{"id":6720,"date":"2011-07-30T19:44:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T23:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?page_id=6720"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:56:52","slug":"vita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?page_id=6720","title":{"rendered":"Vita"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"peter-levine\"><strong>Peter Levine<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Service and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Barnum Hall, Tufts University, Medford, MA 020155<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">peter.levine@tufts.edu; 617-627 2302<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education<br><\/strong><br>Oxford University, Balliol College: doctorate in philosophy, Rhodes Scholar (1992)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yale University: B.A. in philosophy, Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, distinction in the major (1989)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"awards-and-honors\"><strong>Awards and Honors<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Political Science Association&#8217;s Civic Engagement Section, Established Leader Award (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tufts University Dean&#8217;s Medal for service to the university (2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>City of Cambridge (MA) Sidewalk Poetry Prize for &#8220;When the Lotus Bloomed&#8221; (2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alpheus Henry Snow Prize, for the \u201csenior who, through the combination of intellectual achievement, character, and personality, shall be adjudged by the<br>faculty to have done the most for Yale\u201d (1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rhodes Scholarship (1988)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob Cooper Prize for the best essay in ancient philosophy by a Yale graduate or undergraduate student (1986; again in 1988)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew White Prize in European History at Yale (1987)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>E. Francis Riggs Prize at Yale \u201cfor demonstrating the best knowledge of general culture\u201d (1986)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"positions\"><strong>Positions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Tufts University:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Academic Dean,&nbsp;Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship &amp; Public Service (2018-present): responsible for the academic mission of Tisch College, the undergraduate Major in Civic Studies, and various research projects involving the College.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship &amp; Public Affairs (2012-present).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full professor, Department of Political Science (2017-present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other Tufts appointments: Department of Philosophy (since 2012); Tufts Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (2017-present); Science and Technology Studies (since 2018); International Relations (since 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Associate Dean for Research, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship &amp; Public Service (2014- 2018).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of CIRCLE, The Center for Information &amp; Research on Civic Learning &amp; Engagement&nbsp;(2008-2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Southern California, Leonard D. Schae?er Institute for Public Policy &amp; Government Service, Nonresident Senior Scholar, April 2026-Dec. 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stanford University, Hoover Institution, Visiting Scholar (Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2025, mostly remote)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harvard Kennedy School, Ash Institute, Democratic Governance Program: visitor (January-June 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johns Hopkins: Visiting Research Professor in the SNF Agora Institute in the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (remote)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Maryland: Deputy Director of CIRCLE (2001-2005), Director of CIRCLE (2006-2008), Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy (1993-2008). I was also an affiliate faculty member of the Philosophy Department and a member of the University\u2019s Committee on Philosophy, Politics, and Public Policy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Commission on Civic Renewal: Deputy Director (half-time role in 1997 and 1998). The Commission was chaired by Hon. William Bennett and Senator Sam Nunn, and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Cause: Research Associate and registered federal lobbyist (1991-1993)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harold Rosenthal Fellow in International Relations, placed at USAID, summer 1989<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"organizational-leadership\"><strong>Organizational Leadership<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fiduciary boards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Everyday Democracy (formerly Paul J. Aicher Foundation), Director (2009-present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AmericaSPEAKS, Director (2006-13)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discovering Justice, board member(2013-present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Trustee (2004-present; program committee chair 2012-14)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Newspaper Association of America Foundation, Trustee (2007- 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Street Law, Inc., Director (2004-2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steering committees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Educating for American Democracy Project, funded by National Endowment for the Humanities and US Dept. of Education: Co-Principal Investigator (2019-21); Implementation Consortium steering committee member (2024); Steering Committee chair (2025-)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alliance for Civics in the Academy, Executive Committee (2024-)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Academy of Education (NAEd) Steering Committee on Civic Reasoning and Discourse (2019-)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CivXNow, advisory council, formerly Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, executive committee (2003-present; chair 2003-6)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deliberative Democracy Consortium, co-founder and executive committee (2002-2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Civics Standing Committee (2008-2013; 2014-present) and NAEP Background Variables Committee (2008-2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Council of Chief State School Officers committee drafting voluntary Common Core State Standards for the Social Studies; Chair of the Civics Committee (2011-12)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Alliance for Civic Education (NACE); co-founder (2000-2008)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other non-fiduciary boards: AAA&amp;S Defining Civic Culture Working Group (2023); Advisory Group to Convergence and Interfaith America on Service and Bridging (2023); America\u2019s Promise Research Council; Mobilize.org Advisory Board; American Bar Association Standing Committee on Public Education Advisory Commission (2005-9); eJournal of Public Affairs (since 2011); MTV\u2019s Democracy Class (early 2000s); Maryland Task Force on Civic Literacy (gubernatorial appointment, 2006-9); Generation Citizen; Fair Vote Research Advisory Committee; iCivics (since 2014); The Democracy Imperative (University of New Hampshire); National Advisory Board for Public Service at Harvard College (2014-25); Obama Campaign Education Policy Committee (March 2007-November 2008) and Urban Policy Committee (May 2008-November 2008); Cambridge University\u2019s Forum for Youth Participation &amp; Democracy International Advisory Group (2011-14); Center for Engaged Democracy, Merrimack College (since 2012); Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Action Network Steering Committee (since 2012); Council of the American Commonwealth Partnership (since 2012); National Academy of Education Commission on Civic Reasoning &amp; Discourse (2019-20); Nonprofit Vote (ca. 2010-2022); Youth Service America Academic Council (2012-2018); California Civic Engagement Project (since 2012); Campus Election Engagement Project (2013-2018); Millennial Action Project (since 2013); CivicLEADS (since 2015); Civic Influencers (since 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tufts committees: Vice Provost\u2019s Research Council, University College Faculty, Priority Area Reseaerch Group on Equity (co-PI); Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHaT) board, the Data Intensive Studies Center (DISC) advisory board; COVID-19 Research Steering Committee; University College Faculty; Bridging Differences initiative; Scholarship Committee (Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright); Scholars at Risk Committee; Institutional Neutrality Committee; Tufts Beyond 175 Committee. Search committees for Tufts&#8217; Provost, Vice Provost for Research, Vice Provost for Faculty, Dean of Arts &amp; Sciences, Dean of Tisch College, Director of the Data Intensive Studies Center (DISC), and three professors of political science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Student leadership: Yale College Council (undergraduate student government): vice president (1986-7) and president (1987-8). Focused on issues of community service and civic engagement, participating in some of the national discussions that led to the Points of Light initiative and then AmeriCorps, and working with others to begin a paid summer service program for Yale undergraduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"books\"><strong>Books<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As sole author <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Way of Skepticism<\/em>: completed manuscript, under review<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>What Should We Do? A Theory of Civic Life<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>We are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: The Promise of Civic Renewal in America <\/em>(Oxford University Press, 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Reforming the Humanities: Literature and Ethics from Dante through Modern Times <\/em>(Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Future of Democracy: Developing the Next Generation of American Citizens <\/em>(Tufts University Press, 2007). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The New Progressive Era: Toward a Fair and Deliberative Democracy <\/em>(Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Living Without Philosophy: On Narrative, Rhetoric, and Morality <\/em>(Albany: SUNY Press, 1998)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Something to Hide, <\/em>a novel (New York: St. Martin\u2019s Press, 1996)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nietzsche and the Modern Crisis of the Humanities <\/em>(Albany: SUNY Press, 1995)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edited works<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Special Issue of <em>The Good Society<\/em> (the journal of Civic Studies) on &#8220;Reintegrating Facts, Values, and Strategies,&#8221; vol. 26, no. 2-3 (2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine and Karol Edward Soltan, eds.,<em> Civic Studies: Approaches to the Emerging Field<\/em> (American Association of Colleges &amp; Universities, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James Youniss and Peter Levine, eds., <em>Engaging Young People in Civic Life <\/em>(Vanderbilt University Press, 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Gastil and Peter Levine, eds., <em>The Deliberative Democracy Handbook: Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century <\/em>(Jossey-Bass, 2005). Mandarin translation, Taiwan, 2012; Japanese translation, 2013; Korean translation, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Anachronist<\/em>, a 75,000-word work of interactive fiction, published in <em>The Florida Review,<\/em> July 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peer-reviewed scholarly articles<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Sole authored by Peter Levine unless otherwise noted.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;A System-Analysis of Democracy&#8217;s Crisis,&#8221; in <em>Studies in Law, Politics, and Society<\/em> (2026), <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/S1059-433720260000091003\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/S1059-433720260000091003<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maafs-Rodr\u00edguez A, Ismail M, Pustz J, Goldman L, Levine P, Liou A, Chomitz V, &#8220;Nutrition-Related and Self-Rated Health Outcomes Among Lottery-Assigned Residents and Individuals Waitlisted for Subsidized Rental Units in Chinatown, Boston, MA&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Nutrients<\/em>. 2026; 18(6):878.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>lyssa Anneser, Thomas J Stopka, Elena N Naumova, Keith R Spangler, Kevin J. Lane, Andrea Acevedo, Jeffrey K Griffiths, Yan Lin, Peter Levine &amp; Laura Corlin, &#8220;Environmental equity and COVID-19 experiences in the United States: Results from three survey waves,&#8221; The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (accepted, in press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Studies,\u201d <em>The Good Society<\/em>, 32 (1-2): 2\u20139 (2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;People are not Points in Space: Network Models of Beliefs and Discussions.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Critical Review<\/em>, 1\u201327 (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elyssa Anneser, Peter Levine, Kevin J. Lane, &amp; Laura Corlin, &#8220;Climate stress and anxiety, environmental context, and civic engagement: A nationally representative study, Journal of Environmental Psychology (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Politics by Other Means: Civic Education in a Time of Controversy,&#8221; <em>The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science<\/em>, 705(1), Nov. 2023, 24-38<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Democratic Mission of Higher Education: A Review Essay,&#8221; <em>Political Science Quarterly<\/em>, Volume 139, Issue 1, Spring 2024, pp. 95\u2013105<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Boredom at the Border of Philosophy: Conceptual and Ethical Issues.&#8221; <em>Frontiers in Sociology<\/em>, July 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anneser E, Stopka TJ, Naumova EN, Spangler KR, Lane KJ, Acevedo A, Griffiths JK, Lin Y, Levine P, Corlin L. Environmental equity and COVID-19 experiences in the United States: Results from three survey waves of a nationally representative study conducted between 2020-2022. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 May 17:2023.05.16.23290050. doi: 10.1101\/2023.05.16.23290050. PMID: 37293071; PMCID: PMC10246057.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Mapping Ideologies as Networks of Ideas,&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Journal of Political Ideologies<\/em>, 2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13569317.2022.2138293\">10.1080\/13569317.2022.2138293<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tan, Yuanru, Binrui Yang, Brendan Eagan and Peter Levine (2022) &#8220;Using Ordered Network Analysis to Visualize Ideologies in Political Survey Data&#8221; (poster). International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography, Copenhagen, October.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Levine, P., &amp; Abromowitz, D. (2022) Challenges Reported by Candidates for Local Office.&nbsp;<em>State and Local Government<\/em>, vol. 55, issue 2. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acevedo A, Feng W, Corlin L, Allen JD, Levine P, Stopka TJ (2022) Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020. PLoS ONE 17(7): e0271788. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0271788<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Social Movements and Stakeholder Engagement,&#8221; in D. Lerner, M.E. Palm, T.W. Concannon (eds) <em>Broadly Engaged Team Science in Clinical and Translational Research<\/em>. Springer, 2022, pp. 67-74.