Professional Experience

Columbia University

Columbia College 1989-present

Dean of Academic Affairs  1998-present

Associate Dean of Columbia College  1989-present

Assistant Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Arts & Sciences 1994-present

Acting Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid  1991-1993

Director now advisor, Urban Studies Program  1989-present

Barnard College 1977-1989

Assistant Professor, Political Science 1981-1989

Director, Urban Affairs Program 1983-1989

Instructor, Political Science 1977-1981

Twentieth Century Fund 1981-1982

Research Associate

State University of New York, Empire State College 1973-1977

Acting Dean 1976-1977

Acting Associate Dean 1975-1976

Assistant Dean 1975

Administrative Assistant 1973-1974

Professional Activities (selected)

Member, Faculty Athletics Advisory Committee 2006-Revson Fellows Advisory Committee 2003-

Academy of Political Science, Board Member 2002-

Chair, Columbia University Committee on Equity in Athletics  1996-1999

Chair, Columbia University NCAA Certification Committee  1995-1996

“The Limits of Black Power,” in Le Journal des Elections, No. 4 September 1998

“Ballots and Bosses in Brooklyn,” paper presented at the American Political August 1988
Science Association Meetings, Washington, D.C.

“Delivering the Goods: Electoral Demands and Political Benefits,” paper September 1987
presented at the American Political Association Meetings, Chicago, Illinois

Women and the American City (co-edited with Catharine Stimpson, Elsa Dixler 1981
Martha Nelson) University of Chicago Press

Other Activities

U.S. Soccer Federation, Diversity Task Force 2006-

Education Committee, A. Fantis Parochial School 2006-

College Board, Delegate-at-Large, Academic Assembly Council 2000-2003

Colony South Brooklyn Houses, Board of Directors 1976-1989

Packer Collegiate Institute, Board of Trustees 1987-1994

Prospect Park Alliance, Board of Directors 1988-1999

Education

Columbia University, New York, NY 1981

Department of Political Science, Ph. D.