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Douglas Muzzio

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Ph.D New York University Political Science 1980

M.A. New York University Political Science 1972

B.A. Fordham University Political Science 1969

FULL-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Baruch College Professor Public Policy 1980-present

NON ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

CUNY-TV Host Public Affairs August 2001-present

Center for Innovatation and Leaderhip in Government Co-director Government Janusry 2001-present

NYC Mayoral Campaign of David N. Dinkins Issues Director April-Nov. 1999

WABC-TV (New York) Political Analyst Politics March 1999-present

New York City Police Department Program Consultant Jan. 1998- July 2000

WABC-TV/New York Daily News Polling Consultant/ Political Analyst Summer/Fall 1997, Spring-Fall 1998

WTRK-TV (Houston) Polling Consultant Summer 1997

Baruch College Survey Research Unit Member Public Affairs June 1994-present

Hispanic Federation of New York City Survey Director June 1993-present

Empire State Survey Co-director June 1992-1998

Pequannock Township Board of Education Trustee 1992-1998

Los Angeles Times, Newsday (New York) Polling Analyst 1992

New York State Charter Commission for Staten Island Polling Consultant 1991-1992

Roper Organization Polling Analyst 1991

American Broadcasting Company Polling Associate 1987-1988

NYC Charter Revision Commission Consultant 1987-1988

New York City Deptartment of Sanitation Consultant 1985-1986

ABC News Polling Analyst 1980-2000

New York City Councilmember-At-Large, Antonio Olivieri Chief-of-Staff 1978-1980

BOOKS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Douglas Muzzio Watergate Games: Strategies, Choices, Outcomes New York University Press New York 1982

ARTICLES IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

D. Muzzio, G. Van Ryzin and S. Immerwahr “Explaining the Race Gap in Satisfaction with Urban Services,” Urban Affairs Review forthcoming, 2004

D. Muzzio, G. Van Ryzin, E. Martinez, R. Gulick and S. Immerwahr “Drivers and Consequences of Citizen Satisfaction: An Application of the American Customer Satisfaction Index Model to New York City,” Public Administration Review 2003

D. Muzzio, and T. Halper “Pleasantville? The Suburb and Its Representation in American Movies,” Urban Affairs Review March 2002 37 543-574

D. Muzzio, G. Van Ryzin and M. Ronda “Factors Related to Self-Sufficiency in a Distressed Public Housing Community Journal of Urban Affairs 2001 23

D. Muzzio, D. Birdsell, D. Krane, and A. Cottreau “Web Users Are Looking More Like America,” The Public Perspective April/May 1998 33-35

D. Muzzio, C. Seron et al “The Perceptions and Experiences of Lawyers, Judges and Court Employees Concerning Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Federal Courts of the Second Circuit of the United States,” Annual Survey of American Law June 1997 415-528

D. Muzzio, D. Birdsell The 1996 ‘Net Voter The Public Perspective Dec./Jan. 1997 8 43-

D. Muzzio, L. Bolce and G. De Maio 'Dial-in Democracy': Talk Radio and the 1994 Elections Political Science Quarterly Fall 1996 111 457-481

D. Muzzio, D. Birdsell, H. Taylor, and D. Krane. The Web Snares Voters The Public Perspective June/July 1996 7 33-38

D. Muzzio 'Decent People Shouldn't Live Here'": The American City in Cinema Journal of Urban Affairs 1996 18 189-215

D. Muzzio, Richard Behn Welfare: The View from New York The Public Perspective Feb./Mar. 1995 6 35-38

D. Muzzio, L. Bolce and G. De Maio The 1992 Republican 'Tent': No Blacks Walked In (And Lots of Whites Walked Out) Political Science Quarterly Summer 1993 255-270

D. Muzzio, L. Bolce and G. De Maio Blacks and the Republican Party: The 20% Solution Political Science Quarterly Spring 1992 63-79

D. Muzzio, G. De Maio The Will of the Community: Theories of Representation at the Founding and in Recent Political Practice Commonwealth 1991 5 32-56

