RON HAYDUK Professor of Political Science Department of Social Science Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY (212) 220-1246 Email: rhayduk@bmcc.cuny.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., Political Science. Graduate Center, City University of New York, (CUNY), 1996. BA. Cum laude, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1981. PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS Democracy for All?: The Case for Restoring Immigrant Voting in the United States. Debating Issues in U.S. Immigration. Edited by Daniel Tichenor and Judith Gans. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2012. New York State Elections and Election Management. Handbook of New York State Politics. Gerald Benjamin, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. 2012. Immigration Policy: A View from the Left in Where Do We Go From Here? American Democracy and the Renewal of the Radical Imagination. Edited by Mark Major. Lantham, MD: Lexington Books. 2011. Resolved, non-citizen residents should be granted the right to vote ( Pro argument), Debating Reform, edited by Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson. CQ Press. 2011. Allowing Noncitizens to Vote: Expanding Democracy. You Decide! Current Debates in American Politics, edited by John T. Rourke. Edition, 7/E. New York: Pearson. 2010. Radical Perspectives on Immigration. Special issue co-edited by Marcella Bencivenni and Ron Hayduk, Socialism & Democracy, #48, November 2008. Democracy for All: Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the United States New York: Routledge Press. 2006. Gatekeepers to the Franchise: Shaping Election Administration in New York. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press. 2005. Democracy s Moment: Reforming the American Political System for the 21 st Century. Co-Editor with Kevin Mattson and contributing author. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. June, 2002. From Act Up to the WTO: Urban Activism and Community Building in Era of 1
Globalization Co-Editor with Benjamin Shepard and contributing author. Verso Press. September, 2002. Race and Suburban Sprawl, in Surviving Sprawl: Culture, Ecology and Politics, Edited by Matt Lindstrom and Hugh Bartling. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Summer, 2003. Radical Perspectives on Race and Racism, Co-editor and contributing author with Yusuf Nuruddin and Victor Wallis. Socialism and Democracy. Talyor and Francis. 2003. Regional Equity as a Civil Rights Issue. In Radical Perspectives on Race and Racism. Edited by Ronald Hayduk, Yusuf Nuruddin and Victor Wallis. Socialism and Democracy. Winter/Spring 2003. From Anti-Globalization to Global Justice: A Twenty First Century Movement, essay in Teamsters and Turtles?: U.S. Progressive Political Movements in the 21st Century, edited by John Berg. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. January, 2003. Noncitizen Voting Rights: Extending the Franchise in the United States, essay in The National Civic Review, in the Winter, 2003 issue (Vol. 92, No. 4). The Political Participation of Immigrants in New York, co-author of this chapter for In Defense of the Alien, edited by Lydio F. Tomasi. Center for Migration Studies. 2001. ARTICLES & ESSAYS Immigrant Voting in the United States: Laws, Practices and Politics. Special Issue of the Journal of international Migration and Integration, titled: Who Decides? Democracy, Power and the Local Franchise in Cities of Immigration. Edited by Phil Triadafilopoulos. 2012 (in progress) Radical Responses to Neoliberalism: Immigrant Rights in the Global Era, in special issue of journal, Dialectical Anthropology, edited by Avram Bornstein and Kirk Dombrowski. Fall, 2009. Teaching Immigration at BMCC, Radical Teacher, Fall 2009. Immigration and Race in the US: Are Class-Based Alliances Possible? Special issue coedited by Marcella Bencivenni and Ron Hayduk, Socialism & Democracy, #48, November 2008. Progressives and Suburban Sprawl in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference. 2007. Democracy for All: Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the United States New Political Science. Vol. 26, No. 4. Pages, 499-523. December, 2004. 2
Non-Citizen Voting: Pipedream or Possibility? October, 2002. The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy. (www.drummajorinstitute.org) The 2001 Elections in New York City: A Post Florida Examination September, 2002. The Century Foundation. (www.tcf.org) Help America Vote Act (HAVA): Impact and Potential for New York, co-author. The Century Foundation (www.tcf.org) April, 2003. Immigration, Race and Community Revitalization. Roundtable on Community Change (formerly Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families) 1998. (www.aspenroundtable.org) Democracy in Crisis: Annual Report of the New York City Voter Assistance Commission. 1994. Published by the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York. CONFERENCE PAPERS Law and Society Association. Voting rights for the documented and/or undocumented? Lessons from the U.S. San Francisco, CA. June 2-4, 2011. Paper presenter. Government, Community, and Labor Perspectives on Immigrant Rights in San Francisco. Co-Facilitator (with Els de Graauw). The Left Forum. Perils and Possibilities for Progressives in the Obama Years: The Case of Immigrant Rights. Pace University, New York City. May 16-18, 2011. Law and Society Association. Urban immigrants in the U.S.: The case of voting rights Chicago, Illinois. May 27-30, 2010. School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Toronto. Democracy for Immigrants?: Voting Rights in the Era of Globalization. Toronto Canada. April 23, 2010. American Political Science Association. The Democratic Majority and Latino Incorporation: Has the Structure for Political Opportunities Really Changed? Coauthored with Miryam Hazan. Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 3-6, 2009. Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship in Contemporary Plural Societies. Inaugural Conference. Immigrants and Race in the US: Are Class-Based Alliances Possible? Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. April 30 May 1, 2009. Left Forum. Teaching Immigration at BMCC. Radical Teacher panel. Pace University, New York. April 17 19, 2009. 3
