DAVID J. MENEFEE-LIBEY

Politics Department, Pomona College 425 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711 office: 909-607-9323 fax: 909-607-1274 email: [email protected]

Current Positions at Pomona College: Professor of Politics Coordinator, Program in Public Policy Analysis (PPA)

Professional Experience: Pomona College, 1989-present Professor of Politics, 2004-present Coordinator, Program in Public Policy Analysis, 1996, 2003-07, 2012-13, 2014-2015, 2017- Instructor, PAYS: The Pomona College Academy for Youth Success (summer enrichment program for high school students), 2014-2015, 2017 Chair, Faculty Executive Committee and Division of Social Sciences, 2014-2016 Chair, Politics Department, 2009-12 Chair, Division of Social Sciences, 1996-1998 Associate Professor of Politics with tenure, 1995-2004 Assistant Professor, 1989-95 University of Limerick (Republic of Ireland), 1999-2000 Visiting Fulbright Professor in the Humanities Division (Department of Government and Society) and Mary Immaculate College RAND Corporation, 1987-89 Associate Social Scientist, Washington Research Division Brookings Institution, 1986-88 Guest Scholar, 1987-88 Hartley Research Fellow, Governmental Studies Program, 1986-87 Community Renewal Society, , 1982-85 Research and program consultant to the Center for Community Research and Assistance Founding co-director, Chicago Community Organizing Training Cooperative University of Chicago, 1983 Teaching Assistant, Committee on Public Policy St. Olaf College, summer 1982 Visiting Instructor of Political Science

Education: Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago, 1989 Fields: American Politics, Public Policy, Democratic Theory M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago, 1982 BA, Political Science, St. Olaf College, 1980

Honors: 2012: Wig Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pomona College David J. Menefee-Libey, page 2

“2010 Outstanding Publication Award,” the American Educational Research Association’s “Districts in Research and Reform” Special Interest Group, for Charles T. Kerchner, David Menefee-Libey, Laura Mulfinger and Stephanie Clayton, Learning from LA: Institutional Change in American Public Education (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2008). 2010: With teammates Per Dahlin and Martina Ebert, winner of the annual Adult Community Spelling Bee conducted as a fundraiser by the Friends of the Claremont Library 2007: Wig Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pomona College 2002: Wig Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pomona College 1999-2000: Fulbright Professorship, University of Limerick (Republic of Ireland) 1997: Wig Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pomona College 1993: Distinguished Faculty Lecture to incoming Pomona College students 1993: Excellence in Faculty Award, Associated Students of Pomona College 1992: Wig Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pomona College 1986-1987: Hartley Fellowship in Governmental Studies, Brookings Institution 1980-1985: Danforth Graduate Fellowship, Danforth Foundation 1980-1983: Hillman Graduate Fellowship in Political Science, University of Chicago 1980: Magna Cum Laude and Distinction in Political Science, St. Olaf College 1980: Phi Beta Kappa, St. Olaf College

Research Fields: Education politics and policy; American political development, American electoral politics

Teaching Fields: American politics and government Political institutions, organizations, and processes Political parties; campaigns and elections The Congress; national policy-making, legislative processes Public Policy Education politics and policy, social policy Field research, theory, and practice in public policy American political thought and political culture

Research Publications: "High School Civics Textbooks: What We Know Versus What We Teach about American Politics and Public Policy" Journal of Political Science Education, Vol. 11, No. 4 (November 2015), pp. 422-441. Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15512169.2015.1072051. David J. Menefee-Libey and Charles T. Kerchner, “’s First Year with Local Control Finance and Accountability,” Education Policy Analysis Archives, Vol. 23, No. 22 (March 2015). Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v23.2022. David Menefee-Libey, Charles Herman, Chad Powell, and Jeffrey Zalesin, “The Real World of Interdependence of Governments and Corporations: What We Know vs. What We Teach,” University of Utah Law Review, Vol. 2014, no. 4 (2014), symposium volume “Governing the United States in 2020,” 927-949. Online at http://epubs.utah.edu/index.php/ulr/article/view/1292/954. David J. Menefee-Libey, page 3