D. Muzzio, G. De Maio The American Founding, Civic Virtue, and Religion Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 1990 2 103-124

D. Muzzio The Urban Basement Revisited Urban Affairs Quarterly December 1989 25 352-365

D. Muzzio, L. Bolce and G. DeMaio. ERA, Public Opinion, and American Constitutionalism Polity Summer 1987 551-569

D. Muzzio, G. DeMaio and G. Sharrard Mapping Candidate Systems Via Approval Voting Western Political Quarterly December 1986 663-674

D. Muzzio, T. Halper and J. Muzzio City and State Government in American Movies Columbia Companion to American History in Film forthcoming

D. Muzzio, R. Bailey Economic Development, Housing and Zoning: A Tale of Two Cities Journal of Urban Affairs Winter 1986 pp. 1-18

D. Muzzio, L. Bolce and G. DeMaio ERA and the Abortion Controversy: A Case of Dissonance Reduction Social Science Quarterly June 1986 299-314

D. Muzzio The Smell in the Urban Basement Urban Affairs Quarterly September 1983 133-143

D. Muzzio, G. DeMaio and G. Sharrard Approval Voting: Some Recent Empirical Evidence American Politics Quarterly July 1983 365-374

D. Muzzio, G. DeMaio The 1980 Elections and Approval Voting Presidential Studies Quarterly Summer 1981 364-373

D. Muzzio, S. Brams Unanimity in the Supreme Court: A Game Theoretic Explanation of the Decision in the White House Tapes Case Public Choice 32, Winter, l977 67-83

D. Muzzio, S. Brams Game Theory and the White House Tapes Case Trial 13, May, l977 48-53

D.Muzzio, R. Burrowes The Road to the Six Day War: Aspects of an Enumerative History of Four Arab States and Israel, l965-l967 Journal of Conflict Resolution l6, June, 1972 2l-26

D. Muzzio, R. Burrowes and B. Spector Sources of Middle East Event Data Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 5, May l971 54-7l

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Frank Mauro and Gerald Benjamin, eds Reemergence of Municipal Reform Academy of Political Science New York 1989 Finding the Mean: On the Size of City Councils

BOOK REVIEWS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Journal of Urban Affairs, Picture Windows: How the Suburbs Happened 2002

Journal of Urban Affairs , The New York Approach: Robert Moses, Urban Liberals, and the Redevelopment of the Inner City 1994 194-196

American Political Science Review, Foundations of Political Analysis l98l . 734-735

American Political Science Review , Losing Ground: American Social Policy l950-l980 l985 ll98-ll99

PRESENTATIONS


Moderator, panelist and organizer, “Election 2000: Pollsters, Pundits, and Politics,” a policy breakfast forum at Baruch College School of Public Affairs, Nov. 2, 2000.


Panelist, “Nonpartisan Elections: Arguments, Evidence, Impacts,” Baruch College-Citizens Union forum, May 21, 2003.


Co-moderator, Annual Hispanic Federation of New York City Conference, Baruch College, September 1997.


Panelist, “Governing Greater New York: Consolidation, Regionalism and Beyond,” CUNY Forum, Graduate Center, Feb. 24, 1998.


Panelist, “Voice of the Boroughs in the City’s Second Century: Charter Reform, Consolidation and the Borough Presidents,” Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 7, 1998.


Presenter, “Instructor Evaluation: Getting Beyond Satisfactory,” School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY, Oct. 15, 1998. With D. Birdsell.


Panelist and Organizer, “The 1998 New York Elections by the Numbers: Pollsters, Pundits, and Pols,” Baruch College, CUNY, Oct. 21, 1998.


Speaker, “The Importance of Public Opinion in Campaigns,” a class before “How to Run for Public Office” series sponsored by the New York City League of Women Voters, April 27, 1999.


Moderator, “Ethnicity, Race and Gender in American Politics,” a panel for central and Eastern European Fulbright scholars, Multinational Institute of American Studies, New York University, July 26, 1999.


Guest, MetroView, “Gay Politics, Urban Politics,” October 1999.


