John Berg, Professor

John C. Berg, PhD

Professor
Department of Government
Director, Graduate Program in Political Science

Phone: 617.573.8126
Fax: 617.367.4623
Email: jberg@suffolk.edu
Office: 73 Tremont St., Rm. 1085
Website

Education

• PhD, Harvard University
• MA, Harvard University
• BA, University of Wisconsin

Fields of Interest

• Parties and party systems, especially minor parties
• Legislative Politics
• Interest groups and lobbying
• American political development
• Environmental politics

Employment

At Suffolk since 1974.

Previously legislative research assistant to Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI).

Other Activities

Chair, Research Committee #49, "Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy" of the International Political Science Association

Associate Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford

Fullbright Senior Specialist, 2005-2010 (University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukriane, 2005; Cheju National University, Korea, 2006)

President, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2003-2004

Chair, New Politcal Science Section, American Political Science Association, 2001-2003

Reviews Editor, New Political Science, 1998-2003 

Publications

Author: Unequal Struggle: Class, Gender, Race and Power in the US Congress (Boulder: Westview, 1994).

Editor: Teamsters and Turtles? Progressive US Political Movements in the Twenty-First Century (Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)

Courses Taught

GVT 110 - Intro. to American Democracy
GVT 120 - Research Methods
GVT 347 - Legislative Process
GVT 473 - American Political Thought
GVT 475 - Radical and Revolutionary Political Thought
GVT 747 - Seminar in Legislation and Lobbying
SF 103 - Coping with Climate Change