Social Science History Association. Immigrants and Democracy: The Case of Noncitizen Voting Rights in the United States. Miami, Florida. October 23-26, 2008. American Political Science Association. Immigrant Rights Marches, Immigrant Rights Movement? with Miryam Hazan. Boston, MA. August, 26-30, 2008. Urban Affairs Association. Baltimore, Maryland. April 23-26, 2008. The 2006 Immigrant Rights Marches: Towards a New Social Movement? with Miryam Hazan. Institute of Governmental Study. University of California, Berkeley. Colloquium on Race, Ethnicity & Immigration October, 2007 Immigrants & Race: Coalition or Schism? Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop. University of California, Berkeley. October 25, 2007. Should Noncitizens have Voting Rights, Again? Shaking the Foundations. Palo Alto California. Stanford University Law School. October 5 & 6, 2007. Immigrant Rights and Voting Rights: Is there a connection? Urban Affairs Association. Seattle, Washington. April 25-28, 2007. Immigrants and Race: Possibilities and Pitfalls for Multiracial Politics. American Political Science Association. Philadelphia PA. August 31 Sept. 3 rd 2006. Immigrant Political Incorporation: Possibilities and Pitfalls for Multiracial Politics. Race and U.S. Political Development. A conference hosted by the University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon. May 11 and 12, 2006. Multiracial Politics: Schism or Coalition? Citizens, non-citizens and voting rights in Europe. Edinburgh, Scotland. June 2-4, 2005. Immigrant Voting Rights in the United States. Race, Gender and Class in the 21 st Century. New Orleans. September 23-25, 2004. Democracy for All: Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the U.S. American Political Science Association. Philadelphia PA. August 27 to August 31, 2003. Noncitizen Voting: Expanding the Franchise in the United States American Political Science Association. Boston, MA. August, 2002. Noncitizen Voting Rights: Shifts in Immigrant Political Status during the Progressive Era. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL. April 2002. Florida is Everywhere: Election Administration and Elections in New York City. American Political Science Association. San Francisco, CA. August/September, 2001. Gatekeepers to the Franchise: Election Administration and Voter Participation. 4
CUNY Center for Urban Research and The International Center for Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship, New School University. CUNY Graduate Center. 2000. Who Naturalizes, Who Votes and Why?: Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives. Center For Migration Studies. Washington D.C. February, 2000. Co-author, Political Participation of Immigrants in New York. American Political Science Association. August, 1997. Washington D.C. Presented paper, The Struggle Continues: The Politics of Motor Voter in New York. Caribbean Studies Association. May, 1997. Barranquilla, Colombia. Presented paper, The Two Worlds of Disney: The Haitian Dystopia Behind the U.S. Utopia. TEACHING Visiting Professor, Queens College, CUNY. Department of Political Science. August 2010 to June 2011. Courses: Law and Immigration, Capitalism and Democracy, Political Parties and Elections, American Political Thought, American Politics Today: Who s Running America? Associate Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College, (CUNY) Department of Social Science and Human Services. September 1, 2005 to July 2010. (Deputy Chair from 2004 to 2006) Courses: American Government; Urban Politics; State and Local Politics; Power in American Politics; Political Theory. Faculty Coordinator of CUNY Edward T. Rogowsky Internship Program in Government and Politics. Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College, 2000 to 2005. Courses: American Government; Urban Politics. Faculty Coordinator of CUNY Internship Program on Government and Politics. Assistant Professor, Touro College. Department of Political Science. Fall, 1997 to Spring, 2000. Courses Taught: Political Parties & Elections; State & Local Politics; Political Theory; Congress; Presidency; American Government; and Advanced Topics. Adjunct Instructor, Columbia University. Department of Political Science. Spring, 1999. Course Taught: American Urban Politics. Adjunct Instructor, Baruch College, CUNY. School of Public Affairs, Masters in Public Administration Program. Fall, 1997 & Fall, 1998. Course Taught: Select Topics in Public Administration: Federalism Adjunct Instructor, City College, CUNY. Department of Political Science. 1990 to 1996. Main campus and Center for Worker Education. Faculty Coordinator for the CUNY Internship Program in Government and Politics. 5
