Political Participation and Voting
Ivan Frishberg
Consultant
Federal policy debates on youth voting and political participation, political strategies for raising the profile of young voters.

Fredrick C. Harris
Director, Center for the Study of African-American Politics
Associate Professor, Political Science
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
585-275-4735
fredrick.harris@rochester.edu
American politics, civic participation, social movements, African-American politics, political socialization of black youth, group identity formation.

Jane Junn
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
732-545-9045
junn@rci.rutgers.edu
Political participation, education and citizenship, youth civic engagement, political knowledge, political socialization.

Ruth B. Mandel
Board of Governors, Professor of Politics
Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
732-932-9384, ext. 228
rmandel@rci.rutgers.edu
Women political candidates and officeholders, women's political history and networks, the gender gap, age and political leadership, young elected officials.

Kay L. Schlozman
J. Joseph Moakley Professor, Department of Political Science
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
617-552-4174
kschloz@bc.edu
Citizen political participation in the U.S. and its relationship to non-political forms of voluntary activity.

John Transue
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Duke University
Durham, NC
919-660-4300
transue@duke.edu
Political psychology, political tolerance, racism, prejudice and intergroup relations, public opinion, materialism, social capital, youth participation.

See also: Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Scott Keeter, Sheilah Mann

Community Participation
Michael Sherraden
Professor and Director, Center for Social Development
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
314-935-6691
sherrad@gwbmail.wustl.edu
Long-term, intensive volunteering and civic service, service impacts for individuals, communities, nations and institutional structures, U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps.

Wendy Wheeler
President, Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development
Takoma Park, MD
301- 270-1700 x 106
wwheeler@theinnovationcenter.org
Youth civic activism and engagement, youth participation among marginalized groups, youth-adult partnership, youth in governance , international and domestic social justice projects.

See also: Barry Checkoway, Carmen Sirianni

Civic Knowledge
Scott Keeter
Associate Director
Pew Research Center for People and the Press
Washington, DC
202-293-3126
keeters@people-press.org
Civic engagement focusing on youth, generational differences in public opinion and political participation, survey research methodology.

Sheilah Mann
American Political Science Association
College Park, MD
301-229-8928
sheilahmann@aol.com
Civic knowledge assessment and standards, patterns of course design in higher education, civic education organizations, youth attitudes toward government and politics, youth political participation.

Judith Torney-Purta
Professor of Human Development, College of Education
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
301-405-2806
jt22@umail.umd.edu
Civic knowledge, engagement and attitudes of children and youth, testing and assessing civic knowledge and skills (including international comparisons), surveying civic attitudes and participation.

See also: Benjamin Barber

Youth Attitudes and Beliefs
Connie Flanagan
Professor of Youth Civic Development
Penn State University
State College, PA
814-863-7425
cflanagan@psu.edu
Social inclusion among ethnic minority youth, role of family and personal values in the development of political views; youth theories about inequality in society, social responsibility and obligation.

See also: Scott Keeter, Judith Torney-Purta

News and Entertainment Media
Lance Bennett
Professor of Political Science, Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
206-213-0342
lbennett@u.washington.edu
Political communication, targeting and marketing, youth disengagement from political process and conventional politics, youth engagement with direct action politics, consumer politics and community service.

High School Civic Education
Rick Battistoni
Professor of Political Science, Director, Project 540
Providence College
Providence, RI
401-865-2787
rickbatt@providence.edu
Teaching of democratic citizenship in secondary education, service learning and civic engagement, youth in democratic governance of schools and communities.

Todd Clark
Executive Director
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
213-316-2103
todd@crf-usa.org
Civic education program design, curriculum, staff development, link between service learning and civic education, interactive learning strategies.

See also: Terry Pickeral

Service Learning
Shelley H. Billig
Vice President
RMC Research Corporation
Denver, CO
303-825-3636
billig@rmcdenver.com
International research on service-learning at the K-12 and higher education levels, civic activities involving youth in colleges and universities.

Joseph Kahne
Director and Professor, Institute for Civic Leadership
Mills College
Oakland, CA
510-430-3275
jkahne@mills.edu
Civic and political education efforts in youth organizations, high schools and college, high school government curriculum, political and ideological issues embedded in education policies and practices.

See also: Rick Battistoni, Todd Clark, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth Hollander, Terry Pickeral

Higher Education
Thomas Ehrlich
Senior Scholar
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Menlo Park, CA
650-566-5137
ehrlich@carnegiefoundation.org
Higher education, modes of learning that promote civic and political responsibility.

Elizabeth Hollander
Executive Director, Campus Compact
Brown University
Providence, RI
401-867-3950
ehollander@compact.org
Service learning in higher education, presidential efforts to educate next generation of active citizens, trends among college students.

See also: Harry C. Boyte, Joseph Kane, Ruth B. Mandel

Non-college 18-25's
Barry Checkoway
Professor of Social Work and Urban Planning
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
734-668-0117
barrych@umich.edu
Community organization and participation, urban affairs and neighborhood practice, youth participation for community change, civic renewal of higher education.

See also: Jaime Ernesto Uzeta

Group Memberships and Social Networks
Carmen Sirianni
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
781-736-2652
sirianni@brandeis.com
Community organizing, civic innovation, civic renewal, youth civic engagement, civic environmentalism.

See also: Ivan Frishberg, Frederick C. Harris, Kay L. Schlozman, John Transue

Concepts of Citizenship
Benjamin R. Barber
Kekst Professor of Civil Society
University of Maryland
Principal, Democracy Collaborative
New York, New York
212-548-0696
bbarber@sorosny.org
Strong Democracy theory, the role of civil society in supporting democracy, democracy and citizenship in the international arena.

Harry C. Boyte
Senior Fellow, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Co-Director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
612-625-5509
hboyte@hhh.umn.edu
International initiatives and models for teaching politics and civic skills, higher education civic engagement, political theory of conceptualizing politics and civic engagement as public work.

Terry Pickeral
Executive Director, National Center for Learning and Citizenship
Education Commission of the States
Denver, CO
303-299-3636
tpickeral@ecs.org
Education policy development, analysis and dissemination, service learning, civic education, institutionalizing climates, cultures, practices and partnerships in schools, state policies and practices.

See also: Lance Bennett, Shelley H. Billig

Race, Gender and Immigrant Status
Lisa Garcia Bedolla
Assistant Professor
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
949-824-9298
lgarciab@uci.edu
Issues of race, class and gender in American politics and how they relate to the civic engagement and politics, with an emphasis on Latinos.

See also: Frederick C. Harris, Ruth B. Mandel, and Connie Flanagan