Curriculum Vitae

EMPLOYMENT

• Political Science Department, Providence College, Instructor through Professor, 1974-present
• Administrative Positions held at Providence College:
• Director, Public Administration Program, 1976-1984; 1999 - current
• Acting Director, Feinstein Institute for Public Service, 1993-1994
• Political Science Department Chair, 1984-1990
• Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, University of Texas at El Paso, 1978-1979

• Ph.D., Political Science, Brown University, 1976 (Comprehensive Exam - "with distinction")
• MA, Political Science, Brown University, 1972
• BA (with Honors), Political Science, Indiana University, 1970 (Phi Beta Kappa - 1969)
• Diplome Superiure, French Language and Literature, University of Strasbourg, France, 1969

• 2001 American Democracy in Peril: Seven Challenges to America's Future 3^rd Edition, New York: Chatham House Publishers (first edition published in 1994).
• 1997 Experiencing Citizenship: Service-learning in Political Science, ed. with Richard Battistoni, American Association of Higher Education.
• 1996 Democracy in Peril: Seven Challenges to America's Future (Japanese Edition), Tokyo, Japan: Toyo Keizai Shinpou Sha, (Translation by Professor Tadao Miyakawa of Reitaku University).

• 1996 "Combining Community Service and the Study of American Public Policy", Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Fall, Vol. 3.
• 1995 "An Essay on the Institutionalization of Service-Learning: The Genesis of the Feinstein Institute for Public Service", Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Fall, Vol. 2, (with Robert H. Trudeau).
• 1993 "The Entrepreneurial State Goes to Europe," New England Journal of Public Policy, Spring/Summer, Vol. 9, #1, (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde).
• 1988 "Business and State Economic Development," Western Political Quarterly, Spring 1988. (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde).
• 1987 "State Level Perspectives on Industrial Policy: The Views of Legislators and Bureaucrats," Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 1, #4, November 1987. (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde).
• 1987 "Corporatist Policy Making and State Economic Development," Polity Vol XIX, No. 3, Spring 1987. (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde).
• 1985 "The Feasibility of a Comprehensive U.S. Industrial Policy," Political Science Quarterly, Fall 1985, Vol. 100, #3.
• 1985 "Economic Development Policy: Why Rhode Islanders Rejected the Greenhouse Compact," State Government, Vol. 58, #3, Fall 1985. (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde).
• 1984 "Neo-Marxist theorists of the State and American Intergovernmental Relations," Social Science Journal, May 1984.
• 1980 "The New Federalism Paradox, "Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 8, #7, June 1980.
• 1980 "The Federal Aid Crutch: How a Sunbelt City Comes to Depend on Federal Revenue, "The Urban Interest, Vol. 2, #1, Spring 1980.
• 1980 "The Impact of Federal Aid on El Paso, "The Texas Business Review, March/April 1980.

• 1999 Review of Twilight of the Intellectuals: Culture and Politics for the Era of the Cold War by Hilton Kramer in Providence: Studies in Western Civilization Vol. 4 # 3/4.
• 1995 "The Feasibility of a Comprehensive US Industrial Policy" in The International Library of Comparative Public Policy: Industrial Policy, Wyn Grant (ed.) Edward Elgar Publishers. (Reprint of 1985 Political Science Quarterly article).
• 1992 "Charles Edward Lindblom" in American Political Scientists: A Dictionary, Glenn Utter & Charles Lockhart (eds.) Greenwood Press.
• 1986 Review of Hidden Spending: The Politics of Federal Credit Programs Dennis Ippolito in Journal of Politics, Vol. 48, #1, Feb. 1986.
• 1985 "Corporatist Policy Making and Industrial Policy in the United States," O. P. Dwivedi and R. Brian Woodrow, eds., Public Policy and Administrative Studies, Vol. 2 (Guelph, Canada: University of Guelph, 1985). (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde).
• 1985 Review of The Costs of Federalism by Robert T. Golembiewki and Aaron Wildavsky, American Political Science Review, Vol. 79, #3, Sept. 1985.
• 1984 "Pre-Professional Training in Public Administration," APSA News for Teachers ofPolitical Science, Summer 1984.
• 1983 Review of Federalism and Federation by Preston King, American Political Science Review, September 1983.
• 1981 "Rhode Island Department of Education Administers a Public Service Jobs Program", ICCH Cases in Public Management: Series on Political and Institutional Analysis, Richard Neustadt (ed.) Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University.
• 1980 "The New Federalism Paradox" in The Analysis of Policy Impact, John G. Grumm and Stephen Wasby (eds.), D.C. Heath Co., 1980. (revised and expanded version of PSJ article.)
• 1979 "The Rhode Island Department of Education Administers a Public Service Jobs Program," ICCH Cases in Public Management Program, Harvard University.
• 1977 Co-author, Creating Public Service Jobs in Education, Rhode Island Department of Education.

