Curriculum Vitae

Janice L. Bockmeyer

 

 

Department of Government                                                       

City University of New York - John Jay College                          

445 W. 59th Street                                                                    

New York, New York 10019                                                      

(212) 237-8742 (fax)

E-mail: jbockmeyer@aol.com

EDUCATION

 

The Graduate School and University Center - The City University of New York

            M.A., Ph.D. in Political Science (1994)

The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

B.A. in Political Science (1980)

TEACHING

 

Associate Professor.  John Jay College of Criminal Justice - CUNY, 1/02 - present. Courses: Comparative Urban Political Systems, Seminar in New York City Politics, Urban Politics, State and Municipal Government, Introduction to American Government, Seminar and Internship in New York City Government; John Jay faculty sponsor for Albany Session Internship Program and CUNY Wash., D.C. Summer Internship Program.

Assistant Professor. John Jay College of Criminal Justice - CUNY, 2/95-12/01

Instructor.  John Jay College of Criminal Justice - CUNY, 9/92 - 2/95

Guest Lecturer.  Freie Universität Berlin, 1990-1991.  Course: Community Politics in NYC and Berlin.

Teaching Fellow.  Brooklyn College - CUNY, 9/85-6/89.  Courses: Urban Politics, American Government.

Adjunct Faculty.  Queens College - CUNY, 9/85-1/86.  Course: American Politics.

Teaching Assistant.  Hunter College - CUNY, 1/85-6/85.  Course: Internship Program in NYC Politics

PUBLICATIONS                                                           

 

Journal Articles:

 

2006.  Social Cities and Social Inclusion: Assessing the Role of Turkish Residents in Building the New

            Berlin. German Politics and Society. Winter. Special issue on “Social Integration of the New

            Berlin,” Ed. Hilary Silver. (forthcoming).

2003.  Devolution and the Transformation of Community Housing Activism. Social Science Journal

             40(2):175-188.

2000.  A Culture of Distrust: The Impact of Local Political Culture on Participation in the Detroit EZ.

            Urban Studies 37 (13): 2417-2440.

1998.  (Coauthor with M. Gittell, K. Newman & R. Lindsay). Expanding Civic Opportunity:

Urban Empowerment Zones. Urban Affairs Review 33 (4): 530-558.

1990.  Bewohnerpartizipation und Stadtteilentwicklung: Das Beispiel Lower East Side/

Kreuzberg - Ein Projektbericht.  Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen

4(Fall): 94-97.

[Resident participation and urban development: The case of Lower East Side/

Kreuzberg - A Project Report.  Research Journal New Social Movements.]

           

Book Chapters:

 

2006. (Forthcoming). A Culture of Walls: Checkpoints and Passageways for Immigrant Berliners. Book

chapter in Toward a New Metropolitanism: Reconstituting Public Culture, Urban

Citizenship, and the Multicultural Imaginary in New York City and Berlin. Eds.Guenter

Lenz, Friedrich Ulfers & Antje Dallmann. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter.

2007. (Forthcoming). Building the Global City – The Immigrant Experience of Urban

            Revitalization. Book chapter in Governing Cities in a Global Era. Eds. Jill Gross &           

            Robin Hambleton. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

1989.  (As J. Moore coauthored with M. Gittell.)  Denying Independence: Barriers to the

Education of Women on AFDC.  In Job Training for Women: The Promise and Limits

of Public Policies. Ed. Sharon L. Harlan and Ronnie J. Steinberg, 445-479.  Philadelphia:

Temple University Press.

 

Other Publications:

 

2002.  Inviting Cultures: The Role of Urban Political Cultures in Immigrant Participation in German

Urban Renewal. Vol.1.no.12. Metropolitan Governance and Urban Political Culture,

Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Urbanizing World and United

Nations Human Habitat II. Columbia University, New York, 4-6 June 2001.  Cambridge, MN:

IRFD, Inc., www.irfd.org/publications/proceedings/wf01/theme8.html.

2000.  Checkpoints and Entryways for Migrant Participation in Berlin. New Germany. Working

Paper. Newark, NJ: The Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University-

Newark, 16-20.

