B.A. Queens College, CUNY, 1977. Major: Political Science.
Professor, Department of Political Science. 1997Current.
Founder and Director, University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia (UCCP). 1997-current.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science. 19921997.
Graduate Faculty, Department of Geography and Urban Studies.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences. 19901992
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences. 19871990
Barnard College, Columbia University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science. 19851987
New York City Community Development Agency. (Sept. 1983May 1985)
RECENT PAPERS AND PANELS (2000current)
“Engaging Students Through Action Civics.” Workshop, National Service Learning Conference. Denver, CO (March 13-15, 2013) (with Lisa Bardwell, Jill Bass and Ieshia Nelson)
Structural and Ethical Considerations of Preparing College Students to Mentor K-12 Students in Civic Engagement.” Workshop, PHENND Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. (March 1, 2013
“Action Civics in a Standards Driven World.” Symposium, National Action Civics Collaborative. Chicago, IL. (June 11, 2011)
“A Youth Leadership Development Approach to University Community Collaboration.” Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA (October 12, 2009). (Co-presented with Alison Huxta and Ieshia Nelson)
“Race and Politics.” Asian-American Journalists Association's East Coast Mini-Conference. Philadelphia, PA April 5, 2008
“From Research to Action: A University-Funder-Community Partnership.” Urban Affairs Annual Conference. Seattle, WA. April 24-27, 2007
“Rebuilding Democracy Through Civil Society: The Role of Education, Local Institutions and Community Organizing.” Symposium on, A Global Look at Urban and Regional Governance: The State-Market-Civic Nexus.” Emory University, Atlanta, GA: January 18-19, 2007
“Leveraging Social Capital for Low Income Youth: The University as Educator and Broker.” 21
st Centuries Cities Conference. Temple University. November 3, 2006.
“Community Building, Social Capital and the University: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.” Mini Course, American Political Science Association, Annual Meetings. Philadelphia. August 30, 2006.
“The Changed Landscape of Community Organizing: Lessons from the Ford Foundation’s Community Organizing Initiative.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada. April 2006.
“Leveraging Social Capital: The University as Educator and Broker.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. April 2005.
“Theories of Change: Relating Theory to Practice in Service Learning.” Mid Atlantic Region Service Learning Conference. Philadelphia. October 2004 (with Patrick Donohue)
“The Role of Higher Eds in the Community.” Mid Atlantic Region Service Learning Conference. Philadelphia. October 2004
“Youth Media in the City, “ panel discussant in the
Media Smart Seminar Series sponsored by the School of Communications and Theater, Temple University. May 19
th, 2004
“The Role of Intermediaries in Increasing Organizational Capacity: Lessons from the Ford Foundation’s Community Organizing Initiative
.” Roundtable organizer and participant. Urban Affairs Association Annual meetings, Washington, DC. March 31-April 3, 2004.
“From the Community to the Higher Ed Classroom” Turning Service Learning on its Head.” APSA Conference on Teaching and Learning. Washington, DC. February 19-21, 2004
“Why Bother? Community Organizations Assess University Community Research Partnerships.” Urban Affairs Association, Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH, March 26-29, 2003. (with T.L. Hill)
“University-Community Partnerships: Promoting Learning through Youth Civic Engagement Initiatives” Concurrent Session, American Association of Higher Education Conference, Washington, DC, March 14-17, 2003.
“Next Stages in Community Based Research.” Featured Presentation, American Association of Higher Education Conference, Washington, DC, March 14-17, 2003.
“Broadening the Franchise: Charter Reform and Neighborhood Representation in Los Angeles” The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Conference: “Reform, L.A. Style: the Theory and Practice of Urban Governance at Century’s Turn.” University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning and Development. Los Angeles, LA, Sept 17-19, 2002.
“Building a Community Based Research Network: Issues and Opportunities.” Urban Affairs Association, Annual Conference. Boston, MA, March 20-23, 2002
“The Role of Networks in Supporting Community Based Research.” American Association
of Higher Education, Faculty Roles and Rewards Conference, Phoenix, AZ, January 24-29, 2002
“Latinos and Subsidized Housing in Philadelphia.” Urban Affairs Association, Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, April 25-28, 2001.
“Developing a National Network of Community Based Researchers” Workshop at Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference. Detroit, MI April 25-28, 2001
“Build the City Up, Tear the City Down: Housing and Land Use Policies.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Sept 2000.
“Latinos and HUD-funded Housing Programs in Philadelphia.” National Hispanic Housing Council, Annual Conference, Miami, FL. May 10-14, 2000.
