Fall/Winter, 1991),pp. 61-79.
“Marion Barry,” “Hattie W. Caraway,” “Eldridge Cleaver,” “Rebecca Latimer Felton,” “Marcus Garvey,” “Gus Hall,” “Owen Lovejoy,” “Vito Marcantonio,” “A. Philip Randolph,” “Gerrit Smith,” “Communist Party,” “Communist Labor Party,” “Reconstruction,” and “Red Scare” in L. Sandy Maisel, ed., Political Parties and Elections in the United Sates; An Encyclopedia , (Garland Press, 1991).
“The Effects of Seniority Reform on Three House Committees in the Ninety-Fourth Congress,” in Leroy N. Rieselbach, ed., Legislative Reform: The Policy Impact, (Lexington, Massachusetts: Heath-Lexington, 1978).
“Reforming Seniority in the House of Representatives: Did It Make Any Difference?” Policy Studies Journal 5 (Summer, 1977), 437-443.

Book Reviews:

Allan J. Lichtman, White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement (New York: Atlantic Monthly, 2008) in Choice (February 2009).
Nicole Mellow, The State of Disunion: Regional Sources of Modern American Partisanship (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008) in Choice (November 2008).
Rick Kuhn, Henryk Grossman and the Recovery of Marxism (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2007) in New Political Science 30:3 (September 2008), pp. 405-407.
Pew Center on the States [Website] in Choice (August 2008).
Paul Frymer, Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008) in Choice (August 2008).
David Coates, A Liberal Tool Kit: Progressive Responses to Conservative Arguments (Westport CT: Praeger, 2007) in Choice (March 2008)..
Derek Cressman, The Recall's Broken Promise: How Big Money Still Runs California Politics (Sacramento: Poplar Institute, 2007) in Choice (December 2007).
Spencer Overton, Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression (New York: Norton, 2006) in American Politics Review no. 49 (June 2007), p. 18.
Robert Brenner, The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn, 1945–2005 (London: Verso, 2006) in WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society 10(June 2007), pp. 251-253.
Evelyn M. Simien, Black Feminist Voices in Politics (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006) in Perspectives on Politics 5, no. 1 (March 2007), pp. 178-179.
Darcy G. Richardson, Others: Third-Party Politics from the Nation’s Founding to the Rise and Fall of the Greenback-Labor Party (New York: iUniverse, 2004) in New Political Science 27, no. 2 (June 2005), pp. 251-253.
William McGaughey, The Independence Party and the Future of Third-Party Politics: Adventures & Opinions of an IP Senate Candidate (Minneapolis: Thistlerose, 2003), in Political Science Quarterly 119, no. 2 (Summer 2004), pp. 371-373.
John S. Dryzek, David Downes, Christian Hunold, and David Schlosberg, with Hans-Kristian Hernes, Green States and Social Movements: Environmentalism in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Norway (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003) and Miranda A. Schreurs, Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), in Political Studies Review II, no. 2 (April, 2004), pp. 284-285.
Richard Pipes, Communism: A History (New York: Modern Library, 2001), in Logos, v. I, no. 4 (Autumn 2002), online at <http://logosonline.home.igc.org/issue1.4.htm>.
Richard A. Hogarty, Massachusetts Politics and Public Policy: Studies in Power and Leadership (Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 2002), in CommonWealth: Politics, Ideas, and Civic Life in Massachusetts (Summer, 2002), pp. 87-89.
John R.E. Bliese, The Greening of Conservative America (Boulder: Westview, 2001), and George A. Gonzalez, Corporate Power and the Environment: The Political Economy of US Environmental Policy (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001), in Political Studies 50, no. 2 (June, 2002), 396-397.
David T. Canon, Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999), reviewed in Journal of Legislative Studies, v. VI, no. 3 (Autumn 2000) pp. 119-120.
“Ready for the Majors? Minor Parties in America Today,” review of John F. Bibby and L. Sandy Maisel, Two Parties--Or More? The American Party System (Boulder: Westview, 1998); Paul S. Herrnson and John C. Green, eds., Multiparty Politics in America (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997);Theodore J. Lowi and Joseph Romance, A Republic of Parties? Debating the Two-Party System (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998); David Reynolds, Democracy Unbound: Progressive Challenges to the Two Party System (Boston: South End, 1997) in Polity 31 (1999) 525-532.
Richard Delgado, ed. Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995), reviewed in New Political Science 20 (March, 1999) 118-122.
Stephen L. Fisher, ed., Fighting Back in Appalachia: Traditions of Resistance and Change (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993), reviewed in Journal of Politics 56 (1994) 840-842.