1999.  Stadtteilerneuerung und Bewohneraktivierung: Partizipationsstile in deutschen

und amerikanischen Erneuerungsgebieten.  In Integrierte Stadtteilerneuerung und

Bewohneraktivierung in den USA., 20-26. Dortmund: Institut

fuer Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen.

[Community renewal and resident activism: Participation styles in German and American

renewal districts.  In Integrated Urban Community Renewal and Resident Activism in

the USA].

 (Coauthor with M. Gittell, R. Lindsay and K. Newman).  1996.  The Urban Empowerment

Zones: Community Organizations and Community Capacity Building. Institute

monograph.  New York: The Graduate School and University Center, City Univ.

of New York, Howard Samuels State Management and Policy Center.

GRANTS/AWARDS

2006                             Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society - Outstanding Teacher Award. John Jay College.

2003-2004                                          John Jay College Research Assistance Fund ($1,000). The Capacity to Engage.

2003-2004                     PSC-CUNY Research Award ($2,500). Securing Political

                                    Inclusion in Post 9/11 Berlin: The Role of Immigrant NPOs.

Winter, 2003                  Fellowship Leave.  Semester fellowship leave, City University of New York.

2000-2001                     PSC-CUNY ($2,900).  Grant renewal.  Participation at the Margins.

1999-2000                     PSC-CUNY ($3,131). Participation at the Margins:

 The Means for Inclusion in Germany’s Immigrant Districts.

1998-1999                     PSC-CUNY ($5,630). Rights, Resources and renewal:       The

Impact of “Foreigners” Rights and Activism on Community Development

Participation by Turkish-Germans in Berlin.

October 1997                German Marshall Fund ($1,200).  Honorarium and grant to support

 lecture, Current Strategies of Integrated Urban Renewal - Participation

 Styles in German and American Renewal Areas.  Delivered at the

 conference: Current Strategies of Integrated Renewal.  Institut fuer

 Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung.  Dortmund, Germany.

1995 - 1997                   CUNY Collaborative Scholars Grant ($20,000) The Role of Community

                                    Development Corporations in the EZ Planning Process.

June 1989-Mar.1990      Robert F. Wagner, Sr. Institute of Urban Public Policy ($10,000)

Dissertation Fellowship Research Grant.

Sept. 1985-June 1989    CUNY-Graduate Center - University Teaching Fellowships.

Sept. 1981-June 1985    CUNY-Graduate Center - University Research Fellowships.

Oct. 1984-Dec. 1984      DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship -Goethe

                                    Institut, Goettingen, Certificate in German awarded

May 1983                      CUNY-Graduate Center – Honors awarded to First Comprehensive Exam

1977                             The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - University Class Honors

Sept. 1975-May 1977     The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - University Fellowships

WORKS IN PROGRESS

 

Participation at the Margins: The Means for Inclusion in Germany’s Immigrant Districts. (Working title for book project on political inclusion for urban migrants in Dortmund, Hamburg and Berlin.).

 

Global Migration and Inclusive Urban Renewal in Dortmund (working title). Preparing manuscript for submission.

PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS

 

“Winding (from the top) Down: Can Neighborhood Management Incorporate Immigrants?” Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association 36th Annual Meeting in Montreal, 19-22 April 2006.

 

Invited colloquy participant, “Governing Cities in a Global Era.” Urban Affairs Association 36th Annual Meeting, Montreal, 19-22 April 2006.

 

“Social Cities and Social Inclusion: Assessing the Role of Turkish Residents in Building the New Berlin.”

Presented at the DAAD-Wayland Collegium Conference “Social Integration in the New Berlin,” at Brown University, Watson Institute for International Studies, Providence, Rhode Island, 14 March 2005.

 

“The Capacity to Engage? Assessing Nonprofits and Immigrant Engagement in Social Cities.” Presented at City Futures: An International Conference on Globalism and Urban Change. Chicago, 8-10 July 2004.

 

“Global Migration and the Role of Inclusive Urban Renewal in Polity Transformation: The Case of Dortmund.” Presented at the Post-AESOP/ACSP Conference, The Future of Deindustrialising Regions: Planning for Urban and Regional Transformation, Dortmund/Berlin, 13-19 July 2003.