“Promoting Community Based Research on National Level” Urban Affairs Association, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA May 3-7, 2000.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS (2000current)
“Best Practices in Action Civics.” Regional Meeting of the Education Commission of the States. Philadelphia, PA. (June 15, 2012)
“Experiential Learning in Practice.” Community Based Learning Network Symposium. Temple University. (March 30, 2012)
“Youth Adult Partnerships in Adult Basic Education” (December 9, 2011) Webinar, World Education.
“Youth Leadership Development.” Bryn Mawr College. (April 13, 2011)
Visiting International Scholar: Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance. March 1-March 18, 2011. Workshops on various topics related to university community engagement at 10 different universities in Australia.
“From Action to Research: the Scholarship of Engagement.” Drexel University, Philadelphia. PA December 1, 2010
“American Democracy Project: Service Learning Workshop.” University of Northern Iowa. May 13-14, 2010.
“Engaging Youth in the Community.” Bryn Mawr College. (March 29, 2010)
(co presented with a Temple student and a Community College of Philadelphia student)
“Building Youth Leadership.” City Year Greater Philadelphia, New Student Orientation. (March 12, 2010).
“Doing Community Based Research: Opportunities and Challenges.” Bryn Mawr College. (Feb 23, 2010)
“Youth Violence in Philadelphia.” Jefferson University--College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA. (Jan. 25, 2010)
“The Importance of Youth Civic Engagement Programming.” Out of School Time Resource Center, Philadelphia, PA. December 14, 2009
“University-Community Engagement: Building A Foundation for Shared Work and Respect.” Center for Integrating Research and Action, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. May 1, 2009.
“Fielding New Strategies for Community Development.” Rutgers University, Camden, NJ. April 22, 2009
“Becoming a Youth Inclusive Organization.” The Children’s Board, Tampa, FL. March 7, 2008.
“Pushing the Boundaries: The University, the Community and Progressive Youth Leadership Development.” University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. March 6, 2008
“The Puzzle of the Primary Election.” Institute for Public Affairs, Temple University. November 14, 2007.
“Youth Voice and Choice.” Philadelphia’s After School Youth Development Network. Philadelphia, PA. June 18, 2007.
“Creating Child and Youth Friendly Communities.” Workshop for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional After School Summit. Widener University. May 24, 2007. (with Melissa DeShields, Janet Riley-Ford, Eric Grimes, Erin Horvat and Michelle Schmitt)
“Connecting Truth to Power: Youth
Speak out on their Communities, Their Lives, Their Challenges.” Delaware Valley Grant Makers. Chester, PA. May 3, 2006
“Supporting Youth Civic Engagement Work.”
Neighborhworks Conference. Atlanta, GA. February 22, 2006
“Connecting Truth to Power: Youth Speak out on their Communities, Their Lives, Their Challenges.” U.S. Department of Justice National Conference. Washington, DC. January 10, 2006.
University-Community Partnerships Around Youth Civic Engagement. University of Southern Florida, Tampa, FL, Dec 12-13, 2002
Building on Success: The “Scaling Up” of The Youth
VOICES Project in Philadelphia . American Youth Policy Forum, Washington, DC, October 4, 2002 (with Catie Cavanaugh, Mike Sack, and Sue Goldberger)
“Developing a National Community Based Research Network: Issues and Opportunities.” Bonner Scholars Leadership Program. Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC June 12-15, 2002.
“Jane Jacobs Meets Walt Disney: Urban America in the New Millenium.” Y Club of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA April 13, 2001
“Getting Faculty Involved in University Community Partnerships.” University of Massachusetts- Amherst. Amherst, MA April 5, 2001.
“Faculty Engagement in Community-Based Research.” International Conference on Higher Education Assisted Community Schools as Sights of Civic Engagement” Philadelphia, PA. March 29, 2001.
“What is Community Based Research?” Workshop, Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development, Philadelphia, PA. January 26, 2001
“Doing Community Based Research.” Workshop, Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development, Philadelphia, PA January 26, 2001
“Public-Private Partnerships in Economic Development.” International Visitors Council. Spoke to a group of visiting Ghanaian practitioners and government officials on economic development practices and approaches. Philadelphia, PA Oct 3, 2000
GRANTS AWARDED
Principal Investigator
Youth Leadership Development. Department of Human Services. ($85,5000) Sept 2013-June 2014)
Principal Investigator:
Youth Leadership Development Continuum. W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation. ($40,000) July 2013-June 2014.