• 2000 Chair, "Community Service and Citizenship: Why Service-Learning is Essential" Featured Forum, 11^th Annual NYLC Service Learning Conference, Providence, RI March 15-18.
• 1999 "Conflicting Political Values in the Current Debate over Social Security Reform" at Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, April 30-May 1, Providence, RI.
• 1998 Discussant, "Learning About Communities and Politics Through Community-Based Experiences" at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2-5, Boston, MA.
• 1998 Questioner, RI Congressional District #1 Candidates' Forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Roger Williams College, October 29, 1998.
• 1997 Chair, "Experiencing Citizenship: Service-Learning in Political Science," Roundtable at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28-31, Washington, D.C.
• 1997 Presenter, "Innovation in Introductory Courses," Roundtable at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28-31, Washington, D.C.
• 1997 Chair, "Experiencing Citizenship: Service-Learning in Political Science" Roundtable at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 10-12, Chicago, IL.
• 1996 Presenter, "What Makes a Seminar Work", dinner conversation of the Center for Teaching Excellence, Providence College, November 25.
• 1996 Discussant, "Dimensions of Service-learning" at Meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association, November 14-16, Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1996 Lecture, "How Would the Ancient Athenians Reform American Presidential Elections?", Colloquia in Western Civilization, Providence College, October, 25.
• 1996 Participant, "Committee on Party Renewal Roundtable on Campaign Finance Reform" at 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 29- Sept. 1, San Francisco, California.
• 1996 Participant, C-Span Tocqueville Workshop, Washington, D.C., July 31- August 2.
• 1996 "Bringing Community Partners into the Service-learning Classroom: Two Models at Two Institutions", National Gathering of the Campus Compact Invisible College, Indianapolis Indiana, June 20-23.
• 1995 Presenter, "Connecting Community Partners to the Classroom in Service-learning Courses" at the 1995 Conference of the National Society for Experiential Education, November 8-11, New Orleans, Lousiana.
• 1995 "Can American Democracy Survive Without Citizens?", Lecture for Providence Committee on Foreign Relations, February 15, Hope Club, Providence, RI.
• 1995 "Combining Community Service and the Study of American Public Policy", presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30- September 3, Chicago, Illinois.
• 1995 "Breaking the Bank: Student Seminars as Empowering Arenas", Food for Thought Presentation, Center for Teaching Excellence, Providence College, September 28.
• 1994 Presenter, "Creating the Feinstein Institute for Public Service" at the 1994 Conference of the National Society for Experiential Education, November 9 - 11, Washington, D.C.
• 1994 Presenter, "Providence College's Feinstein Institute for Public Service" at the 29^th Annual Meeting, Northeast Region, National Association of Academic Affairs Administrators, November 3-5, 1994.
• 1994 Participant, "Educating for Citizenship and Discipleship", 1994 Summer Conference, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, John Carroll University, June 11-13, Cleveland, Ohio.
• 1994 Participant, Campus Team Forum sponsored by Campus Compact, April 13 at Northeastern University and August 24 at Brown University.
• 1994 Participant, CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar: "The United States of Europe: Beyond 1992," Maestricht, Netherlands & Brussels, Belgium, January 2-8, 1994.
• 1993 Discussant, "Economic Development in the American States" at the American Political Science Convention, Sept. 2-5, Washington, D.C.
• 1991 Participant, C-SPAN in the Classroom Spring Seminar for Professors, Washington, D.C. June 17 -18.
• 1991 "Social Democrats Choose Europe: Comparing the European Policies of the British Labour and French Socialist Parties" paper presented at the Biennial conference of the European Community Studies Association, Fairfax, Virginia, May 22-24, 1991.
• 1991 "The Entrepreneurial State Goes to Europe: State Economic Development Policies and Europe 1992" paper presented at the 1991 Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association in San Antonio, Texas, March 27-30, 1991.
• 1990 "The French Socialists and the New Europe of 1993" paper presented at the 1990 Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco.
• 1990 Participant in "Quebec Summer Seminar" sponsored by the Center for the Study of Canada in Montreal and Quebec City, June, 1990.
• 1989 Participant in a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers on "Modern French Politics" under the direction of Professor Bernard E. Brown, held at the Institute d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, France, June 13-August 4, 1989.
• 1989 Discussant, Panel, on "1988 Elections" at Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 10-12, Providence.
• 1988 Chair, Panel on "State Constitutions" at Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 12-14, Philadelphia.
• 1987 "Business and Politics: Interest Group Activity at the State Level," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 1987. (co-author with Mark Hyde and John Carroll.)
• 1986 "Parish Reaction to the Roman Catholic Bishops' Economic Pastoral Letter: A Q Sort of Rhode Island Priests," presented at the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 28-30, 1986.
