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MARK ALEX PETERSON
Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law http://luskin.ucla.edu/mark-peterson
December 2017
Home Office
10338 Ilona Avenue Department of Public Policy
Los Angeles, California 90064 UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs
(310) 553-5272 3250 School of Public Affairs Building
Los Angeles, California 90095-1656
(310) 794-4270, (310) 206-0337 (fax)
markap@ucla.edu
EDUCATION
The University of Michigan A.B., 1977
Ann Arbor, Michigan A.M., 1981
Ph.D., 1985
Pomona College Transferred, 1975
Claremont, California
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Authored
Annenberg Democracy Project (group authored). Institutions of American Democracy: A Republic Divided. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2007.
Peterson, Mark A. Legislating Together: The White House and Capitol Hill from Eisenhower to Reagan. Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press, 1990. Paperback edition issued 1993.
Earlier version was recipient of the American Political Science Association E. E. Schattschneider Award and the Midwest
Political Science Association Pi Sigma Alpha Award.
Edited
Tolleson-Rinehart, Sue, and Mark A. Peterson, editors. Health Politics and Policy (Four Volume Set). London: Sage
Publications, 2010.
Compilations of enduring works previously published in peer-reviewed journals, with our introductions.
Volume 1: Defining Health Systems: Path Dependence and Policy Emergence
Volume 2: Tensions in Health Policy: Ethics, Interests, and the Public
Volume 3: Health Systems in Comparative Perspective
Volume 4: The Contemporary Politics of Health System Reform
Vita—Mark A. Peterson—Page 2
Aberbach, Joel D, and Mark A. Peterson, eds. Institutions of American Democracy: The Executive Branch. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2005.
Published as part of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and Oxford University Press Institutions of American
Democracy project.
Recipient of the 2006 Richard E. Neustadt Award for the Best Reference Book on the Presidency from the Presidency
Study Group of the American Political Science Association.
Hammer, Peter J., Deborah Haas-Wilson, Mark A. Peterson, and William M. Sage, editors. Uncertain Times: Kenneth Arrow and
the Changing Economics of Health Care. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003.
Peterson, Mark A., editor. Healthy Markets? The New Competition in Medical Care. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1998.
With Joel D. Aberbach, Frank R. Baumgartner, Thomas L. Gais, David C. King, and Kim Lane Scheppele prepared, edited, and
contributed to: Jack L. Walker. Mobilizing Interest Groups in America: Patrons, Professions, and Social Movements.
Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, 1991.
Conceived and Edited Special Book-Length Journal Issues (Commissioned Essays) “Who Shall Lead?” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 28 (April-June 2003): 181-524.
“The Managed Care Backlash,” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 24 (October 1999): 873-1218.
“Health Care into the Next Century: Markets, States, and Communities—Part 3: Community and Learning,” Journal of Health
Politics, Policy and Law 22 (August 1997): 933-1114.
“Health Care into the Next Century: Markets, States, and Communities—Part 2: States—The Policy Crucible,” Journal of Health
Politics, Policy and Law 22 (June 1997): 687-906.
“Health Care into the Next Century: Markets, States, and Communities—Part 1: Legacies and Markets,” Journal of Health Politics,
Policy and Law 22 (April 1997): 291-666.
Later revised and published as Healthy Markets? The New Competition in Medical Care, listed above, with additions.
Journal Articles
Peterson, Mark A. “Reversing Course on Obamacare: Why Not Another Medicare Catastrophic?” Journal of Health Politics,
Policy and Law: forthcoming 2018.
Peterson, Mark A. “In the Shadow of Politics: The Pathways of Research Evidence to Health Policy Making.” Special Issue on
Policy Analysis and the Politics of Health Policy. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 43(3) (June 2018):
forthcoming.
Peterson, Mark A., “The Ideological and Partisan Polarization of Health Care Reform and Tax Policy.” Tax Law Review 65(4),
2012: 627-667.
Peterson, Mark A. “It Was a Different Time: Obama and the Unique Opportunity for Health Care Reform.” Special Issue on
Health Care Reform. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 36 (June 2011): 429-436.
Bergman, Jonathan, Susan Logan, Arlene Fink, David A. Ganz, Mark A. Peterson, Mark S. Litwin, “Caring for the Uninsured
with Prostate Cancer: A Comparison of Four Policy Alternatives in California.” Journal of Community Health 35(1)
(February 2010): 18-26.
Leibowitz, Arleen, and Mark A. Peterson. “Perspective on the U.S. Health Care System.” Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche
2 (2009): 9-41.