Conference Papers and Unpublished Writings:

“Waiting for Lefty: The State of the Peace Movement in the United States,” presented at the American Politics Group, Political Stuedies Association, Oxford, 8-10 January 2009.
“Political Economy of the US Party System: A Barrier to Social Change?” Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, 3-6 April 2008. Also presented at the New England Political Science Association, Providence, 25-26 April 2008.
“United States Foreign Policy and Peace in East Asia: Help or Hindrance?” 7^th Peace Island Forum, Jeju, Korea, 16-17 August 2007.
“The Empire of Parties: The U.S. Two-Party System as a Barrier to Political Change,” presented at the conference “Empires: Cultural, Political, & Economic” of IPSA Research Committee #49, “Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy,” Paris, 11-13 July 2007.
“Cape Wind: A Case Study in the Politics of Technology Choice,” presented at the 6^th Global Conference on Environmental Justice & Global Citizenship, Mansfield College Oxford, 2-5 July 2007.
“Only in Massachusetts? The Failure of the Attempt to Ban Gay Marriage in the State,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association, Leicester, 4-6 January 2007, and as “Only in Massachusetts? The Struggle to Preserve Gay Marriage in the Bay State,” at the annual meetings of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, 12-15 April 2007, the New England Political Science Association, Newton MA, 27-28 April 2007, the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 30 August-2 September 2007, and the Northeastern Political Science Association, 15-17 November 2007.
“Was Malcolm X an American? Race, Politics, and American National Identity,” presented at the conference “US National Identity in the 21st Century,” Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, 9-11 November 2006.
“Prospects for Resistance to Capitalism in the United States after the 2004 Election,” presented at the World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Fukuoka, 9-13 July 2006.
“Thoughts on Island Democracy,” presented at the 6^th Peace Island Forum, Seogwipo City, Korea, 6-7 July 2006.
“Gay Marriage in Massachusetts: The Evolution of an Issue,” presented at the annual meetings of the American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association, Manchester (UK), 5-7 January 2006, the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, 20-23 April 2006, and the New England Political Science Association, Portsmouth (NH), 5-6 May 2006.
“Ralph Nader’s 2004 Presidential Campaign: Has Nader changed the Character of the American Political Process?,” presented at the triennial meeting of the International American Studies Association, Ottawa, 18-20 August, 2005.
“Is the Third-Party Boom Kaput?,” presented at the Fellows Seminar, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, 11 May, 2005; and the conference “The State of the Parties: 2004 and Beyond,” University of Akron, 5-7 October, 2005.
“Surviving Nader: Do the US Greens Have a Future?,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Politics Group, Canterbury, 6-8 January, 2005; the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, 7-10 April, 2005; and the annual meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Portland, 29-30 April, 2005.
“What about Nature? Green Views of Civil Society, Individualism, and Democracy,” presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, University of Navarra, Pamplona, 2-7 August, 2004.
“Beyond 2004: The Future of the US Green Party,” presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, April 15-18, 2004, and at the annual meeting of the New England Political Science Association, April 30-May 1, 2004.
“The Debate over Realigning Elections: Where Do We Stand Now?” presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 6-8, 2003, and at the American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association, Oxford, January 2-4, 2004.
“Electoral Protest in US Politics,” presented at the XIXth World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Durban, South Africa, June 29-July 4, 2003.
“Problems of Success: The Massachusetts Green Party’s Struggle to Retain Ballot Status,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Politics Group, University of Reading (UK), January 3-5, 2003.
“Participation, Representation, and Party: Can the Greens Be Different?” presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, July 22-27, 2002.
“Teamsters and Turtles? Theoretical Issues about Progressive Movement Unity,” presented at the conference “Justice and Globalization,” of IPSA Research Committee #49, “Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy,” Ottawa, June 13-14, 2002.
“Human Rights in US Politics,” presented at the 2nd Conference on the Jeju April 3rd (Sasam) Uprising and World Peace, Jeju, Korea, April 29-30, 2002.
"Spoiler or Builder? The Effect of Ralph Nader’s 2000 Campaign on the US Greens," presented at the conference “State of the Parties 2001,” University of Akron, October 18-20, 2001, and at the American Politics Group, University of Essex, January 3-5, 2002.
“Evaluating the Nader Campaign: Are We Heading toward a New Party System?” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April19-21, 2001
“Marxism and the Study of U.S. Political Institutions,” presented at the Socialist Scholars Conference, New York, March 31-April 2, 2000, and at the Political Studies Association, London, April 10-13, 2000.
“State Green Parties in the USA: New Postmaterialist Politics or Old Wine in New Bottles?” presented at the Northeast Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 11-13, 1999, and at the American Politics Group, Keele, UK, January 7-9, 2000.
“Realignment, Minor Parties, and Economic Restructuring in the U.S. Today: A Marxist Account,” presented at the conference “Socialism, Capitalism, or . . .” of IPSA Research Committee #49, “Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy,” Birmingham (UK), August 1-3, 1999, and at the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, September 2-5, 1999.
“Ideological Bias in The Almanac of American Politics,” by Heather Rowe and John C. Berg, presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 15-17, 1999.
