Speakers 2008

Rene Arcilla, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Humanities Education, and Chair, Department of Humanities and the Social Sciences. NYU. Recent publications include "Why Aren't Philosophers and Educators Speaking to Each Other?" Educational Theory, and For the Love of Perfection: Richard Rorty and Liberal Education . His current work focuses on developing a philosophical theory of liberal learning.

Richard Arum , Professor of Sociology and Sociology of Education, NYU. Selected works include Judging School Discipline; “Schools and Communities: Ecological and Institutional Dimensions,” Annual Review of Sociology; The Structure of Schooling: Readings in the Sociology of Education ; “Labor Market Regulation and the Growth of Self-Employment,” International Journal of Sociology, and The Reemergence of Self-Employment: A Comparative Study of Self-Employment Dynamics and Social Inequality .

Jason K. Babbie , Senior Environmental Policy Analyst, NYPIRG, New York State 's largest student-directed consumer, environmental and government reform organization. He joined the staff as a Project Coordinator and later coordinated NYPIRG's national environmental campaign. After a stint directing Environmental Advocates' air and energy program, he returned to NYPIRG as Environmental Policy Analyst.

Paul Barringer, General Counsel, Common Good, Before joining Common Good, Paul Barringer worked as a health care consultant with Accurium, a company he co-founded. He also worked in private practice with Smith Anderson LLP in Raleigh , North Carolina , and Hogan & Hartson in Washington , DC . He has written a number of articles on American health care for such journals as American Outlook and The National Law Journal, and is a frequent commentator on legal reform and American health in the media.

Rodney Benson, Assistant Professor, Culture and Communications, NYU. He is the co-editor of Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field , and has written numerous articles in such journals as the American Sociological Review , Media, Culture and Society , Political Communication , Theory and Society , French Politics, Culture and Soceity , and the Journal of European Area Studies . He has just completed a book on Shaping the Immigration Debate: French and American Journalism in a Global Era.

David Chen , Executive Director, Chinese American Planning Council, the first Chinese American non-profit social service, education and community development agency in New York City. It provides daycare, youth and senior citizen services, employment and training programs and community services for Asian Americans, and is one of the largest organizations of its kind in the United States , serving over 6,000 people daily through over 49 service programs throughout the city. After the tragedy of September 11 th , which threw one-quarter of Chinatown 's workforce out of work, CPC developed long-term employment and training programs for over 800 clients.

Timothy Connors, Director of the Center for Policing Terrorism, Manhattan Institute. He is also a Civil Affairs officer in the United States Army Reserve. For the past several years, Connors has worked closely with law enforcement officials in several jurisdictions on counterterrorism issues. A graduate of West Point , he served with the 38th Infantry Division in the Indiana Army National Guard while earning his MBA and law degree at the University of Notre Dame. He has published a number of op-ed articles on counterterrorism.

David Denoon, Professor of Politics and Economics, NYU. He has served as a Program Economist for USAID in Jakarta , Vice President of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. He is Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board of Great Decisions , and the author and editor of six books, including Real Reciprocity - Balancing U.S. Economic and Security Policy in the Pacific Basin . He has two new books coming out, in 2007, The Economic and Strategic Rise of China and India and China : Contemporary Political, Economic, and International Affairs .

William Donohue, President, The Catholic League for Religious Rights . The Catholic League for Religious Rights is the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization, dedicated to safeguarding the religious freedom rights and the free speech rights of Catholics. Donahue is the author of The Politics of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is frequent commentator on national television and also an adjunct scholar at The Heritage Foundation and serves on the board of directors of the National Association of Scholars.

Gloria Emerson, visual artist, poet, and Native American activist. She is a member of the New Mexico State Commission of Arts, and former Dobkin Native American Artist Fellow. Trained as a social worker, she has been especially sensitive to the struggles and movements of her people, and has been deeply engaged in promoting language diversity in New Mexico . In Santa Fe , Emerson has worked with the Institute of American Indian Arts , the Southwestern Association of Indian Arts, and with other non-profit organizations in education and the arts.