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas J. Stopka, Wenhui Feng, Laura Corlin, Erin King, Jayanthi Mistry, Wendy Mansfield, Ying Wang, Peter Levine &amp; Jennifer D. Allen, &#8220;Assessing equity in health, wealth, and civic engagement: a nationally representative survey, United States, 2020,&#8221; <em>International Journal for Equity in Health <\/em>(2022) 21:12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Porteny, T., Corlin, L., Allen, J.D. , Monahan, K. Acevedo, A., Stopka, T, Levine, P. and Ladin, K. Associations among political voting preference, high-risk health status, and preventative behaviors for COVID-19. BMC Public Health 22, 225 (2022). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-022-12633-y<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Political Thought as Networks of Ideas,&#8221; conference paper for \u201cCoexisting in a Pluralist Society\u201d (Institute for Humane Studies, May 28-29, 2021), revised subsequently for potential publication <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Individuals&#8217; Ideologies as Networks&#8221; (poster), American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Sept 30-Oct 3, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Deliberation as an Epistemic Network: A Method for Analyzing Discussion,&#8221; with Brendan Eagan &amp; David Williamson Shaffer, in Barbara Wasson and Szilvia Z\u00f6rg? (Eds.), <em>Advances in Quantitative Ethnography<\/em>, proceedings of the Third International Conference, ICQE 2021 Virtual Event, November 6\u201311, 2021 (Springer Switzerland, 2022), pp. 17-33.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saskia Eschenbacher and Peter Levine, &#8220;Reconsidering the Roots of Transformative Education: Habermas and Mezirow,&#8221; in <em>The Palgrave Handbook of Learning for Transformation<\/em> (Cham, Switzerland, 2022), pp. 45-58 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Preface,&#8221; <em>PS: Political Science &amp; Politics <\/em>symposium on Civically Engaged Research (2021), 1-4 (with Amy Cabrera Rasmussen, Robert Lieberman, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman &amp; Rogers Smith)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Health and Housing Study: Nutrition-Related Outcomes Among Low- to Moderate-Income Individuals Living in or Seeking to Live in New Subsidized Chinatown-Based Housing&#8221; (with Ana Maafs-Rodr\u00edguez, Jennifer Pust, Mehreen Ismail, Laurie Goldman, Angie Liou, &amp; Virginia Chomitz), poster, American Society for Nutrition, June 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carolyn L Rubin, Virginia R. Chomitz, Carolyn Woo, Giles Li, Susan Koch-Weser, and Peter Levine, &#8220;Arts, Culture, and Creativity as a Strategy for Countering the Negative Social Impacts of Immigration Stress and Gentrification,&#8221; with , <em>Health Promotion Practices<\/em>, vol 22 (May 2021), pp. 131S-140S. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Does the Civic Renewal Movement Have a Future?&#8221; <em>The Hastings Center Report<\/em>, vol. 51, Issue S1 (2021), pp. S10-S14<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;APSA Presidential Task Force Report on New Partnerships.&#8221; <i>PS: Political Science &amp; Politics<\/i>, vol. 53, no. 4 (2020), pp. 847-849. With Rogers Smith, Amy Cabrera Rasmussen, William Galston, Hahrie Han, Tyson King-Meadows, et al.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Environmental Equity and COVID-19 Experiences Among and Nationally Representative Cohort,&#8221; International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, August 2021 (with Elyssa Anesser, Thomas Stopka, Elena Naumova et al)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Why Protect Civil Liberties during a Pandemic?&#8221; <em>Journal of Public Health Polic<\/em>y,&nbsp;vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 154-159<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Theorizing Democracy in a Pandemic,&#8221; <em>Democratic Theory<\/em>, vol. 7, issue 2 (2020), pp. 134\u2013142.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Complexity of Civic Life,&#8221; <i>The Bridge <\/i>(the quarterly of the National Academy of Engineering), vol. 50, no. 4 (Winter 2020), pp. 34-6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCitizens against Domination: A Critical Reading of Ian Shapiro,\u201d <em>The Good Society<\/em>, vol. 28, No. 1-2 (2019), pp. 1-8.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> \u201cDialogic Analysis: Using Epistemic Network Analysis to Model Dialogic Interactions,\u201d American Educational Research Association symposium paper, April 6, 2018 (with David Williamson Shaffer, Gideon Dishon, Brendan Eagan, Sara Tabatabai, and Zachary Swiecki).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cHabermas with a Whiff of Tear Gas: Nonviolent Campaigns and Deliberation in an Era of Authoritarianism,\u201d <em>Journal of Public Deliberation<\/em>,&nbsp;vol. 14, issue 2 (2018), article 4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIntroduction: On Reintegrating Facts, Values, Strategies,\u201d&nbsp;<em>The Good Society<\/em>, vol. 26, no. 2-3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deliberation or Simulated Deliberation?.&nbsp;<em>Democracy and Education<\/em>, 26 (1), 2018, Article 7.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan Garlick &amp; Peter Levine, &#8220;Where Civic Meets Science: Building Science for the Public Good Through Civic Science,&#8221; <em>Oral Diseases<\/em>, vol. 23, issue 6 (Sept 2017) pp. 685\u2013812. Winner of the Prof. Crispian Scully Best Paper Award for 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMedia Literacy for the 21st Century. A Response to &#8216;The Need for Media Education in Democratic Education,\u2019\u201d <em>Democracy and Education<\/em>, vol.&nbsp;23, no. 1, Article 15 (2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Talking about this Generation: The Millennials and Politics,&#8221; <em>Extensions<\/em>, Summer 2015, pp. 4-9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cDiversity in Classrooms: The Relationship between Deliberative and Associative Opportunities in School and&nbsp;Later Electoral Engagement,\u201d <em>Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, <\/em>vol. 14, no. 1 (2014), pp. 294-414<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA Defense of Higher Education and Its Civic Mission,\u201d <em>Journal of General Education<\/em> vol. 63, no. 1 (2014), pp. 47-56<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Case for Civic Studies,&#8221; in Peter Levine and Karol Edward Soltan, eds.,<em> Civic Studies: Approaches to the Emerging Field<\/em> (American Association of Colleges &amp; Universities, 2014), pp. 3-8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cPolicy Effects on Informed Political Engagement,\u201d <em>American Behavioral Scientist, <\/em><span class=\"slug-vol\">vol. 58 no. 5 &nbsp;(<\/span>M<span class=\"slug-pub-date\">ay 2014), pp.&nbsp;665-688<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Mission of Higher Education at a Time of Democratic Disconnect,\u201d <em>Partnerships: A Journal of Service Learning and Civic Engagement<\/em>, vol. 4, no. 2 (Oct. 2013), online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karol Soltan and Peter Levine, \u201cThe Summer Institute of Civic Studies: An Introduction,\u201d <em>The Good Society<\/em>, vol. 22, Number 2, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cReview Symposium: Race in America. A Discussion of Cathy J. Cohen\u2019s <em>Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics<\/em>,\u201d <em>Perspectives on Politics<\/em>, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 757-760<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kerry Poole, Michael Berson &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cOn Becoming a Legislative Aide: Enhancing Civic Engagement through a Digital Simulation,\u201d <em>Action in Teacher Education<\/em>, vol. 32, no 4 (2011), pp. 70-82<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSeeing like a Citizen: The Contributions of Elinor Ostrom to \u2018Civic Studies,\u2019\u201d <em>The Good Society, <\/em>vol. 20, no. 1 (2011), pp. 3-14<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan Cohen, Terry Pickeral &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cThe Foundation for Democracy: Promoting Social, Emotional, Ethical,Cognitive Skills and Dispositions in K-12 Schools,\u201d <em>Revista Interamerica de Educaci\u00f3n para la Democracia<\/em>, vol. 3, no. 1 (April 2010), pp. 74-94<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Constance Flanagan &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cYouth Civic Engagement During the Transition to Adulthood,\u201d in Mary Waters, Gordon Berlin, and Frank Furstenberg (eds.), <em>Transition to Adulthood, <\/em>(Princeton\/Brookings: The Future of Children), vol. 20, no. 1, Spring 2010, pp. 159-180.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Hugo Lopez, Kenneth Dautrich, David Yalof &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cSchools, Education Policy and the Future of the First Amendment, <em>Political Communication,<\/em> vol. 26, no. 1, January-March 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robert M. Hollister, Nancy Wilson &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cEducating Students to Foster Active Citizenship,\u201d <em>PeerReview<\/em>, vol. 10, no. 2\/3, spring\/summer 2008\/<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Engagement of Young Immigrants: Why Does it Matter?\u201d <em>Applied Developmental Science<\/em>, volume 12, issue 2 (April 2008), pp. 102-104.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine &amp; Rose Marie Nierras, \u201cActivists\u2019 Views of Deliberation,\u201d<em> Journal of Public Deliberation<\/em>, vol. 3, no. 1 (2007), article 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Archon Fung, John Gastil, &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cFuture Directions for Public Deliberation,\u201d <em>Journal of Public Deliberation<\/em>: Vol. 1: No. 1, Article 3 (2005). Also appears as Chapter 19 of Gastil and Levine, eds., <em>Handbook of Public Deliberation<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Hugo Lopez &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cWhat We Should Know about the Effectiveness of Campaigns but Don\u2019t,\u201d <em>Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, <\/em>vol. 601 (Sept. 2005), pp. 180-191<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Problem of Online Misinformation and the Role of Schools,\u201d <em>Studies in Media &amp; Information Literacy Education<\/em>, volume 5, issue 1 (February 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat is the Role of Government Supported Medical Websites?\u201d <em>Library and Information Science Electronic Journal <\/em>(LIBRES), vol. 14, issue 2, September 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA Movement for the Commons?\u201d <em>The Responsive Community<\/em>, vol. 13, no. 4 (Fall 2003), pp. 28-39<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cInformation Technology and the Social Construction of Information Privacy: Comment,\u201d <em>Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, <\/em>Volume 22, Issue 3, May-June 2003, pp. 281-285<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBuilding the E-Commons,\u201d <em>The Good Society<\/em>, vol. 11, no. 3 (2003), pp. 1-9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keats Against Dante: The Sonnet on Francesca da Rimini,\u201d<em> Keats-Shelley Journal<\/em>, vol. LI (2002), pp. 76-93<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Legitimacy of Labor Unions,\u201d <em>The Hofstra Labor and Employment Law Journal<\/em>, vol. 18, no. 2 (Spring, 2001), pp. 529-573. A Chinese translation was authorized for <em>Global Law Review<\/em>, a quarterly law journal published by the Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhy Dante Damned Francesca da Rimini,\u201d <em>Philosophy &amp; Literature<\/em>, vol. 23 (October, 1999), pp. 334-350<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNietzsche and the Greeks,\u201d <em>The International Journal of the Classical Tradition<\/em>, Spring 1998, pp. 527-529<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>William A. Galston &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Civic Condition: A Glance at the Evidence,\u201d <em>The Brookings Review<\/em>, vol. 15, no. 4 (Fall 1997), pp. 23-26. This article is reprinted in E.J. Dionne, Jr., editor, <em>Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America<\/em> (Washington: Brookings&nbsp;Institution Press, 1998), pp. 30-36<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<em>Lolita <\/em>and Aristotle\u2019s Ethics,\u201d <em>Philosophy and Literature<\/em>, volume 19, number 1 (April, 1995), pp. 32-47<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Invited chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sunah Hyun, Diane M. Ryan, and Peter Levine, &#8220;Developing Civic Character,&#8221; in the <em>Multidisciplinary Handbook of Character Development<\/em>, edited by Mike Matthews and Richard M. Lerner (in press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Putting the US Constitution in Its Place,&#8221; in <em>Citizenship and Civic Leadership in America<\/em>, edited by Carol McNamara and Trevor Shelly (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2022), pp. 281-292.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with Tetyana Kloubert) &#8220;Politische Bildung in den USA,&#8221; in Wolfgang Sander and Kerstin Pohl (eds.), <em>Handbuch politische Bildung<\/em> (Frankfurt: Wochenshau, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c&#8217;What Should We Do?&#8217; The Bloomington School and the Citizen\u2019s Core Question,&#8221; in <em>Ostrom\u2019s Tensions: Reexamining the Political Economy and Public Policy of Elinor C. Ostrom<\/em>, eds. Roberta Q. Herzberg, Paul Dragos Aligica, and Peter J. Boettke. Arlington, VA: Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction to Florian Wenzel and Christian Boeser-Schnebel, A Manual on &#8220;Village Talk&#8221; (with Tetjana Kloubert, Stiftung Mitarbeit, 2018).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Possibilities of Policy Relative to the Purposes of Civic Education&#8221; and a response to Beth Rubin&#8217;s commentary on that chapter, in Paul G. Fitchett and Kevin W. Meuwissen, eds., Social Studies in the New Education Policy Era: Conversations on Purposes, Perspectives, and Practices (Routledge, 2018), pp. 67-71 and 78-80.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine and Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, \u201cPreparing for Civic Life.\u201d In Rafael Heller, Rebecca E.,Wolfe &amp; Adria Steinberg (eds)., <em>Rethinking Readiness: Deeper Learning for College, Work, and Life<\/em>&nbsp;(Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 2017), pp. 59-79<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jodi Benenson, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Peter Levine, and Felicia M. Sullivan, &#8220;Youth as Part of the Solution: Youth Engagement as a Core Strategy of Comprehensive Community Initiatives,&#8221; in Jonathan F. Zaff, Elizabeth Pufall Jones, Alice E. Donlan, Sara Anderson (eds.), <em>Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Positive Youth Development&nbsp;<\/em>(New York: Routledge, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine &amp; Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, &#8220;State Policies for Civic Education,&#8221; in Esther Thorson, Mitchell S. McKinney, and Dhavan Shah, eds., <em>Political Socialization in a Media-Saturated World<\/em> (New York: Peter Lang, 2016), pp. 113-24.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDemocracy in the Digital Age,\u201d <em>The Civic Media Reader<\/em>, edited by Eric Gordon and Paul Mihailidis (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016), pp. 29-47.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Practice and Theory in the Service of Social Change,&#8221; in Margaret Post, Elaine Ward, Nicholas Longo, and John Saltmarsh (eds.), Voices of the Next Generation of Engagement (Stylus, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youth Disaffection with Politics: The US Case,\u201d in Pedro P\u00e9rez Herrero (ed.) <em>Desaffecci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica y gobernabilidad: el reto politico<\/em> (Madrid: Instituto Universitario de Investigaci\u00f3n en Estudios Latinamericanos, 2015), pp. 45-60<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: The Economic Impact of Public Work,&#8221; in Harry C. Boyte, ed.,&nbsp;<em>Democracy&#8217;s Education<\/em>: Public Work, Citizenship, and the Future of Colleges and Universities (Vanderbilt University Press, 2015), pp. 204-210.