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Dick W. Simpson
Professor & Department Head Phone: 312-413-3780 Selected Publications:
Struggle for Power in Cities and States
(Forthcoming 2008).
Inside Urban Politics: Voices From America's Cities and Suburbs (Longman, 2004). Rogues, Rebels, and Rubberstamps: The Story of the Chicago City Council, (Westview, 2001). Television Program: "1996 Elections: A Bridge to the 21st Century," (Executive Producer), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997. Winning Elections: A Handbook of Modern Participatory Politics, (Harper Collins, 1996) new edition forthcoming, (Longman 2008). The Crazy Quilt of Government: Units of Government in Cook County, 1993, with Linda Moll (eds.), (University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994). Chicago's Future in A Time of Change, (ed.), (Stipes, 1993). Chicago City Council Reform, with Jennifer Arneson, Lisa Dushkin and Ann Gentile, (City Club, 1989). Television Program: "For the People: Local Government Budget Making", (Exec. Producer), (University of Illinois at Chicago, 1992). Television Program "Teaching Politics" (Exec Producer), (University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006) Current
Research Areas: Political campaigns Legislative politics, especially Chicago City Council and U.S. Congress Public Corruption Other
Significant Accomplishments: Winner of multiple university and national teaching awards Director of Preparing Future Faculty Program Collaborator with the Carnegie Foundation's Political Engagement Project Alderman of the 44th Ward in Chicago, 1971-1979 Candidate for Congress 1992 and 1994 Served on transition teams of Mayor Jane Byrne, Mayor Harold Washington, Cook County Clerk David Orr and State's Attorney Jack O’Malley Former President, Illinois Political Science Association Former Co-Editor, Illinois Political Science Review Department Head, UIC Political Science, 2006 - present
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