Ralph Engelman, Chairman, Department of Journalism, Long Island University . He has published articles and reviews in The Yale Review, Journalism Quarterly, Journalism History, Journalism Monographs, American Journalism, The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Television Quarterly and the Approaches to Learning series of the Modern Language Association. He serves as a journalism consultant for the Interactive Encyclopedia of Television, a project of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, and is a former board member of the Pacifica Foundation and was the former Chairman of the Board for the radio station WBAI.

Daniel Feldman, Special Counsel for Law and Policy, New York State Comptroller, and former Deputy Attorney General of New York and New York State Assemblyman. Feldman served as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1981 through 1998, and thereafter as a senior member of Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's staff through 2005. He is the author of two books on government, and his articles on law and government have appeared in numerous scholarly and professional journals. He teaches State and Local Government Law as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School .

Norman Friedman, strategist, military technological analyst, and naval historian. The fifth edition of his Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems has just been published, and his history of British destroyers and frigates since the 1930s will be published in mid-year. He was Deputy Director for National Security Affairs for the Hudson Institute for a number of years, and has been a consultant to the Secretary of the Navy, as well as a number of U.S. defence contractors. Among his 30 books: Seapower and Space; Seapower as Strategy; Terrorism, Afghanistan, and America's New Way of War ; The Fifty-Year War.

Alyshia Galvez, Assistant Professor, Latin American Studies, Lehman College, CUNY. Her publications include: Performing Religion in the Americas: Media, Politics, and Devotional Practices of the 21st Century; " Yo también fui un inmigrante. Transformación de la identidad y las afinidades a través del tiempo en una organización religiosa de inmigrantes mexicanos en el Sur del Bronx , ” Revista Enfoques ; Resolviendo ; “La Virgen Meets Eliot Spitzer: Articulating Labor Rights for Mexican Immigrants ” and “The Border Next Door: New York Migraciones” Social Text ; and " 'I too was an immigrant': The transformation of affinities and identity through time in a Mexican migrant devotional organization in the South Bronx ,” International Migration.

Brian Gibson, Assistant Dean, International and Comparative Law, Columbia University Law School. Before taking this position at Columbia, he was a Program Officer in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, with primary responsibility for the Bureau’s programs in the study of the U.S.

Floyd Hammack, Associate Professor, Educational Sociology, New York University. Among his many publications are "High School Reform, Again," Teachers College Record; "The Channeling of Student Competition in Higher Education: Comparing Canada and the U.S." The Journal of Higher Education; "Internet Resources: How Instructors Are Using The World Wide Web in Teaching the Sociology of Education" Teaching Sociology of Education, 6th Edition; The Comprehensive High School Today; and "Ethical Issues in Teacher Research." Teachers College Record.

Thomas Halper, Professor and Chair, Political Science, Baruch College , CUNY. A specialist in constitutional law and civil liberties, his most recent book is Positive Rights in a Republic of Talk. Among his other publications are: "Accommodating Death," in Philosophy of Medicine: Framing the Field (2000); "From Warren and Brandeis to Roe and Cruzan," Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (1996); The Misfortunes of Others ; "Life and Death in a Welfare State," Milbank Quarterly (1985); Power, Politics, and American Democracy ; and Foreign Policy Crises .

William Henning, Second Vice President, Local 1180. Local 1180 is a branch of the Communication Workers of America, a union that represents workers at public offices including the Board of Education and the state's Unified Court System, as well as some private organizations including Planned Parenthood and the ASPCA. In addition, Henning serves as the Chairman of the Board at the New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health. A leader of the progressive labor movement, Henning has been outspoken on a number of issues affecting American workers. He has also served as the Chairman of the New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.

Neil Hickey, Advisor, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, and Contributing Editor, Columbia Journalism Review . He has written hundreds of articles on issues relating to the press, television, cable and telecommunications. He covered the Vietnam War, the first Persian Gulf War, the coming of glasnost , the IRA hunger strikes, and the U.S.-sponsored TV/Radio Marti of Cuba. On the domestic front, Mr. Hickey has reported extensively on presidential politics covering several political conventions, including a four part series on the 1968 Democratic convention, and has interviewed presidents Clinton, Ford, Nixon, Carter and Johnson. He is the author of a number of books, including Adam Clayton Powell and the Politics of Race .