Aberbach, Joel D., Mark A. Peterson, Paul J. Quirk. “Who Wants Presidential Supremacy? Findings from the Institutions of
American Democracy Project.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 37 (September 2007): 515-530.
Vita—Mark A. Peterson—Page 3
Peterson, Mark A., Helen DuPlessis, David Ganz, Neal Halfon, Arleen Leibowitz. “Framing the Debate: A Strategy for
Transforming the American Health-Care System.” Context (Fall 2007): 77-91.
Peterson, Mark A. “Introduction: Who Shall Lead?” Special Issue on Who Shall Lead? Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
28 (combined April and June 2003): 181-194.
Peterson, Mark A. “From Trust to Political Power: Interest Groups, Public Choice, and Health Care Markets.” Special Issue on
Kenneth Arrow and the Changing Economics of Health Care. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 26 (October
2001): 1145-1163.
Revised and reprinted in: Peter J. Hammer, Deborah Haas-Wilson, Mark A. Peterson, and William M. Sage, editors.
Uncertain Times: Kenneth Arrow and the Changing Economics of Health Care. Durham, NC: Duke University Press,
2003.
Peterson, Mark A. “The Fate of ‘Big Government’ in the United States: Not Over, But Undermined?” Governance 13 (April 2000):
137-150.
Peterson, Mark A. “The Limits of Social Learning: Translating Analysis into Action,” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
22 (August 1997): 1077-1114.
Revised and reprinted in: Mark A. Peterson, ed. Healthy Markets? The New Competition in Medical Care. Durham, N.C.:
Duke University Press, 1998.
Peterson, Mark A. “Introduction: Health Care into the Next Century,” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 22 (April 1997):
291-313.
Revised and reprinted in: Mark A. Peterson, ed. Healthy Markets? The New Competition in Medical Care. Durham, N.C.:
Duke University Press, 1998.
Peterson, Mark A. "The Policy Process in Health Care." In Louise Comfort, ed., Initiating Change: Theory and Practice, published
as special issue of the American Behavioral Scientist 40 (January 1997): 341-353.
Peterson, Mark A. "Health Care and the Hill: Why Is This Year Different from All Others?" PS: Political Science & Politics 27
(June 1994): 202-207.
Peterson, Mark A. "Clinton and Congress: What Do You Expect?" In Extension of Remarks, "Clinton and the Congress: Assessing
the First Year." APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, American Political Science Association. 1994.
Peterson, Mark A. "Institutional Change and the New Politics of Health Care in the 1990s." American Behavioral Scientist 36 (July
1993): 782-801.
Revised and reprinted in: Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau, ed. Health Care Reform in the Nineties. Sage Publications, 1994.
Peterson, Mark A. "Political Influence in the 1990s: From Iron Triangles to Policy Networks." Journal of Health Politics, Policy
and Law 18 (Summer 1993): 395-438.
Revised and reprinted in: James A. Morone and Gary S. Belkin, eds. The Politics of Health Care Reform: Lessons from
the Past, Prospects for the Future. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1994.
Reprinted in: Theda Skocpol and John L. Campbell, eds. American Society and Politics: Institutional, Historical and
Theoretical Perspectives. New York: McGraw-Hill 1995.
Peterson, Mark A. "Report from Congress: Momentum Toward Health Care Reform in the U.S. Senate." Journal of Health Politics,
Policy and Law 17 (Fall 1992): 553-573.
Peterson, Mark A. "The Presidency and Organized Interests: White House Patterns of Interest Group Liaison." American Political
Science Review 86 (September 1992): 612-625.
Vita—Mark A. Peterson—Page 4
Gais, Thomas L., Mark A. Peterson, and Jack L. Walker. "Interest Groups, Iron Triangles, and Representative Institutions in
American National Government." British Journal of Political Science 14 (April 1984): 161-185.
Reprinted in: Harrison Fox, Easton White, and Edwin Timbers, eds. The Domestic Political Scene, pp. 141-168.
Washington, D.C.: National Defense University, 1987.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Peterson, Mark A. “The Third Rail of Politics: The Rise and Fall of Medicare’s Untouchability.” In Alan B. Cohen, David C.
Colby, Keith A. Wailoo, and Julian E. Zelizer, eds. Medicare and Medicaid at 50: America’s Entitlement Programs in the
Age of the Affordable Care Act. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Peterson, Mark A. “Interest Groups and the Executive Branch.” In Burdett A. Loomis, ed., Guide to Interest Groups and
Lobbying in the United States. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2011.