“Neoliberal School Reform in Chicago? Renaissance 2010, Portfolios of Schools, and Diverse Providers,” in Katrina E. Bulkley, Jeffrey R. Henig, and Henry M. Levin, eds., Between Public and Private: Politics, Governance, and the New Portfolio Models for Urban School Reform. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2010).  The full volume was awarded the “2011 Outstanding Publication Award” by the American Educational Research Association’s “Districts in Research and Reform” Special Interest Group, April 2011. Paul Hill, Christine Campbell, David Menefee-Libey, Brianna Dusseault, Michael DeArmond, Betheny Gross, Portfolio School Districts for Big Cities: An Interim Report (Seattle, WA: Center on Reinventing Public Education, October 2009). Charles T. Kerchner, David Menefee-Libey, Laura Mulfinger and Stephanie Clayton, Learning from LA: Institutional Change in American Public Education. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2008).  Named an “Outstanding Academic Title” by Choice, the publication of the Association of College and Research Librarians, July 2009.  Awarded the “2010 Outstanding Publication Award” by the American Educational Research Association’s “Districts in Research and Reform” Special Interest Group, April 2010. Charles T. Kerchner, David Menefee-Libey and Laura Mulfinger, “Institutional Change in Urban School Districts,” Chapter 1 of William L. Boyd, Charles T. Kerchner and Mark Blyth, eds., The Transformation of Great American School Districts: How Big Cities Are Reshaping the Institution of Public Education. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2008). David Menefee-Libey, Charles T. Kerchner and Laura Mulfinger, “The Persistence of Ideas in Public School Reform,” Chapter 6 of ibid. "Big Deal: The 2006 Midterm Elections, the Progressive Project, and the Reagan-Bush Revolution," The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics, vol. 4, Issue 3 (December 2006). Online at: http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol4/iss3/art7 David Menefee-Libey, Deborah Gantz, and Mazohra Thami, “Conditions of Education in the Los Angeles Region 2006,” under the auspices of SCCORE, the Southern California Consortium On Research in Education (published online at http://SCCORE.org, August 2006). David Menefee-Libey and Tony Tiu, “Conditions of Education in the Los Angeles Region 2005” under the auspices of SCCORE, the Southern California Consortium On Research in Education (published online at http://SCCORE.org, August 2005). “Systemic Reform in a Federated System: Los Angeles at the Turn of the Millennium” Education Policy Analysis Archives, vol. 12, no. 60, October 2004. Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v12n60.2004. David Menefee-Libey and Tony Tiu, “Conditions of Education in the Los Angeles Region 2004” under the auspices of SCCORE, the Southern California Consortium On Research in Education (published online at http://SCCORE.org, August 2004). David Menefee-Libey and Elizabeth Mokyr, “Conditions of Education in the Los Angeles Region 2003” under the auspices of SCCORE, the Southern California Consortium On Research in Education (published online at http://SCCORE.org, October 2003). Drew Linzer, David Menefee-Libey and Matthew Muller, “The California 29th Congressional District Race.” Versions of this piece are published in various forms and places: David J. Menefee-Libey, page 4

