BOOKS PUBLISHED:
The System: The American Constitution in Historical Perspective. New Haven: 1996.
Edited with Davis R. B. Ross. The Historian's Process. Washington, DC: 1977 (revised edition, 1979).
Editor, Introduction to the Study of American History. Millburn, NJ: 1975.
Editor, The Emergence of Modern America. Millburn, NJ: 1975.
CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:
"The Reinterpretation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in the Age of Industrialism." In American Industrialization, Economic Expansion, and the Law, edited by Joseph R. Freese and Jacob Judd, Tarrytown, NY: 1982: 143-209.
JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:
"Civil Rights for Freed Persons: The Issue of Private Discrimination Revisited." Connecticut Review 15:2 (Fall 1993): 25-33.
"Long Range Planning for Enrollment Decline." The New Jersey School Leader 11:2 (September/October 1981): 17-23, 26-27.
"Playing Tricks on the Dead: Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company, An Historical Inquiry." Pace Law Review 1 (October 1980): 59-119.
"The Liberal Republicans of 1872 in Historiographical Perspective." Journal of American History (June 1975): 40-73.
"Theodore Roosevelt and the San Francisco School Controversy of 1906-1907." The New Jersey School Leader 3:3 (November/December 1973): 8-10, 32.
"Liberal Republicanism, Reconstruction, and Social Order: Samuel Bowles as a Test Case." New England Quarterly (September 1972): 393-407.
"Edwin L. Godkin Discovers America." Rocky Mountain Social Science Journal (October 1968): 13-22.
"Patterns of Liberalism: Henry Adams and E. L. Godkin Alter Their Thought During Civil War and Reconstruction." University of Houston Forum (Spring 1967): 3-14.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
Analyst, Student Life Planning Document for Pomona College, Claremont, CA, Spring 1994.
Advisor/Consultant, Curriculum Revision Project, for History Department, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, 1992-1993.
"Point of Order" -- an hour-long filmstrip which introduces the major problems of parliamentary law and connects them to the basic concepts of group dynamics. Uses cartoon characters. Published by the New Jersey School Boards Association, 1984.
Identification of authors for Biographical Dictionary of American Mayors 1820-1980, Holli and Jones, editors, Westport, CT, 1982.
Commentary on pending federal legislation for National Committee for Citizens in Education (Carl Maraburger, former Commissioner of Education in New Jersey), Spring 1981.
Commentary on book proposal, "American Political Thought." Submitted to St. Martin's Press, Fall 1981.
Commentary on "Agency Shop Legislation" for New Jersey School Boards Association, Trenton, NJ, Fall 1980.
Referee of Grant Proposal, "Rural Society." Submitted to National Endowment for the Humanities, August 1979.
Analysis of current 14th Amendment cases for New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, Newark, NJ, May 1979.
Commentary on book proposal, "Graceanna Lewis." Submitted to the Smithsonian Institution, September 1978.
Analysis of public sector labor relations for New Jersey School Boards Association, Great Gorge, NJ, August 1978.
Commentary on leadership for New Jersey School Boards Association, Hightstown, NJ, June 1978.
Referee of book proposal, "The Back of the Elephant." Submitted to The Historian, May 1977.
Referee of article, "Why the Grant-Greeley Split?" Submitted to The Journal of American History, February 1975.
BOOK REVIEWS :
Thirty nine reviews of historical books in such journals as: American Historical Review; Journal of American History; Pacific Historical Review; American Quarterly; History: Reviews of New Books; The Historian; The History Teacher.
CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED (since 1980):
"Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company: A Retrospective Inquiry." Connecticut State University Research Foundation Annual Conference, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, September 23, 1995.
"Teaching American History Through Television: An Experiment in Distance Learning." Trustees Conference on Teaching and Learning, New Britain, CT, May 13, 1994.
"The Reinterpretation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in the Age of Industrialization Revisited." Connecticut State University Research Foundation Annual Conference, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, October 16, 1993.
"Thoughts on the Historical Right of Privacy." Central Connecticut State University, Spring 1992.
"An Inquiry Into the Right of Privacy." Eastern Connecticut State University, Fall 1990.
"Privacy and the Constitution." Stockton State College Bicentennial Conference, Winter 1988.
"Jefferson and the Constitution." Stockton State College Bicentennial Conference, Fall 1987.
"The U. S. Constitution: Origins and Intent." Rutgers University Forum (TV Panel), Summer 1987.
"The Unwritten American Constitution." New Jersey Retired Educators Association, Fall 1987.
"The American Constitution: Historical Perspectives." Lectures for the New Jersey Academic Decathlon: Morris County College, January 1987.
"Parliamentary Procedure and Group Dynamics." School Boards Association of Pennsylvania, Bucknell University, Spring 1983.
"American Labor and the New Deal." American Federation of Teachers Regional Meeting, Hyde Park, NY, May 1982.
"A Process Approach to Teaching History." Regional Historical Conference of Northern Valley Colleges and Universities, Bard College, November 1981.
"Long-Range Planning for Enrollment Decline." New Jersey School Boards Association Annual Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, October 1980.
"The Reinterpretation of the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment in the Age of Industrialization." Third Conference on American Economic Enterprise, Rockefeller Archives Center, Pocantico Hills, NY, October 1980.
"One Night Stands With American History." Radio Talk Show (Candy Jones), WMCA, February 1980.
WORKS IN PROGRESS:
"The Liberal Republicans of 1872."
WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:
"We the People Bicentennial Team."" National contest with Trumbull High School Students, Trumbull High School, April 10, 1996.
RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:
Southern Connecticut State University Curriculum Related Activities Grant, $2,300, for Academic Year 1994-1995, for revisions of Distance Learning Project course in American History (TV Course).
Southern Connecticut State University Curriculum Related Activities Grant. $2,300, for Academic Year 1993-1994, for initiation of Distance Learning Project course in American History (TV Course).
RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL (use keywords):
The Politics of Reconstruction; The American Constitution; Academic Management in Higher Education
CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Retreat From Radicalism: The Liberal Republicans of 1872. This revisionist study investigates the ideological and political reasons why Radical Republicans on the questions of Reconstruction reversed position in 1872 and opposed reelection of Ulysses S. Grant. Research is based on 66 manuscript collections in various archives and upon printed primary materials. The book addresses an outstanding issue and fills a major gap in Reconstruction historiography. Some 125 manuscript pages completed. Under consideration by Louisiana State University Press.
The Unwritten Constitution. A series of scholarly essays on the institutional innovations, legal fictions, reinterpretations of language, and other adaptations of the U. S. Constitution which have permitted that document to retain its dynamic qualities for over 200 years. Topics include the expansion of the bill of rights; the emergence of judicial activism; the invention of federal police power; the rise of presidential power; the role of political parties. Essays are outlined and awaiting prose.
MASTER'S THESES ADVISEMENT:
"A Tree Grows in Kansas: FDR's Shelterbelt Project." Andrew Duffin.
DISSERTATION TITLE:
The Liberal Republican Alliance of 1872
INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.:
The University of Michigan