 

“Making Urban Renewal Work: Assessing Immigrant Inclusion in Renewal Efforts in Dortmund, Germany.”  Presented at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 22 March 2002.

 

“Inviting Cultures: The Role of Urban Political Cultures in Immigrant Participation in German Urban Renewal.” Presented at the International Conference on Urbanizing World and United Nations Human Habitat II. Parallel event of the UN Special Session on Istanbul +5, Columbia University, New York, 4-6 June 2001. Revision of paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association, May, 2001.

 

“The Role of Immigrant Nonprofits in Community Building in the New Germany.”  Presentation to the 2nd Annual Conference on Contemporary Germany, Rutgers University - Newark, Center for Global Change and Governance, 4 May 2001.

 

“Developing Citizenship: Urban Political Culture and Community Renewal Participation by Immigrants in Germany.”  Presented at the 2001 Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Detroit, 27 April 2001.

 

“Checkpoints and Entryways for Migrant Participation in Berlin.”  Delivered at the conference, New Germany.  The Center for Global Change and Governance and The Central and East European Studies Program, The Graduate School, Rutgers University-Newark, 28 April, 2000.

 

“Culture of Walls: Diversity and Divisions in the New Berlin.”  Delivered at the conference, Globalization and the New Urbanism: New York and Berlin.  New York University, New York,

10-12 February 2000.

 

“Rights, Resources and Renewal: The Impact of ‘Foreigners’ Rights and Activism on Community Development Participation by Turkish Immigrants in Berlin.”  Delivered at the 95th Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, 2-5 September 1999.

 

“New Civil Rights Challenges in a Global Era: The Case of Empowering Migrant Workers in Berlin.” John Jay College, Faculty Research in Progress Seminar, February 18, 1999.

 

“Devolution and Urban Community Activism: A Cross-National Comparison of Housing Participation Styles.”  Revision of 1998 UAA paper, presented to the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, 3-6 September 1998.

 

“Rights and Renewal: The Impact of Limiting Citizenship on Community Development Participation by Turkish Immigrants in Berlin.”  Presented at conference, The Impact of Migration on Urban Life in Developed and Developing Countries, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for International Studies, May 1-2, 1998.

 

“Devolution and Urban Community Activism: A Cross-National Comparison of Housing Participation Styles.” 28th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Fort Worth, Texas, April 22-25, 1998.

 

“Stadtteilerneuerung und Bewohneraktivierung: Partizipationsstile in deutschen und amerikanischen Erneuerungsgebieten.” Presented at the Conference on Integrated Urban Renewal and Resident Participation in North American Cities, Dortmund, Germany, Institute for State and Urban Development Research of the State of North Rhein-Westfalen e.V., October 31, 1997.

 

“The Beat of Community Action: Federalism as a Determinant of Low Income Housing Activism.” Presented at the Urban Affairs Association 27th Annual Meeting, Toronto, April 16-19, 1997.

 

“Community Coup: CDC Activism and the Detroit Empowerment Zone.” Presented to the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 28-September 1, 1996.

 

(With coauthors M. Gittell, R. Lindsay, K. Newman). “Expanding Civic Opportunity: The Urban Empowerment Zones.”  Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, New York City, April 28-29, 1996.

 

“Power Networks: Comparing Styles of Political Participation in Kreuzberg/Berlin and the Lower East Side/New York City.”  Presented at the International Political Science Association Congress, Berlin, August 21-25, 1994.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Professional Associations:

Executive Council member, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association,       

            2006.

 

Media:

Panelist, “New York City & the World Market: Economic Development in a Global Milieu,” CUNY

            Forum, TV broadcast, CUNY-TV/Channel 75, 17 February 2004.

Guest Moderator, “Non Profit Organizations in New York City: Private Power and Public Policy,”

 CUNY Forum, TV broadcast, CUNY-TV/Channel 75, 23 November 1999.

Panelist, “Charter Revision - A Decade of Experience: Assessing Changes in New York City

Government,” CUNY Forum, TV broadcast, CUNY-TV/Channel 75, 28 September 1999.