 in David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson, The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections (Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Brigham Young University, 2003).  Posted online at the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy’s research report website at http://cid.byu.edu/magleby/docs/CSEDHurrah.pdf.  Posted online as part of “E-Symposium: The Noncandidate Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections” in PS OnLine: APSA's Journal of the Profession, July 2003 at http://www.apsanet.org/PS/july03/linzer.pdf. Charles T. Kerchner and David Menefee-Libey, "Accountability at the Improv: Brief Sketches of School Reform in Los Angeles," in James G. Cibulka and William L. Boyd, eds., A Race Against Time: The Crisis in Urban Schooling (Praeger, 2003). David Menefee-Libey, Edward Takashima and Elizabeth Mokyr, “Conditions of Education in the Los Angeles Region 2002” under the auspices of SCCORE, the Southern California Consortium On Research in Education (published online at http://SCCORE.org, September 2002). Drew Linzer and David Menefee-Libey, "The 2000 California Twenty-Seventh Congressional District Race." Versions of this piece are published in several places:  As “Opening the Floodgates: Campaigning Without Scarcity in the 2000 California Twenty-Seventh Congressional District Race,” in David Magleby, ed., The Other Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002).  Posted on line as part of "e-Symposium: Out$ide Money," in PS OnLine: APSA's Journal of the Profession, June 2001 at http://www.apsanet.org/PS/June01/outsidemoney.cfm  As an article in PS: Political Science and Politics, June 2001.  Posted online as part of David B. Magleby, ed., Soft Money and Issue Advocacy: Reports Funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts (Brigham Young University Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at http://www.byu.edu/outsidemoney/  In paper form in David B. Magleby, ed., Election Advocacy: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections (Brigham Young University Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, April 2001).  In a symposium at the National Press Club in Washington DC on February 5, 2001. Charles T. Kerchner, Jason Abbott, DeLacy Ganley, David Menefee-Libey, "The Impact of the Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project on Public School Reform: An Analysis of LAAMP Board and Staff Activities" (Claremont Graduate University, November 2000). Posted at http://www.laamp.org/press/impact_report.html. The Triumph of Campaign-Centered Politics (Chatham House, 2000). Anthony S. Bryk, Paul Hill, Dorothy Shipps, Michael J. Murphy, David Menefee-Libey and Albert L. Bennett, Decentralization in Practice: Toward a System of Schools (Chicago: Consortium on Chicago School Research, 1998). Charles Taylor Kerchner, Louise Adler, Guilbert C. Hentschke, and David Menefee-Libey, eds., Education as a Basic Industry, a special issue of Education and Urban Society, vol. 4, no. 29 (August 1997). David Menefee-Libey, with Benjamin Diehl, Keena Lipsitz and Nadia Rahimtoola, “The Historic Separation of Schools from City Politics,” in Charles Taylor Kerchner, Louise Adler, Guilbert C. Hentschke, and David Menefee-Libey, eds., Education as a Basic David J. Menefee-Libey, page 5

Industry, a special issue of Education and Urban Society, vol. 4, no. 29 (August 1997). "Embracing Campaign-Centered Politics at the Democratic Headquarters: Charles Manatt and Paul Kirk in the 1980s," in John C. Green, ed., Politics, Professionalism and Power: Modern Party Organization and the Legacy of Ray C. Bliss (University Press of America, 1993). "Divided Government as Scapegoat," PS: Political Science and Politics 24 (December 1991), pp. 643-646. Paul S. Herrnson and David Menefee-Libey, "The Dynamics of Party Organizational Development," Midsouth Political Science Journal (now American Review of Politics) 11 (Winter 1990), pp. 3-30. Thomas K. Glennan, Jr., Susan Bodilly, James Harvey, David Menefee-Libey and Tony Pascal, Education, Employment and the Economy: An Examination of Work-Related Education in Greater Pittsburgh, N-3007-OERI/HHE (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1989). Susan J. Bodilly and David Menefee-Libey, Mapping the Pittsburgh Work-Related Education System, N-3025-ED/HHE (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1989). Unemployment and Economic Development in Chicago: The Role of Not-For-Profit Institutions (Chicago: Center for Community Research and Assistance, 1986). The State of Community Organizing in Chicago (Chicago: Center for Community Research and Assistance, 1985). Housing Abandonment in Chicago: The Role of Ownership and Management (Chicago: Center for Community Research and Assistance, 1984).

Selected Papers, Invited Lectures, and Professional Activity: “The Implications of the 2016 Election for Elementary and Secondary Education Policy,” presented at symposium on “California Exceptionalism” at Claremont Graduate University, November 11, 2016. “The 2016 Election: Disruption and Continuity,” presentation at “Pomona in the City” program at the InterContinental Times Square, City, November 5, 2016. “How Can International Students Make Sense of US Politics?” talk sponsored by the Pomona College International Student Mentor Program (ISMP), October 11, 2016. Presentation on US-Cuba relations to a Great Decisions discussion group at the Westminster Gardens retirement center in Alta Dena, California, February 23, 2016. “The Death of Antonin Scalia: Implications for the US Supreme Court,” panel presentation with Prof. Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Pomona College, February 24, 2016. Moderator, discussion with Aditya Sood ’97, a producer of the film The Martian, Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College, February 13, 2016. Presentation on Brazil to a Great Decisions discussion group at the Westminster Gardens retirement center in Alta Dena, California, April 15, 2015. “Can Education Solve Growing American Inequality? Getting Beyond Platitudes,” presentation at Conference on “Economic Inequality in America: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies” sponsored by the American Institute for Progressive Democracy, Rose Hills Theater, Pomona College, March 3, 2015. Various posts solo and with Charles T. Kerchner, co-author of Education Week blog “On California,” online at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_california/ March 2014-June 2015. David J. Menefee-Libey, page 6