Peterson, Mark A. “Congress and American Health Policy Making.” In James Morone, Leonard Robins, and Theodor Litman, eds.
Health Politics and Policy, 4th Ed. New York: Delmar Press, 2008.
Revised 5th Ed, James A. Morone and Dan Ehlke, 2014.
Peterson, Mark A. “Still A Government of Chums: Bush, Business, and Organized Interests.” In Colin Campbell, Bert A Rockman,
and Andrew Rudalevige, eds., The George W. Bush Legacy. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2008.
Peterson, Mark A. “The Three Branches of Government: Powers, Relationships, and Checks.” In Annenberg Democracy Project.
Institutions of American Democracy: A Republic Divided. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Peterson, Mark A. “The Three Branches of Government: Comparative Trust and Performance.” In Annenberg Democracy Project.
Institutions of American Democracy: A Republic Divided. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Aberbach, Joel D., and Mark A. Peterson, “Introduction—Presidents and Bureaucrats: The Executive Branch and American
Democracy.” In Aberbach, Joel D., and Mark A. Peterson, eds. Institutions of American Democracy: The Executive
Branch. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Aberbach, Joel D., and Mark A. Peterson, “Control and Accountability: Dilemmas of the Executive Branch.” In Aberbach, Joel D,
and Mark A. Peterson, eds. Institutions of American Democracy: The Executive Branch. New York: Oxford University
Press, 2005.
Peterson, Mark A. “Health Reform and the Congressional Graveyard.” In James A. Morone and Lawrence R. Jacobs, eds. Healthy,
Wealthy, and Fair: Health Care and the Good Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Peterson, Mark A. “Bush and Interest Groups: A Government of Chums.” In Colin Campbell and Bert A Rockman, eds., The
George W. Bush Presidency: Appraisals and Prospects. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2003.
Hammer, Peter J., Deborah Haas-Wilson, Mark A. Peterson, and William M. Sage. “Kenneth Arrow and the Changing Economics
of Health Care: Why Arrow? Why Now?” In Hammer, Peter J., Deborah Haas-Wilson, Mark A. Peterson, and William
M. Sage, editors. Uncertain Times: Kenneth Arrow and the Changing Economics of Health Care. Durham, NC: Duke
University Press, 2003.
Peterson, Mark A. “Presidential Power and the Potential for Leadership.” In Martha Joynt Kumar, Robert Y. Shapiro, and Lawrence
R. Jacobs, eds., Presidential Power: Forging the Presidency for the 21st Century. Columbia University Press, 2000.
Peterson, Mark A. “Clinton and Organized Interests: Splitting Friends, Unifying Enemies.” In Colin Campbell and Bert A
Rockman, eds., The Clinton Legacy. Chatham, N.J.: Chatham House, 1999.
Peterson, Mark A. “The Politics of Health Care Policy: Overreaching in an Age of Polarization.” In Margaret Weir, ed., The Social
Divide: Political Parties and the Future of Activist Government. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press/Russell
Sage Foundation, 1998.
Vita—Mark A. Peterson—Page 5
Peterson, Mark A. "How Health Policy Information is Used in Congress." In Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, eds.
Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy. Washington, D.C.: AEI and Brookings Institution, 1995.
Peterson, Mark A. "The Presidency and Congress." In Michael Nelson, ed., The Presidency and the Political System, 4th Ed.
Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 1995.
Revised version, 5th Ed., 1997.
Revised version, 6th Ed., 2000.
Peterson, Mark A. "Interest Mobilization and the Presidency." In Mark P. Petracca, ed. The Politics of Interests: Interest Groups
Transformed, pp. 221-241. Boulder, Col.: Westview Press, 1992.
Peterson, Mark A. With Jack L. Walker. "The Presidency and the Nominating System." In Michael Nelson, ed. The Presidency
and the Political System, 2d Ed. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 1988.
Revised version: 3d Ed., 1990.
Peterson, Mark A., and Jack L. Walker. "Interest Group Responses to Partisan Change: The Impact of the Reagan Administration
upon the National Interest Group System." In Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis, eds. Interest Group Politics, 2nd ed.,
162-182. Washington, D.C.: C.Q. Press, 1986.
Reviews/Commentaries
Rice, Thomas, and Mark A. Peterson. "Remembering Rick Brown." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 38(1) (February
2013): 187-193.
