EDUCATION

• Ph.D., M.A., Political Science, Brown University, June 1972
  Dissertation:  “Charles Evans Hughes and the Supreme Court: A Case Study in Judicial Philosophy and Voting Behavior”
  Areas of Specialization:  American Constitutional Law, American Judicial System And Process, American Politics
• Graduate study in Political Science, The City College of New York, September 1964 - June 1965
• B.B.A., Public Administration, Magna Cum Laude, The Bernard M. Baruch School of Business and Public Administration, The City College of New York, June 1964

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

• Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, Rider College, June 1978
• Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society, November 1978
• Certificate of Appreciation, New Jersey Youth Constitutional Convention, September 1976
• Research Grant, Brown University Computer Laboratory, September 1968 - June 1969
• Teaching Assistantship, Department of Political Science, Brown University, September 1968 - June 1969
• National Defense Education Act Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Brown University, September 1965 - June 1968
• Research Assistantship, Department of Political Science, The City College of New York, September 1964 – June 1965
• The Sigma Alpha Award, The City College of New York, June 1964
• The Morton Wollman Medal in Public Administration, The City College of New York, June 1964
• The Kupferman Prize in Political Science, The City College of New York, June 1964
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1963/1964
• Beta Gamma Sigma Honorary Society (Business School equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa), June 1963

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Chairperson, Department of Political Science, Rider College/University, September 1985 to August 1998
• Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Rider College, September 1978 to present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Rider College, September 1974 – August 1978
• Assistant Professor of Political Science, Division of Social Science, Fairmont State College, September 1972 – August 1974
• Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Brown University, September 1970 – June 1971

COURSES TAUGHT

• Introduction to American Politics
• United States Constitutional Law
• Civil Liberties in the United States
• The Judicial Process
• Politics of the Criminal Justice System
• The Rights of the Accused
• Seminar in Judicial Biography
• The Political Context of Public and Non-Profit Administration
• American Political Parties

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Vice-President, International Association of Holocaust Organizations, 2004 to present
• Faculty Chairperson, Unity Day Committee, Rider University, 2005
• Member, Advisory Subcommittee of the Rider University Retention Committee, 2001 - 2005
• Member, Law and Justice Program Committee, September 1996 to present
• President, The Association of New Jersey Holocaust Organizations, October 1995 to present
• Member, Rider University Quality Enhancement Team, September 1993 to June 1996
• Associate Director, Koppelman Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center at Rider University, September 1992 to present
• Faculty Adviser, The Hillel Society of Rider University, September 1993 to present
• Faculty Adviser, Political Science Society, September 1992 to August 1995
• Member, Baccalaureate Honors Program Advisory Committee, September 1991 – August 1993
• Member, College of Liberal Arts and Science Pre-Law Committee, September 1990 to August 1996
• Administration member, College of Liberal Arts and Science Academic Policy Committee, September 1987 to August 1998
• Academic Board, Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center at Rider College, September 1986 – August 1992
• Member, Task Force on Minority Student and Staff Recruitment, Rider College, November 1986 – June 1987
• Member, Committee on The Constitution and Religion Bicentennial Project, Rider College, 1986 – 1987
• Pre-Law Adviser, Department of Political Science, Rider College/University, September 1974 to present
• Member, Advisory Committee of the Undergraduate Program for Administrators, Rider College, April 1975 – June 1990
• Member, Rider College Chapter, AAUP, Negotiating Teams:  June 1985 – September 1985, June 1982 – September 1982
• Member (Immediate Past President), Executive Council, Rider College Chapter, AAUP, July 1984 – June 1985
• President, Rider College Chapter, AAUP, July 1983 – June 1984
• Vice-President, Rider College Chapter AAUP, July 1982 – June 1983
• Recording Secretary, Rider College Chapter, AAUP July 1981 – June 1982
• Chairperson, College Academic Policy Committee, Rider College, September 1980 – August 1983
• Member, College Executive Committee, Rider College, September 1979 – August 1980
• Member, School of Liberal Arts and Science Executive Committee, September 1977 – August 1979
• Member, Executive Council, New Jersey Political Science Association, 1976/1977, 1977/1978
• Member, Rider College Affirmative Action Committee, September 1976 – August 1982
• Coordinator of Affirmative Action, Fairmont State College, September 1973 – June 1974
• Member, Affirmative Action Plan Development Committee, Fairmont State College, January 1973 – August 1973
• Member of College/University Tripartite Committees:
  • Minority Affairs (1993 - 1995)
  • Mentoring Committee (1992 -1994)
  • Foreign Study (1992 – 1993)
  • Educational Services (1990 – 1991)
  • ISP Advisory (1988 – 1990)
  • Appeals Council (1984 – 1988)
  • Judicial Council (1976 – 1982)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Member, Trenton City Museum Projects Committee, September 1993 to August 1996
• Project Consultant, New York State Legislative Institute, June 1976 – August 1982
• Legislative Assistant to the Minority Leader of New York State Assembly, January 1972 – August 1972
• Research Staff, New York State Temporary Commission on the Powers of Local Government (Wagner Commission), July 1971 – December 1971

RESEARCH

• Professional Papers and Articles
• “The Jehovahs’ Witnesses and the First Amendment” (2006)
• “The Wansee Conference,” (2005)
• “Getting the Dates Right:  Why Chronology is Important in Teaching the Holocaust” (2004)
• “Religion and the Constitution” (2004)
• “Explaining the Holocaust” (2003)
• “The Exclusion and Internment of Japanese-Americans After Pearl Harbor” (2001)
• “The Roots of the Holocaust:  The Politics and Policies of Nazism and Anti-Semitism in Germany, 1930-1939” (2001)
• “The Role of the Supreme Court in the American Political System” (2001)
• “The Italians and the Holocaust” (1999)
• “Integrating Holocaust and Genocide Studies into the Curriculum,” co-authored with Dr. Marvin Goldstein, The Journal of the New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (1999)
• “Gentile Rescue of Jews During the Holocaust” (1998)
• “Prayers, Crèches and Book Banning in the Public Schools” (1997)
• “Shall We Pray?”  (1995)
• “Rescuers and Holocaust Denial” (1995)
• “Thurgood Marshall:  In the Cause of Human Rights” (1994)
• “Understanding the Holocaust:  Intentionalism v. Functionalsim” (1993)
• “The Warsaw Ghetto:  Courage Alone Fueled Uprising 50 Years Ago” (1993)
• “Kristallnacht and the Politics of Anti-semitism in Nazi Germany” (1992)
• “The Appointment of Hugo Black to the Supreme Court” (1985)
• “Presidential Appointments to the Supreme Court:  A Statistical Survey” (1983)
• “Bykov, Chambers and Hiss:  New Revelations About an Odd Relationship” (1978)
• “Mr. Justice Roberts and the Switch in Time that Saved Nine” (1977)
• Review of Stephen Wasby, Continuity and Change:  From the Warren Court to the Burger Court, in American Political Science Review, December 1976