“’Common Core’ Curriculum: Why All the Fuss?” a presentation for “Pomona in the City” event, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, November 16, 2014. “The November Election: What Does It All Mean?” presentation in the Claremont League of Women Voters’ “Food for Thought” series, November 9, 2014. Discussant, panel on “Education Politics, Race, and Punishment,” annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 29, 2014. Presentation on US trade policy to a Great Decisions discussion group at the Westminster Gardens retirement center in Alta Dena, California, April 15, 2014. Discussant for panel, “Perspectives on Campaign Finance Reform,” Conference on Elections, Law & Democracy organized by SOCLASS, the Southern California Law and Social Sciences Association, March 28, 2014 at Whittier Law School, Whittier, California. “What We Know vs. What We Teach about American Politics and Public Policy,” paper presented at the American Politics Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 3, 2014. “The Interdependence of Governments and Corporations: What We Know vs What We Teach,” paper presented at University of Utah Law School symposium “Governing in 2020,” November 8, 2013. “The Goals of Education,” invited lecture to Prof. Jacob Leos-Urbel’s course, “Child and Youth Policy,” Politics and Policy Department, Claremont Graduate University, November 5, 2013. Panelist, “Is Education a(n) (implied) Constitutional Right? A Constitution Day Discussion” organized by the Claremont Discourse program of the Honnold Library, September 19, 2013. Presentation on US foreign policy to a Great Decisions discussion group at the Westminster Gardens retirement center in Alta Dena, CA, March 26 and April 9, 2013. Panelist, “Economic Policy and the 2012 Election,” sponsored by Scripps College Economics Society, October 26, 2012. “’The War on Women’ and the 2012 Election,” Pomona College Women’s Union, October 18, 2012. Panelist, “Presidential Election 2012: And the Winner Is…?” Claremont McKenna College Athenaeum, September 19, 2012. Moderator of “The Tea Party of Intent: How the Tea Party Movement Invokes and Interprets our Founders and Founding Documents,” a panel discussion in commemoration of Constitution Day, Honnold Library, Claremont, September 14, 2011. “Controversies in US Foreign Policy” presentation to a Great Decisions discussion group at Westminster Gardens retirement center in Alta Dena, California, February 2011. Panelist, “Practicing Religion in a Pluralistic Society: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives,” UCLA Center for the Study of Religion, December 2, 2010. External reviewer, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s “Public School Choice” program, December 2009 and January 2010. “The United States and Rising Powers” presentation to a Great Decisions discussion group at Westminster Gardens retirement center in Alta Dena, California, February 22, 2009. Panelist, research conference on the “portfolio” model of school district reform, Teachers College, Columbia University, , November 21-22, 2008. David J. Menefee-Libey, page 7

Panelist, conference sponsored by the Alliance for a Better Community on the books The Transformation of Great American School Districts and Learning from LA (see above), Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, June 13, 2008. Charles T. Kerchner, David Menefee-Libey, and Stephanie Clayton, “Institutional Change in Public Education: The Case of Los Angeles,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, CA, April 9, 2006. Charles T. Kerchner and David Menefee-Libey, “Beyond Improvisation: Education Reform and Institutional Change in Los Angeles,” presented at the Symposium on Educational Policy and Politics: A 42-Year Retrospective in Honor of Professor Michael W. Kirst’s Retirement from Teaching, Stanford University, April 6, 2006. Panelist, “Reason and Revelation: Religion in Politics,” a Town Hall Forum for high school students at the University of Southern California sponsored by the Arsalyn Program of the Ludwick Family Foundation of Glendora, California. December 17, 2005. “American Political Processes,” an afternoon session for the Western CUNA (Credit Union National Association) Management School, held at Pomona College. July 12, 2005. “The 2004 Presidential Election,” lecture to the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Pomona College Alumni Association, October 30, 2004. Panelist on “The Most Important Presidential Election of Our Lifetime?” as part of the “Claremont Discourse” Faculty Lecture Series sponsored by the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, Honnold-Mudd Library, October 22, 2004. “Competing views of Republicans, Democrats and others about the appropriate role of government in American life,” Pasadena Presbyterian Church, September 19, 2004. “The American Scholars,” Presidential Address to new initiates, members and parents of Pomona College chapter (Gamma of California) of Phi Beta Kappa, May 14, 2004. “U.S. Foreign Policy and the 2004 Election,” a public lecture to the Claremont World Affairs Council, Pilgrim Place, May 12, 2004. “An American Empire?” Invited lecture and discussion, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, November 11, 2003. Panelist, “Raising California: The Effect of Place on the K-12 Educational System,” Presidential Inaugural Symposium, Pomona College, October 11, 2003. Panelist, “California Politics: Losing Ground or Making Strides?”, the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, Claremont California, September 29, 2003. Review, David R. Mayhew, America’s Congress: Actions in the Public Sphere, James Madison Through Newt Gingrich (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000), Congress and the Presidency, Spring 2003, pp. 111-113. “American Campaigns and Elections: Finding and Analyzing the Inside Information,” invited lecture, the Webb Schools, Claremont CA, April 22 2002 David Menefee-Libey and Charles Kerchner, “Making Sense of School Reform Politics: An Updated Framework Applied to the Los Angeles Case,” presented at the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting, New Orleans, April 4, 2002 “Using Readily-Available Data to Profile the Status of Education in the Los Angeles Region,” invited presentation at “Monitoring Student Progress and the State of Education in L.A. County: Lessons from the External Evaluation of LAAMP,” a conference sponsored by the Los Angeles Alliance for Student Achievement, Occidental College, February 6, 2002 David J. Menefee-Libey, page 8