Panelist and Organizer, “Pollsters, Pundits and Politics: Experts View the Super Tuesday Primaries,” National Arts Club, March 3, 2000.


Co-moderator, Annual Hispanic Federation of New York City Conference, Baruch College, September 1996.


Moderator, “Press, Politics & Privacy,” Public Policy Breakfast Series, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY, June 22, 2000.


Panelist, “Ethnicity and Gender in American Politics,” Multinational Institute of American Studies, New York University, July 29, 1996.


Presenter, “Know When to Hold ‘em … When to Fold Them,” New York American Society of Public AAdministration Meeting, Nov. 15, 2000. With D. Birdsell.


Address, inaugural meeting of the Northwest Bronx Democratic Alliance, April 4, 2001.


Moderator, “Making Sense of the Census: A Policy and Planning Agenda for New York City,” Public Policy Breakfast Series, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY, June 19, 2001


Moderator, “Interest Group Politics and the National Interest,” a panel before the Multinational Institute of american Studies, New York University, July 26, 2001.


Panelist, “Interest Group Politics and the National Interest,” a panel before the Multinational Institute of american Studies, New York University, July 18, 2002.


Moderator, “Charter Revision,” panel before the Women’s City Club, St. Paul the Apostle, Sept. 24, 2002.


Moderator, “2002 Charter Commission: Process and Proposals,” Public Policy Breakfast series, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY, Sept. 25, 2002.


Moderator, panelist “Election 2002: Polsters, Pundits and Politics,” a policy breakfast forum at Baruch College School of Public Affairs, Oct. 30, 2002.


Moderator, “Census 2000,” New York AAPOR, Feb. 2003.


Moderator, Media Coverage and Campaigning,” Conference at Pace University, “Making Democracy More Democratic: Running for the City Council,” April 5, 2003


Interlocutor with Fernando Ferrer, Conference at Pace University, “Making Democracy More Democratic: Running for the City Council,” April 6, 2003


Moderator, panelist and organizer, “Pollsters, Pundits and Politics,” a forum at Baruch College School of Public Affairs, March 3, 2000.


Panelist, roundtable on "Urban Transformation in the United States," CUNY Political Science Conference, February 25, l988.


Moderator, panel on "Elementary and Secondary Education in New York City: Successes, Failures, Aspirations," CUNY Seminar/Internship Program in New York City Government, May ll, l982.


Chairman/Discussant, panel on "The l982 Elections," CUNY Political Science Graduate Center, December l0, l982


Discussant, panel "Social and Cultural Changes in Suburban Life," Annual Meeting of Urban Affairs Association, University of Michigan, Flint, March 23-25, l983.


"Elections and Voting Turnout," a discussion on NBC-TV's "Today in New York," March 5, l984.


"Richard Nixon: Ten Years Later," a discussion on the "Ralph and Ryan Show," WMCA (New York) August 9, l984


"Does the Use of Computers Influence Election Results?" a talk before the Data Management Association, October l7, l984.


"The Role of Computers in American Politics," a lecture before the Independent Computer Consultants Association, November l4, l984.


"Public Opinion and Public Policy in the United States," a lecture before the Multinational Institute of American Studies, New York, May 24, 1985 (Audience: UN diplomats).


"Public Opinion and American Democracy," a lecture before the Multinational Institute of American Studies, New York, July 9, l986


"Roundtable on Political Theory and the Policy Orientation in Political Science," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 2-5, l987.


Presenter/Demonstrator, “Using the World Wide Web to Facilitate Course-Related Communication at Baruch College, City University of New York, ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 97, Calgary, Canada, June 1997. With D. Birdsell, R. Treitman, S. Ogino, and K. Cancienne.


Panelist, "Analyzing the l986 Election," CUNY Political Science Forum, CUNY Graduate Center, November 2l, l986.


"Approval Voting: A Better Way to Elect a President?" a talk before the New York Academy of Sciences (Science and Public Policy Section), January 7, l98l


Panelist, roundtable on "Recentralizing the City: Charter Reform in the l980s," Annual Meeting of Urban Affairs Association, Baltimore, Maryland, March l7, l989.