Jonathan P. Hicks – reporter for the New York Times. He is on the Metropolitan Desk of the Times and covers politics in New York City . Recent articles include the coverage of the special election for the Assembly seat representing the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the arrest of terrorists connected to the Guyanese community in Queens , and the impact of term limits on elections.

Shamil Idriss, Deputy Director, Office of Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations. He was Chief Operating Officer and Senior Adviser for Islamic-Western Relations Programs for the international conflict resolution organization, Search for Common Ground. He serves on the Coordinating Committee and the Secretariat of the World Economic Forum's Council of 100 Leaders, which convenes political, corporate, religious, and academic leaders from predominantly Muslim countries, the United States and western Europe to initiate projects that foster Islamic-Western understanding. He has published articles on conflict transformation in German, European, South African and American journals and newspapers.

Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics and Deputy Chair, Political Science Department, Columbia University. He is co-editor of the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, and the member of numerous editorial review boards for scholarly journals. His publications include Perception and Misperception in International Politics, The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution, System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life, American Foreign Policy in a New Era , several edited volumes, and numerous articles in scholarly journals such as the Political Science Quarterly , Foreign Policy , and Review of International Studies . In 2000-2001, he served as the President of the American Political Science Association.

Donald Johnson , Professor Emeritus of International Education, NYU. He is a co-founder of NYU's International Education Program, and for many years was the Director of NYU's Asian Studies Program. Among his publications are: Through Indian Eyes ; Enduring Faith: the History of the Deering Community Church, 1789-1989; Universal Religions in World History; and the first two volumes of a projected 4 volume integrated world history entitled The Human Drama.

Mark Johnson , Coordinator of the Print Making Program, Department of Art and Arts Professions, NYU. He is a practicing artist, whose work has been shown at numerous exhibitions. His program offers a full range of courses exposing students to a breadth of established and emerging methods and approaches. All work is examined in a contemporary critical framework designed to challenge and extend the student's creative experience.

Farhad Kazemi, Professor, Politics and Middle Eastern Studies, NYU. His books include Peasants and Politics in the Middle East; Politics and Culture in Iran; and Poverty and Revolution in Iran. He has published numerous articles in such journals as The Journal of International Affairs; Social Research; World Politics; and Current History. He has served as a member of the Advisory Group, “Changing Minds and Winning Peace: A New Strategic Direction for U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim World,” and has appeared on Bill Moyers' Journal, McNeil-Lehrer, National Public Radio, BBC, Voice of America, Radio Netherlands, Deutsch Welle, among other major news programs.

Galen Kirkland , Director of Program Development, New York State Attorney General's Office, and former Executive Director of New York Civil Liberties Coalition and of Advocates for Children. He has served as a leader on teams that have addressed various problems in New York State , including a school anti-violence initiative, a neighborhood watch initiative, and action taken against illegal pricing of cancer medicines. Drawing on his previous experience as Vice President of the West Harlem Community Organization, a leader in the development of affordable housing, he also took an active role in action taken against fraud involving federal housing.

Carol Krinsky, Professor of Fine Arts, NYU. Her major interests include architectural history and medieval and early Renaissance art history. Krinsky is a member of numerous organizations, including the Society of Architectural Historians and the Urban History Association. She is the author of numerous articles and nine books on architecture, including Synagogues of Europe; Rockefeller Center; Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore; and Contemporary Native Architecture.

John Krinsky, Assistant Professor, Political Science, City College of New York , CUNY . His research interests include political contention and welfare rights. Among his publications are: “Election Affinities: Union Symbolism and Organization in the Fight Against Workfare in New York City,” “Watchful Stewards: Mutual Housing Associations and Community Land Trusts Preserve Affordable Housing;” and Balancing Acts: The Experience of Mutual Housing Associations and Community Land Trusts in Urban Neighborhoods.

