Selected and Recent Publications

Books:

Edited Books: 

Articles and Review Essays

1. Of Peter Stearns, Battleground of Desire (The Journal of Social History, Summer 2001).

2. Of Judith Weisenfeld, African American Women and Christian Activism: New York’s Black YWCA, 1905-1945 (Journal of American History, September 2000).

3. Of Daniel Horowitz, Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminine Mystique (The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 1999).

4. Of Juan Williams, Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary (The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 1999).

5. Of Patricia Ireland’s Autobiography, What Women Want (UTNE Reader, June/July 1996).

6. Of Andrew Hurley’s Environmental Inequalities: Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980 (Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Summer 1996).

7. Of W. Dennis Keating’s The Suburban Racial Dilemma: Housing and Neighborhoods (Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, March 1996).

8. Of Malaika Adero, ed., Up South (Georgia Historical Quarterly, Summer 1995).

9. Of Robert Dykstra’s Bright Radical Star: Black Freedom and White Supremacy on the Hawkeye Frontier (Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science, Summer 1995).

10. Of Carl Nightingale’s On the Edge: Poor Black Children and Their American Dreams (History of Education Quarterly, Spring 1995).

11. Of Marsha Wedell’s Elite Women and the Reform Impulse in Memphis, 1875-1915 (Journal American History, December 1992).