Peterson, Mark A. Review of Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol, “Health Care Reform and American Politics: What
Everyone Needs to Know. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Congress & the Presidency 39(3) (2012): 344-
346.
Peterson, Mark A. “Commentary—Northern Disclosure: Getting Canada Right,” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34
(August 2009): 497-508.
Peterson, Mark A. “The Leadership Gap.” In Gary King, Kay Schlozman, and Norman Nie, eds. The Future of Political
Science: 100 Perspectives. Florence, KY: Routledge Taylor Frances, 2009.
Lantz, Paula M., and Mark A. Peterson, “Obama Treats Health Care Crisis More Realistically,” Detroit Free Press, October 17,
2008.
Peterson, Mark A. Review Essay of David Mechanic, The Truth about Health Care: Why Reform is Not Working in America, New
Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2006; Julius B. Richmond and Rashi Fein., The Health Care Mess: How We Got into
It and What It Will Take to Get Us Out, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005; and Kip Sullivan, The Health Care
Mess: How We Got into It and How We’ll Get Out of It, Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2006. Journal of Health Politics,
Policy and Law 33 (April 2008): 343-357.
Peterson, Mark A. “Health Care Reform As a Prisoner of the Past: A Sentence Without Parole?” Review of Rick Mayes, Universal
Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance, 2nd Ed., Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004.
Health Affairs 24 (November/December 2005): 1681-1682.
Frankford, David M., Mark A. Goldberg, Jacob S. Hacker, Jonathan Oberlander, and Mark A. Peterson. “Politics and Medicare”
(Letter to the Editor). Journal of the American Medical Association 286(21) (December 5, 2001): 2670.
Peterson, Mark A. “Lasting Impact.” Review Symposium on The Politics of Medicare and the Politics of Health Care. Journal of
Health Politics, Policy and Law 26 (February 2001): 146-153.
Peterson, Mark A. “New President Will Face the Perfect Storm.” UCLA Today, November 21, 2000.
Peterson, Mark A. "The Health Care Debate: All Heat and No Light." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 20 (Summer
1995):425-430.
Vita—Mark A. Peterson—Page 6
Peterson, Mark A. "Clinton's Plan Goes to Congress – Now What?" Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 19 (Spring 1994):
261-264.
Peterson, Mark A. Review of Dean Keith Simonton, Why Presidents Succeed, A Psychology of Political Leadership, New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1988. Congress and the Presidency 15 (Spring 1988): 113-115.
Editor’s Notes (Special Issues), Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
“Insurance Coverage and the States,” Volume 29:2 (April 2004), Special Issue
“A Decade (Nearly) in Health Politics, Policy, and Law,” Volume 28:1 (February 2003)
“Managed Care Redux,” Volume 27:3 (June 2002), Special Issue
“Terrorism, Guns, and Public Health,” Volume 27:2 (April 2002), Special Section
“Health Politics and Policy in a Federal System,” Volume 26:6 (December 2001), Special Issue
“Kenneth Arrow and the Changing Economics of Health Care,” Volume 26:5 (October 2001), Special Issue
“Comparative Health Care Policy,” Volume 26:4 (August 2001), Special Issue
“Evidence: Its Meaning in Health Care and Law,” Volume 26:2 (April 2001), Special Issue
“Medicare: Intentions, Effects, and Politics,” Volume 26:1 (February 2001), Special Issue
“Is There a Future in Your Market?,” Volume 25:5 (October 2000), Special Issue
“Women’s Health,” Volume 25:3 (June 2000), Special Issue
“The Individual Health Insurance Market,” Volume 25:1 (February 2000), Special Issue
“Challenging Conventions in Health Policy,” Volume 24:4 (August 1999), Special Issue
“Motivation, Mobilization, and Monitoring: The Role of Groups in Health Policy,” Volume 24:3 (June 1999), Special Issue
“Managed Care: Ethics, Trust, and Accountability,” Volume 23:4 (August 1998), Special Issue
“Community: Meaning and Opportunity, and Learning for the Future,” Volume 22:4 (August 1997), Special Issue
“States: The Policy Crucible,” Volume 22:3 (June 1997), Special Issue
“A Season of Change,” Volume 22:1 (February 1997), Special Section
“Understanding Medical Liability,” Volume 21:2 (Summer 1996), Special Issue on Law, Liability, and Defensive Medicine
“Thinking, Talking, Acting,” Volume 21:1 (Spring 1996), Special Issue on Deliberative Democracy
“Political Perspectives on Policy Defeat,” Volume 20:2 (Summer 1995), Special Section on The Failure of Health Care Reform,
and Roundtable on the Defeat of Reform
“Learning from Experience,” Volume 20:1 (Spring 1995), Special Section
“Making the Right Choices,” Volume 19:3 (Fall 1994), Special Sections on Assessing National Health Care Reform, and
Controversies in Health Care
“A Season of Transition,” Volume 19:2 (Summer 1994), Special Sections on New Interpretations of Health Politics, and
Complexity and Ambiguity in Policy Making
WORKS IN PROGRESS (Selected)
Peterson, Mark A. “Hardball Politics, Hobbled Policy: Contexts, Choices, and Consequences in U.S Health Reform.” Book
manuscript near completion.