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Engagement\u201d in <em>Emerging Trends in the Behavioral and Social Sciences<\/em>, edited by Robert A. Scott and Stephen M. Kosslyn (John Wiley &amp; Sons, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Renewal: Theory and Practice,\u201d in Richard Marback (ed.) <em>Generations: Rethinking Age and Citizenship<\/em> (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEducation for Civil Society,\u201d in David Campbell, Meira Levinson, and Frederick M. Hess (eds.), <em>Civics 2.0: Citizenship Education for a New Generation<\/em> (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2012), pp. 37-56.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cInvesting In Civic Health \u2013 A Case for Strengthening Civic Infrastructure and Civic Education,\u201d in Thomas Bryer (ed) <em>Higher Education Beyond Job Creation: Universities, Citizenship, and Community<\/em> (Lexington Books, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA New Hull-House? The Monumental Challenge of Service-Learning and Community Engagement,\u201d in Dan W. Butin and Scott Seider (eds.), <em>The Engaged Campus: Certificates, Minors, and Majors as the New Community Engagement<\/em> (New York: Palgrave\/Macmillan, 2012), pp. 171-6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAn Ethical Turn for the Humanities,\u201d in <em>Rethinking the Humanities: Paths and Challenges<\/em>, edited by Ricardo Gil Soeiro and Sofia Tavares (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2012), pp. 129-142.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Studies as an Academic Discipline\u201d in Donald W. Harwood (ed.), <em>Civic Provocations<\/em>, Bringing Theory to Practice Monograph, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPatriotism Can Serve Constructive Purposes in Education,\u201d in Noel Merino, ed., <em>Current Controversies: Patriotism<\/em> (Greenhaven Press, 2011), pp. 107-13<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barry Checkoway, Richard Guarasci &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cReuniting the \u2018Often Neglected\u2019 Aims of Liberal Education,\u201d in Don Harward, ed., <em>Transforming Undergraduate Education: Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed<\/em> (Lanham, MD: Rowman &amp; Littlefield), 2011, pp. 109-24<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLetter to President Obama: A Policy Approach for the Federal Government,\u201d in David Feith (ed.),<em> Teaching America: The Case for Civic Education <\/em>(Lanham, MD: Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2011), pp. 209-217.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nancy Thomas &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cDeliberative Democracy and Higher Education: Higher Education\u2019s Democratic Mission,\u201d in John Saltmarsh and Matthew Hartley, eds., <em>To Serve a Larger Purpose: Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education<\/em> (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan F. Zaff, Daniel Hart, Constance A. Flanagan, James Youniss &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cDeveloping Civic Engagement within a Civic Context,\u201d <em>The Handbook of Life-Span Development <\/em>(John Wiley &amp; Sons, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elizabeth Hollander, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Duncan Picard, Jonathan Zaff &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cAssessing the Effects of Institutional Culture on Leadership Education at Tufts University,\u201d in Nicholas V. Longo and Cynthia M. Gibson, eds., <em>From Command to Community: A New Approach to Leadership Education in Colleges and Universities<\/em> (University Press of New England, 2011), pp. 169-87.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSocial Accountability as Public Work,\u201d in Sina Odugbemi and Taeku Lee, eds, <em>Accountability through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action <\/em>(Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2011), pp. 291-306<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cService-Learning Research: Returning to the Moral Questions,\u201d in Trae Stewart and Nicole Webster (eds.), <em>Problematizing Service-Learning, <\/em>Information Age Publishing, 2010, pp. 343-350<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nancy Thomas &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cDeliberative Democracy and Higher Education: Higher Education\u2019s Democratic Mission,\u201d in John Saltmarsh and Matthew Hartley, eds., <em>To Serve a Larger Purpose: Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education<\/em> (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2011).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Knowledge,\u201d in Michael Edwards, ed., <em>The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society <\/em>(Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 362-374<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine &amp; Ann Higgins-D\u2019Alessandro, \u201cYouth Civic Engagement: Normative Issues,\u201d chapter in <em>Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth<\/em>, edited by Lonnie Sherrod, Judith Torney-Purta, and Constance A. Flanagan (John Wiley &amp; Sons, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA Public Voice for Youth: The Audience Problem in Digital Media and Civic Education,\u201d in W. Lance Bennett (ed.), <em>Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth <\/em>(Cambridge, Mass. and London: MIT Press, 2007), pp. 119-138<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCreative Use of the New Media\u201d in Lonnie R. Sherrod, Ron Kassimir, and Connie Flanagan (eds.), <em>Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia <\/em>(Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCollective Action, Civic Engagement, and the Knowledge Commons,\u201d in Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom, eds., <em>Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice <\/em>(MIT Press, 2006). This is a revised version of \u201cYouth-Led Research, the Internet, and Civic Engagement\u201d (Digital Library of the Commons, 2004)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Internet and Civil Society,\u201d in Verna V. Gehring, ed., <em>The Internet in Public Life<\/em>&nbsp; (Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2004), pp. 79-98. This is arevised and updated version of \u201cThe Internet and Civil Society,\u201d <em>Report from the Institute for Philosophy &amp; Public Policy<\/em>, vol. 20, no. 4, Fall 2000. This article originated as a talk on the same subject at the University of Tilburg (in the Netherlands). A long version has been published in a volume entitled <em>Ethics and the Internet,<\/em> edited by Anton Vedder (Oxford: Intersentia, 2001), pp. 177-193. In other versions it has been republished as \u201cThe Internet and Civil Society: Dangers and Opportunities\u201d in <em>iMP Magazine <\/em>(May 2001) and by the Institute for Global Ethics\u2019 Public Policy Program. A Hungarian translation by the Information Society Research Institute (Budapest) was authorized<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCampaign Web Pages and the Public Interest,\u201d in David M. Anderson and Michael Cornfield, eds., <em>The Civic Web: Online Politics and Democratic Values <\/em>(Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2002).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterlevine.ws\/Internetdemocracy.htm\">Can the Internet Rescue Democracy<\/a>? Toward an On-line Commons\u201d in Ronald Hayduk and and Kevin Mattson (eds.), <em>Democracy\u2019s Moment: Reforming the American: Political System for the 21st Century<\/em> (Lanham, MD, Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2002), pp. 121-137<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dataset<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Levine, Peter, Stopka, Thomas, Allen, Jennifer, and Mistry, Jayanthi, Tufts Survey of Equity in Health, Wealth, and Civic Engagement, United States, 2020-2022. 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Revista de conflictos sociales latinoamericanos<\/em>, no.6 (2018), pp.124-129<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Review of <em>Political Translation: How Social Movement Democracies Survive<\/em> by Nicole Doerr (Cambridge University Press, 2018),&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Journal of Public Deliberation<\/em>: Vol. 14 : Iss. 1 , Article 10.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew N. Atwell, John Bridgeland, and Peter Levine, <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Civic Deserts: America\u2019s Civic Health Challenge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Washington, DC, National Conference on Citizenship, 2017)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine and Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, \u201cThe Republic is (Still) at Risk\u2014and Civics is Part of the Solution\u201d (Medford, MA: Jonathan M. 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Allen and Rob Reich (eds.) <em>Education, Justice &amp; Democracy<\/em>, in <em>Theory and Research in Education<\/em>, vol. 13, no. 2 (July 2015), pp. 235-238<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg &amp; Peter Levine, &#8220;Challenges and Opportunities for Discussion of Controversial Issues in Racially Pluralistic Schools,&#8221; <em>Social Education<\/em>, vol. 79, no. 5 (Oct. 2015), p. 271-7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine and Eric Liu, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/activecitizen.tufts.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tisch-College-Hewlett-Report.pdf\">America\u2019s Civic Renewal Movement: The View from Organizational Leaders<\/a>\u201d (Medford, MA: Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship &amp; Public Service, 2015).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine &amp; Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, &#8220;Civic Education and Deeper Learning,&#8221; Students at the Center: Deeper Learning Research Series. Boston, MA: Jobs for the Future, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marshall Croddy &amp; Peter Levine \u201cThe C3 Framework: A Powerful Tool for Preparing Future Generations for Informed and Engaged Civic Life,\u201d <em>Social Education,<\/em> vol. 78, no. 6 (2014), pp 282\u2013285<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTurning Students into Voters: What Teachers Can Do,\u201d <em>Social Education,<\/em> 78(4), pp 175\u2013178<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Studies,\u201d in <em>Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly<\/em>, vol. 32, No 1 (2014).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTeaching the Deeper Aspects of Civic Education,\u201d <em>The Standard<\/em> (National Association of State Boards of Education), March 24, 2014, pp. 37-39.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Forward,&#8221; to Elizabeth Lynn, <em>State Councils, the Humanities, and the American Public<\/em> (Dayton, OH: Kettering Foundation, 2013), pp. 1-4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meira Levinson &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cTaking Informed Action: The Civic Footprint to Prepare Students for Civic Life,\u201d <em>Social Education<\/em>, vol. 77, no. 6 (Nov. 2013), pp. 339-41<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine &amp; Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, \u201cTeaching Civics in a Time of Partisan Polarization,\u201d <em>Social Education<\/em>, vol. 77, no 4 (2013), pp. 215-7.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat the NAEP Civics Assessment Measures and How Students Perform,\u201d CIRCLE Fact Sheet, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Chaeyoon Lim &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cCivic Health and Unemployment II: The Case Builds,\u201d National Conference on Citizenship:<br>Washington, DC, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surbhi Godsay, Whitney Henderson, Peter Levine &amp; Josh Littenberg-Tobias, \u201cState Civic Education Requirements,\u201d CIRCLE Fact Sheet (2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michelle J. Boyd, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Jonathan Zaff, &amp; Peter Levine \u201cAssessment Spotlight: Tufts University, Tisch College of Citizenship and<br>Public Service,\u201d <em>Bringing Theory to Practice Newsletter<\/em>, fall 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surbhi Godsay, Kei&nbsp;Kawashima-Ginsberg, Abby Kiesa, &amp; Peter&nbsp;Levine,<em> That&#8217;s Not Democracy\u201d: How Out of School Youth Engage in Civic Life and What Stands in their Way<\/em>, CIRCLE Monograph, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cHow to Combat Incivility: A Policy Agenda for Civic Renewal,\u201d <em>Dispute Resolution Magazine<\/em>, vol. 18, no. 2 (2012), pp. 24-26<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Civic Engagement and Community Information: Five Strategies to Revive Civic Communication<\/em>, A White Paper on the Civic Engagement Recommendations of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat Do We Know about Civic Engagement?\u201d <em>Liberal Education<\/em>, vol. 97, no. 2 (Spring 2011), pp. 20-7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Public and its Problems,\u201d <em>National Civic Review <\/em>centennial edition, vol. 100, no. 1 (April 2011), pp. 42-50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTeaching and Learning Civility,\u201d in Nancy L. Thomas (ed.), \u201cEducating for Deliberative Democracy,\u201d <em>New Directions for Higher Education<\/em>, no. 152<br>(winter 2010), pp. 11-17<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cReforming the Humanities: The Ethical Interpretation of Stories,\u201d <em>Intellectual News<\/em> (the review of the International Society for Intellectual History), vol. 16 (2010), pp. 110-112<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine &amp; Ann Higgins d\u2019Alessandro, \u201cThe Philosophical Foundations of Civic Education,\u201d <em>Philosophy &amp; Public Policy Quarterly<\/em>, vol. 30, no. 3\/4 (Summer\/Fall 2010), pp. 21-7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John M. Bridgeland &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cCivic Health in Hard Times,\u201d <em>Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity<\/em>, September 28, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMaking the Case: The Civic Case for Voluntary Student Groups,\u201d <em>Leadership for Student Activities<\/em>, vol. 39, no. 9 (May 2009), pp. 16-17.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Opportunity Gap,\u201d <em>Educational Leadership,<\/em> vol. 66, no. 8 (May 2009), pp. 20-25.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Engagement for All: A Conversation with Peter Levine,\u201d <em>Northwest Education,<\/em> vol. 14, no. 2 (Winter 2009), pp. 12-13<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Levine, Constance A. Flanagan and Les Gallay, <em>The Millennial Pendulum: A New Generation of Voters and the Prospects for a Political Realignment, <\/em>New America Foundation monograph, February 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Constance A. Flanagan, Peter Levine, and Richard Settersten, <em>Civic Engagement and the Changing Transition to Adulthood, <\/em>CIRCLE monograph, January<br>2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Hugo Lopez, Karlo Barrios Marcelo, &amp; Peter Levine, <em>Getting Narrower at the Base: The American Curriculum After NCLB<\/em>, CIRCLE monograph, December, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Case for Service,\u201d <em>Philosophy &amp; Public Policy Quarterly<\/em>, vol. 28, no. 3\/4 (summer\/fall 2008), pp. 2-8. Also anthologized in Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau, eds., <em>Current Issues and Enduring Questions <\/em>(New York, St. Martin\u2019s Press, 2011).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAmerica\u2019s Civic Health Index,\u201d 2008, published by the National Conference on Citizenship in partnership with CIRCLE and the Saguaro Seminar. I was one of<br>several authors and drafted the original text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matt Leighninger &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cEducation in a Rapidly Changing Democracy: Strengthening Civic Education for Citizens of All Ages,\u201d <em>The School Administrator,<\/em> October 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Engaged University: A Tale of Two Generations,\u201d in David W. Brown and Deborah Witte, eds., <em>Agent of Democracy: Higher Education and the HEX Journey <\/em>(Dayton: Kettering Foundation Press, 2008), pp. 11-28.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEducation and the Limits of Technocracy,\u201d <em>Philosophy &amp; Public Policy Quarterly<\/em>, vol. 27, no. 3\/4 (Summer\/Fall 2007), pp. 17-21.