Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
Ph.D., Political Science, 1998
M.A., Political Science, 1993
M.P.A., Public Policy, 1992

University of California (Santa Cruz, California)
B.A. Politics and Economics, 1987

• 2001  Teaching Scholars Program Award
• 2000  Kent State University's Summer Research Fellowship.
• 1999 American Political Science Association, Leonard D. White Award for best doctoral dissertation in the field of public administration, including broadly related problems of policy formation and adaministrative theory.
• 1997-98 University Dissertation Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 1995-96 Dissertation Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Council
• 1995 Summer Research Grant, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
• 1992-93 Pre-dissertation Research Grant, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn Germany
• 1991-92 Robert La Follette Institute of Public Affairs Academic Grant
• 1991 Cultural Studies Summer Grant, Deutcher Akademischer Austauschdienst

Books
2002  Into Private Hands: the political organization of public divestment in the United States and Germany (Washington D.C.: Georgtown University Press).

Journal Articles
2002 "What are the Federal Home Loan Banks Up to?  Emerging Views of Purpose Among Institutional Leadership" Public Administration Review (forthcoming), with Susan Hoffmann.

2001 "The Courts and Democratic Transition: The Unexpected Role German Courts Played during the Unification Process" 14(4), October. Governance pp. 429-455.

Book Reviews

1997. “Public Spirit in the Thrift Tragedy by Mark Rom” Congress and the Presidency 24(2): 232-235.

 2001. "Federal Home Loan Banks: Are they serving the public's purpose?"  (Under review at the American Review of Public Administration), co-authored with Susan Hoffmann.
 

2001. State of Working Ohio (Published by Policy Matters Ohio in Cleveland, Ohio.) co-authored with Amy Hanauer.

2000. Taking Them for a Ride:  An assessment of the Privatization of School Transportation in Ohio's Public School District (AFSCME:Washington D.C.)

1999.  State of Working Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio: Northeast Ohio Research Consortium; ISBN # 0-9638675-1-2), co-authored with Amy Hanauer.

1999. State of the Cities (Released by the Northeast Ohio Research Consortium), co-authored with Amy Hanauer.

1996 “The Treuhandanstalt, Privatization and the Role of the Courts" Discussion Paper  FS I 96 -316 Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum fuer Sozialforschung.
 
 

2001. "Leveraging the Private Sector to Meet Public Goals: Federal Home Loan Bank Implementation of New Affordable Housing and Community Development Mandates." Presented at the 23rd Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management. Washington D.C., November 1-4.  With Susan Hoffmann.

2001. "Public Good, Private Means: The Federal Home Loan Bank System's Current Role in the Creation of Affordable Housing" Presented at the Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 15-17.  With Susan Hoffmann.

2000. "School Bus Contracting: Is it Worth the Ride?" Prepared for delivery at the 22nd  Annual Research Conference of  the Association for Public Policy and Management. Seattle, Washington, November 1-4.

2000. ""What are the Federal Home Loan Banks Up to?  Emerging Views of Purpose Among Institutional Leadership" Presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting, Washington D.C., August 30-September 3. Co-authored with Susan Hoffmann.

2000. "An Assessment of the Privatization of School Transportation in Ohio's Public School Districts"  Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. April, 2000. Co-authored with Susan Hoffmann.

2000. "The Federal Home Loan Banks in the Financial System: Are they serving the public's purpose now?" Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 27-29. Co-authored with Susan Hoffmann.

1996.  "Law and Public Administration: A description of the Treuhandanstalt's legal identity and its impact on privatization in Germany" Presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 30-September 1/

1996.  "Public Agency in a Private World: A study of the strategy and structures of the Federal Republic of Germany's Treuhandanstalt" Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL., April 15-19.

1994.  "When Administrative Rationality Misfires: a look at the impact of the administration of asylum seekers on small German communities" Presented at the 11th Conference on the Small City and Regional Community, Stevens Point, WI., October 20-21.