Review, Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann, eds., The Permanent Campaign and Its Future (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 2000), Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall 2001. Panelist, “Public Education: Then, Now and Future Directions,” a symposium at KCET Public Television in Los Angeles in preparation for the fall 2001 PBS documentary series on “School: The Story of American Public Education,” July 17, 2001 Presentation of research findings on the Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project to the LAAMP Board of Directors, November 20, 2000. Review, Kathleen Lynch, Equality in Education (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1999) for the annual newsletter of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland, October 2000. "Comparing the U.S. and Irish Education Systems," public lecture, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland, April 5, 2000. "The Current Election Campaign for the Presidency of the United States," public lecture, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland, March 28, 2000. "The American Love/Hate Affair with Politics, Campaigns and Elections," lecture to the British Isles Chapter, Pomona College Alumni Association, London, United Kingdom, March 11, 2000. " and the Conservative Revolution," public lecture, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Republic of Ireland, November 29, 1999. Presentation on elementary and secondary education reform to the Board of Directors, the Stuart Foundation, San Francisco, September 10, 1998. "The Multiplier Effect: Combining Classroom Study With Field Research and Internships," presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 1998. “The Evolving Context of School Reform and Assistance in the Los Angeles Unified School District,” a report to the Los Angeles Educational Partnership, August 1998. Discussant and panel chair, "Presidential Leadership in a 'Tudor' Polity," annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Los Angeles, March 1998. Charles T. Kerchner and David Menefee-Libey, “Education as a Basic Industry in Los Angeles,” a report to the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, Los Angeles, October 1997. Dorothy Shipps and David Menefee-Libey, "The New Politics of Decentralization," presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting in Chicago. March 25, 1997. Charles T. Kerchner and David Menefee-Libey, "Accountability at the Improv: Sketches of School Reform in Los Angeles," presented at the University Council for Educational Administration annual meeting in Louisville, . October 25, 1996. Discussant, "Political Analysis of Urban School Systems," annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 1996. "Building a Political Explanation for School Reform: The Los Angeles Unified School District as a Case Study," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 1995. “Restructuring the Los Angeles Unified School District,” invited lecture presented to the Claremont University Club, November 1994. “Campaign Centered Politics,” invited lecture presented to the American Politics Colloquium, University of California at Irvine, November 1994. David J. Menefee-Libey, page 9

