Director, CIRCLE
Interim Dean of the School of Public Policy, and Saul Stern
Professor
Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Phone: 301-405-6347
Email: bgalston@umd.edu
Dr. Galston is a political theorist
and author of 6 books and more than 100 articles, who both
studies and participates in American politics and domestic
policy. Galston was Deputy Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy during the first Clinton Administration
and Executive Director of the National Commission on Civic
Renewal, which was chaired by Sam Nunn and William Bennett.
He has served as Director of Economic and Social Programs
at the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies in Washington,
D.C., as chief speech writer for John Anderson's National
Unity campaign, as issues director for Walter Mondale's
presidential campaign and as senior advisor to Albert Gore
Jr. during his run for the Democratic presidential nomination
in 1988. Since 1995, Galston has served as a founding member
of the Board of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
and as chair of the Campaign's Task Force on Religion and
Public Values. Galston's teaching and research interests
include social policy, family policy, normative analysis,
education policy and civic renewal.
