Scholarship and Biography

Interested in the study of civic innovation, collaborative governance, and public policy across various institutional fields, especially sustainable cities, environmental organizations. Engaged scholarship with national nonprofits, public agencies, civic associations.

Honors

Postdoctoral Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Harvard University (United States, Cambridge), 1978-1979
Fellow (Member)
Institute for Advanced Study (United States, Princeton) - IAS, 1985-1986
National Humanities Fellowship
National Humanities Center (United States, Durham) - NHC, 1985-1986
Research Director, White House Working Group (Domestic Policy Council), "Reinventing Citizenship"
Executive Office of the President (United States, Washington D.C.) - EOP, 1994
Senior Advisor, National Commission on Civic Renewal
Pew Charitable Trusts (United States, Philadelphia), 1996-1998
Elected Fellow
National Academy of Public Administration (United States, Washington D.C.), 2010-2019

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Brandeis University

Past Affiliations

Faculty Affiliate, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School of Government , Harvard University (United States, Cambridge)

Morris Hillquit Professor of Labor and Social Thought, Harvard University (United States, Cambridge)

Education

SUNY at Binghamton
Ph.D.
Manhattan College
B.A.