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with several others) \u201cAmerica\u2019s Civic Health Index,\u201d 2007, published by the National Conference on Citizenship in partnership with CIRCLE and the Saguaro Seminar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLearning and Democracy: Civic Education,\u201d <em>The Kettering Review,<\/em> vol. 24, no. 3 (Fall 2006), pp. 32-42<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(With Mark Hugo Lopez and others), \u201cThe 2006 Civic and Political Health of the Nation\u201d (CIRCLE, based on a nationally representative survey.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Broken Engagement: America\u2019s Civic Engagement Index, <\/em>A report by the National Conference on Citizenship in association with CIRCLE and the Saguaro Seminar (September 18, 2006): with 12 co-authors, but I was responsible for the data and quantitative analysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Renewal in America,\u201d <em>Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly<\/em>, vol. 26, no. 1\/2 (winter\/spring 2006), pp. 2-12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Mission of Schools: Chief Findings and Next Steps,\u201d <em>Knowledge Quest<\/em>, vol. 34, no. 4 (March\/April, 2006), pp. 20-22<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<em>Politics is About Relationships <\/em>by Harold H. Saunders\u201d (book review), <em>Connections<\/em> (winter 2006), pp. 26-27<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYouth Voting in 2004: The Myths and the Facts,\u201d <em>Wingspread Journal<\/em> (2005), pp. 3-6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cJournalism and Democracy: Does it Matter How Well the Press Covers Iraq?\u201d <em>National Civic Review<\/em>, vol. 93, no. 3 (Fall 2004), pp. 16-24.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with David Brown and Robert Kingston) \u201cWhat is \u2018Public\u2019 About What Academics Do? An Exchange with Robert Kingston and Peter Levine,\u201d <em>Higher Education Exchange<\/em>, 2004 pp. 17-29<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Education\u201d (letter), <em>Education Next<\/em>, Spring 2004, p. 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Hugo Lopez &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cThemes Emphasized in Social Studies and Civics Classes: New Evidence,\u201d CIRCLE fact sheet, Feb. 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cynthia Gibson &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cThe Path To Consensus: Coalition-Building, Advocacy, Research and Communications Converge for Success in Carnegie\/CIRCLE Program,\u201d <em>Gold Book<\/em> (Alliance for Nonprofit Management), February 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Lopez &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cYoung People and Political Campaigning on the Internet,\u201d CIRCLE fact sheet, January 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Idea of an Engaged University,\u201d an interview of me by David Brown, <em>Higher Education Exchange<\/em>, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Civic Mission of Schools,&#8221; National Civic Review, winter 2003, pp. 63-5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Lopez &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cYouth Voter Turnout has Declined, by Any Measure,\u201d CIRCLE publication, June 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Libertarian Critique of Labor Unions,\u201d <em>Philosophy &amp; Public Policy Quarterly<\/em>, Volume 21, Number 4 (Fall 2001). Reprinted in William A. Shaw and Vincent Barry, eds., Moral Issues in Business (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2004), pp. 317-324.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Renewal and the Commons of Cyberspace,\u201d <em>The National Civic Review<\/em>, vol. 90, no. 3 (Fall 2001), pp. 205-211<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPublic Intellectuals and the Influence of Economics,\u201d <em>The Higher Education Exchange, <\/em>2001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLessons from the Brooklyn Museum Controversy,\u201d <em>Report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy<\/em>, vol. 20, no. 2\/3, Summer 2000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMichael Edwards, <em>Future Positive: International Co-operation in the 21st Century<\/em>,\u201d book review in the <em>IDEA Newsletter<\/em>, May 2000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cGetting Practical About Deliberative Democracy,\u201d <em>The Report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy<\/em>, Fall 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cHopeful Signs in America\u2019s Civic Health,\u201d press release and talk given at the Brookings Institution, Washington, June 18, 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Index of National Civic Health (INCH),\u201d a publication of the National Commission on Civic Renewal (1998).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cExpert Analysis vs. Public Opinion: The Case of Campaign Finance Reform,\u201d <em>The Report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy,<\/em> summer, 1997. This article is anthologized in <em>Social Problems<\/em>, twenty-seventh edition, edited by Kurt Finsterbusch (McGraw Hill-Dushkin, 1999). A shorter version was published as \u201cCleaning Up Campaigns,\u201d <em>The Birmingham News<\/em>, \u201cReview &amp; Comment\u201d section, Sunday, August 17, 1997, p. C 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDeliberation and Technical Reasoning,\u201d a chapter in the <em>Standing with the Public: The Humanities and Democratic Practice, <\/em>edited by Noelle McAfee and Jim Veninga (Dayton, 1997)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPublic Journalism and Deliberation,\u201d <em>Report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy<\/em>, winter, 1994. This article was reprinted in Theodore Lowi, et al., <em>Readings for American Government<\/em> (Norton, 2000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Five entries for the <em>Norton Dictionary of Modern Thought<\/em>, edited by Alan Bullock and Stephen Trombley, 1999 (\u201cWill to Power,\u201d \u201cEternal Return,\u201d \u201c <em>Ubermensch<\/em>,\u201d \u201cLast Man,\u201d and \u201cMaster Morality\/Slave Morality\u201d)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cConsultants and American Political Culture,\u201d <em>Report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy<\/em>, summer\/fall issue, 1994 This article was abridged in <em>The Congressional Quarterly Researcher<\/em> (1996)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCarol Gould, <em>Rethinking Democracy<\/em>,\u201d <em>Civic Arts Review<\/em> (1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawrence Cremin, <em>American Education: The Metropolitan Experience<\/em>\u201d (book review), <em>Civic Arts Review<\/em> (Ohio Wesleyan University, 1988)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Op-Eds and Editorials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Call Them Underdogs&#8221; (film review), <em>Education Next<\/em>, March 5, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What our nation needs is a broad-based, pro-democracy civic movement,&#8221; <em>The Fulcrum<\/em>, Nov. 25, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with Dayna Cunningham), &#8220;US democracy\u2019s unaddressed flaws undermine Biden\u2019s stand as democracy\u2019s defender ? but Trump keeps favoring political violence,&#8221; The Conversation, March 19, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg and Jessica S. Lieberman, &#8220;Massachusetts Should Move Local Elections to Even-Numbered Years,&#8221; The Boston Globe, Nov. 7 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with Moon Duchin) &#8220;Rebooting the Mathematics of Gerrymandering,&#8221; <em>The Conversation<\/em>, October 23, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with Talmon Joseph Smith) &#8220;A New Year\u2019s Resolution for the Republic: Make Average Citizens\u2019 Opinions Matter Again,&#8221; <em>Salon,<\/em> Jan 16, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with Abby Kiesa) &#8220;Youth and US Elections: About Way More Than Just the Horserace,&#8221; <em>The World Financial Review<\/em>, Nov.\/Dec. 2016, pp. 22-4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with Abby Kiesa) &#8220;Why American Urgently Needs to Improve K-12 Civic Education,&#8221; <em>The Conversation<\/em>, Oct 30, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Teach Civic Responsibility to High School Students,&#8221; <em>The New York Times<\/em> (&#8220;Room for Debate&#8221; feature), Oct. 17, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Lack of Diversity in Philosophy is Blocking its Progress,\u201d <em>Aeon<\/em> Magazine, June 28, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Explainer: What is Wrong with America&#8217;s Civic Education,&#8221;&nbsp;<em>The Conversation<\/em>, May 9, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Waning Influence of American Political Parties,&#8221; <em>The Conversation<\/em>, March 31, 2016. Reprinted in <em>US News &amp; World Report<\/em>&nbsp;and in <em>Newsweek<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with Alan Solomont), &#8220;Renewing Our Commitment to US History and Civics,&#8221; Roll Call, October 15, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Federal Citizenship Test: What Should a Good Citizen Really Know About America?&#8221; Fox News (online), March 18, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Why the Voting Age Should be 17,&#8221; <em>Politico<\/em>, Feb. 24, 2105<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Opposing View: Good Citizenship Transcends a Test,&#8221; <em>USA Today<\/em>, Feb. 9, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(With Scott Warren) &#8220;To Revive Our Democracy, Revive Civic Education,&#8221; <em>The Hill,<\/em> Jan. 15, 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSocial Media Hasn\u2019t Boosted Young Voter Turnout,\u201d <em>Washington Post<\/em> political science blog (\u201cThe Monkey Cage\u201d), Dec. 1, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCommentary: If Millennials Leave Religion, Then What?\u201d <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, April 21, 2014 (and on the Religion New Service wire)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cObamaCare and America\u2019s Youth \u2014 Why Lessons of 2014 Will Last a Lifetime,\u201d FoxNews.com (op-ed), March 31, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat Bipartisan Budget Agreement Suggests For Future of American Democracy,\u201d Fox News online, Dec. 20, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trey Grayson and Peter Levine, \u201cRecipe for Improving Civic Education,\u201d <em>The Hill<\/em>, Oct. 15, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCitizenship isn\u2019t about Passing a Civics Test.\u201d CNN.com, May 6, 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Half-Impressive Youth Vote,\u201d <em>US News &amp; World Report<\/em>, November 30, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhy Young People Turned Out\u2013Again,\u201d <em>The New York Daily News<\/em>, Nov. 9, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMy View: How Schools Should Handle 9\/11 in Class,\u201d CNN\u2019s \u201cSchools of Thought\u201d website, Sept. 11, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhy The GOP\u2019s Future Could Depend on Romney\u2019s Ability to Connect with Young People,\u201d Fox News.com, April 27, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDoes Rick Santorum Have a Youth Problem?\u201d <em>Daily Caller<\/em>, Feb. 27, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNew Role for Young Voters,\u201d <em>Politico<\/em>, Jan. 20, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYoung, Black and Voting,\u201d <em>The Root<\/em>, Dec. 2, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph Kahne &amp; &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cVoter Turnout Spotlights Educational Need,\u201d <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>, March 9, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John M. Bridgeland &amp; Peter Levine, \u201cCivic Priorities,\u201d <em>The Washington Times<\/em>, October 4, 2006<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizer\/author of commission or committee reports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(Co-Principal Investigator), <em>Educating for American Democracy: Excellence in History and Civics for All Learners<\/em> (iCivics, 2021), www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Writer and Chair of the Civics Group), College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards, National Council for the Social Studies (2013): being used as the framework to revise standards in at least eight states<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Director and Principal Investigator) Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge, \u201cAll Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement\u201d (Medford: MA: Center for Information &amp; Research on Civic Learning &amp; Engagement, 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Civic Health and Unemployment: Can Engagement Strengthen the Economy? <\/em> (Washington, DC: National Conference on Citizenship, 2011) I drafted the text, but the named authors are CIRCLE, Civic Enterprises, National Conference on Citizenship, Saguaro Seminar, and the National Constitution Center<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Executive editor, with several others), <em>Guardian of Democracy: The Civic Mission of Schools<\/em>, published by the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, CIRCLE, American Bar Association Division of Public Education, Lenore Annenberg Institute for Civics, and National Conference on Citizenship (2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cHigher Education: Civic Mission &amp; Civic Effects,\u201d published by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and CIRCLE in February 2006. This is a consensus report by 22 scholars; I drafted it and revised it to achieve agreement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Civic Mission of Schools<\/em>, a report released by Carnegie Corporation of New York and CIRCLE, February 2003. This report was generated by more than 50 author\/endorsers as a result of a deliberative process jointly organized and managed by Cynthia Gibson (Carnegie Corporation of New York) and me. It was the subject of a syndicated column by David Broder, several unsigned editorials, and numerous news stories. Copies were distributed at a White House Forum on History, Civics, and Service and a Congressional Conference on Civic Education, among other events. It is the charter for the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer institutes for faculty, graduate students, and practitioners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2025 Civic Engagement short course at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 6, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: annual American Political Science Association Institute for Civically Engaged Research, June at Tisch College, co-directed with Amy Cabrera Rasmussen and Valeria Sinclair Chapman or with Samantha Majic and Adriano Udani<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009-2019: Summer Institute of Civic Studies, annually in June or July at Tufts&#8217; Tisch College of Civic Life, co-directed with Karol Soltan from 2009-2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015-19 and 2022: European Summer Institute of Civic Studies, annually in July or August in Ukraine of Germany, co-directed with Karol Soltan and Tetjana Kloubert<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 short course at Tec de Monterrey in Mexico City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"keynote-plenary-speeches\"><strong>Keynote\/plenary speeches<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;What Was Civic Education and What Can it Become?,&#8221; conference on Civic Engagement and the Constitutional Order, University of South Carolina, April 13, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Constitution Day Speaker, James Madison University, Sept. 8, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What Does Civility Mean?