Karen Kupperman, Silver Professor, History, NYU. Her major interests are in early modern Atlantic world, colonization, Native American history. She is the author of six books, including The Jamestown Project and Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony, and numerous scholarly articles and book chapters. Among her many awards are The American Historical Association Prize in Atlantic History, the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association for the best book in American History, including Canada and Latin America, the Binkley-Stephenson Award of the Organization of American Historians.

Herbert London , President, Hudson Institute, and former John M. Olin University Professor of Humanities at New York University . His work has appeared in every major newspaper and journal in the country, including such diverse publications as Commentary, National Review, American Spectator, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The Washington Times, New York Magazine, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Modern Age, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Orbis, and Encounter . Among his eighteen books books are: Myths That Rule America; Military Doctrine and the American Character; and Decade of Denial; A Strategy for Victory without War. London serves as a board member for a number of groups, including International Transportation Systems, Merrill Lynch Asset Management, and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Ted Magder , Associate Professor and Chair, Culture and Communcation, NYU. His books include Canada's Hollywood: The Canadian State and Feature Films and Franchising the Candy Store: Split-Run Magazines and a New International Regime for Trade in Culture. He is the author of numerous articles on the political economy of the cultural industries and the international trade in media products, and has served as a special advisor to the UN World Television Forum. His research interests include the relationship between systems of mediated communication and democracy; communication policy and law; and contemporary media culture and globalization.

Marilyn McMillan is the Associate Provost and Chief Information Technology Officer at New York University. McMillan leads Information Technology Services, including communications, computing and client services university-wide, as well as academic and administrative computing services. Before coming to NYU, she served Stanford University as Director of Applications Assembly and Integration (1996-1998). There she led the planning for and execution of major projects to introduce a new generation of university-wide applications and infrastructure. McMillan's career in IT services in higher education began when she joined the staff at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a project manager in 1977. Through 1996 at MIT she held a number of leadership positions, including Director of Administrative Systems, Director of Architecture and Strategic Technology, and Director of Information Systems Planning. Her earlier IT experience was in government and private industry.

Lawrence Mead, Professor, Politics, NYU. His main areas of interest are American politics and policy making; social policy, especially anti-poverty programs and the politics surrounding them; welfare and welfare reform. He has been a Visiting Professor Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and the La Follette Institute of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Among his many publications are: The New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty; The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America; Governement Matters, for which he received the National Academy of Public Administration’s Brownlow Book Award; and Beyond Entitlement: The Social Obligations of Citizenship.

Gabriel Moran, Professor, Philosophy of Education, NYU. He is the author of 19 books and numerous essays in edited collections, among which are: Experiences in Community; Religious Education Development; No Ladder to the Sky: Morality and Education; Uniqueness: Problem or Paradox in Jewish and Christian Traditions; A Grammar of Responsibility; "Is a Workable Ethic of Non-violence Possible?" International Seminar on Religious and Values; and "Religion and International Ethics," Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Educatio . He has also published 200 articles in such publications as Commonwea , America, Theological Studies, Cross Current , and Education Week .

Frank Moretti, Professor, Communication and Education and Executive Director, Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning. Columbia University Teachers College. He contributes extensively to national conferences and seminars on technology and education and is the author of many papers and articles on innovation in education, and the role of technology, specifically multimedia, in education. He is also the Executive Producer of scores of digital media projects at the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, including: “VITAL - Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning;” “Image Annotation Tool;” “The Autobiography of Malcolm X;” and “Social Justice Movements Wiki.”

Jonathan Nosan , actor and producer. A professional contortionist and stuntman, he is a member of Anti-Gravity, a performance group that has performed all over the world, including the 2002 Winter Olympics. He has made many television and film appearances in major motion pictures such as Spiderman 2 and Big Fish . This fall, he will be making his Broadway debut in a major role in The Times They Are A-Changing , a new Twyla Tharp musical inspired by the music of Bob Dylan.