Courses Taught: Political Parties and Interest Groups; Public Policy; American Government; and Seminar on New York State and Local Government and Politics Adjunct Instructor at New York University (1995), Hunter College (1991-1992). Courses Taught: Urban Politics; State and Local Politics; Internship in Government and Politics; Political Parties and Interest Groups; Public Policy; and American Government. RELATED WORK Founding Member, Coalition to Expand Voting Rights. 2003 to date. The New York Coalition to Expand Voting Rights is a broad and growing coalition of individuals and organizations working to enact legislation that will give immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections. Resident voting promotes civic participation and enhances democracy; gives voice to one of the last disenfranchised segments of the population; and increases government accountability in communities with large immigrant populations. http://ivotenyc.org Member, New York State Board of Elections Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Implementation Task Force. February, 2009 to June, 2009. Assisted staff of New York State Board of Elections in drafting plan to implement HAVA in New York State, including amending previous state plan. http://www.elections.state.ny.us Co-Founder, Immigrant Voting Project. 2004 to 2009. The Immigrant Voting Project was a resource to advance discussion about the practice of noncitizen voting in local elections -- often referred to as "resident voting" -- which was widely practiced in American history and which is making a revival today. Organized conferences, community forums, focus groups, a survey, produced a broad range of materials, provided technical assistance to advocates across the country, presented testimony at public hearings, wrote reports, and materials for the press. Archive of the project is maintained on the website: www.immigrantvoting.org Consultant, Demos: A Network of Ideas and Action. 1999 to 2005. Author of The Representation Crisis: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Future of American Democracy. Conducted research on democracy in the U.S. with focus on state level political processes and institutions. Participated in organizing conferences, workshops, and in writing reports and several publications that focus on the health of democracy in the states as measured by a broad set of indicators and data. Also assisted in formation of a network of academics, policy makers at all levels of government, and community-based organizations who are engaged in democracy building. www.demos-usa.org Expert Witness, Emery and Associates, Summer 2003, to December, 2003. Expert Witness in Redistricting Lawsuit, Rodriguez v Pataki. U.S. Southern District Court. Expert Witness, The Brennan Center. December, 2002 to February, 2003. Expert Witness in Green Party of New York v. Board of Elections. New York Supreme Court 6
Lead Researcher and Expert Witness, NAACPLDF. Spring, 2002 to Fall, 2002. Hired two assistants and coordinated and conducted research about the impacts of election practices on voter participation in the 2000 presidential election in Florida. Rebuttal Expert Witness in the NAACP v. Harris lawsuit, which was settled in 2003. Consultant, The Century Foundation. Fall, 2001 to Summer, 2003. Commissioned to research and write two reports: one about the 2001 New York City Elections. (September, 2002); The second about the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) as it pertains to New York (Summer, 2003). Consultant, The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change. 1998 to 2003. Wrote critical analysis of two sets of literatures: one on immigration, and a second on regionalism. Papers on both subject areas were published by the Aspen Institute in 2000 and in 2002. Member of project team of scholars and practitioners that examined what we call Structural Racism. Present findings to the Aspen Roundtable Board of Directors and at conferences of scholars and practitioners working in the community building field. Convene groups of researchers and practitioners to formulate further research and to develop strategic plans and pilot programs in several sites in the country. Coordinator, New York City Voter Assistance Commission, (VAC), January, 1993 to January, 1996. Responsible for this nonpartisan city charter agency comprised of mayoral appointees, City Council representatives, and agency commissioners mandated to facilitate voter participation through government agencies and community based organizations. Designed voter registration and education programs for thirty city agencies and dozens of community based non-profit organizations. Wrote New York City's motor voter law, conducted focus groups and training workshops for agency personnel and non-profit groups, produced public service announcements for television and radio networks, and produced periodic and annual reports. ACADEMIC HONORS PI, CUNY Collaborative Research Incentive Grant, 2009-2010 ($30,000) Recipient of CUNY Faculty Development Award, 2007-2008 Recipient of PSC-CUNY Faculty Development Award, 2007-2008 Recipient of BMCC Faculty Development Award, 2007 Recipient, Pivotal Places NYC Grant, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 2007 ($50,000) Recipient of BMCC Faculty Development Award, 2004 Recipient of PSC-CUNY Faculty Development Award, 2002-2003 Recipient of BMCC Faculty Development Award, 2001 City University Fellow, 1994 MEMBERSHIPS American Political Science Association (APSA), 1992 to date. Urban Affairs Association (UAA) 2005 to date. Law and Society Association, 2010 to date. 7
Editorial Board, Socialism and Democracy. 1999 to date. Coalition for Voter Participation. 1992 to date. Coalition to Expand Voting Rights. 2003 to date. Professional Staff Congress (PSC): Legislative and Solidarity Committees. 2001 to date. 8