&#8221; National Council for the Social Studies, summer virtual conference, June 16, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;People are Not Points in Space: Why the \u2018Left vs Right\u2019 Spectrum Can\u2019t Help Us Understand (or Solve) Political Disagreements,&#8221; The Road to the White House: Colgate&#8217;s 2024 Election Series, Colgate University, Nov. 3, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Lincoln Scholars Lecture: &#8220;What Should We Do? A Theory of Civic Life,&#8221; American University, Washington DC, Oct 28, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Keynote: Understanding Democracy and youth empowerment,&#8221; at the Virtual Urban Diplomacy Exchange Conference, hosted by Engagement Global and partners for German and US municipalities, Oct. 23, 2024 (virtual)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Building Research-Practice Partnerships,&#8221; Measurement Working Group Convening, Institute for Citizens and Scholars, Washington, DC, April 1, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What Should We Do? A Theory of Civic Life,&#8221; Wake Forest University\u2019s Program for Leadership and Character, Winston-Salem, NC, Feb 6, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ohio State University COMPAS Colloquium (\u201cWhat Should Civic Education Become in the 21st Century?\u201d), panel with Angela M. Banks and Winston C. Thompson, Columbus, OH, Feb 3, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What Should We Do? 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Treat Lecture, &#8220;A Polarized Country &#8211; Can Schools Help Bridge the Divide?\u201c New Hampshire Institute for Civics Education, July 22, 2021 (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civic Education and Renewal: Restoring American Civic Legitimacy\u201d (plenary discussion with Paul Carrese and Wilfred McClay), Citizenship and Civic Leadership in America Conference, Arizona State University&#8217;s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, February 29, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presentation of Report: &#8220;MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts,&#8221; The Boston Foundation, Nov. 13, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keynote at the Delaware Summit on Civic Education, University of Delaware, Feb 7, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keynote at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 2019 Instructional Development Institute, on\u201cMaking High-Impact Educational Experiences for All,&#8221; Green Bay, Jan. 24, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Civic Mission of Schools: Lessons for Utah,&#8221; at the &#8220;A Place for All&#8221; statewide civics conference, Salt Lake City, June 26, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youth Civic Engagement,&#8221; keynote, national YMCA Youth &amp; Government State Directors&#8217; Conference, Atlanta, GA (the State House chamber), May 14, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The State of Civic Life,&#8221; featured speech, The Corps Network\u2019s National Conference, Washington, DC, Feb. 13, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;How to Respond: Civic Renewal in the Age of Trump&#8221; Indivisible Chippewa Valley Citizen Summit, Eau Claire, WI, Nov 12, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Elinor Ostrom and the Citizen\u2019s Basic Question: What Should We Do?&#8221; Tocqueville Lecture, Indiana University, Oct 5, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 2017 William R. and Linda K. Cotter Debate at Colby College on \u201cAmerican Democracy?\u201d, with Benjamin Page, Rosslyn Fuller, and Joseph R. Reisert, Colby College, March 29, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;From Responsiveness to Tolerance,&#8221; keynote at the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Program for Strategic Research &amp; Studies conference on \u201cTeaching Tolerance &amp; Peace in Education: American Experiences &amp; International Lessons,&#8221; Orlando, Florida, March 27, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Networks, Deliberation, and an Open Public Sphere,&#8221; keynote at Northeastern University\u2019s NULab for Texts, Maps and Networks, conference on \u201cKeeping the Public Sphere Open,\u201d Boston, MA, March 24, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Morality and Networks,&#8221; Mississippi Philosophical Association annual meeting, Mississippi State University, Feb. 3, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What should young people know about the elections and why is it important?&#8221; (opening plenary), Teaching about the 2016 Elections Conference, Madison, WI, Sept. 24, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em> &nbsp;<\/em>Plenary remarks, White House&nbsp;Civic Workshop, The White House, July 13, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary talk, Cities of Service Annual Convening, New York City, June 6, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lunchtime keynote, New York State Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, Albany, NY, March 31, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Civic Renewal in America,&#8221; Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, March 28, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLeadership for Civic Renewal: Reinvigorating America\u2019s Civic Life,\u201d the 2015 Martel Lecture in Leadership and Public Opinion, University of Connecticut, Oct. 14, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Texas San Antonio Civic Engagement Summit keynote, San Antonio, Sept. 28, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Year the People Took Back Politics: A Vision for 2016,&#8221; keynote at &#8220;Breaking Through: Increasing Civic Participation Before, During and After Elections,&#8221; Austin, TX, July 22, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Civic Renewal in American Cities,\u201d City Accelerator Local Government Engagement national meeting, Cambridge, MA March 26, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keynote, Vermont League of Women Voters\u2019 annual spring luncheon, Waterbury, VT March 21, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Promise of Civic Renewal in America,&#8221; opening keynote, The Florida Civic Advance (statewide summit), Orlando, Feb. 22, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Civic Education in a Time of Inequality and Polarization,&#8221; opening remarks at a Ford Foundation conference on &#8220;Educating for Democracy,&#8221; New York City, Jan. 23, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Engagement: The Role of Faculty in Reinvigorating Democracy,\u201d The Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield (MA) conference, Nov 13, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Promise of Civic Renewal in America,\u201d keynote speech at the Champaign (IL) STAR (Service Together Achieves results) Expo\/Awards Program, April 17, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Promise of Civic Renewal in America,\u201d the Rotunda, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 9, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Promise of Civic Renewal in America,\u201d lunchtime plenary at the Center for the Study of Citizenship\u2019s 2014 Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, March 21, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Promise of Civic Renewal in America,\u201d opening plenary at the \u201cDemocracy in America: Participation and Social Justice\u201d conference at Stetson University, Florida, March 28, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Promise of Civic Renewal,\u201d Texas Conference on Civic Life, Austin, TX, Nov. 9, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civic and Moral Education Initiative Colloquium Series\/Gutman Library Distinguished Author Series Event on <em>We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For,<\/em> Harvard Graduate School of Education, Oct. 21, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDistinguished Voices in Civics\u201d speaker series, inaugural talk, Morven Park, VA, Sept. 25, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA Defense of Higher Education and its Civic Mission,\u201d keynote, American Democracy Project\/The Democracy Commitment national conference, Denver, CO, June 7, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Capital Forum: \u201cHow Can Engagement Drive Economic Growth?\u201d Boston, MA, May 3, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Princeton AlumniCorps plenary talk, Princeton, NJ, April 27, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Mission of Schools Report, a Ten-Year Retrospective,\u201d (after-dinner keynote), 2013 Illinois Civic Mission Coalition Convening, Chicago, March 7, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPreparation for Citizenship in the 21st Century\u201d (keynote, given twice), California Democracy School Civic Learning Initiative meetings, Los Angeles, Feb. 19 and Feb 20, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Next Horizon for Community Engagement\u201d (opening plenary), Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) Conference, Elon, NC, February 13, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat is citizenship? Changing Perspectives\u201d (opening plenary) and \u201cHow to Accomplish Civic Renewal\u201d (closing plenary), North Carolina Campus Compact Civic Engagement Institute, Elon, NC, February 12, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMapping the field, intellectual movements, and promise for strengthening democracy\u201d Civic Mission of Higher Education conference convened by Bringing Theory to Practice, Washington, DC, January 31, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cFeatured Keynote: The Effect of State Policy on the Youth Vote,\u201d The Seventh Annual Summit of the Overseas Vote Foundation and U.S. Vote Foundation, Washington, DC, Jan. 24, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPlenary: Measures of Civic Outcomes,\u201d Eastern Regional Meeting of \u201cEvery Student a Citizen,\u201d an initiative of the Education Commission of the States, Philadelphia, PA, June 15, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Renewal: Theory and Practice,\u201d at \u201cGenerations: Age and Citizenship,\u201d the 9th Annual Conference in Citizenship Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, March 30, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhy Civic Participation and Community Engagement Matter,\u201d at \u201cCommunity Engagement 2012,\u201d A Convening of Donor Forum Members and Partners, Chicago, March 7, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roundtable to release my paper, \u201cCivic Engagement and Community Information: Five Strategies to Revive Civic Communication,\u201d organized by the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Chicago, June 10, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat do College Students Gain from Civic Engagement?\u201d: inaugural Civic Engagement &amp; Democracy lecture, Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement,<br>University of Illinois-Chicago, April 21, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat Matters and What Counts in Education?\u201d a speech sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves, Colorado Legacy Foundation and the Donnell-Kay Foundation,<br>Denver, CO, Feb 15, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cConcepts of Citizenship,\u201d opening keynote at the Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education Conference, Boston University, June 25, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Obama Administration\u2019s Active Citizenship Agenda,\u201d University Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Feb. 19, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Engagement Research,\u201d plenary presentation at the National Symposium on Civic Engagement, Public Work and Psychosocial Well-Being convened by the<br>Bringing Theory to Practice Project and others, Washington, DC, November 5, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cClosing the Civic Opportunity Gap,\u201d Lifetime of Learning Conference on Service Learning, Civic Responsibility, and Higher Education, organized by the Alabama Poverty Project and others, Birmingham, Alabama, September 25, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhy Obama Won (and What that Says about Democracy and Change in America)\u201d, Presidential Plenary Panel, American Sociological Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, August 8, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cRestoring the Civic Mission of Schools in Rhode Island,\u201d 2009 Rhode Island Civic Education Summer Institute, Providence, RI, June 25, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Engagement and Service-Learning Policy for Administrators,\u201d Kids Consortium conference, Framingham, MA, Dec. 4, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDeveloping the Next Generation of American Citizens,\u201d conference on Service Learning and Civic Education, sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education and others, Des Moines, IA, Nov. 19, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat\u2019s at Stake in Election 2008?\u201d University of Wisconsin-Madison, Pyle Center, September 20, 1008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Future of Democracy,\u201d SUNY Geneseo, September 15, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launch of Project ELECT, Educating Learners to Engage in Civics Today, organized by the Hillsborough County School District, Tampa, Florida, January 31, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lunchtime plenary speech at the 7th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Tampa, Florida, Oct. 7, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Release of America\u2019s Civic Health Index 2007, National Archives Building, Washington, DC, Oct. 4, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYouth Civic Engagement,\u201d keynote speech at the Cluster VII meeting, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools, August 3, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Mission of Schools after Four Years,\u201d keynote address for the 7th Annual R. Freeman Butts Institute on Civic Learning in Teacher Education, Indianapolis, May 18, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAmerican Grassroots Democracy and Civil Society,\u201d keynote for United States State Department International Visitor Leadership Program, Washington, DC, May 3, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cService-Learning: Why We Do It, and How to Show it Works,\u201d Learn &amp; Serve America Grantee Meeting, Hilton Washington Dulles Airport, November 1, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYouth Civic Engagement: Why and How?\u201d Summit of National Youth Leadership Organizations, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, September 15, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Mission of Higher Education,\u201d keynote at a conference on \u201cTCU and Fort Worth: An Agenda for Collaboration,\u201d Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, January 28, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEducation for Democratic Citizenship,\u201d Congreso Internacional de EducaRed III, Madrid, November 4, 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Mission of Schools,\u201d plenary speech, Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) summer conference, Gwinnett County, GA, June 25, 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSix Promising Approaches to Civic Education,\u201d keynote address, Second Annual Conference on Democracy Education, Madison, WI, Nov. 30, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Mission of Schools,\u201d a general session at a conference hosted by the South Carolina Bar Association for the South Carolina Council for the Social Studies, Greenville, SC, Sept. 23, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cUsing Recent Civic Research for State Center Development,\u201d speech at the Youth For Justice State Directors Meeting, Sept. 10, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Mission of Schools and a Research Agenda,\u201d keynote address, International Conference on Civic Education Research, New Orleans, Nov. 16, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cService-Learning Research and the Movement for Youth Civic Engagement,\u201d keynote address, Third Annual International Service-Learning Research Conference, Salt Lake City, Nov. 7, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOn the Civic Mission of Schools,\u201d speech at the Youth For Justice State Directors Meeting, Sept. 12, 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary speech on the subject of \u201cWorld Wide Web Resources\u201d at the Institute for Community Health Symposium, \u201cUsing Technologies that Work,\u201d April 26, 2001<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"conferences-organized\"><strong>Conferences organized<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Summit on Civics in Higher Education, organized by Tisch College, the Alliance for Civics in the Academy, and GBH (formerly WGBH-Boston), April 10, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annually from 2009-2025, except 2019-20, Frontiers of Democracy, a conference for civic renewal at Tufts