• 1986 "Public Response to State-level Industrial Policy: The Case of Rhode Island's Greenhouse Compact," delivered at the Southwestern Political Science Association, San Antonio, TX, march 19-22, 1986. (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde.)
• 1985 Moderator of Panel on "Judicial Branch," RIPEC Workshop for Delegates to the 1986 RI Constitutional Convention.
• 1985 "Challenges to Democratic Theory," Seminar Leader for Projects for High Learning Potential at Southeastern Massachusetts University, June 8, 1985.
• 1985 "Business and State Economic Development: Rhode Island's Greenhouse Compact," delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, Houston, TX, March 21-23, 1985. (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde.) (This paper was selected from among the 350 papers presented at the meeting to receive the Association's "best paper" award.)
• 1985 "Public Attitudes Toward State Economic Development Policy: Rhode Island's Greenhouse Compact Referendum," delivered at the 1985 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, August 29-September 1, 1985. (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde.)
• 1985 "State Level Perspectives on Industrial Policy: The Views of Legislators and Bureaucrats," delivered at the 1985 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 14-16, 1985. (co-author with John Carroll and Mark Hyde.)
• 1984 Faculty Colloquium, Political Science Department, Davis Hall, University of Rhode Island, "Corporatist Approached to Economic Development: Rhode Island's Experience with the Greenhouse Compact," December 7, 1984. (with Mark Hyde and John Carroll.)
• 1984 Faculty Seminar, Providence College, "Domestic Policy Implications of the 1984, Aquinas Lounge, Providence College.
• 1984 Participant, Panel on "Ethics in Politics, "Academic Convocation Day, Providence College, September 25, 1984.
• 1984 Discussant, "The Reagan Administration in Retrospect: A Conservative Revolution?" New England Political Science Association, U. S. Naval War College, Newport, RI, April 13-14, 1984.
• 1984 "The Political Feasibility of Industrial Policy," paper presented at the Western Social Science Association Conference, San Diego, CA, April 25-28, 1984.
• 1984 Participant in a seminar on "The Constitution and the New Deal" conducted by Professor William E. Leuchtenburg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hills, NC, June 25-29, 1984. This seminar is one of the "Project '87" seminars sponsored by the American Political Science Association and the American Historical Association.
• 1983 Program Chairman, Regions I/II Conference, American Society for Public Administration, Providence, Rhode Island, October 27-29, 1983.
• 1983 Participant - Project '87 Summer Seminar on "Bureaucracy, Positive Government, and Politicization: The 20th Century Challenge to Constitutionalism" sponsored by the Historical Association and the American Political Science Association, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, July 11-15, 1983.
• 1983 "Intergovernmental Relations in Marxist Theories of the State," paper presented at the Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 27-30, 1983.
• 1983 "Pre-professional Training in Public Administration for Undergraduates: The Providence College Experience," paper presented at the American Society for Public Administration National Meeting New York City, April 16-19, 1983.
• 1983 "Arms Control and American Public Opinion," presentation for panel on "The Nuclear Dilemma" for Providence College Alumni Association, February 26, 1983.
• 1982 Discussant, panel on "State Environmental Policy," Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 28-30, 1982.
• 1982 "The Transformation in Federal-Local Relations 1960-1980: Alternative Explanations from Empirical Democratic Theory," paper presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, San Antonio, Texas, March 17-20, 1982.
• 1981 Participant NEH summer seminar on "State and Society in Empirical Democratic Theory" directed by Professor Eric Nordlinger at Harvard's Center for International Affairs.
• 1980 "Political Dependence on Federal Funds in the Sunbelt and the Frostbelt," paper presented at meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28-31, 1980.
• 1980 Discussant on Panel, "Implementation and Impact of Federal Grants," meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 23-26, 1980.
• 1980 Guest speaker for In-service Seminar on Records, Budgeting, and Financial Management, Rhode Island Office of Court Administrator, November 12, 1980.
• 1980 Guest speaker - "Government Budgeting in a Time of Scarcity," December meeting, Rhode Island Chapter, American Society for Public Administration, December 12, 1980.
• 1979 "Federal Funding as a Source of Local Revenue: The El Paso Case," paper presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, March 28, 1979.
• 1978 Prepared evaluation design for West Texas Council of Government Internship Program.
• 1978 Participant, Seminar on Studying the Presidency, Kennedy Library, Waltham, MA, April 6-7, 1978.
• 1976- 1977 Consultant, RI Department of Education, to evaluate public service employment program.
• 1975- Participant, NSF Chautauqua Short Course, "Government Budgeting," taught by Alan 1976 Schick.
• 1975 Consultant, Boston Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, prepared Planning the Boston Public Housing Security Project.

