John H. Portz

Professor and Chair
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

303 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-3391
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
j.portz@neu.edu
Vita

Areas of Study

Public Policy and Administration, Education Policy, State and Local Government

Selected Publications

"Summer School 2000 and 2001: The Boston Public Schools Transition Services Program," in Summer Learning: Research, Politics and Programs, ed. by Geoffrey Borman and Matthew Boulay, Erlbaum Publishers, 2004.
“Boston: Agenda Setting and School Reform in a Mayor-Centric System,” in Mayors in the Middle: Politics, Race, and a Mayor-Centric Approach to Urban Schools, ed. by Jeff Henig and Wilbur Rich, Princeton University Press, 2003.
“Creating Communities of Learning: Public Education in Greater Boston,” in Governing Greater Boston, ed. by Charles Euchner, Rappaport Institute, Harvard University, 2003.
American Government: Conflict, Compromise and Citizenship. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000 (with Christopher J. Bosso and Michael C. Tolley)
“Supporting Education Reform: Mayoral and Corporate Paths,” Urban Education, November 2000.
City Schools and City Politics: Institutions and Leadership in Pittsburgh, Boston, and St. Louis. Lawrence, KS:University Press of Kansas, 1999 (with Lana Stein and Robin Jones)
"How Managed Care is Reinventing Medicaid and Other Public Health Care Bureaucracies." Public Administration Review, September/October 1999 (with David A. Rocchefort and Matthew Reidy)
"Governing Massachusetts Public Schools: Assessing the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act." New England Journal of Public Policy, Spring/Summer 1998
"Problem Definition and Policy Agendas: Shaping the Education Agenda in Boston." Policy Studies Journal 24:3, 1996
The Politics of Plant Closings. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1990

Selected Professional Activities

Watertown Town Council, Elected Member, 1997-present
Member, Watertown Arsenal Development Corporation, 1998-present
Co-coordinator, Massachusetts Chapter of the Educational Policy Fellows Program, 1998-present

Courses 2007-2008

Fall 2007

POL U100 Political Science at Northeastern
POL U701 Political Science Senior Capstone

Courses 2006-2007

Fall 2006

POL U100 College: An Introduction
POL U701 Political Science Senior Capstone

Courses 2005-2006

Fall 2005

POL U100 Introduction to College
POL U140 Exploring Politics and Political Science

Spring 2006

POL G306 MPA Capstone Seminar

Courses 2004-2005

Fall 2004

POL U100 Introduction to College
POL U500 State and Local Government

Spring 2005

POL G306 MPA Captsone Seminar