1994. "Are Germans Calling in their Mortgage at the Polls?: A Study of National Identity, Public Ownership and Electoral Behavior." Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, Ill., April 9-12.

1993. "Asyl." Marburger Meinungsbilder '93. Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Philipps-Universität Marburg (Published chapter in German on the influence of asylum-seekers on local elections in Marburg).

1993.  "The Intergovernmental Politics of Immigration in the Federal Republic of Germany: A National Identity Crisis" Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Washington D.C., September 2-5, 1993.

1992.  "And the Walls Come Tumbling Down: A study of Milwaukee's Demolition and Condemnation Policy" 1992, Masters Degree thesis.

1991. "Governor's Committee on Student Debt: Final Report" Published by the State of Wisconsin.

• "Anything for a buck" Cleveland Plain Dealer Letters  (February 14, 2002).
• "Wealthiest Americans line up for another unearned bonus" Financial Times (June 6, 2001).
• "Executive Pay and Priorities" New York Times Letters (April 22, 2001).
• "School board isn't solely to blame for lack of busing" Cleveland Plain Dealer Letters (July 17, 2000).
• "Privatization won't always save money" Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial (June, 8, 2000), with Amy Hanauer.
• "Economy booms, but wages fall” Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial (July 8, 1999; p. 9-B), with Amy Hanauer.
• “Workers earnings” New York Times Letters (July 10, 1999) with Amy Hanauer.
• "To Protect the Flag, Trust in Patriotism; Old Glory as Pitchman" New York Times Letters (July 12, 1998).
• "US Is No Model for Europe’s Jobless" New York Times Letters (March 24, 1998).
• "Vouchers Do Nothing to Improve Public Schools; Education Isn't Cereal" New York Times Letters (January 7, 1998).

• 2000 American Federal of State, County, and Municipal Employees ($20,000).
• 1999 Northeast Ohio Research Consortium ($4,500).
• 1999 Akron Beacon Journal ($500).
• 1999 Ohio Employee Ownership Center Faculty Associate Program Grant Development Award ($2,500).

• Assistant Professor, Kent State University Fall 1998 - present (Political Science)
• Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1993, 1994, 1997 (Political Science).
• Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz 1986, 1987 (Micro- and Macro-Economics).

• Undergraduate: European Politics, Politics of the Global Economy, Privatization as a Public Policy,  Foundations of Public Policy, Introduction to American Government,  Introduction to American Goverment (Web-based course).
• Graduate: Foundations of Public Policy, Comparative Political Economy.

• 1995-96 Guest Researcher, Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
• 1992 Project Assistant, Robert La Follette Institute of Public Affairs, UW-Madison.
• 1991 Research Intern, Department of Budget and Management, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• 1991 Staff person, Governor Tommy Thompson's Committee on Student Debt, Madison,
• 1990 Journalist, Belmont/San Carlos Enquirer Bulletin, San Carlos, California.
• 1987-89 Legal Assistant, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, California.

Fluent in German. (Prüfung zum Nachweis deutscher Sprachkenntnisse (PNdS) Examination passed in June 1993)
 

Professor Donald Kettl                                                           Professor Graham Wilson
Robert La Follette Institute                                                     Department of Political Science
1225 Observatory Drive 110 North Hall                                UW-Madison Madison, WI 53706
Madison, WI 53706                                                              608-263-2414
608-263-7657                                                                       email: wilson@polisci.wisc.edu
email: kettl@lafollette.wisc.edu

Professor Leon Lindberg                                                         Professor John Witte
Department of Political Science                                               Department of Political Science
110 North Hall                                                                       110 North Hall
Madison, WI 53706                                                               Madison, WI 53706
608-262-2414                                                                        608-263-2029
email: llindberg@polisci.wisc.edu                                             email: jwitte@polisci.wisc.edu

Professor David Soskice
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozial Forschung
Reichpietsufer 50
10785 Berlin, Germany