Peterson, Mark A., Arleen A. Leibowitz, and A.J. King. “The HIV Policy Continuum: Ensuring the Development of Evidence-
Based HIV Policies.” Article-length manuscript under review.
Peterson, Mark A., and Darin DeWitt. “U.S. National Health, Policy, and Politics: The Public's Views on Health Determinants and
Government Interventions.” Article-length manuscript.
Vita—Mark A. Peterson—Page 7
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law
Department of Public Policy, UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs;
Department of Political Science (“0-time” joint appointment); and School of Law (“0-time” joint appointment,
effective July 1, 2012)
UCLA, 1998 -
Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, and Public Health
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Department of Political Science;
Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health (courtesy joint appointment)
University of Pittsburgh, 1998
Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, and Public Health
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Department of Political Science;
and Department of Health Services Administration, and Graduate School of Public Health (courtesy joint
appointment began 1995)
University of Pittsburgh, 1993 to 1998
Associate Professor of Government
Department of Government
Harvard University, 1990 to 1993
Henry LaBarre Jayne Assistant/Associate Professor of Government
Harvard University, 1987 to 1989, 1989 to 1990
Assistant Professor of Government
Department of Government
Harvard University, 1985 to 1987
Member, Policy Impact Core, Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services
UCLA, 2007-
Faculty Associate, Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities
UCLA, 2015-
Faculty Associate, Institute for Society & Genetics
UCLA, 2009-
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Civil Society
UCLA, 2005-
Faculty Associate, Center for Health Policy Research
UCLA, 2003-
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Research on Health Care
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1997-1998
Associate, Center for Medical Ethics
University of Pittsburgh, 1994-1998
Visiting Lecturer, American Foreign Policy, for course in International Politics
Department of Political Science
The University of Hong Kong, November 1982
Vita—Mark A. Peterson—Page 8
Teaching Assistant
Department of Political Science; and Program in American Institutions
The University of Michigan, 1978-1981, 1983, 1984
Research Assistant and Research Associate
Department of Political Science, Institute for Social Research, and Institute of Public Policy Studies
The University of Michigan, 1978-1985
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Publishing
Editor, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 1993-2002
● 51 issues, including many special issues (Vol. 19, Issue 2, Summer 1994 to Vol. 28, Issue 3, June 2003, plus
Vol. 29, Issue 2).
● Led transition from quarterly to bimonthly publication (Starting with Vol. 22, 1997)
● Introduced new cover design, 1997
● Organized two national conferences, 1996 and 2002.