"Organizing and Sustaining School Reform in the Los Angeles Unified School District," presented at the California Educational Policy Seminar, Claremont Graduate School, October 1994. Panelist, "The State of the Parties: 1992 and Beyond," biennial conference on parties and elections organized by the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, September 1993. “Saul Alinsky’s Vision of Political Leadership,” invited lecture presented at Occidental College, April 1993. “Using Research to Reduce the Costs of Service Delivery,” invited lecture presented to the San Gabriel Chapter of the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers, October 1992. Chair and participant, roundtable discussion of “Divided Government: The Politics of Constitutional Reform,” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Seattle, April 1991. "American Parties and Campaigns in the Post-Industrial Electoral Order," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 1990. David Menefee-Libey and Susan J. Bodilly, Postsecondary Work-Related Education in Allegheny County (Unpublished RAND manuscript, October 1989). OSD [Office of the Secretary of Defense] Policy on Defense Demand for Labor: Congressional Oversight, WD-3926-FMP (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, May 1988). Frank C. Camm, Susan J. Bodilly and David Menefee-Libey, OSD [Office of the Secretary of Defense] Policy on Defense Demand for Labor: A Conceptual Framework and Analysis of FM&P's [Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel] Role, WD-3925-FMP (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, May 1988). David Menefee-Libey and Paul S. Herrnson, "The Transformation of American Political Parties: Toward a Theory of Party Development," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 1988. David Menefee-Libey and Frank C. Camm, OSD [Office of the Secretary of Defense] Policy on Manpower Requirements and Authorizations, WD-3648-FMP (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, October 1987). "Understanding Party Organization Change: The Democratic Party's National Organizations in the Reagan Era," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 1987. "The Changing National Organizations of the Democratic Party, 1980-1986," presented at the Spring Meeting of the National Capitol Area Political Science Association, Washington DC, March 1987. Panelist, "Federal Social and Economic Policies from the New Deal to the 1960s," a conference organized by the Center for the Study of Industrial Societies, University of Chicago, May 1986. "Neighborhood Housing Services: An Examination of the Model and Its Application in Chicago's Near Northwest Neighborhood," Center for the Study of Industrial Societies, University of Chicago, 1986.

Media Work: David J. Menefee-Libey, page 10

I regularly respond to queries by print and electronic media reporters on the politics of elementary and secondary education and school reform, American national politics and policy- making, and campaigns and elections.

Since 2003, I have been an occasional participant in Airtalk with Larry Mantle, a public affairs interview and discussion show broadcast weekday mornings on KPCC, the National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate in Pasadena, California. Show topics and dates (archived at http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/index.shtml):  The New Hampshire presidential primary, February 10, 2016.  President ’s speech outlining plans to reduce the federal budget deficit, April 13, 2011.  President Barack Obama’s growing political challenges, September 8, 2009.  The May 19 Special Election in California, including discussion of several ballot initiatives, May 20, 2009.  Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s re-entry into public life and politics, April 24, 2009.  The publication of Learning from LA: Institutional Change in American Public Education. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, November 2008), January 7, 2009 with Prof. Charles Kerchner of the Claremont Graduate University.  The firing of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Dave Brewer, December 9, 2008.  Election Day, November 4, 2008.  The final weeks of the 2008 election campaign, October 20, 2008.  The impact of the financial crisis on the presidential campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama, September 25, 2008.  The Republican National Convention, September 4, 2008  The politics of gay marriage in California, May 16, 2008.  Presidential politics as the focus begins to turn from the nominations to the general election, May 7, 2008.  The “Super Tuesday” presidential primaries, February 6, 2008  Previewing President Bush’s State of the Union Address, January 23, 2007.  California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reelection, November 28, 2006.  The future of the Republican party in the aftermath of the 2006 midterm election, November 15, 2006.  Congressional ethics, October 5, 2006.  The commemoration of September 11, 2001: President Bush’s speech and public responses to it, September 12, 2006.  The California primary election, June 7, 2006.  The appointment of General Michael Hayden as U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, May 18, 2006.  President Bush’s series of speeches on the Iraq war, December 19, 2005.  President Bush’s nomination of Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court, November 1, 2005.  President Bush’s nomination of Harriet Meiers to the United States Supreme Court, October 27, 2005. David J. Menefee-Libey, page 11

