Dennis Hale (political scientist)

Dennis Hale
Nationality American
Alma mater Oberlin College; Brooklyn College; City University of New York Graduate Center
Employer Boston College
Title Associate Professor of Political Science

Dennis Hale (born c. 1944) is an American political scientist who is an associate professor of political science at Boston College.

Education and teaching

Hale has a B.A. from Oberlin College (1966), an M.A. from Brooklyn College (1969), and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate Center (1977).

He has taught at Boston College since 1978, and was the department chair for eight years (1989–97).[1]

Writing and media

Hale has published essays on local government, American political thought, public administration, and the modern experience of citizenship. He has co-edited two volumes of essays by French political scientist Bertrand de Jouvenel, and is completing a book on democracy and the jury system. Hale's essays and reviews have appeared in the Political Science Quarterly, PS, Society, The Journal of Politics, Polity, APSR, State and Local Government Review, Administration and Society, The Political Science Reviewer, The Washington Post, and Newsday.[1]

Hale is the editor of The United States Congress, Transaction Publishers, 1983, ISBN 0-87855-939-6, and co-edited The nature of politics: Bertrand de Jouvenel, with Marc Landy, Transaction Publishers, 1992, ISBN 1-56000-607-2, and a number of other books.[2]

He has often been quoted by the media on his areas of expertise, including by The Boston Globe,[3][4][5] The New York Times,[6] The Boston Phoenix,[7] The New York Sun,[8][9] The Christian Science Monitor,[10] and The Concord Monitor.[11]

Americans for Peace and Tolerance

He is a co-founder of Americans for Peace and Tolerance, along with Charles Jacobs and Islamic scholar Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour.[12] It states its purpose as "promote peaceful coexistence in an ethnically diverse America by educating the American public about the need for a moderate political leadership that supports tolerance and core American values in communities across the nation."[13] The group is a primary critic of the $15.6 million mosque in Roxbury Crossing, which the group asserts is led by extremist leaders and contributors.[14][15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Faculty – Dennis Hale – Boston College". Bc.edu. June 29, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  2. ↑ inauthor:"Dennis Hale" – My library – Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Former Senate leader returns to campus – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. November 12, 2004. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  4. ↑ Kocian, Lisa (September 12, 2004). "More competition pumps life into primary elections – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Article: For Most in Massachusetts House, Re-Election Is Certain. | AccessMyLibrary – Promoting library advocacy". Google.com. May 2, 2002. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  6. ↑ Goodnough, Abby (January 7, 2010). "Democrats Anxious Over a Once-Safe Seat - NYTimes.com". Massachusetts: Google.com. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  7. ↑ "This Just In | TODAY’S JOLT". Google.com. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  8. ↑ "A Bishop's Voice – July 21, 2006 – The New York Sun". Google.com. July 21, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  9. ↑ "In 2002, Kerry Welcomed Boston Mosque Now Suspected of Ties to Wahhabism – October 22, 2004 – The New York Sun". Google.com. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Battle waged in Boston over new mosque / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com". Google.com. January 5, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  11. ↑ Concord Monitor Publishing. "Concord Monitor - Romney: I 'evolved'on abortion". Google.com. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  12. ↑ Paulson, Michael (June 28, 2009). "At mosque opening, tensions permeate interfaith gathering – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Mission and About Us". Americans for Peace and Tolerance. November 20, 2008. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  14. ↑ Paulson, Michael (June 26, 2009). "Muslim community to celebrate mosque’s ceremonial opening – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Boston area Jews split on Tamir. Russian emigrants demand Israeli envoy's recall, while mainstream groups support him – Jerusalem Post | HighBeam Research – FREE trial". Google.com. August 11, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2010.

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