“Minor Parties and Realignment in the 1840s and the 1990s,” presented at the American Politics Group, Selwyn College, Cambridge University, January 6-8. 1999.
“Class, Gender, Race, and Power in U.S. Politics: The Continuing Relevance of Marxism,” presented at the Congrès Marx International II, Université de Paris-X, Nanterre, September 30-October 3, 1998.
“Why the Left Should Work for a Multi-Party System in the U.S.A.,” presented at the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 3-6, 1998.
“Whither the Third Party Movement?” presented at the conference “Socialism, Capitalism and Democracy - Crises and Social Order,” Quezon City, Philippines, May 25-27, 1998. Also presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 23-25, 1998.
“Five Years of SCD,” presented at the conference “Socialism, Capitalism and Democracy - Crises and Social Order,” Quezon City, Philippines, May25-27 , 1998.
“The Quality of Minor Party Candidates,” presented at the conference “The State of the Parties: 1996 and Beyond,” Akron, October 9-10, 1997.
“Minor Party Candidates in the 1996 U.S. Elections,” presented at the American Political Science Association, Washington, August 28-31, 1997.
“Who Are the Minor Party Candidates? Preliminary Report of a Mail Survey,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 10-12, 1997. Also presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, March 26-29, 1997; New York State Political Science Association, New York, April 18-19, 1997; and New England Political Science Association, New London, May 2-3, 1997.
“Cracks in the Two-Party System,” presented at the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 29-September 1, 1996.
“Anticapitalist Electoral Politics in the United States: Prospects and Perils,” presented at the annual conference of Study Group #37, “Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy,” of the International Political Science Association, ?rhus, Denmark, August 9-11, 1996.
“Independent Leftists in the U.S. House of Representatives: An Examination of the Possibilities for Effective Action,” presented to the Second Conference of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, Wroxton, England, August3-4, 1996.
“Cracks in the U.S. Two-Party System,” presented at the New England Political Science Association, Springfield, Massachusetts, May 3-4, 1996.
“International Experiential Education on a Shoestring,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, March 18-20, 1996.
“Learning from Victor and Vito: Models of Socialist Representation in the U.S. Congress,” presented at the New York Political Science Association, Chicago, August 31-September 3, 1995.
“Davy Crockett, John Ross, and Virtual Representation of the Cherokees in the U.S. Congress,” presented at the New York State Political Science Association, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, April 28, 1995.
“Prospects for More Parties in the United States,” presented at the conference “Party Politics in the Year 2000,” Manchester, UK, January 13-15, 1995.
“Representation of the Oppressed in the United States Congress; Structural Limits on Capitalist Democracy,” presented at the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2-6, 1992.
Agnes S. Bain and John C. Berg, “Tidal Wave or Steady Current: Prospects for the Return of Party Competition to Massachusetts Politics,” presented at the New England Political Science Association, Providence, Rhode Island, 1992.
“African American Members of the United States Congress; Legislative Representation of the Periphery,” presented at the XVth World Congress, International Political Science Association, Buenos Aires, July 21-25, 1991.
Agnes S. Bain and John C. Berg, “Redistricting and Endangered Incumbents; The 1990 Massachusetts State Elections,” presented at the New England Political Science Association, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1991.
“Managing Racism--Preparing African American Interns for Diversity and Discrimination in the Workplace,” presented at the National Association for Internships and Experiential Education, Santa Fe, October 27, 1989.
“Massachusetts--Citizen Power, Corporate Power,” presented at the New England Political Science Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 7, 1989. Awarded John Donovan prize.
“Massachusetts--Citizen Power, Corporate Power,” presented at the New York State Political Science Association, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, April 1, 1989. Awarded prize for best paper.
“The Role of Internships in the Political Science Curriculum,” presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 1987.
“The Congressional Black Caucus Budget and the Representation of Black Americans,” presented at the American Political Science Association, Chicago, 1987.
“The Effect of the Mel King Campaigns on Boston’s Racial Politics,” presented at the New England Political Science Association, Hartford, 1986.
“Vietnam, Angola, Lebanon, and Central America: Many Limits, Limited Possibilities for Congressional Control of Military Intervention,” presented at the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, 1985.
“What Can Experienced Workers Learn from Internships?” presented at National Conference, National Society for Internships and Experiential Education, San Diego, 1984.
“Intern Evaluation Criteria: A Liberal Arts Perspective,” presented at New England Regional Conference, National Society for Internships and Experiential Education, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1984.
“Field Testing the Women’s Participation Unit at Suffolk University,” presented at the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1984.
“Resistance to Limited War in the United States Congress,” submitted at XIth World Congress, International Political Science Association, Moscow, USSR, 1979.
“What Did Congress Learn from Vietnam?” presented at the New England Political Science Association, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1978.
“Why the Congressional Doves Failed to End United States Participation in the Vietnam War,” unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1975.