John Pavlik, Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Rutgers University . A recipient of the Presidential Citation for Service and Dedication as an Officer of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Pavlik is the author of a number of books, including Journalism and New Media; New Media Technology: Cultural and Commercial Perspectives; Video on Demand Systems: Technology, Interoperability and Trials; and The People's Right to Know: Media, Democracy and the Information Highway

Robert Perry, Director, Legislative Department , New York Civil Liberties Union . The NYCLU is dedicated to defending and promoting the fundamental principles and values embodied in the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, and the New York Constitution, including freedom of speech and religion, and the right to privacy, equality and due process of law for all New Yorkers. As its principal lobbyist, Perry took a leading role in the NYCLU's successful efforts to create an independent Civilian Complaint Review Board, and, most recently, has undertaken a media campaign against National Security Association's domestic surveillance program.

Richard Pious , Ochs Professor of American Studies, Barnard College and Columbia University . Among his books are The Power to Govern, Presidents, Elections and Democracy, The American Presidency, American Politics and Government, and The President, Congress and the Constitution. He has also published numerous articles in the Political Science Quarterly, the Wisconsin Law Review, the Journal of International Affairs, the Journal of Armed Forces and Society , and Constitution Magazine.

Nancy A. Rankin, Director of Policy Research and Advocacy, Community Service Society. Rankin oversees the CSS's research, analyses, and policy proposals in the areas of poverty, government benefits, housing, health, and labor market studies. She is the lead author of a number of policy briefs, including, “Shortchanging Security,” “Making the Grade: An Analysis of Factors That Predict Student Achievement on Regents Exams in New York City Public High Schools,” “Help or Hurdles? Experiences of Welfare Leavers in the South Bronx Accessing Subsidized Child Care,” and “The Choice Before Congress on Welfare Reauthorization: Real Jobs or Make Work?”

Steve Rendall, Senior Analyst, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR ). FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. Rendall is the host of CounterSpin, FAIR's national radio show. He has appeared on dozens of national television and radio shows, including appearances on CNN, C-SPAN , CNBC , MTV and Fox Morning News. He is the co-author of The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error.

Cristina Rodríguez, Assistant Professor, Law School , NYU. A specialist on Constitutional law and immigration law and policy, she is the Director of the Bickel and Brewer Latino Institute for Human Rights Scholarship Program. Among her publications are: "Language Diversity in the Workplace," Northwestern University Law Review , "Language and Participation," California Law Review , and "Accommodating Linguistic Difference: Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Language Rights in the United States ," Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review .

Joel Sachs , Director of Contemporary Music, The Julliard School, Director of the New Juilliard Ensemble, and co-Director of Continuum, one of the nation's leading contemporary music groups. An internationally recognized pianist and director of contemporary music, he is the author of one hundred articles on contemporary art music, as well as Kapellmeister Hummel in England and France, The Complete Works for Piano : a Six-volume Collection of Reprints and Facsimiles, and Charles Ives the Visionary: Piano, Chamber and Vocal Works.

Robert Seltzer, Professor, History, Hunter College , CUNY. Seltzer is the Director, Hunter Jewish Social Studies Program, and former Director of the Mazer Institute for Research and Advanced Study in Judaica. Among his books are Jewish People, Jewish Thought: The Jewish Experience in History; Judaism: A People and its History and Religions of Antiquity ; The Americanization of the Jews ; The American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan; Reappraisals in Jewish Social and Intellectual History; and Essential Papers in Jewish Studies . He has published a number of articles in such journals as Polin: A Journal of East European Jewish Studies, Contemporary Jewry , and Commentary .

Gunja SenGupta, Professor, History, Brooklyn College. She specializes in the US Civil War and Reconstruction, African American history, Women's history, and Comparative Slavery. She is a Leonard and Claire Tow Professor, and was a recipient of the Whiting Fellowship for Distinguished Teaching. Among her publications are: "Elites, Subalterns and American Identities: A Case Study of African American Benevolence," American Historical Review; "Black and 'Dangerous'?: African American Working Poor Perspectives on Juvenile Reform and Welfare in Victorian New York," Journal of Negro History; and For God and Mammon: Evangelicals and Entrepreneurs, Masters and Slaves in Territorial Kansas, 1854-1860 .