"How Government Responds to Citizens' Needs," a talk before the Multinational Institute of American Studies, New York, July 11, 1990.


"Racism and Sexism in American Politics," a lecture before the Multinational Institute of American Studies," New York, July 16, 1991


“New Yorkers, Immigrants and Jobs,” a speech at the Lehrman Institute, December 17, 1993.


"Public Opinion, the News Media and Foreign Policy," a roundtable (chaired) at the Multinational Institute of American Studies, New York University, August 4, 1994.


"'End Welfare As We Know It'? What Do We Really Know," a forum at United Neighborhood Houses of New York/Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, October 28, 1994.


"Research on Immigration in Metropolitan New York City," a roundtable for the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, November 2, 1994.


"Public Opinion and Welfare Reform in the Nation and States," a talk before the Barnard-Columbia Center on Urban Leadership/Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University, December 7, 1994.


Moderator, “Poverty in America: Social Responsibility and Self Reliance,” Multinational Institute of American Studies, July 21, 1995.


Co-moderator, Annual Hispanic Federation of New York City Conference, Baruch College, September 1995.


Discussant, “Urban Successes and Failures,” Lehrman Institute, Nov. 7, 1995.


Chair, panel, "Who Runs New York City? Assessing the Power Structure(s)," Regional Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, New York City, October l7, l986.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS

Commendation
New York City Police Department, December 2000 and June 1999

Research Fellowship
, Baruch College, CUNY, Spring 2000, Spring l988.

PSC-CUNY Research Awards
“The Full Monty: Exposing Images of the British City in Movies” (2000), “The Reel City: The American City in Movies, 1896-2000” (1997, 1999); "Dangerous Classes: Images and Realities of the Underclasses of Nineteenth Century London," l989, 1991, 1992; "Urban Politics in an Age of Limits: Land Use Conflict in San Francisco, Boston, and Santa Monica," l988; "Urban Economic Development: The Impacts of Central Business District Growth," l986

James C. Healey Award
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, New York University, l980.

Best Paper
l985 Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association

Presidential Excellence Award
for Teaching, Baruch College, May l988.

OFFICES HELD IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

British Association of American Studies

American Political Science Association

American Association of Public Opinion Research

Urban Affairs Association

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Expert witness
, “Proposed Charter Change: Electoral System,” New York City City Council, Oct. 23, 2003

Expert witness
“Nonpartisan Elections,” New York City Charter Revision Commission, May 22, 2003.

Witness
hearing before the Federal Communications Commission, New York Botanical Gardens, June 27, 2002. Testimony on Fordham University radio transmission tower.

Host and curriculum co-developer
“Cultures of New York,” a 6-session videoconferencing and Internet-based training program in cultural competency for caseworkers at the New York City Administration of Children Services, Spring 2002.

Moderator
New York City Campaign Finance Board-sponsored debates for Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate, Fall 2001.

Participant
discussion group on Government Performance Measurement, Government Accounting Standards Board, New York, N.Y., June 14, 2001.

Witness
New York City Council Committee on Governmental Operations, April 12, 2001.

Organizer
Conference for New York City Council Members, a three day legislative retreat for New York City Council Members, Baruch College School of Public Affairs, Dec. 2-4, 2001.

Co-organizer
“Running for the City Council? What You Will Need to Know When You Win,” four half-day sessions sponsored by the NYC 2001 Political Education Leadership Coaltion, Jan.-March, 2001

Witness
New York City Council Committee on Governmental Operations, Dec. 18, 2000.

Co-Chair
Baruch College task force which led to creation of Baruch's School of Public Affairs, September 1993- September 1994. With Prof. David Birdsell.

Director
Professional Internship Program, The Graduate School of Political Management, September 1991-June 1992.

Member
Fair Housing Committee, Pequannock Township, New Jersey, April 1991 to January 1995

Member
CETA Study Advisory Committee, New York City Parks Council, January l979 - October l979

Member
Public Policy Committee, New York City Parks Council, July l980-July l984.