1. “Philip Rieff,” Roundtable on “Philip Rieff: Charisma and Grace,” The Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy, Georgetown University, April 20, 2007. Invited paper.
2. Comment on paper on Romer v. Evans by Jeff Carnes, Syracuse University College of Law’s Cooney Colloquium on Law and the Humanities, Goldstein Faculty Center, Syracuse University, October 17, 2006, 6 p.m.
3. “Unethical Edicts: Contemporary American Culture’s Threat to Democracy” in “The Meaning of Democracy” lecture series, Syracuse University’s University College, Christian Brothers Academy, Dewitt, NY, October 11, 2006, 7 p.m. Invited public lecture.
4. Interview on my introduction to Philip Rieff’s Triumph of the Therapeutic (above), Thursday, September 7, 2006, 10 a.m. prerecorded at WAER (Syracuse radio station) for audio journal publication, Mars Hill Audio, Charlottesville, Virginia, vol. 82 (September/October 2006). Reference: MHT-82.1.2.
5. “The Morals of Despair: Diversity, Therapeutic Disenchantment, and the Public Philosophy,” Center for American Political Studies, Program on Constitutional Government, Department of Government, Harvard University, April 14, 2006. Invited paper.
6. Seminar Participation, “Liberty and Responsibility in the Odyssey,” Liberty Fund, Miami, Florida, Dec. 8-11, 2005. Invited participation.
7. Interview on “A Stranger’s Dream” (above), Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005, 11 a.m. prerecorded at WAER (Syracuse radio station) for audio journal publication, Mars Hill Audio, Charlottesville, Virginia, vol. 78 (January/February 2006). Reference: MHT-78.1.2.
8. Roundtable Forum Participant, American Institute for Managing Diversity, 20th Anniversary Celebration, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia. Videotaped by WTLN, Inc. (Teaching/Learning Network) for broadcast on public television nationally, “Voices of Vision.” Invited address.
9. Two panel presentations: “Is Morality Making a Comeback?” and “Social Capital Versus Multiculturalism” at the Battle of Ideas, Institute of Ideas, Royal College of Art, London, England, October 29-30, 2005. Invited papers.
10. Radio Interview, BBC Radio 4: “Thinking Allowed,” (took place in London, England), October 24, 2005.
11. Radio Interview, BBC Radio 4: Radio Documentary on “The Business of Race,” (took place in London, England) Oct. 23 for Dec. 12, 2005 broadcast.
12. Consultation and research response to the film “Crash,” via interviews with senior associate producer, Oprah Winfrey Show, summer 2005.
13. “Beyond Ritual and Prejudgment: Democratic Self-Discipline as a New Basis for Civility in a Pluralistic Age,” Conference on “Diversity as a Competitive Advantage,” Whitman School of Management and Academy of Management, Minnowbrook Conference Center, Blue Lake, Adirondacks, NY, June 9-11, 2005.
14. Comment, Panel on public history, Conference on New York State History, SUNY ESF, Syracuse New York, June 9, 2005.
15. Moderator and Host, Lecture Series on the State of Democracy, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, three to five events per year with visiting speaker and in-house respondents, since fall 2000, this year to include E.J. Dionne on November 30, 2004 and Michael Walzer, April 1, 2005.
16. Invited Lecture on Race Experts, West Chester University, October 22, 2002.
17. Radio Interviews on Race Experts:
    *KLIF Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, April 24, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. (live)
    *WAMC, Albany, NY, Roundtable with Susan Arbetter, October 16, 2001, 1:00-1:30 p.m. (taped)
    *Wisconsin Public Radio, Conversations with Jean Feraca, October 23, 2001, 10:00-11:00 a.m.(live)
    *Powernomics Radio, Washington, D.C., Tom Pope Show, November 5, 2001, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (live)
    *Paula Gordon Show, Atlanta, GA (hosts traveled to Syracuse to record in-person interview), November 5, 2001, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
18. Invited Book Seminar on Race Experts, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, April 10, 2002, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
19. Panelist, Invited Conference and Ongoing Work Group on “The Human Person,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Funded by the Pew Foundation, April 4-7, 2001, and April 10-11, 2002, and June 18-21, 2003. Paper to be published in a volume by Cambridge University Press.
20. Commentator, “Re-Thinking Anti-Racism in Postwar America,” Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, April 12, 2002.
21. “How Racial Etiquette, Sensitivity Training, and New Age Therapy Hijacked the Civil Rights Revolution,” Invited Lecture in Core Connections Speakers Series, University of New England Biddeford Campus, February 22, 2002, noon lecture/discussion.
22. “Therapy, Manipulation, and the Mind of the Modern American,” Invited Lecture, New England Institute, University of New England Portland (Westbrook) Campus, February 22, 2002, evening address.
23. Interview by London-based journalist, Brendan O’Neill, for online periodical spiked-online.com; “Giving Race Experts a Lasching,” February 7, 2002, available at http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D400.htm.
24. Panelist, Invited Conference on the Therapeutic Society, Boston University, March 31-April 1, 2001. Organizer: Jonathan Imber. Paper published in journal Society and book Therapeutic Culture (above).
25. Invited Participant, Working Group on Life/Work Balance, Convened by Professor Robert Putnam, Harvard University, December 16-17, 2000. (Declined--schedule conflict.)
26. “The Civic Sense: The Maxwell Vision and the Imperatives of Democratic Intellectual Life,” Luncheon Keynote Address, Maxwell Advisory Board, Syracuse University, September 22, 2000.
27. Radio Interview, “Women’s Voices” Program on Women and Philanthropy, WAER (Jazz 88), September 21, 2000.
28. Panelist, Roundtable: “Richard Rorty’s Achieving Our Country,” Organization of American Historians, Annual Meeting, St. Louis, March 31, 2000.