Principal Investigator:
Summer Leadership Academies. LISC. ($38,387). June 2013-Sept 2013
Principal Investigator:
Youth Leadership Development Continuum. Pew Fund (Pew Charitable Trusts). ($187,000) April 2013-March 2016.
Principal Investigator:
Summer Academy. Philadelphia Youth Network. April 2013-September 2013. ($10,000)
Principal Investigator:
Youth Leadership Development Continuum. Connelly Foundation. ($15,000) Jan 2013-Dec 2013.
Principal Investigator:
Fostering Student Government at Gratz High School. Mastery Charter School ($16,500) October 2012-June 2013
Principal Investigator:
Fostering Student Government at Pickett High School. Mastery Charter School ($16,500) October 2012-June 2013
Principal Investigator:
Youth Leadership Development Continuum. W. Clement and Jessie V.Stone Foundation. ($40,000) July 2012-June 2013.
Principal Investigator:
Youth Leadership Development. Philadelphia Foundation ($40,000). July 2012-June 2013)
Principal Investigator:
Summer Leadership Academy at Gratz High School. Mastery Charter School ($15,000) June 2012-August 2012.
Principal Investigator:
Summer Leadership Academy at Pickett High School. Mastery Charter School ($15,000) June 2012-August 2012.
Principal Investigator:
Summer Academy. Philadelphia Youth Network. April 2012-September 2012. ($10,000)
Principal Investigator:
Convening of the National Action Civics Collaborative. McCormick Foundation. ($35,000) April 2012-March 2013.
Principal Investigator:
POWER Internship. Best Buy Children’s Foundation. ($6,000) October 2011-September 2012
Principal Investigator:
Community Leadership Development. Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha, Inc. ($11,000) January 2011- December 2012.
Principal Investigator:
Quality of Life Survey. Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha, Inc. ($3,800) October 2011- August 2012.
Principal Investigator:
POPPYN (Presenting our Perspective on Philly Youth News) Corporation for National and Community Service (through PHENND and Drexel University). September 2011-August 2012 ($5,000)
Principal Investigator:
Youth Leadership Development. Kinder Morgan ($2,000) August 2011-July 2012.
Principal Investigator:
Youth Leadership Development Continuum. Patricia Kind Foundation. ($30,000) Sept 2011-August 2013)
Principal Investigator:
Evaluation of Integration of School District of Philadelphia’s Individualized Learning Plan into the Out of School Time Sector. William Penn Foundation. ($329,560). July 2011-June 30 2013)
Principal Investigator:
Youth Leadership Development Continuum. The Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation. ($7,500). May 2011-April 2012
Principal Investigator:
Youth VOICES. The Grace S. & W. Linton Nelson Foundation ($2,500). April 2011-October 2011
Principal Investigator:
Summer Academy. Philadelphia Youth Network. April 2011-September 2011. ($10,000)
Principal Investigator:
Research Training for youth participants in Philadelphia Center on Arts and Technology. Foundations, Inc. April 2011-June 2011 ($1,000)
Principal Investigator:
Progressive Youth Leadership Development Continuum. Philadelphia Foundation. April 2011-March 2012 ($40,000).
Principal Investigator:
High School to College Pipeline. William Penn Foundation. July 1, 2010-June 30, 2013. ($561,000)
Principal Investigator:
Youth Action News. Corporation for National and Community Service (through PHENND and Drexel University). September 2010-August 2011 ($5,000)
Principal Investigator: Summer Academy. Philadelphia Youth Network. April 2010-September 2010. ($28,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth Leadership Development Continuum. Pew Charitable Trusts. April 2010-March 2013. ($185,000)
Principal Investigator:
Youth Leadership Development. Union Benevolent Association. November 2009-October 2010. ($1,500)
Principal Investigator: General Operating Support for the UCCP. Neighborhood Funding Stream. United Way. July 2009-June 2010. ($10,000)
Principal Investigator: General Operating Support for the UCCP. The Philadelphia Foundation. May 2009-May 2010. ($50,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth Anti Violence Initiative. Blue Print for a Safer Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. April 2009-June 2009. ($3,000)
Principal Investigator: Leadership Development Institute. Philadelphia Youth Network. March 2009-September 2009. ($17,500)
Principal Investigator: Summer Academy. Philadelphia Youth Network. March 2009-September 2009. ($14,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth Leadership Development. Maximus Foundation. April 2009-March 2010. ($2,500)
Principal Investigator: Youth Leadership Development. Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. June 2008-May 2010 ($25,000)
Principal Investigator: Leadership Development Institute and Summer Academy. Philadelphia Youth Network. March 2008-September 2008. ($19,250)
Principal Investigator: Student Success Centers. Philadelphia Youth Network. March 2008-September 2008. ($7,000)
Principal Investigator: Strategic Planning Process for the UCCP. The Philadelphia Foundation. April 2008-March 2009 ($31,675)
Principal Investigator: Increasing the Exchange Value of Social Capital: The Role of Institutions, Leaders, and Research. Temple University Seed Grant. March 2008-June 2009. ($50,000) with Erin Horvat.
