I am Research Director of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University and Director of CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement), which is part of the Tisch College.

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I also work with:

• The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools (steering committee member, former chair)
• The Charles Kettering Foundation (director)
• Deliberative Democracy Consortium (steering committee member)
• Streetlaw, Inc. (member of the Board of Directors and Program Committee chair)
• AmericaSpeaks (board member)
• Newspaper Association of American Foundation (trustee)
• Everyday Democracy (board member)
• Advisory boards: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Civics Committee and Background Variables Committee; America's Promise Research Council; Mobilize.org Advisory Board; American Bar Association Standing Committee on Public Education Advisory Commission; The Democracy Imperative

I have published:

• Reforming the Humanities: Literature and Ethics from Dante through Modern Times (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
• Engaging Young People in Civic Life, co-edited volume with James Youniss
• The Future of Democracy: Developing the Next Generation of American Citizens
• The Deliberative Democracy Handbook: Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century(co-edited volume, with John Gastil)
• The New Progressive Era: Toward a Fair and Deliberative Democracy
• Living Without Philosophy
• Something to Hide (a novel)
• Nietzsche and the Modern Crisis of the Humanities

I update my blog every weekday.

*This video is provided courtesy of documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Abelson. It's part of his "Song Of Citizen" project--a series of innovative Video Op-Eds for the internet exploring what it really means to be an engaged and effective citizen in modern times--how we-the-people are measuring up -- how we can do better -- and why we must.