Interviewed and cited: Detroit News/Free Press, “Distrust, politics threaten empowerment zone

            success,” by Phil Linsalata, July 17, 1996.

Letter to the Editor, The New York Times Magazine, “Reimaging Berlin,” February 26, 1995, p.10.

 

Reviewer:

Article Manuscript Referee, Urban Studies, Urban Affairs Review, Journal of the

            Community Development Society, State and Local Government Review.

Book Manuscript Referee: Congressional Quarterly Press, McGraw-Hill, Associated University Presses.

Grant Reviewer: National Science Foundation, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY Research Award Program.

 

Other:

Presented testimony to NYC Voter Assistance Commission (VAC), hearings on November 2005

            Elections, NYC Board of Elections, November 2005.

Organized Guest Speaking Event, “The Electoral College and the 2000 Election,” featuring

            author, Prof. James Levine. John Jay College, November 30, 2000.

Invited Breakfast Roundtable Participant, “Education for the Public Service: The Urban Internship Experience,” Urban Affairs Association 28th Annual Conference, Fort Worth, 22-25 April 1998.

Presented testimony to New York City Council, Hearings on Term Limits for New York City

            Council, June, 1996.

Presented research findings (with coauthors) from project, Creating Civic Opportunities: The

            Urban Empowerment Zones, to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,

            Assistant Secretary for Policy Evaluation and staff, Washington, D.C. April 25, 1996.

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH

 

Researcher.  Robert F. Wagner, Sr. Institute of Urban Public Policy - Graduate Center - CUNY,

11/88-5/89. Conducted interviews for HUD Community Development Block Grant study.

Research Consultant.  Office of Special Programs - CUNY, 2/86 - 3/87.  Evaluated education

program for minority students.  Authored report: Urban Project Longitudinal Analysis.

Research Associate. Graduate Center - CUNY, 1/85 - 8/85.  Evaluated training programs for

            AFDC recipients.  Co-authored for Ford Foundation: Women on Welfare:

            Education and Work.

Research Associate.  Hunter College - CUNY, Office of Pres. Donna Shalala, 2/84 - 6/84.

State referendum voting behavior study.  Authored: The 1975 NY ERA Referendum.

Researcher. Graduate Center - CUNY, 1/83 - 1/84. 3-city community-based college study.

            Co-authored Ford Foundation report: Educational Opportunity and Community Service.

COLLEGE COMMITTEE SERVICE

College Wide:

John Jay College Personnel Committee, Nominated for 2006-7 (election results forthcoming),

            served 2005-6

Elections Committee, 2003-5

At-Large Faculty Panel to Interview Candidates for Provost, Convener I, 2005-6

Chair, John Jay College Middle States Self-Study Subcommittee on Education

             Programs; General Education and Graduate Education, 2001-2003

Chair, Student/Faculty Judicial Committee, 2001-2003

Committee on Undergraduate Honors, Prizes and Awards, 2001-2003

Curriculum Committee, 2003-4, 1997 – 2002; Subcommittee on Outcomes Assessment, 1998-

            1999; Chair, Subcommittee for Program Review, 2003-2004/member 1997-1998, 1999-

            2000.

Comprehensive Planning Committee, 2000-2002

Ad-Hoc Committee on Student Evaluation of Faculty, April 1998

Standards Committee, fall 1996, 1994-95, 1992-1993; Writing across the Curriculum

Subcommittee

Undergraduate Transportation Scholarship Committee, 1997, 1993-5

Faculty Senate, 1993-94; Subcommittee on Phase II Building

College Council, 1993-94

Women Studies Committee, 1993-94; Subcommittee, International Women History Month

 

Department:

Government Dept. Personnel and Budget Committee elected to serve 2006-7; served 2002-5,

            2000-1, 1997-9, 1993-94

Government Dept. Grade Appeals Committee 2003-4, 1999, 1996-97, 1995-96

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Global migration and urban political participation, urban community development and housing policy, comparative urban politics, comparative federalism.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

            Urban Affairs Association (UAA)

            American Political Science Association (APSA) - Urban Politics Section member

            International Political Science Association (IPSA) - Comparative Federalism and Federation Committee