 The indictment of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, September 28, 2005.  President Bush’s speech to the nation on Hurricane Katrina, September 16, 2005.  The agreement by “moderates” in the U.S. Senate to forego filibusters and consider several of President Bush’s nominations to the federal Judiciary, May 24, 2005.  The political manipulation of the Terri Schiavo case, March 22, 2005.  U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice’s appearance before the September 11 Commission, January 11, 2005.  Legislative proposals to reform the national intelligence system, December 9, 2004.  Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s joint press conference with President George Bush, September 23, 2004.  President George Bush’s speech accepting his renomination for President by the Republican Party’s National Convention, August 26, 2004.  Previewing the Republican National Convention, August 24, 2004.  Previewing the Democratic National Convention, July 22, 2004.  The politics of gay marriage, Pasadena. July 14, 2004.  Sen. ’s foreign policy, June 1, 2004.  The September 11th Commission, April 13, 2004.  The California Primary, March 2, 2004.  The proposed Federal Marriage Amendment, February 26, 2004.  Democratic presidential nomination politics, February 4, 2004.  The New Hampshire presidential primary, January 28, 2004.  The presidential nomination caucuses, January 20, 2004.  The California gubernatorial recall election, October 7, 2003.  The California gubernatorial recall election, September 24, 2003.  Polls and the 2004 presidential election, September 18, 2003.  Looking Ahead to the 2004 Presidential Election. January 14, 2003.

Interview and discussion of education policy in U.S. presidential politics for Conversations with Kathleen Dunn, Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Ideas Network.” January 15, 2008. Interview and discussion of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “State of the State” address and the California budget problem for Which Way LA? with Warren Olney, KCRW Santa Monica. January 9, 2008. Interview and discussion of “The Democratic Party and the Left,” with Prof. John Aldrich on Odyssey: A Daily Talk Show of Ideas, an hour-long, live, nationally syndicated program produced by Chicago Public Radio. December 15, 2003. Interview and discussion of the California gubernatorial recall, Morning Call, broadcast live on CNBC’s national morning cable television program. October 7, 2003. Election night (and morning after) analysis of the Presidential and Congressional elections, National Public Radio, November 7-8, 2000. Live analysis and a segment on recounts broadcast November 8 on NPR’s Morning Edition. Analysis of current politics in the United States for The Sunday Show, RTE1, Radio Telefis Eirann, broadcast live nationally in the Republic of Ireland, April 30, 2000.

Grants: David J. Menefee-Libey, page 12

“Conditions of K-12 Education in the Los Angeles Region: An Annual Report to Inform the Public Debate on School Quality and Reform,” funded by a Faculty Fellowship from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation in 2002, $10,000. Startup work on “Conditions of K-12 Education in the Los Angeles Region,” funded in 2001 by the Los Angeles Educational Partnership, $10,000. Fulbright Scholar Award, Council for International Exchange of Scholars and the Irish Fulbright Commission, 1999-2000, $30,000. Supplemented with £IR6,000 in salary support from the University of Limerick. "Program to Incorporate Computer Technology into the Classroom," funding by the Culpeper Foundation for faculty initiatives in three Pomona College departments, including Politics, 1998-1999. Approximately $43,000 for Politics Department initiative. “Education as a Basic Industry,” funded by a Faculty Fellowship from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation in 1996, $8,000. Director of Los Angeles field research, “Cross-Site Analysis of School System Decentralization,” funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and administered by the Center for School Improvement at the University of Chicago, 1994-1997. Approximately $50,000 for the Los Angeles research. Ford Foundation Social Science Initiative, funding collaborative research between faculty and students, 1994. $8,000. Field research on the Los Angeles Unified School District which led to a jointly-authored article in a refereed journal, as well as the development of a field seminar. “The Transformation of Electoral Politics in Contemporary America,” funded by a Faculty Fellowship from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation in 1991, $6,000.

TEACHING:

Courses Taught (Pomona College, unless otherwise noted): Introduction to Political Analysis (University The Public Policy Process of Limerick) Ideas and Concepts in Public Administration Introduction to American Politics (University of Limerick) Introduction to Urban Politics Public Policy Implementation and Evaluation National Institutions and Policy Making Social Welfare Politics and Policy The Politics of Everyday Life in America Education Politics and Policy Democracy and Citizenship in the Education Policy Data Analysis Workshop Contemporary United States Field Seminar on the Politics of Public School Civic Engagement and American Dreams Reform in Los Angeles (PAYS: Pomona College Academy for Public Policy Research and Thesis Seminar Youth Success) American Foreign Relations (University of Politics, Power, and Transcending Boundaries Limerick) (PAYS: Pomona College Academy for Policy-Making for Education (Claremont Youth Success) Graduate University) Reading and Writing the Academy Political Parties and Elections The United States Congress Campaigns and Elections David J. Menefee-Libey, page 13

Electoral Politics in Contemporary America Senior Seminar in American Politics

Undergraduate and Graduate Supervision: I have supervised approximately 248 undergraduate thesis projects since 1989, most for students in Pomona College’s Program in Public Policy Analysis, and most involving field research. I have supervised master's and doctoral theses for 5 students at the Claremont Graduate University.