University&#8217;s Tisch College. Frontiers lasts for three days in June or July and draws about 140 activists, scholars, advanced students, and policymakers from multiple countries.Generous Listening in Organizations: an international research symposium, in partnership with the Vuslat Foundation, Tufts University, August 8-10, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1st Annual Workshop on Methods for Teaching Ethics in Data Science, Tufts University and online, May 2, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tufts COVID-19 Research Symposium, Nov. 17-18, 2020 (planning committee; panel moderator) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with several others), \u201cEducating for American Democracy: Teaching Civics Today,\u201d Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,&nbsp; Feb. 4, 2020&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with several others) Deliberative Democracy Consortium Research &amp; Practice Meeting on Deliberative Democracy and Human Cognition, Washington, DC, Oct 30-31, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Tolerance, Citizenship, and the Open Society,&#8221; at Tisch College, March 21-22, 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with iCivics, the Safra Center, and the Civic Engagement Research Group), Civic Learning Impact and Measurement Convening, Facebook (Menlo Park, CA), Jan 10-12, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(with Danielle Allen and the staff of the Safra Center), A&nbsp;National Convening on Civic Education, Harvard,&nbsp;May 17-18, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organized with iCivics, the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, and the Florida Joint Center on Citizenship: <em>Democracy at a Crossroads<\/em>. At the Newseum in Washington, DC, Sept. 21, 2017, with remarks by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Judy Woodruff&nbsp;of PBS NewsHour, former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr., former NBA star Shane Battier, and others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The National Conference on Citizenship, Washington, DC, Oct. 13-14, 2016 (with NCoC and Tisch College staff)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Educating for Democracy, a convening co-sponsored by the Ford Foundation, Generation Citizen, CIRCLE, the Campaign for Civic Mission of Schools, the Spencer Foundation, and UCLA\u2019s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, Jan. 23, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civic Learning and National Service Summit, co-organized with the White House Office of Innovation and Civic Participation, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. At the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University, Oct 16, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYouth in Elections,\u201d National Press Club Newsmakers\u2019 press conference, Oct. 9, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organized with American Enterprise Institute and others, \u201cMetrics in Civic Education Professional Development,\u201d American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, Sept. 22, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Action Civics Conference, Chicago, June 10-11, 2011 (with a group of colleagues)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cFederal Policy and Civic Skills,\u201d National Press Club, Washington, DC, April 29, 2010 (with 75 participants, five panels, and 21 speakers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Obama Administration\u2019s Civic Agenda After Six Months,\u201d Tisch College, Tufts University, July 24, 2009, broadcast nationally by C-SPAN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with James Youniss), \u201cCivic Engagement of Non-College Attending Youth,\u201d at the Spencer Foundation, March 25-25, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with colleagues at Brandeis and Berkeley), Service-Learning Emerging Scholars Work-in-Progress Seminar, College Park, MD, June 14-16, 2007. Second meeting at Brandeis, June 15-17, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with Rhode Island Campus Compact and Brandeis University), \u201cProgram Evaluation and Community-Based Research Conference,\u201d Providence College, June 7, 2007, and \u201cLearn &amp; Serve America Grantees Meeting,\u201d Bryant University, June 8, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with a team of colleagues), Democracy Imperative conference, University of New Hampshire, June 3-6, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with colleagues from Penn State and Oregon State and the Spencer Foundation) of &#8220;Youth Civic Engagement Research,\u201d Spencer Foundation, Chicago, May 29-30, 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty meeting on civic engagement, Oglethorpe University (Atlanta), January 18, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maryland Civic Literacy Summit, Annapolis, MD, Jan. 4, 2007. Convened by act of the State Assembly and co-organized by CIRCLE and the Maryland State Department of Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press conference on the Civic and Political Health of the Nation (followed by a forum for practitioners), National Press Club, Washington, DC, Oct 3, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with CIRCLE staff), \u201cImmigrant Youth Civic Engagement,\u201d a conference at the New School University in New York City, April 25, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with James Youniss), conference on \u201cFederal Policy for Civic Education.\u201d Washington, DC, Feb. 14, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer, CIRCLE conference on \u201cAlternatives to Large, Traditional High Schools: Can They Enhance Students\u2019 Preparation for Work, College, and Democracy?\u201d National Press Club, July 6, 2005. Covered by C-SPAN.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with James Youniss), \u201cYouth and Political Participation,\u201d conference at the Life-Cycle Institute, Catholic University, March 18-19, 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advisory Committee member for the Second Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education, sponsored by the Majority and Minority Leaders of the US House and Senate and organized by the Alliance for Representative Democracy (2004)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with Rose Marie Nierras), session on \u201cAdvocacy and Deliberation\u201d at the Deliberative Democracy Consortium\/LogoLink Partners meeting in Washington, DC, June 11, 2004 (participants were activists from nine northern and southern countries).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer, Youth Voting Research Meeting: convened leading researchers on the mobilization of young voters, plus leading nonpartisan organizations committed to getting out the youth vote\u201330 in all (Jan. 5, 2004)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizing committee for the Researcher &amp; Practitioner Conference of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, (Oct., 22-24, 2003)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advisory Committee member for the First Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education (2003)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning committee for the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools\u2019 preliminary meeting (May 2, 2003) and first Steering Committee retreat (Oct. 2-3,2003).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer and co-moderator (with Cynthia Gibson) of two conferences on \u201cSchool-Based Civic Education at the k-12 Level,\u201d sponsored by CIRCLE, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Corporation for National and Community Service: Oct. 7-8 and December 10, 2002. 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(May 2024).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> &#8220;An Association as a Belief Betwork and Social Network,&#8221; Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago (virtual presentation). (April 2024).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Levine, P. L. (Presenter), Citizenship in the 21st Century University, &#8220;Civic Studies at Tufts,&#8221; Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Palo Alto. (April 2024).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Innovating Democratic Participation Luncheon Series, &#8220;Inclusiveness in Participation,&#8221; Harvard Ash Institute, Cambridge MA. (March 2024).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel on Political Networks, Public Opinion, and Political Communication (discussant), Midwest Political Science Association, April 4 (Chicago; virtual)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;How to handle the hot debates about teaching history in US schools,&#8221; webinar with facuty of Cerritos College, College of the Canyons, Los Angeles City College, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State Los Angeles, and Cal State Northridge, Nov. 17, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;People Are Not Points in Space: Opinions and Discussions as Networks of Ideas,&#8221; Institute H21 International Symposium, Prague, Czechia, Sept. 15, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>C\u00edvicamente: c\u00f3mo se gobierna la gente: \u00bfqu\u00e9 debemos hacer?&#8221; Seminario Internacional sobre Investigaciones Participativas con Impacto Pol\u00edtico, Universidad Rey Juan Carlo, May 12, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Analyzing Political Opinions and Discussions as Networks of Ideas,&#8221; Facultad de Humanidades, Comunicaci\u00f3n y Documentaci\u00f3n, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, May 10, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International hearing on democracy-promoting pedagogy, Deutsches Jugendinstitut (online), March 3, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel on School\/College Alignment, Civic Learning for an Engaged Democracy conference, online, Dec. 14, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book talk for the American Society for Public Administration (webinar), Nov. 22, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;A Path to Healing Our Democracy,&#8221; Citizens Campaign panel, Trinity Church, New York City, Nov 14, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Green, Sarah Shugars, Nic Fishman, and Peter Levine, &#8220;Measuring Belief Systems as Directed Networks of Attitudes,&#8221; American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Sept. 15, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(poster) Nathan Kim, Thomas Stopka, Elyssa Annesser, and Peter Levine, &#8220;Household Conditions, COVID-19, and Equity: Insight from Two Nationally Representative Surveys,&#8221; American Public Health Association, Nov. 6-9, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green, Jonathan, Shugars, Sarah, Fishman, Nic &amp; Levine, Peter, &#8220;Measuring Belief Systems as Directed Networks of Attitudes,&#8221; Midwest Political Science Association Conference (Chicago and online), April 9, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Social Movements and Transformative Learning,&#8221; International Transformative Learning Conference (online), April 8, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distinguished Lecture, Military Child Education Coalition National Training Seminar, July 20, 2021 (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Crises of the Republic: Comparing <em>Four Threats<\/em> and <em>The Upswing<\/em>&#8220;: organizer and moderator of a panel with Robert Putnam, Robert Lieberman, Suzanne Mettler, and Dianne Pinderhughes, American Political Science Association, Oct 2, 2021 (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Civic Education vs. Politische Bildung: A Discussion of Concepts, Infrastructure, and Approaches in the US and Germany,&#8221; Transatlantic Exchange of Civic Educators (TECE), April 20, 2021 (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Promise of Civic Renewal to Revive our Democracy,&#8221; Mass. Humanities public webinar, Dec. 10, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mass. 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Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, July 8, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Political Thought of Gandhi,&#8221; YPOx: Stories from the Front talk at the PAN Peace Summit, Boston, June 12, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCrowd-Sourcing a System Map to Guide an Advocacy Coalition\u201d (paper), at Philanthropy &amp; Social Impact: A Symposium, USC Center on Philanthropy &amp; Public Policy, Los Angeles, CA, March 16, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel on ethics at a conference on &#8220;Empathy &#8230;. or Ways of Caring,&#8221; Harvard Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, March 15, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Civic Education: Is There Common Ground?&#8221; (panel), American Federation of Teachers Albert Shanker Institute, Washington, DC, March 13, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What can, and should, we measure at scale?&#8221; (panel), Civic Learning Impact and Measurement Convening, Facebook (Menlo Park, CA), Jan 10-12, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Pao Arts Center Collaboration,&#8221; Cases for Culture Workshop, Harvard Business School, Dec. 4, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Responding to the Challenges of Civic Learning: Lessons from Civic Theory and Practice,&#8221; The Hastings Center, Nov. 17, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bridge Alliance National Partners Summit, closing remarks, Washington, DC, Oct. 17, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Civic Education,&#8221; Council of Chief State School Officers&#8217; State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS), Boston, Oct. 16, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data-Driven Strategies to Promote Youth Turnout: discussant (MIT, August 28, 2108)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Loyalty and Complicity for Citizens&#8221; (revised title), Social Ontology 2018 Conference, Tufts University, August 23, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What Should We Do? The Bloomington School and the Citizen&#8217;s Core Question,&#8221; Symposium on Tensions in the Political Economy Project of Elinor C.&nbsp;Ostrom, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, July 31, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Evaluation of the Civic Education Pilot,&#8221; Kyiv, Ukraine, July 6, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIdentity, Agency and the Power of Story: Meeting the Civic Challenges?&#8221;: panel responding to a keynote address by Helen Haste,&nbsp;Creating Civic Competence: the Critical Challenges, Harvard, May 3-4, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exploring Civic Learning as a Pathway to Equity and Opportunity&#8221; (panel) at a conference organized by the National Conference on Citizenship and&nbsp;Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, Washington, DC, March 1, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What Should We Do? The Bloomington School, Deliberative Democracy, Nonviolent Resistance, and the Citizen\u2019s Core Question,&#8221; 2017 Conference on Voluntary Governance, Michigan State University, Dec. 3, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What can Academics Do for Practitioners, What Can Academics Gain from Practitioners?