Curriculum vitae

Date of Birth October 17, 1946
Place of Birth Mansfield, Ohio USA
University Degrees
1968 BA History, Stanford University
1972 Diplom (Masters equivalent) Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
1980 Dr. rer. pol. Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin

Academic Positions

1973 - 1996 lecturer, researcher and director of the special collection and documentation center on labor relations, Freie Universität Berlin Zentralinstitut für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung (Until Oct. 1, 1996, this position was at the Zentralinstitut für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung [Institute for Interdisciplinary Social Science Research]. As of this date, the Institute was integrated into the(Institute for Social Science Research).
1996 - 
Lecturer and Administrative Director of the Center for Labor Relations, Dept. of Political Science, FU Berlin.
1997 - 1999
Academic Director and Associate Professor, American University World Capitals Program, Berlin Semester

Research Projects
1983 - 1985 Arbeiterbewegung in Stuttgart (funding support by the VW-Foundation)
1984 - 1987 Parteiensystem in Deutschland (funding support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
1992 - 1994 Spurensicherung. Der Aufbau der Gewerkschaften in den neuen Bundesländern 
(funding support by the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung)
1995 Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft in Berlin (funding support by the Freie Universität Berlin)
1999 Aufbau und Funktionsfähigkeit der Institutionen der Regulierung der Arbeitsbeziehungen. Pilotprojekt
(funding support by the FU Berlin). 
1999 - 2001 Revitalizing the labor movement. A comparative perspective
2000 - 2002 Exogenous Influences in Path Dependent Transformation Processes. The Effects of German
Foreign Direct Investments on Work Organization and Labor Relations in Hungary.
(funding support by the VW-Foundation )
2003 - 2005
Forschungsprojekt Gewerkschaften und Rechtsextremismus (funding support by the Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung and the Otto-Brenner-Stiftung)
2004 - 2006 E-Learning in der Politikwissenschaft. Einführung einer E-Learning-Plattform am Otto-Suhr-Institut