Principal Investigator: General Operating Support for the UCCP. The Philadelphia Foundation. December 2007-December 2008 ($100,000)
Principal Investigator: The Temple Youth VOICES Project. The Patricia Kind Foundation. August 2007-July 2009 ($20,000)
Principal Investigator: Anti-Violence Initiative. United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania/Neighborhood Funding Stream. July 2007-June 2008 ($14,000)
Principal Investigator: Capacity Building Grant for the UCCP. William Penn Foundation. May 2007-April 2010. ($545,500)
Principal Investigator: Technical Assistance for ENPYSC Youth Council. Congresso. December 2006-August 2007. ($10,700)
Principal Investigator: The Temple Youth VOICES Project. Linton Nelson Foundation. May 2007-April 2008. ($7,500)
Principal Investigator: The Temple Youth VOICES Project. Lindback Foundation. May 2007-April 2008. ($5,000)
Principal Investigator: The Temple Youth VOICES Summer Institute. Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation. June 2007-August 2007. ($3,000)
Principal Investigator: Anti-Violence Initiative. United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania/Neighborhood Funding Stream. November 2006-June 2007 ($11,000)
Principal Investigator: Temple Youth VOICES. The Philadelphia Foundation. October 2006-September 2007. ($56,000)
Principal Investigator:
Youth Civic Engagement. Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. September 2006-August 2007. ($50,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth VOICES. The Starbucks Foundation. August 2006-July 2007. ($10,000)
Principal Investigator: YOUTHadelphia: A Youth Philanthropy Initiative. The Philadelphia Foundation. June 2006-August 2006. ($9,800)
Principal Investigator: Connecting Truth to Power: Youth Speak out on their Communities, Their Lives, Their Challenges. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. September 2005-February 2006. ($47,500)
Principal Investigator:
Youth Media and Leadership Development. The Philadelphia Foundation. July 2005-June 2006. ($48,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth VOICES. The Connelly Foundation. September 2004-August 2005. ($12,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth VOICES. The Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN). September 2004-June 2005 ($64,236)
Principal Investigator: Youth Perspectives The Philadelphia Foundation. June 2004 –August 2004. ($17,430).
Principal Investigator: Philadelphia Community School on Community Organizing and Popular Education. The Philadelphia Foundation. June 2004 –July 2004 ($2,500)
Principal Investigator. Youth Civic Engagement in Haddington. The William Penn Foundation. May 1, 2004-April 30, 2005 ($49,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth Civic Engagement/Media Arts Initiative Planning Grant. The William Penn Foundation. January 1, 2004-September 30, 2004 ($82,500)
Principal Investigator: Youth VOICES. The Philadelphia Foundation. November 1, 2003- October 31, 2004 ($10,000).