• Campus Compact, Campus Team Forum grant to refine Public and Community Service Curriculum, $2600, 1994

• Acting Director, Feinstein Institute for Public Service, 1993-94
• Chairperson, Department of Political Science, 1984-1990.
• Public Administration Program
• 1974-1975 Developed proposal for program (in association with Dr. Kevin Kelley)
• 1975-1976 Co-Director
• 1976-1984; Director
• 1999 - current Director

Administrative positions: Faculty Senate:
 

• At large representative 1991-1995
• Departmental representative 1995-1996
• Academic Affairs Committee, Chair 1994-1996
• Ad Hoc Committee on Rank and Promotions 1995
• Admissions Committee, Chair 1992
• Member, Faculty Status Committee 1991
• Departmental Representative 1979-1981
• Member, Academic Affairs Committee

    College Committees:

• Member, Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 2000 -
• Member. Feinstein Director Search Committee, 2000
• Member, Planning and Evaluation Committee, Accreditation Self-study, 1996-1997
• Member, Committee for International Program Development, 1996-1998
• Member, Committee on Academic Rank and Tenure, 1992- 1998
• Member, Feinstein Institute for Public Service Committee, 1994-1995
• Member, Martin Luther King Committee, 1991-94
• Member, Liberal Arts Honors Committee, 1991-93
• Liaison to URI/PC/RIC Joint MPA Program 1990-present
• Member, Cable Committee, 1991-1992
• Chair, Ad Hoc Committee, to study creating an International Studies Program 1991-1992
• Faculty Representative, Committee on Administration, 1984-1987
• Member, Providence College Budget Review Panel, 1984-1987

• Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha - Epsilon Chi Chapter, 1995-present
• Inter-institutional Representative, American University Washington Semester Program, 1982-1984
• Faculty Representative, Harry S. Truman Scholarships, 1979-1984
• Academic Advisor, RI State Internship Program, 1977-1978, 1979-1986
• Pell Congressional Internship, 1977-1978, 1979-1984
• Member, Student-Faculty Curriculum Committee, Political Science Department, 1974-1976, 1980-1981

• 1995 Faculty Research Award- AAUP Providence Chapter
• 1988 Recipient Quebec Research Grant for research on Quebec politics, June-July 1988 Montreal and Quebec City.
• 1986 Recipient - Award for Best Paper presented at the 1985 Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association.
• 1984 Outstanding Chapter Member Award - Rhode Island Chapter American Society for Public Administration.
• 1972 Passed Doctorate Comprehensive Examination "With distinction."
• 1970- 1973 NDEA Fellowship
• 1973 Brown University Teaching Assistantship
• 1969 Phi Beta Kappa
• 1970 Honorable Mention - Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
• 1969 Rhodes Scholarship Nominee from Indiana University
• 1967 Phi Eta Sigma
• 1966-1970 Indiana State Honor Scholarship

• 2000 Democracy Fellow, RI Democracy Compact
• 1994-2000 Member, RI Commission on National and Community Service
• 1994-1998 Advisory Council to Making It Work Project of the United Way of Southern New England
• 1992-present Member, Communitarian Network
• 1988-1991 Member of Board, American Civil Liberties Union, RI affiliate
• 1986-1987 RI Legislative commission to study the length of the electoral process.
• Member, Planning Committee of the RI Institute for Government Leadership
• 1985 Candidate for RI Constitutional Convention
• 1983-1984 Member, Rhode Island Governor's Special Committee to review the status of the state medical examiner's office
• 1983-1984 State Coordinator, Pell-Schneider Washington Internship Program
• 1978-1982 Member, Rhode Island Governor's Justice Commission
• 1976-1982 Member, Rhode Island Juvenile Justice Advisory Commission
• 1978 Rhode Island Representative - National Conference of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups, McLean, Virginia, April, 1978.
• 1978-1979 Member, Internship Coordinating Committee, West Texas Council of Governments
• 1975-present Volunteer in several political campaigns

• American Society for Public Administration
• President, Rhode Island Chapter, 1981-1982
• President-Elect and Program Chairman of the RI Chapter, 1980-1981
• Recording Secretary and Council Member the RI Chapter, 1979-1980
• Editor, Rhode Island ASPA Newsletter, 1979-1980
• American Political Science Association
• National Society for Experiential Education