Member, Executive Committee, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Chair 2002 - 2006; Member 2002 -
Member, Editor Selection Committee for Policy Studies Journal
Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association and Policy Studies Organization, 2003
Member, Board of Editors, The California Journal of Politics and Policy (on-line), 2008 -
Member, Board of Editors, PS: Political Science and Politics, 2002 - 2005
Member, International Advisory Board, Health Governance Series, 1999 - 2003
Member, Board of Editors, Journal of Politics, 1993 - 1997
Non-University and Off-Campus Administrative Activities
Professional Societies
American Political Science Association
Elected member, APSA Council, for 2008 - 2010 term
Member, Council Administrative Committee, 2009 – 2010
Chair, E.E. Schattschneider Best American Government Dissertation Award Committee, 2017 - 2018
Member, Selection Committee, Hubert H. Humphrey Award for Notable Public Service by a Political Scientist, 1995
Organized Section on Public Policy
President, 2010 - 2011
President-Elect/Program Chair, 2009 - 2010
Chair, Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award Committee, 2004 – 2005
Member, Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award Committee, 2016 - 2017
Organized Section on Health Politics and Policy
Founding Chair, Nominating Committee, 2008
Chair, Leonard S. Robins Best Paper on Health Politics and Policy Award Committee, 2011- 12
Organized Section on the Presidents and Executive Politics
Member, Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award Committee, 2013 - 14
Vita—Mark A. Peterson—Page 9
Midwest Political Science Association
Section Head, Presidency and Executive Politics, 1996
Western Political Science Association
Member, Nominating Committee, 2000 - 2001
AcademyHealth
Member, Health Services Research Impact Award Committee, 2005 - 2007
Member, Article-of-the-Year Award Committee, 2003 - 2005
Foundations
Chair, National Advisory Committee, Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) Program,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Member 1997 - 2014, Chair 2011- 2015
Chair, National Advisory Committee, Scholars in Health Policy Research Program
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Member 1993 - 2016, Chair 2002 - 2016
Member, National Advisory Board, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New
Mexico, 2008 -
Member, National Advisory Committee, Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2003 - 2017
Member, Design Team for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Clinical Scholars Program
UCLA and RAND, Fall 2014
Invited to be a nominator, MacArthur Fellows Program, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2005
Other
Member, External Review Committee, Public Policy Graduate Program, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota, Fall 2006
External Reviewer, Public Policy Report (proposed graduate public policy program, which became the Frank Batten
School of Leadership and Public Policy), University of Virginia, 2005
University Administrative Activities
University of California:
Member (At-Large), Academic Advisory Council, UC Washington Center’s (UCDC)
Academic Senate, University of California, 2015 - 2018
Member, Health Care Task Force, UC University Committee on Faculty Welfare
Academic Senate, University of California, 2010 -
Member, Health Benefits Working Group,
University of California Office of the President, 2012 - 2013
Member, Review Teams for Self-Insured UC Care RFP and Rebid RFP of Fully-Insured Health Benefits
University of California Office of the President, 2013
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UCLA:
Campus
Member, Steering Committee, Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences,
2017 -
Member, Internal Advisory Board
Clinical and Translational Science Institute, 2015 -
Member, Search Committee, Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Office of the Chancellor, UCLA, 2015 - 2016
Member, Campus Climate Committee (Local Work Team for System-wide Campus Climate Committee)
Office of the Chancellor, UCLA, 2011- 2013
Member, Coordinating Committee, Global Health Initiative
Office of the Chancellor, UCLA, 2011- 2012
Member, Council of Advisors
Academic Personnel Office/Faculty Development, UCLA, 2009 -
Member, Faculty Welfare Committee
Academic Senate, UCLA, 2008 - 2011
Member, Review Committee, Fifth-Year Review, Dean of School of Law
Office of the Chancellor, UCLA, 2008 - 2009
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee
Center for Society & Genetics, UCLA, 2007 - 2008
Member, Center Co-Director Recruitment Committee
Center for Society & Genetics, UCLA, 2006 - 2007
Member, Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel Search Committee
Office of the Chancellor, UCLA, 2005 - 2006
Member, Law School Dean Recruitment Committee
Office of the Chancellor, UCLA, 2003 - 2004
Member (Acting Chair, 2006-2007), Faculty Advisory Committee
Institute for Social Research, UCLA, 2002 - 2010
Member, Department Chair Recruitment Committee (National Search)
Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, UCLA, 2001- 2004
Member, Review Committee, Fifth-Year Review, Dean of School of Public Affairs
Office of the Chancellor, UCLA, 2001- 2002
Member, Ad Hoc Review Committee
Academic Personnel Office, for Committee on Academic Personnel, UCLA, Spring 2001
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee
Center for American Politics and Public Policy, UCLA, 2000 -
Member, Board of Directors
UCLA Center for Governance, 2000 - 2002
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Member, Research Advisory Committee or Community and Policy Advisory Committee
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, UCLA Site, 1999 -
Reviewer, Special and Extramural Fellowships, Graduate Division, UCLA, 1999
Honorary Patron Member, UCLA Library Associates Powell Society, 2008
UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs
Chair of the Faculty and Faculty Executive Committee
Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2012 - 2013
Vice Chair of the Faculty and Faculty Executive Committee
Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2011- 2012
Chair, Ad Hoc Review Committee, Senior Faculty Promotion Review (for a department at UCLA in which I do not have
an appointment), UCLA, Fall 2008
Founding Chair, Nonprofit Research Grant Committee
School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2000-2002, Member 2002 - 2003
