Michael S. Dukakis
Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States, 1988
Distinguished Professor
J.D., Harvard University
327 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-4396
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
m.dukakis@neu.edu
Areas of Study
Public Policy, Health Policy and Politics, State and Local Government, Public Management
Selected Publications
- How to Get into Politics-and Why: A Reader. Boston, MA: Great Source Education Group, 2000 (with Paul Simon)
- "The Governors and Health Policymaking" in Hackney and Rochefort, The New Politics of State Health Policy (2001)
- "The Problem is Not the Phone Calls: It's the Special Interest Money." Journal of Legislation 24:2 (1998)
- "A Governor Looks at Purchase of Service" in Margaret Gibelman and Harold W. Demone, Jr., Private Solutions to Public Problems. Springer Publishing Company, 1996
- "Improving the Electoral Process: A Summary of Issues and Some Recommended Proposals" in Improving the Electoral Process, National Conference on Improving the Electoral Process, Northeastern University,1995
- "Health Care Reform: Blueprints for Progress from the States." Compensation and Benefits Management 9:2 (Spring 1993)
- "Learning from the Aloha State." Journal of American Health Policy 2:1 (1992)
- "The States and Health Care Reform." New England Journal of Medicine (8 October 1992)
Selected Professional Activities
- Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States, 1988
- Governor of Massachusetts, 1975-1979, 1983-1991
- Voted Most Effective Governor in U.S., National Governor's Association, 1986
- Vice-Chair, Amtrak Reform Board, 1998-2003.
- Visiting Professor, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Courses 2007-2008
Fall 2007
- POL U307 Public Policy and Administration
- POL G305 Institutional Leadership
Courses 2006-2007
Fall 2006
- POL U307 Public Policy and Administration
- POL G305 Institutional Leadership
Courses 2005-2006
Fall 2005
- POL U307 Public Policy and Administration
- POL G305 Institutional Leadership
Spring 2006
Teaching at UCLA
Summer 2006
- POL U307 Public Policy and Administration
- POL G321 Health Policy
Courses 2004-2005:
Fall 2004
- POL U307 Public Policy and Administration
- POL G305 Institutional Leadership
Spring 2005
Teaching at UCLA
Summer 2005
- POL U307 Public Policy and Administration
- POL G321 Health Policy