Other Publications:

“Track Four: Internationalizing the Curriculum II,” in “2007 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries,” PS: Political Science & Politics 40:3 (July 2007) 578-579, by Pamela A. Zeiser, William A. Jennings, D. Christopher Brooks, and John C. Berg.
“Assessment/Learning Outcomes I Track Summary,” in “2006 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries,” PS: Political Science & Politics 39:3 (July 2006) 537-538, by John C. Berg, Kerstin Hamann, and Dianne Long.
“Managing Racism: Preparing African American Interns for Diversity and Discrimination in the Workplace,” Experiential Education 15 (March-April, 1990), no. 2, pp. 3, 18.
“Out of the Classroom and Into Political Life: Experiential Teaching in Political Science,” Experiential Education 14 (March-April, 1989), no 2, p.13.
“Beyond Creativity,” in David Tuerck, ed., Creativity and the Implementation of Change: Liberal Learning in the Practical World, (Ablex, 1987).
“Adding Women to American Politics and Government,” NEWS for Teachers of Political Science, no. 45 (Spring, 1985), 22-23.
“Building Strategies for Job Satisfaction,” in John Boonstra, Eleanor Meyers, Carol Robb, and Mark Wendorf, eds., Getting Educated About Education, (Toronto: World Student Christian Federation, 1980), pp. 104-105.

Teaching Interests

Legislative studies (American and comparative)
Political parties, campaigns, and elections
Interest groups
American political thought
Political ethics
Public policy
American national government
Local politics
Political theory
Internship supervision.

Other Academic Responsibilities

Chair, Department of Government, 2004-
Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Suffolk University, 2000-2003.
Director of Graduate Studies, Suffolk University Department of Government, 1993-2004.
Acting Chair, Suffolk University Department of Government, Spring, 1989.
Initiated and now coordinate Suffolk University Boston Semester (SUBS), which places students from other areas in full-time, one-semester, academic credit internships in the Boston area.
Negotiated and administered $20,000 state-funded contract between Suffolk University and the Boston Public Schools to provide programs in African studies, history of the civil rights movement, and computer engineering technology to students at Copley Square International High School, 1986-87.
Co-authored successful grant proposal for $25,000 to Massachusetts Regents of Higher Education for programs to encourage minority participation in the sciences at Copley Square International High School, 1987-88.
Initiated Suffolk University’s Washington, D.C., and international undergraduate internship programs.
Faculty Liaison Advisory Board, The Washington Center, 1988-1995.
Helped develop curriculum for Women’s Studies Minor as member of Committee on Women’s Studies.
Working to improve access and performance of minority students as co-chair of Minority Student Support Committee.
Departmental library representative, responsible for ordering of books in political science with annual budget of $11,000, 1978-1999.