Member, Steering Committee, Defining Our Future: The Luskin School’s Critical Advantage Initiative, and Member,
Leadership Studies Task Force
Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2011- 2012
Member, Undergraduate Policy Minor Redesign Committee
School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2003
Member, Executive Committee
Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2002 - 2006
Member, Dean’s Cabinet
School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2001 - 2005
Member, Nonprofit Initiative Steering Committee
School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2000 -
Member, Executive Programs Advisory Committee and Executive MPA Committee
School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2000 - 2005
Member, Nonprofit Faculty Search Committee
School of Public Affairs, 2000 - 2001
Department of Public Policy
Department Chair
Department of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, July 2002 - June 2005; July 2014 - 2017
Acting Department Chair
Department of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, November 2001- June 2002
Department Vice Chair
Department of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 1999 - November 2001
Chair, Ad Hoc Review Committee, Senior Faculty Recruitment
Department of Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, Fall 2017
Vita—Mark A. Peterson—Page 12
Chair, Ad Hoc Review Committee, Faculty Promotion Review
Department of Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, Fall 2010
Chair, Curriculum Committee
Department of Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2005 - 2013
Coordinator, Applied Policy Project (APP) in MPP Curriculum
Department of Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2006 - 2007, 2009-2014
Coordinator, Web Site and Infrastructure
Department of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2005 - 2007
Chair, Faculty Recruitment Process
Department of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 1999 - 2000, 2000 - 2001
Chair, International Policy Recruitment Committee
Department of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2000 - 2001
Chair, Political Science Disciplinary Screening Committee & Subnational Field Subcommittee, Faculty Recruitment
Department of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 1999 - 2000
Co-Chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee
Department of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 1998 - 1999
Member, Ad Hoc Review Committees, Faculty Promotion Review
Department of Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, Fall 2011, Fall 2017
Member, Admissions and Fellowships Committee
Department of Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 2002 -
Member, Academic Personnel Committee
Department of Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, 1998 - 2000
UCLA School of Law
Member, Endowed Professorship Committee
School of Law, UCLA, 2012 - 2013, 2017 - 2018
University of Pittsburgh:
Campus
Member, Advisory Committee on Health
Institute of Politics, University of Pittsburgh, 1996 - 1998
Member, Advisory Committee, Lecture Series in Health Management and Policy
Health Policy Institute, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 1994 - 1996
Member, Joint Degree Development Committee
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs/Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh,
1993 - 1996
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Chair, Ad Hoc Promotion Review Committee
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1993 - 1994
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Member, Ad Hoc Tenure Review Committee
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1996 - 1997
Member, Ad Hoc Tenure Stream Review Committee
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1993 - 1994
Member, Merit Review Committee
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1994
Member, Doctoral Studies Program Committee
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1993 - 1995
Harvard University:
Campus
Member, Senior Common Room
Leverett House, Harvard University, 1987 - 1993
Participant, Panel on Diversity, Freshman Orientation
Harvard-Radcliffe College, 1989
Participant, Panel on Gender in the Classroom, Spring Teaching Orientation
Danforth Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, 1989
Member, Summer Research Awards Committee
Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1986
Member, Selection Committee for Harry S Truman Scholarships
Harvard University, 1986
Department of Government
Head Tutor in Government, Harvard University, 1987 - 1990
(Supervised the Government Tutorial Office and its dozen staff members, and directed the undergraduate
program in Government, during which it became the largest in Harvard-Radcliffe College)
Chair, Undergraduate Affairs Committee and Board of Tutors
Department of Government, Harvard University, 1987 - 1990
Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee and Board of Tutors
Department of Government, Harvard University, 1985 - 1987
Member, Chairman's Committee (quasi-executive committee)
Department of Government, Harvard University, 1987 - 1988
Assisted in development and organization of Teaching Fellow Workshop Series
Department of Government, Harvard University, 1987 - 1989
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GRANTS
Principal Investigator or Co-PI
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant, “Analysis of U.S. Public Opinion on Health and Health Care Policy,” 2007 - 2008.
The California Endowment grants to support two symposia on Redesigning the U.S. Health Care System: Moving from Blue Sky
to Blueprint, and major funding for further development of the Blue Sky Initiative (with Helen DuPlessis, David Ganz,
Neal Halfon, and Arleen Leibowitz), 2003.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation, and Milbank Memorial Fund grants to support conference
and publication, Who Shall Lead? Continuity and Change in the Future of Health Care, sponsored by the Journal of Health
Politics, Policy and Law, with co-sponsorship by the UCLA School of Public Affairs, UCLA Center for Health Policy
Research, and UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy, Covel Commons, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA,
scheduled for Apri 19 - 20, 2002.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to integrate and disseminate health policy research, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and
Law, 2000 - 2002.