29. “Questioning What Constitutes Social Progress at the End of the Twentieth Century,” Public Address, Faculty Milestones Millenium Women Lecture Series, Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, February 23, 2000.
30. Panelist, Conference on Orlando Patterson’s Rituals of Blood, organized by Salmagundi magazine (transcript later published in special winter/spring 2002 issue), Skidmore College, Feb. 4-6, 2000.
31. “Do Valuing Diversity Training Programs Really Work?” on “Straight to the Source,” Television Appearance, Onondaga County Commission on Human Rights, Time Warner Cable (Channel 13), December 9, 1999.
32. “The Experience of Racial Integration: American Social Life in the Aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement,” Public Address in Critical Events of the 20th Century lecture series, Syracuse University Humanistic Studies Center, October 27, 1999.
33. “Beyond Racial Diversity,” Paper, Maxwell School Symposium on Civic Engagement, Syracuse University, October 23, 1999.
34. "Racial Matters, Racial Manners," Radio Interview on "Dialogue" Show, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Public Radio International, Broadcast September 27-October 3, 1999.
35. “Beyond Racial Diversity,” Work-In-Progress Presentation Maxwell Symposium on Civic Engagement, April 23, 1999, pilot symposium for October 1999 conference at Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
36. Presentation on editing work for Women and the Common Life (1997), Graduate Seminar of Professor William McClay, Georgetown University, April 20, 1999.
37. “Prescriptions for Interracial Conduct Since the 1960s,” Paper, Washington Seminar on American History and Culture, George Washington University, April 14, 1999.
38. “Race and Etiquette Since the 1960s.” Public Address, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, March 16, 1999.
39. Participant, Symposium on Tradition and Liberty, Annapolis, MD, Liberty Fund, December 8-10, 1998.
40. “Interracial Etiquette.” Keynote Address. Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Syracuse April 25, 1998.
41. Commentator, Panel on the Professionalization of Religious Work, Women and Twentieth-Century Protestantism Conference, Chicago, April 24, 1998.
42. Radio Interview with Geraldine Doogue on “Life Matters,” Australian Radio National, Summer 1997.
43. “The Meaning of Work.” Commencement Address. Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI, May 1997.
44. “Race and Etiquette.” Invited Lecture, Department of History, Binghamton University, April 30, 1997.
45. “How to Behave Sensitively: Prescriptions for Interracial Conduct, 1960s-1990s.” Invited Lecture, Maryville College, St. Louis, February 19, 1997.
46. “Women in Academia: Miscellaneous Reflections.” Invited Lecture, Conference on Women and Work, State University of New York at Morrisville, March 7, 1997.
47. Commentator, Session on Women, Race, and Reform. Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, June 7-9, 1996.
48. “Radical Chic and the Rise of a Therapeutics of Race,” Invited Lecture, Department of History, SUNY Morrisville, March 6, 1996.
49. Chair and Commentator, Session on African American Social Workers, National Conference of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Philadelphia, October 6, 1995.
50. “New Thoughts on Black Neighbors,” Invited Lecture and Discussion, Phi Alpha Theta, Department of History, LeMoyne College, March 29, 1995.
51. “Women’s Work: The Social Basis of Civic Mindedness in the American Settlement House Movement,” Keynote Address for the Conference on Celebrating Women in the Social Sciences, Syracuse University, March 22, 1995.
52. “The Ritual of Exclusion in the American Civil Rights Movement,” Invited Lecture, American Studies Program, Boston University, April 1994.
53. “The Ritual of Exclusion in the American Civil Rights Movement,” Invited Lecture, Fellows of the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, April 1994 (earlier version of the above).
54. “Communitarianism, Civil Rights, and the Welfare State,” Social Science History Association’s Annual Meeting, Baltimore, November 1993.
55. Commentator and Chair of separate sessions, New York State Historical Association Meeting, Seneca Falls, NY, June 1993.
56. Chair, Session of Conference on Women and Peace, Program for the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, Syracuse University, May 1993.
57. Presenter of Workshop on Oral History of African Americans in Syracuse, Onondaga Historical Association, February 1993.
58. Consultant for Exhibit on Children and the Erie Canal in the Nineteenth Century, Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse, New York, Winter 1993.
59. “Variations on a Theme: Settlement Work Among Black Americans,” American Historical Association’s Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, December 27-30, 1992.
60. Commentator, Panel on History of Women’s Community Organizing, Upstate New York Women’s History Organization Fall Meeting, Syracuse University, November 14, 1992.
61. “Black Neighbors: Race and the Limits of Reform in the American Settlement House Movement, 1890-1945,” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, September 1990.
62. “Female Vanguard in Race Relations: ‘Mother Power’ and Blacks in the American Settlement House Movement, 1900-1945” Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, Rutgers University, June 7-10, 1990.
63. “Race and the Limits of Reform in the American Settlement House Movement,” Dissertation Lecture Series, Department of History, University of Massachusetts, Spring 1990.
64. “Twilight of the Politics of Metaphor: The Search for a Black Identity in the 1960s” American Studies Spring Symposium at Purdue University, March 24-26, 1988.
65. “Settlement Workers and Blacks in the Progressive Era: Mary White Ovington and the Limits of Social Reform,” Convention on New York History, New York Historical Association, June 5-6, 1987.
66. “Inducting the Insane into the Social Order: The Vermont Asylum for the Insane, 1836-1890,”M.A. Thesis.
67. “The Reformers and the Reformed in the Work of Michel Foucault” led to participation in University of Vermont Faculty Seminar with visiting participant, Michel Foucault, 1983.