Norman Siegel, attorney in private practice. From 1985 to 2000 he was Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, and before that Project Director for MFY Legal Services, Inc., which assisted poor people in neighborhoods in Manhattan . While in private practice, he has been active in a number advocacy campaigns, including efforts to limit the use of eminent domain in Harlem and Brooklyn and the public release of all information related to the September 11 th tragedy. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Newsday, the Daily News, and the Amsterdam News. He has served on the board of directors of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and he is a founding board member of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.

George David Smith , Clinical Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, and Academic Director of the MBA Programs, NYU. He is author and co-author of several books, among which are: Anatomy of a Business Strategy; From Monopoly to Competition; The New Financial Capitalists; Cotton's Renaissance; and Wisdom from the Robber Barons. He has also authored a number of scholarly and popular articles, and is currently at work on a concise history of Wall Street.

Carolyn Sorkin , Director, International Studies, Wesleyan University . She is in charge of study abroad, international graduate scholarships, and international summer opportunities at Wesleyan University . Prior to Wesleyan, she was Associate Director of NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center , which promotes research and teaching on Spain and the Spanish-speaking world. Her current research is on intellectuals and the social sciences in Chile .

Lisa Stulberg, Assistant Professor, Educational sociology, NYU. She is the head of the Women's Commission in the Steinhardt School . Her books include The Emancipatory Promise of Charter Schools: Toward a Progressive Politics of School Choice , and Race, Nation, and Hope: African Americans and School Choice since Brown. She has also published a number of articles on school choice, sex education, and gender.

Ida Torres, President of Local 3 of the union, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law from Queens College , CUNY, in 2000, Torres began as a telephone operator for Local 231 UOPWA. She was elected Secretary-Treasurer Local 3 in 1984, and President in 1998. She has received numerous awards from such organizations as the National Organization of Women, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, and the Black Trade Unionists Leadership Committee. She also received the AFL-CIO Distinguished Services Award .

Robert Vorlicky, Associate Professor of Drama, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. Selected publications include Act Like a Man: Challenging Masculinities in American Drama, Tony Kushner in Conversation, From Inner Worlds to Outer Space: The Multimedia Performances of Dan Kwong, and numerous articles in critical anthologies and journals, including Theatre Journal, The Minnesota Review, The Eugene O'Neill Review, Performing America: Cultural Nationalism in American Theatre, and Whiteness: A Critical Reader .

Debra Weinstein , poet and novelist. She is the author of the novel Apprentice to the Flower Poet Z, and her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Tikkun, and The Portable Lower East Side. She received New York University 's Bobst Literary Award for Emerging Writers upon publication of her volume of poetry, Rodent Angel. She is also a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship for poetry and a New York State Foundation for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship for Fiction.

Steven Wheatley , Vice President of the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author of, among other works, The Politics of Philanthropy: Abraham Flexner and Medical Education and a new introduction to Raymond Fosdick's The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation , and he is the editor of Constitutionalism and Democracy: Transitions in the Contemporary World.

Irwin Yellowitz , Professor Emeritus, History, City College , CUNY. Yellowitz has been a leader in the Professional Staff Congress, and has served as President of the New York Labor History Association. He is the author of three books: Industrialization and the American Labor Movement, 1850-1900; Essays in the History of New York City: A Memorial to Sidney Pomerantz; and The Position of the Worker in American Society, 1865-1896.

Arthur Zegelbone , Director, ELS Language Centers , and former President of the Lotus Foundation. A retired Foreign Service Officer, Zegelbone served as Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Cultural Affiars Officer of the U.S. Embassy in Japan , among other postings for the United States Information Agency and the U.S. Department of State. He presently serves as a consultant to the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.

Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor, History of Education and History, New York University . Among his publications are: Whose America ? Culture Wars in the Public Schools ; Distilling Democracy: Alcohol Education in America 's Public Schools, 1880-1925; Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century;"Ethnics Against Ethnicity: European Immigrants and Foreign-Language Instruction, 1890-1940," and "Beyond Double Consciousness: Black Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa , 1961-1971," in the Journal of American History.