&#8221; (panel), Moving Redistricting Reform meeting, Harvard Kennedy School, Nov. 9, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policy Innovation (panel) at&nbsp;<em>Democracy at a Crossroads,&nbsp;<\/em>the Newseum in Washington, DC, Sept. 21, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Politics without Partisanship: Navigating Controversial Issue Discussions in a Time of Polarization,&#8221; Massachusetts Civics Literacy Conference, Boston, &nbsp;May 8, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Dewey Society Symposium: &#8220;Creative Democracy: Democratic Education in the Era of Clinton v. Trump&#8221; (panel), San Antonio, April 27 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Hollowing Out of US Democracy,&#8221; University of Southern California, April 19, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Modeling Moral Thought in Network Terms,&#8221;Association for Moral Education, Harvard University, Dec. 9, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moderator, &#8220;The Future of the Field&#8221; plenary panel, Association for Moral Education, Harvard University, Dec. 9, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Authors-meet-critics: Dilemmas of educational ethics&#8221; (panelist),&nbsp;Association for Moral Education, Harvard University, Dec. 8, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;How Automatic Voter Registration Can Transform Democracy,&#8221;&nbsp;Suffolk University School of Law, Nov. 29, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Civic Media: Technology, Design, Practice,&#8221; (panelist), Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University November 16, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What can teachers do to encourage their students to engage in political participation? (session),&nbsp; Teaching about the 2016 Elections Conference, Madison, WI, Sept. 24, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Taking Informed Action&#8221; (session organizer and facilitator), First Annual Massachusetts Civics Literacy Conference, Boston, May 23, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Taking Informed Action&#8221; (session organizer, presenter, and facilitator),&nbsp;New York State Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, Albany, NY, March 31, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Systems Change and Culture of Health&#8221; (panel), Sharing Knowledge to Build a Culture of Health Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 10, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youth voting presentation, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Feb. 10, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Foundations&#8221; panel at the Boston Civic Media conference, Cambridge, MA, June 9, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Youth Disaffection from Politics: The US Case,&#8221; at the Coloquio Internacional&nbsp;\u00bfHacia d\u00f3nde vamos? Desafecci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica y gobernabilidad, un reto pol\u00edtico, Banco de Desarrollo de Am\u00e9rica Latina (CAF) and Universidad de Alcal\u00e1 de Henares, Madrid, June 3, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Democracy in the Digital Age,&#8221; at \u201cRedes sociales y ciudadan\u00eda activa. Retos de la educaci\u00f3n en la era digital,\u201d Universidad Internacional Men\u00e9ndez Pelayo, Valencia, June 1, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sessions at the 2014 National Council for the Social Studies conference: \u201cExploring Multiple Methods of Quantitative Research\u201d (panelist), \u201cNew Research on Pedagogical Practices of Highly Effective Civics Teachers\u201d (panelist); \u201cHow to Accomplish Taking Informed Action\u201d (moderator). Boston, Nov. 20-22, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBeyond the Buzz: What Citizen Engagement Strategies are Really Working\u201d (panel), CityLab 2014, Los Angeles, Sept. 30, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat Should We Do as Citizens? How to Think About Changing Society,\u201d Brigham Young University (Provo, UT), Sept 25, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel on Civic Education after the Digital Revolution, American Political Association, Washington, DC, August 29, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Bloomington School and Civic Studies,\u201d at the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN June 21, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel on civic education at the Southeastern Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Nashville, May 3, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel on \u201cbest practices in civic engagement across two- and four- year colleges,\u201d Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 5th 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cState of the Research,\u201d at \u201cService as a Strategy to Advance the Educational Potential of Low- and Moderate-Income Youth,\u201d a meeting sponsored by America Forward, Be the Change, ServiceNation, and OpportunityNation, Washington, DC, Feb 21, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDeliberation in the Classroom\u201d (professional development day for Chicago Public Schools teachers), Chicago, Jan 24, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWe Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For\u201d (book talk), Teaching for Change\/Busboys &amp; Poets, Washington, DC Jan 22, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Author Meets Critics panel for <em>We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For<\/em>, Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Jan 20, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat is Civic Studies\u201d panel (as part of a Civic Studies Miniconference), Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Jan 20, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMeasuring Civic Engagement\u201d (panel), New England Association of Schools and Colleges convention, Boston, MA, Dec. 4, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivics in the C3 Framework\u201d (solo session), National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 23, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNew and Exciting Research to Inform Civic Learning Classroom Practices\u201d (panelist), National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 22, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cRethinking Foundations of Youth Engagement: Challenges and Possibilities of Young Citizen Engagement in Research and Practice\u201d (panelist), National Communication Association Conference, Washington, DC, Nov. 21, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book talk on <em>We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For, <\/em>Hood College in Frederick, MD, Nov. 20, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEngagement, Through Thick and Thin,\u201d Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) convening, Pocantico, NY, Oct 28, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe State of Civic Education Today\u201d (panelist), American Board of Trial Advocates Forum, Austin, TX, Oct. 12, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Promise of Civic Renewal,\u201d Civic Media Lunch, MIT Media Lab, Oct. 10, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat We Must Do for Civics,\u201d National Conference on Citizenship, Sept. 20, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPower and Persuasion from Below: Civic Renewal, Youth Engagement, and the Case for Civic Studies\u201d (Presidential Theme Panel, chair and presenter) American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roundtable: The Measurement and Assessment of Civic Learning in K -12 and College Education, American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, Aug 31, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>APSA Working Group on Young People\u2019s Politics (co-convenor with James Sloam, Royal Holloway, University of London, American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 29, 30 and 31, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cConnecting for Good: How Colleges and Universities Can Work Together to Improve Connecticut\u2019s Civic &amp; Economic Health,\u201d Connecticut Campus Compact\u2019s Inaugural Presidents\u2019 Leadership Summit, Yale University, September 13, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Renewal,\u201d YMCA National Leadership Symposium, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, April 3-5, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cKnowledge: What Should Young Americans Know about Democracy?\u201d (panel) at \u201cCivics Education: Why it Matters to Democracy, Society and You,\u201d a conference co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School, The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, and Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard, April 1, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAssessment of Student Learning in Community Engagement\u201d and \u201cCivic Engagement and Community Information: Five Strategies to Revive Civic Communication\u201d (two workshops), North Carolina Campus Compact Civic Engagement Institute, Elon, NC, February 12, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cHow do we do Civic Education in Higher Education?\u201d (workshop), Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) Conference, Elon, NC, February 13, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cUsing Evidence to Promote Engaged Learning and Student Well-Being\u201d (panel), American Association of Colleges &amp; Universities annual conference, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 25, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEducation, Citizenship, and Democracy\u201d (panel), Netter Center, University of Pennsylvania, Nov. 12, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Modern University\u201d (panel), National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, Woods Hole, MA, Oct 23, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEngaged Citizenship, Civil Society and Social Justice,\u201d Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Oct. 5, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cExploring the Link Between Civic Engagement and Unemployment\u201d (panel), National Conference on Citizenship, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 14, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNo Citizen Left Behind Book Talk,\u201d Harvard Graduate School of Education, April 25, 2012 (moderator)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited testimony on measuring civic engagement before the National Academies of Science, Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT), March 1, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTeaching America: The Case for Civic Education\u201d (panel), The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, Jan. 9, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Fate of Civic Education in a Connected World: A \u2018Fred Friendly\u2019 Seminar,\u201d Berkman Center, Harvard Law School, December 5, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Scholarship and a Field of Civic Studies,\u201d Bringing Theory to Practice National Civic Seminar, Wye River (MD), November 4, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEducation for Civil Society,\u201d presented at Civics 2.0: Citizenship Education for a New Generation conference, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, October 20, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cHow Ethical Particularism Saves the Enlightenment Ideal,\u201d conference on Self Among Selves: Emotion and the Common Life, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Sept. 30, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Commonsense: The Civic Mission of Schools (panel), 66th Annual National Conference on Citizenship, Philadelphia, PA, September 15, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMaking the Connections\u201d (panel on relationships among engaged learning, civic engagement, and psychosocial well-being), Bringing Theory to Practice National Retrieval Conference, Washington, DC, June 13, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Case for Action Civics (panel), National Action Civics Conference, Chicago, June 10, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Information Needs of Communities,\u201d BiblioNews conference, MIT, April 7, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cProgram Assessment and Metrics,\u201d American Enterprise Institute conference on Best Practices in Civic Education Programs, Montpelier, VA, March 23, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat is the Role of Public Education in Youth Civic Engagement?\u201d (panelist), CUNY Graduate School, New York City, March 17, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIf They Protest, Have We Succeeded?\u201d (panelist), Harvard Graduate School of Education, March 8, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Engagement and Higher Education in the United States: What Do College Students Gain From Civic Engagement Experiences?\u201d The New School University, New York City, Feb. 9, 2011 (co-presenter with Constance Flanagan, University of Wisconsin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Conference on Citizenship Civic Innovators Forum, \u201cThe Foundation of BIG Citizenship: Citizen-Centered Solutions\u201d (moderator) and \u201cAn Evolving Relationship: How Philanthropy and the Executive Branch Work Together to Promote Civic Engagement\u201d (panelist), Washington, DC Sept 16, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited participant, session leader at the Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS), August 16-18, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cConceptions of Citizenship Online,\u201d American Democracy Project Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, June 19, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cReflections on Labor Disputes and Teachable Moments\u201d (moderator of a plenary session organized because the conference hotel came under union boycott), American Democracy Project Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, June 19, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cReforming the Humanities,\u201d Centro de Estudos Comparatistas<strong>, <\/strong>Faculdade de Letras, University of Lisbon, Portugal, May 20, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivics: What are We Teaching Our Children and Our Teachers,\u201d American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, April 23, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel discussion: \u201cCivic Identity Development in Adolescence: Theoretical, Empirical, Normative, and Practical Issues,\u201d Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, March 13, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discussant, panel on \u201cFeatures of the Learning Environment That Promote Student Voice,\u201d Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, March 12, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Mission of Schools,\u201d National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 13, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYouth in Action,\u201d Learn &amp; Serve America Grantees Conference, Arlington, VA, October 15, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEverybody can Serve,\u201d National Conference on Volunteering and Service, San Francisco, June 23, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presidential Session: \u201cInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Democratic Citizenship, Civic Learning, and Youth Political Participation,\u201d American Education Research Association Conference, San Diego, April 15, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(With Constance Flanagan) \u201cYoung Adults and Civic Engagement,\u201d Future of Children Transition to Adulthood Conference, Princeton University, April 2, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Millennial Pendulum,\u201d talk at the New America Foundation event on \u201cThe Latest Generation: The Unique Outlook of \u2018Millennials\u2019 and How They Will Reshape America,\u201d February 18, 2009, broadcast on C-SPAN II.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPolitical Participation among Young Voters,\u201d Annette Strauss Institute, New Politics Institute, Austin, TX, Nov. 15, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discussant on Jeffrey Henig\u2019s talk about charter schools, Inaugural Conference of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, Clark University, Worcester, MA, Nov. 13, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat Happens on November 5th? Activiting Citizenship (No Matter Who Wins),\u201d Bates College Harwood Center Civic Forum, Sept. 24, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAmerica\u2019s Civic Health Index 2008? National Conference on Citizenship, National Archives, Washington, DC, Sept. 22, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMeasuring the Impact of Youth Voluntary Service (discussant\/presenter), The World Bank, Washington, DC, May 8, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Purpose of the University\u201d (panel), Hillel National Summit on the University and the Jewish Community, Washington, March 27, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMillennials Talk Politics\u201d (panel), NASPA (Student Affairs Professionals) 2008 Annual Conference, Boston, March 10, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWho Knows Best How to Educate You for Citizenship?\u201d Syracuse University, February 18, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBuilding Citizen Competence,\u201d World Bank conference on \u201cGenerating Genuine Demand with Social Accountability Mechanisms,\u201d Paris, November 1, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAssessing Civic Learning: What Do We Know about What Students Know?