SERVICE:

Appointments and Committee Work (Pomona College): Faculty Executive Committee (elected), 1995-98, 2007-08, and 2014-2016, including: Chair, 2014-2016 Faculty representative to committees of the Pomona College Board of Trustees: Finance, 2015-2016 Advancement, 2007-08 Honorary Degrees, 2007-08 Student Affairs, 1997-98 Faculty Compensation Task Force, 1997 Academic Affairs, 1996-97 Budget Planning Advisory Committee, 1995-97 Division of Social Sciences: Chair (elected): 1996-1998, 2014-2016 Ad Hoc Working Group on Pomona College Title IX Policy, a joint Trustee/staff/faculty/student/alumni committee formed to conduct a complete review and revision of the college’s policy on sexual misconduct: 2015-2016 Program in Public Policy Analysis: Program Coordinator: 1996, 2003-07, 2012-13, 2014-15, and 2017-date Politics Department Liaison: 1989-95, 1997-20, 2007-12, and 2016-17 Politics Department: Department Chair, 2009-2012 Search Chair: 1993, 1997, 2006, 2009 Teaching and Learning Committee, member and Chair 1994-95 and 2012-13 Agenda Committee, 2012 Trustee-Faculty Retreat, 2011-12 Search Committee, Vice President and Dean of Students, 2006-07 Academic Standards Committee, Academic Procedures Committee, Academic Discipline Board: Chair of all three: 2002-05 Member: 2001-06 Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma of California (Pomona College) chapter, President: 2003-04 Vice President: 2002-03 Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, 2000-01 Committee on Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships, chair, 1998-99 Faculty-in-Residence, 1997-99 Search Committee, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, 1997-98. David J. Menefee-Libey, page 14

Campus Center Planning Committee, 1991-93, 1995-99 Intercollegiate Advisory Committee on the New Venture, 1996-97. (This committee advised on the development and creation of the Keck Graduate Institute, which opened in 1999) Pomona College Charitable Giving Program co-chair, 1994-95 Ad Hoc Proxy Committee (advising the President on shareholder resolutions for corporations in the College’s stock portfolio), 1990-93

Reviewer: External reviewer, Political Science major, St. Olaf College, April 2011 External reviewer, Master’s degree Program in Public Policy, California Lutheran University, May 2010 External reviewer, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s “Public School Choice” program, December 2009 and January 2010 External review panelist, Program in Public Policy, Franklin and Marshall College, February 2005 Reviewer of manuscripts and proposals, including for Prentice-Hall, Congress and the Presidency, the Urban Institute Press, CQ Press, Brookings Institution Press, Georgetown University Press, Addison Wesley Longman, Brown and Benchmark Publishers, Polity, American Journal of Education, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting, the Journal of Political Science Education, and Taylor & Francis. Reviewer for files of candidates for tenure and/or promotion for various colleges and universities, 1995-present

Community Service: Napier Initiative, an intergenerational social justice partnership between Pilgrim Place and the Claremont Colleges: Member, Governing Council, 2012-present. Claremont Unified School District: Member, District Advisory Committee, Local Control and Accountability Plan, 2014 Member, District Advisory Committee on curriculum, instruction, assessment and other issues related to the future direction of the district, 2005-2006 American Youth Soccer Organization, Region 3 (Claremont): Referee 1994-2008 Coach 1998-2008. William “Curt” Carr Coaches Award, 2002. Aisling Annacotty Football Club, County Limerick, Ireland: coach, Under 9 B team, 1999-2000. Sycamore Elementary School, Claremont: Parent Volunteer, 1992-2005 Governance Council 1992-1995 Claremont Presbyterian Church: Teacher, adult education classes, 1990-present Adult Education Committee, 1996-2008 Member of the Session (governing body), 2002-2004 Co-Chair, Peacemaking Task Force, 1990-1992

MEMBERSHIPS: American Political Science Association David J. Menefee-Libey, page 15

Public Policy Section Political Science Education American Educational Research Association Educational Politics and Policy Section

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