Principal Investigator: Regional Higher Ed Consortium for Youth Civic Engagement. Corporation for National Service (through Middlesex County College). October 2003-September 2007 ($570,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth VOICES Project. Philadelphia Youth Network and the Department of Labor. September 1, 2003-August 31, 2004. ($65,753)
Principal Investigator: Community Youth Forum: Youth Voices in Education. August 2003. The Philadelphia Foundation ($2,000) (conference support)
Principal Investigator: Community Youth Forum: Youth Voices in Education. August 2003. The Philadelphia Youth Network ($1,000) (conference support)
Principal Investigator: Youth As Allies. One of five sites chosen in a national demonstration project funded by the MetLife Foundation through What Kids Can Do. March 2003-December 2003. ($25,000)
Project Evaluator: The Ford Foundation. Fund for Community Organizing Initiative. January 2003-May 2007. (with Dr. Marilyn Gittell, Project Director, and Dr. Charles Price)
Principal Investigator: Youth Civic Engagement and Leadership Development. Planning Grant to work with youth and staff at HOPE VI Sites in New Jersey, Delaware and Eastern PA. October 2002-January 2003. Abt Associates and The US Department of Housing and Urban Development. ($15,000)
Principal Investigator: Research on Youth Civic Engagement. The William Penn Foundation. September 1. 2002-February 1, 2003. ($35,200)
Principal Investigator: The
Youth VOICES Project. The Philadelphia Youth Network and the Department of Labor. Sept 1, 2002-August 31, 2002. ($79,750)
Principal Investigator: Point Breeze Comprehensive Youth Services Planning Grant. The William Penn Foundation. August 2002-June 2003. ($49,950)
Principal Investigator: Youth Voices: A Community Based Research and Civic Engagement Program. The Philadelphia Foundation. May 2002-April 2003. ($10,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth VOICES Project. Philadelphia Youth Network and the Department of Labor. October 1, 2001- June 30, 2002. ($78,702)
Principal Investigator: Commercial Corridor Revitalization in Point Breeze. Philadelphia Department of Commerce (through South Philadelphia H.O.M.E.S., Inc) September 1, 2001-August 31, 2002 ($13,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth Voices in Policy Summer Project. Philadelphia Youth Network and Department of Labor. June 1-August 31, 2001 ($3172)
Principal Investigator: National Higher Education Community Based Research Project. The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation and the Corporation for National Service. 2000-2003. ($110,000)
Principal Investigator: Youth Voices in Policy. The Pew Charitable Trusts. 2000-2002. ($400,000)
Principal Investigator The University-Community Collaborative of Philadelphia (two year continuation grant; 2000-2002). The William Penn Foundation. 2000-2002 ($330,000)
Principal Investigator The University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia. The William Penn Foundation. 19972000. ($349,000)
Principal Investigator Determinants of Hispanic Participation in HUD Funded Housing Programs in Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ. National Hispanic Housing Council. 19992000. ($25,000)
Principal Investigator The University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Foundation. 19971998. ($5000)
CoPrincipal Investigator Creating a Research Agenda on Neighborhood Economic Development in Philadelphia. The Fund for Urban Neighborhood Development (FUND), Pew Charitable Trusts. 1996. (with Anne Shlay) ($20,000)
Principal Investigator Neighborhood Diversity Project: Creating and Sustaining Viable, Inclusive, Diverse, Stable Urban Neighborhoods in the United States. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Policy Research Action Group, and Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities. 19951996. ($7,000)
Principal Investigator Building a University Community Collaborative. The Philadelphia Foundation. 1995. ($1800)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Developed a 2 day convening of the National Action Civics Collaborative (40 participants). Philadelphia, PA (Sept 12-13, 2012)
Co-developer of Symposium for the National Action Civics Collaborative, Chicago, IL. (June 10-11, 2011)
National Dropout Prevention Conference Planning Committee (July –October 2010)
Conference Organizer, Spotlighting Positive Youth Development. (July –November 2010)
Chair, Peer Review Team, Pennsylvania State Department of Education. Review of proposed Masters Degree in Urban Studies, Eastern University. Spring 2005.
Nominating Committee, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association 2001
Program Co-Chair, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association 1999-2000
Section Chair, State, Local and Intergovernmental Relations, Northeast Political Science Association, 1999.
Governing Board, Urban Affairs Association. 19921998
Nominating Committee (Chair) Urban Affairs Association. 19971998
Membership Committee (Chair) Urban Affairs Association. 19961997
"Summer Institute on the American Political System for Visiting Foreign Scholars." Philadelphia Coordinator July 1995; August 1994
Program Chair, Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference. New Orleans. March 35,1994
Executive Council, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association. 19901992
Career Achievement Award Committee, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association. 1992
Program Innovation Committee, American Political Science Association. 19891990
Editorial Boards:
Editorial Board, Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship. 2008-current
State and Local Government 2000-2003
Journal of Urban Affairs 19921998
Policy and Politics 1992current
Political Research Quarterly 19911994
Urban Affairs Quarterly 19891992
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Director, University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia, 1997current
Member, Out of School Time Resource Center’s Professional Development Committee 2010-current
Advisory Board, Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Lab, 2004-current
Policy Committee: Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations, 2001-
current
Young Scholars Advisory Board, 2002-2005
Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition, Committee on Community Economic
Development, 1999-Current
Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) Philadelphia. 19931995.
Affordable Housing Conference. The Chicago Assembly. St. Charles, IL Nov 1991
Community Workshop on Economic Development. Chicago. 19901992.
Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, "Effecting Change in Public Attitudes Towards Poverty." 1990
Chicago City Budgeting Project. Sponsored by the Joyce Foundation and the University of
Illinois at Chicago. 1989