\u201d (panel), American Association of Colleges &amp; Universities, Networking for Academic Renewal Conference, Denver, CO, Oct. 19, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPolitics and the Internet: Medium of Maximum Individual Choice,\u201d Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) forum on Social Computing and the Process of Governance, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Oct. 12, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cClassroom Teaching Practices and Student Civic Engagement\u2013New Evidence from the 2006 Civic and Political Health of the Nation Survey,\u201d 7th International<br>Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Tampa, Florida, Oct. 7, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cK-12 Civic Education and Service-Learning \u2013 An Introduction to the Current Literature, Resources and Tools,\u201d 7th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Tampa, Florida, Oct. 6, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOpportunities for Youth Civic Development,\u201d plenary panel (with James Youniss), Learn &amp; Serve America Grantees Meeting, Arlington, VA September 27, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Rationale for Service-Learning,\u201d PANIM\u2019s National Educators\u2019 Institute for Jewish Service-Learning, College Park, MD, August 19, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIssue-Based Civic Education,\u201d presentation at the Council for Citizenship Education, Washington, DC, August 2, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Future of Democracy\u201d (book launch with a speech), Council for Excellence in Government, Washington, DC, July 26, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cFrom Periodic Projects to Lasting Solutions: Citizen-Centered Civic Engagement\u201d (panelist), National Conference on Volunteering and Service, Philadelphia, July 16, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA New Progressive Era?\u201d Labor and Employment Relations Association National Policy Forum, Washington, DC, June 14, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDemocracy in Action,\u201d cyzygy \u201907 (the City Year national convention), St. Anselm\u2019s College, Manchester, New Hampshire, June 12, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAmerica\u2019s Civic Health Index,\u201d Pennsylvania State University, April 14, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cResearch on Civic Engagement,\u201d Tufts University, February 9, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Renewal: Some Issues in Moral Philosophy and Political Practice,\u201d Duke University, January 30, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panels on public policy and on youth voting at the Fourth Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education, Washington, DC, November 19 and 20, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Closing plenary panel, Campus Compact\u2019s 20th Anniversary Visioning Summit, Chicago, Oct 17, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPolicies for Civic Education,\u201d University of Georgia (conference on \u201cYouth Indifference to the News\u201d), Oct. 10, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe State of Civic Health,\u201d President\u2019s Council on Service and Civic Participation, Washington, DC 2006, Oct. 12, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic and Political Health of the Nation,\u201d National Press Club, Oct. 3, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upper Midwest Campus Compact\/Spencer Foundation meeting on civic engagement in higher education: facilitated a plenary discussion of research: Madison, WI, April 28, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Society for Research on Adolescence, panel on \u201cCivic Engagement in Minority and Immigrant Youth\u201d (discussant), San Francisco, March 26, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launch of the National Advisory Council of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, National Press Club, Washington, DC, April 17, 2006. I spoke along with Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor, Gov. Roy Romer, and others. The event was televised by C-SPAN and covered in a nationally syndicated column by David Broder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Arts of Patriotism: Difficult Dialogues\u201d: panel presentation at the Annual Conference of Imagining America, New Brunswick, NJ, Oct. 1, 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLatest Research on Civic Education,\u201d Third Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education, Washington, DC, Sept. 26, 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCivic Education,\u201d presentation to the American Bar Association Commission on Civic Education and the Separation of Powers, Washington, DC, Sept. 15, 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe National Perspective\u201d: presentation at a conference on Rethinking Civics Education: The Third Branch in American Democracy, hosted by the Judicial Conference of California, WestEd, and WGBH-Boston, San Francisco, April 28, 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Problem of Online Misinformation and the Role of Schools,\u201d conference on Fast Communication and Quality of Information, University of Tilburg (Netherlands), December 21, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel moderator, session on research, Second Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education, Washington, DC, Dec. 6, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Prince George\u2019s County Information Commons,\u201d American Library Association Workshop on Libraries and the Information Commons, Cerritos, CA, Oct. 29-31,<br>2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYouth in Politics\u201d panelist, National Symposium of Youth Civic Engagement, University of Virginia Center for Politics, Charlottesville, VA, September 14,<br>2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBest Practices Supported by Research,\u201d at the Summer Institute of the Annenberg Foundation Civic Education Initiative, Washington, July 19, 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cKids, Communities, and the \u2018Scholarly Communication Commons\u2019\u201d, presented at the Workshop on Scholarly Communication as a Commons, Workshop in Political<br>Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 31-April 2, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel presentation on the civic mission of higher education, at a Conference on \u201cPublic Work in Higher Education: Theory and Practice of Civic Engagement,\u201d<br>University of Minnesota, March 18, 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Latest Studies on Youth Civic Engagement and Voting,\u201d presentation at the National Association of Secretaries of State New Millennium Young Voters<br>Summit, Washington, DC, February 17, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Civic Mission of Schools and Higher Education,\u201d presentation at the national Learn &amp; Serve America grantees meeting, Washington, Dec. 10, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presentation on <em>The Civic Mission of Schools<\/em>, U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools National Conference on \u201cMeeting the Challenge: The Science and Practice of Safe and Drug-Free Schools,\u201d Oct. 27, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panelist, First Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education, Sept. 22, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel moderator, National Conference on Citizenship 50th Anniversary Meeting, Sept. 16, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEvidence About Civic Education in Schools: A Researcher-Practitioner Dialogue,\u201d Annual Scientific Meeting, International Society of Political Psychology, July 8, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBuilding the Electronic Commons,\u201d Center for the Study of Law and Society Luncheon Series, co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California Berkeley, April 21, 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presentation on youth civic engagement research, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium conference, April 12, 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel presentation on the intellectual roots of deliberation at the Society for Values in Higher Education\u2019s Conference on Discussion, Dialogue, and Deliberation, April 2, 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLocal Governments and Independent Civic Websites,\u201d presentation at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, February 17, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remarks at the launch of the <em>Civic Mission of Schools<\/em> report, Willard Hotel, Washington, DC, February 13, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel chair for \u201cCommunitarian Approaches to Cyberspace\u201d at the American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, January 4, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel presentation on a panel entitled \u201cPhilosophical Perspectives,\u201d in a conference on The Rule of Law and the Information Age: Reconciling Private Rights and Public Interest, Catholic University Law School, Oct. 10, 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CIRCLE press conference to release youth poll, National Press Club, March 4, 2002 (panelist)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CIRCLE introductory press conference at the National Press Club, January 9, 2002 (speaker).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panelist at a session on engaging young voters, Bipartisan Conference of the Virginia House of Delegates, Staunton, VA, April 19-21, 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBuilding the E-Commons,\u201d lecture in the Albert J. Shipka Speakers Series at Youngstown State University (Ohio), February 5, 2002.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe State of Civic Culture and Trust in the United States,\u201d a presentation for the Civil Society Task Force (organized by Grupo Esquel), Washington, DC, September 22, 2000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Formal comments on a paper (\u201cInformation Technology and the Social Construction of Information Policy\u201d) presented at the \u201cAccounting, Information Technology, and Public Policy\u201d conference in College Park, August 12, 2000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Briefing on civic renewal at the annual board meeting of the Kettering Foundation, June 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cJane Addams\u2019s Work,\u201d lecture at Rutgers-Camden, November 17, 1999.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIndex of National Civic Health\u201d: presentation at the World Bank Conference on Civil Society, Foreign Aid and Sustainable Development, June 21, 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Press in a Deliberative Democracy: On Public Journalism and its Critics,\u201d invited paper delivered at the University of South Carolina College of Journalism and Mass Communication, October 13, 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPublic Journalism\u201d: presentation at a Maxwell School conference on citizenship and civil society, October 1995<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"blog\"><strong>Blog <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeter Levine\u2019s Weblog\u201d: a \u201cblog\u201d on civic engagement, regular entries since January 2003. Received 84,000 unique visitors and 203,000 page views in 2020. Also author of posts on <em>Medium<\/em>, <em>The Huffington Post<\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"media\"><strong>Media<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>CIRCLE\u2019s research has been cited in most national news organs, including <em>The New York Times<\/em>, <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, and <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>. I have been interviewed on MSNBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera, CBS radio news, CBS television news, NPR\u2019s \u201cAll Things Considered,\u201d and many local television and radio programs. (Between July and November 2008, CIRCLE was cited in 1,253 newspaper, magazine, broadcast, or web stories, including 829 print media articles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other-professional-activities\"><strong>Other Professional Activities<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expert report in <em>New Yorkers for Students\u2019 Educational Rights (\u201cNYSER\u201d), et al v. The State of New York <\/em>(2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amicus brief in<em> A.C., et al. v. Gina A, Raimondo et al.<\/em>, First Circuit Court of Appeals , Jan. 2021 (with several other authors)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expert report in <em>Gilby v Hughs<\/em>, February 2020&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expert report in <em>League of Women Voters of Florida v. Detzner<\/em>, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expert report in <em>College Democrats at the University of Michigan, et al. v. Johnson, et al., <\/em>2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expert witness in <em>North Carolina N.A.A.C.P. v. McCrory. <\/em>(Expert report written with Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg. Testimony in federal court on July 20, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Missouri System, external review committee for Extension and Engagement, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tufts Research and Scholarship Strategic Planning Steering Committee and chair of the Equity in Health, Wealth and Ciic Engagement Working Group, 2017-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tufts&nbsp;Research and Graduate Program Council, 2016-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tufts Data Intensive Studies Center, Advisory Committee member, 2016-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHaT) board, 2016-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tufts Institute for Innovation, Executive Committee member, 2014-16<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tisch College Community Research Center, member, 2008-16<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tufts University Research Day, Faculty Committee member, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tufts University Committee for Teaching and Faculty Development, member, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair, external review committee, Duke University\u2019s Kenan Institute of Ethics (2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search committees: University of Maryland School of Public Policy (chair); Tufts Dean of Arts &amp; Sciences; Tufts University Data Intensive Studies Center, Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies (co-chair), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (co-chair), CIRCLE (several); Tufts University Provost; Tisch College Dean<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tenure or promotion reviews: Boston College, Bowling Green University, Harvard University, Loyola University of Chicago, MIT, Mississippi State, Michigan State, University of Colorado, University of Hartford, University of Kentucky, University of Massachusetts-Boston, University of Michigan, University of Mississippi, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journal and university press peer reviews: frequent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PhD committees: Seth Avakian, Northeastern; Diana Schor, Brandeis; Perri Leviss, UMass-Boston; Melissa Comber, University of Maryland; Erika Coe, Indiana University; Steven Maloney, Maryland; Mary Fitzgerald, Maryland; Josh Littenberg-Tobias, Boston College; Tina Patterson, University of North Carolina; Tahmina Shova, Sheffield (UK); Erhardt Greaeff, MIT; Marilyn Price-Mitchell, Fielding Graduate University; Tina Won Sherman, Maryland; Jonas Brodin, Maryland; Lori Keleher, Maryland; Deb Bobek, Tufts; Sarah Shugars, Northeastern; Violetta Soboleva, CUNY; Savanna Lyons, Teachers College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grants and contracts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been Principal Investigator on 89 grants or contracts totaling $9.5-$10 million and the co-PI on three grants totaling $8 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Obtained at Tufts since 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>American Political Science Association<\/td><td>APSA Institute of Civically Engaged Research&nbsp;<\/td><td>$80,000 (two annual grants)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arthur Vining Davis Foundations<\/td><td>Interfaith Civic Studies at Tufts and Beyond<\/td><td>$223,965<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Charles F. 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