James Morone

Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies:
Political Science
Phone: 401-863-1573
Phone 2: 401-863-2825
James_Morone@brown.edu

For an overview of my past and current work, please click on my CV.

Biography

I have published eight books. "The Democratic Wish" was a New York Times Notable Book and won the APSA's Kammerer Award. "Hellfire Nation" was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and --I love this juxtaposition-- was the subject of a Playboy interview and named a top ten book of 2003 by Christianity Today. My latest book, The Heart of Power was published in July 2009. I've published over 130 articles and essays including regular contributions to The American Prospect and The London Review of Books and occasional op eds. in the New York Times. My very favorite essay draws political lessons from Harry Potter. I've testified before Congress numerous times -- most recently during the orientation for newly elected members in January 2009. Of all my awards, I am proudest of the Hazeltine Citations for teaching voted by the Brown Classes of 1993, 1999, 2001, 2007, and 2008.

Interests

For an overview of my research, please click on my CV.

Awards

Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer in Japan, Summer 2005

Robert Wood Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts, spring 2005 (co-awarded with Deborah Stone)

President, New England Political Science Association, 2002-03

President, Politics and History Section, American Political Science Association (630 members)

Hazeltine Citation for outstanding teacher; voted by the classes of 1993, 1999, and 2001, 2007, 2008 Brown University

Gladys M. Kammerer Award for best book in American national policy, awarded by the American Political Science Association, August 1991 (for The Democratic Wish)

New York Times selection in "Notable Books of 1991," December 1991 (for The Democratic Wish)

Chairman, Board of Editors, PS: Political Science and Politics, 2001-04

Chairman, Board of Editors, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (1995-2002)

Editor, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (1989-94)

Co-editor, Clio: The Newsletter of the Politics and History Section of the APSA (1992-94)

Board of Editors: Journal of Policy History (1996-present)
University of Massachusetts Press "Political Development of the
American Nation Series" (1995-present)
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (1983-present)
Administration & Policy Journal (1984-89)
Italiana-America (1989-present)
Journal of Comparative Health Policy (1994)
PS: Political Science and Politics (2001-4)
The Journal of the New England Political Science Association

Secretary, The Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association (1992-94)

Founding Member, National Academy of Social Insurance (1990-present)

Nominated for William Anderson Award (best dissertation in public policy) by the Political Science Department, University of Chicago, 1983

Bustin Prize, research competition sponsored by the University of Chicago Law School (open to the faculty of the University of Chicago), 1980

Affiliations

American Political Science Association

American Historical Assocation

New England Political Science Assocation

Southern Political Science Association

National Academy of Social Insurance

Policy History Association

Policy Studies Assocation

APSA Sections: Politics and History; Religion and Politics; Race, Ethnicity and Politics; public policy; Presidency Research; Politics, Literature and Film;

Funded Research

"Presidents and Health Policy," The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator's Awards, 2003-05 ($275,000) (with David Blumenthal)

"The Politics of Obesity," Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2003 ($36,000)

"Making the Grade: The Politics of Successful Innovation in School-based Health Centers," 1997-2000 (with Kathryn Langwell) ($989,938)

"Morality and Politics in the United States," The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator's Awards, 1995-2000 ($250,000)

"The Interconnection Between Race and Drug Policy," The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1994-95 ($26,000)

"The Politics of Health Care Reform," The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1992-93 ($50,000)

"The Evolution of Hospital Regulation in New Jersey," (with Andrew B. Dunham) Health Research and Education Trust, 1981-83 ($75,000)

Wayland Collegium Grant, Brown University, summer 1983

"Citizen Participation in Health Systems Agencies," National Academy of Sciences, 1980 ($12,000)

Curriculum Vitae

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