Other Professional Activities

Editorial Board, Marxist Interventions, 2008-
Visiting Scholar, Tamkang University, Taiwan, June 2008.
Fulbright Senior Specialist, University of the Free State-Qwaqwa Campus, South Africa, May 2008.
Program Committee and Track Coordinator for “Internationalizing the Curriculum II”, American Political Science Association Conference on Teaching and Learning, Charlotte, 9-11 February 2007.
Fulbright Senior Specialist, Cheju National University, Korea, March 2006.
Fulbright Senior Specialist, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,” Ukraine, June-July 2005.
Associate Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, 2004-2007.
Visiting Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, August 11-24, 2002, and September 2003-January 2004.
Editorial Board, New Political Science, 2003-
Editorial Advisory Board, Logos, 2001-2004.
Chair, APSA Organized Section for a New Political Science, 2001-2003.
President, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2003-2004.
First Vice President and Program Chair, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2002-2003.
Second Vice President, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2001-2002.
Third Vice President, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2000-2001.
Awarded $500 travel grant to attend annual meeting, Political Studies Association, 2000.
Reviews Editor, New Political Science, 1997-2003.
Associate Editorial Board, Race, Gender & Class, 1999-
Program Section Chair, “Interest Groups, Parties, Elections, and Political Behavior,” Northeast Political Science Association, 1996.
Visiting Fellow, Political Science Department, Australian National University, 1996.
Chair, Study Group on Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, International Political Science Association, 1994-2000.
Co-Convenor, Special Session on the Foundations of Economic and Political Democracy, International Political Science Association World Congress, Berlin, August 21-25, 1994.
Program Committee, American Political Science Association, responsible for program of the Organized Section on Internships and Experiential Education, 1993.
Received $2,000 grant from the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center for research on “The Congressional Black Caucus Budget and Black Leadership in the House of Representatives,” 1988-1989.
Member Faculty Special Interest Group, National Society for Internships and Experiential Education; Chair, 1985-88.
Treasurer and Newsletter editor, Caucus for a New Political Science, 1986-1995.
Treasurer, New Political Science, 1988-1999.
Chair, Organized Section on Experiential Education, American Political Science Association, 1993-95.
Chair for 1986, member for 1987, New England Regional Conference Planning Committee, National Society for Internships and Experiential Education.
Wrote proposal for and co-coordinated “Moving Ahead; A Career Development Workshop for Women in Public Administration,” sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter, American Society for Public Administration, and Suffolk University, and funded by a grant from the Section for Women in Public Administration; held November 15, 1986.

Memberships

American Political Science Association
International Political Science Association
Political Studies Association (UK)
National Society for Experiential Education
New England Political Science Association
Caucus for a New Political Science
American Association of Political Consultants
American Association of University Professors

Community Service

Board, Ashmont Hill Chamber Music
Board of Overseers, Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Board, Chair of Education Committee, John Coleman Wright, Jr., Memorial Scholarship
Roster of Experts, Institute for Public Accuracy <http://www.accuracy.org>.
Advisory Board, Center for Voting and Democracy < http://www.fairvote.org/>.

Lectures and Public Seminars Given

“Waiting for Lefty: The State of the Peace Movement in the United States,” Peace Island School, Cheju National University, August 19, 2008.
“Only in Massachusetts? The Struggle to Preserve Gay Marriage in the Bay State,” Fellows Seminar, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, October 30, 2008.
“The Politics of Climate Change,” Boston Elderhostel, October-November 2007.
“Models of Policymaking,” Initiative for Diversity in Civic Leadership, Suffolk University, Boston, May 7, 2007.
“Making Public Policy,” Initiative for Diversity in Civic Leadership, Suffolk University, Boston, April 29, 2007.
“Human Rights in US Politics: Dueling Concepts,” Cheju National University, Jeju, Korea, 14 March 2006.
“Ralph Nader, the Greens, and the Crisis of the American Party System,” National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,” Kiev, 14 July 2005; repeated at Cheju National University, Jeju, Korea, March 2006.
“Will There Be a New ‘New Left’ in the USA?”, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,” Kiev, 13 July 2005.
“What’s in the Future for the US Greens?” Manchester Metropolitan University, November 26, 2003, and Webster University-Vienna, January 16, 2004.
“(Non) Representation of Indigenous Peoples in National Legislatures: The Case of the Canberra Tent Embassy,” College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Seminar, Suffolk University, October 1996.
“Lobbying Against the Trail of Tears: Virtual Representation of the Cherokee Indians in the 19th Century U.S. Congress,” Department of Political Science Seminar Program, Australian National University, Canberra, June 1996; repeated at Northern Australia Research Unit, Australian National University, Darwin, June 1996.
“Fundamentals of American Government,” U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Program, Boston, October 1994.
“Ethics in American Politics,” Delegation of West African Ministers, Boston Center for International Visitors, April 1994.
“American Intergovernmental Relations,” Delegation of Czech Mayors, Boston Center for International Visitors, April 1993.