Recent Publications, Panels & Media Appearances

Books and Chapter Contributions:

• Research in progress for a book on individual acts of courage and conscience
• "Ogunquit: Then and Now," co-authored with Kathryn M. Severson and Susan D. Meffert, Arcadia Press, spring 2009
• American Prince, American Pauper: The Contemporary Vice Presidency and Presidential Relations, revision of American Prince, American Pauper: The Contemporary Vice Presidency in Perspective (see link below), spring 2010 
• Research under way on a book dealing with 9/11, civil liberties and the American Presidency.
• Understanding American Government, 5th ed., text and Study Guide, Horizon Textbook Publishers, spring 2011
• Understanding American Government, 4th ed., text and Study Guide, Horizon Textbook Publishers, spring, 2009
• Understanding American Government, 3d ed., text and Study Guide, Horizon Textbook Publishers, expected summer, 2007
• Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Public Policy, Justice, and the Law. McGrawHill/Dushkin, November, 2005
• Understanding American Government, 2d ed., text and Study Guide, Horizon Textbook Publishers, Fall 2005
• Understanding American Government text and Study Guide, Horizon Textbook Publishers, Fall, 2004
• "Civil Disobedience and The Rule of Law: Tensions Between Two Strains of American Thought,"chapter contribution to The Moral Authority of Government: Moorhead Kennedy, R. Gordon Hoxie, and Brenda Repland, eds., Transaction Publishers, 2000
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Articles:

• "Rescuing the Underclass," Op-Ed article, Sunday Boston Globe, December, 1996
• "President Bush at Work: A Lesson on the American Presidency," Presidential Studies Quarterly, winter, 1991
• "The Separation of Powers in the United States," a publication for the United States Information Agency, Washington, D.C., 1990
• "American First Ladies," a publication for the United States Information Agency, Washington, D. C., 1990
• "Dan Quayle: Administration Spokesman," The Boston Globe, May 1989
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Reviews:

• Review of In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan, William E. Leuchtenberg, author, Presidential Studies Quarterly, summer, 1985
• Review of Letters from the Hill Country: The Correspondence of Rebekah and Lyndon Baines Johnson, Philip R. Rulon, ed., Presidential Studies Quarterly, winter, 1985
• Review of Studying the Presidency, George C. Edwards, III and Stephen J. Wayne, eds., Presidential Studies Quarterly, winter, 1984
• Review of The Virginia Papers on the Presidency, vol. V and vol. VVI, Kenneth W. Thompson, eds., Presidential Studies Quarterly, winter, 1984
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Panel Participation/Paper Presentations/Special Lectures:

• "A Heartbeat Away: The U. S. Vice Presidency," International Journal of Arts and Sciences conference, Salzburg, Austria, May, 2011
• "Vice Presidents and First Ladies," Panel Discussant, Northeast Political Science Association, Newport, Rhode Island, April, 2010
• "Religion and Politics," Panel Chair, Northeast Political Science Association, Newport, Rhode Island, April, 2010
• "Terrorism, Rhetoric, and the Imperial Presidency," paper presented at an international conference on "Interdisciplinary Analyses of Aggression & Terrorism," co-sponsored by the Coloquios Internationales Sobre Conflicto Y Agresion (CICA) and the Society for Terrorism Research (STR). Madrid, Spain, September 2007
• "9/11 and the Imperial Presidency," lecture at the University of Nuremberg at Ehrlingen, Germany, December 2006
• Visiting Professor, American University Washington Semester Program (summer 1998 and summer 2006)
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Miscellaneous:

• Political consultant in the production of the documentary entitled “Campaign Fever,” broadcast on WCVB-TV, Channel 5, fall, 1984
• “Using Simulation Games in the College and University Classroom: A Workshop, lecture and workshop direction at the American Society for Public Administration (APSA) Regional Meeting, Albany, New York, October, 1978
• “Simulation Games in the Classroom: A Workshop,” Merrimack College, November, 1978
• “Simulation Games in the Classroom: A Workshop,” Bryant College, October, 1978
• “Simulation Games for the Classroom: A Television Experience,” discussion at the annual conference of the North American Simulation and gaming Association (NASAGA), October 14, 1977, held at the Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts

Media Appearances:

• “The U. S. Senate,” radio interview with George Knight, spring 2010
• “The Kennedy Legacy,” “Ireland Today” (Dublin, Ireland news program)
• “The American Presidency and Afghanistan.” BBC-TV, London, England
• Participation in a one-hour PBS documentary on the American Vice Presidency, “Running Mate,” initially aired during October, 1996 and repeated thereafter
• Interview re: Republican vice presidential candidate selection, “The Connection,” with Christopher Lyden, NPR, August, 1996
• “The Vice Presidency and the 1996 Election,” Voice of American Radio interview (aired internationally), taped spring, 1996
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