North America Experts
Researcher, Department of History, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences
Assistant Professor, History and Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University
My scholarship combines a passion for present-day politics with intellectual interests in the history of government and social policy. When I entered graduate school at the University of Michigan in 1994, Newt Gingrich was leading the Republicans to victory in the U.S. Congress. Before the ink was dry on their "Contract with America," a new bill aimed at ending the 60-year commitment of the federa...
Coordinator for Postgraduate Fellowships and Scholarships and Affiliate Faculty, History Department and Women's Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
My interest in immigration history and policy arose from my transnational family background. Born in Italy to Irish parents, I spent a great deal of time in Ireland after we moved to the U.S. and experienced firsthand the consequences of a post-World War II Irish diaspora. Some members of my extended family remained in Galway, but others emigrated to Canada, England, Australia, and the U.S. A sem...
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University
My research has focused on the politics of social provision in the US and Western Europe. I first became interested in this topic as a graduate student at Princeton University where coursework in American social policy, the comparative politics of the welfare state, and European history opened my eyes to the startling differences in how wealthy nations provide for the care and well-being of their...
Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park
Coming of age in the midst of anti-war demonstrations, grape boycotts, and women's consciousness-raising groups sparked my interest in reform movements. Seeking to understand how progressive social change happened, I entered the doctoral program in U.S. history at Northwestern University in 1982 and soon began working as a precinct captain in Chicago Mayor Harold Washington's Democratic Party. M...
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University
Irfan Nooruddin is an Associate Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University. His current research centers on questions at the intersection of comparative and international political economy. Just as with institutions and economic development, the principal problem of violent domestic conflict is understanding how to design state institutions that will constrain...
Secretary of Education, 2001-2005
Dr. Paige has had an extensive career in education, as a teacher, coach, and administrator. He graduated from Jackson State University in Mississippi and later earned both a master's and a doctoral degree from Indiana University. He served for a decade as dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University. In 1994 , Dr. Paige became superintendent of the Houston Independent School Dist...