Academic Senate Council on Research Faculty Grants, UCLA, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2006-
2007
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to promote and disseminate special issue on “The Managed Care Backlash,” Journal of
Health Politics, Policy and Law, 1999 - 2000.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant (1996-1998) to support conference and publication, Health Care Into the Next Century:
Markets, States, and Communities, sponsored by the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Durham, North Carolina,
May 3-4, 1996.
Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1995 - 1998 (included two years leave from
teaching).
Russell Sage Foundation research grant as part of the Working Group on the Politics of Social Policy, 1994 - 1996.
Congressional Research Grant, The Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center and the Caterpillar Foundation, 1993.
William F. Milton Fund Research Grant, Harvard Medical School, 1993.
Grant, William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund to Enhance Teaching Excellence and Effectiveness through Innovation, Harvard University, for
a comparative study of gender experiences among Government undergraduate concentrators and in other social sciences,
1988 -1989.
Grant, University Development and Improvement Fund, Harvard University, for study of the undergraduate Government
Concentration and undergraduate participation in Institute of Politics activities at the John F. Kennedy School of
Government, 1988 - 1989.
Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grant, 1987 - 1988.
Harvard Graduate Society Fund Research Grant, Harvard University, 1986 - 1988.
National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Grant, 1983 - 1984.
Horace H. Rackham Dissertation Grant, The University of Michigan, 1983 - 1984.
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Associated (Percentage of Time)
National Institute of Mental Health, Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), collaboration of
UCLA Semel Institute Center for Community Health, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Friends
Research Institute, and RAND, 2007 - 2015 (5% annually).
The California Endowment, Redesigning the U.S. Health Care System: Moving from Blue Sky to Blueprint, UCLA Center for
Healthier Children, Families, and Communities, 2003 - 2010 (10% annually).
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Professor of the Year Award, Selected by the Class of 2013
Department of Public Policy, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, June 2013.
Recipient (with Joel D. Aberbach) of the Richard E. Neustadt Award for the Best Reference Book on the Presidency published in
2005 for Institutions of American Democracy: The Executive Branch (Oxford University Press, 2005), Presidency Research
Group, American Political Science Association, 2006.
Elected to membership, National Academy of Social Insurance, 2004.
Faculty Fellowship, UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy, 2000 - 2001
Listed in Who’s Who in the East, 26th Edition, Marquis, 1996 -.
Congressional Fellowship, American Political Science Association, 1990 - 1991.
Served as Legislative Assistant on Health Policy, Office of Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD).
Guest Scholar, Governmental Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, 1990 - 1991.
Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper at the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1987.
E. E. Schattschneider Award for the Best Dissertation in American Government, American Political Science Association, 1986.
H. B. Earhart Foundation Fellowship in Political Science, The University of Michigan, 1983.
Nominated for the University's Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Political Science,
The University of Michigan, 1981 and 1982.
Excellent, Major Preliminary Examination in American Government, Department of Political Science,
The University of Michigan, 1980.
Michigan College First Year Fellowship, Horace H. Rackham Graduate School, The University of Michigan, 1977 - 1978.
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1977.
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CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Papers/Presentations
“In the Shadow of Politics: The Pathways of Research Evidence to Health Policy Making.” Paper presentation at the annual Fall
Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Chicago, IL, November 2-4, 2017.
Presentation for the Panel Authors Meet Critics: New Books by David Jones and Miriam Laugesen, Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 31-September 3, 2017.
“Reversing Course: Is Obamacare the New Medicare Catastrophic?” Paper presentation at the Journal of Health Politics, Policy
and Law and Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Conference on Health Policy after the 2016 Election,
Brown University, Providence, RI, May 18-19, 2017.
“In the Shadow of Politics: When and How Health Policy Analysis is Consequential in Policy Making.” Paper presentation at the
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University and Journal of Health Politics, Policy and
Law Special Issue Conference on Policy Analysis and the Politics of Health Policy, New York, NY, May 1-2, 2017.
“When and How Health Policy Research Matters: A Political Science Perspective.” Paper Presentation at the Annual Research
Meeting Panel on Improving the Translation and Dissemination of Health Services Research: Lessons from Inside and
Outside the Health Sector, AcademyHealth, San Diego, CA, June 8-10, 2014.
“When and How Health Policy Research Matters: A Political Science Perspective.” Commissioned paper for the AcademyHealth
Workshop on Improving the Translation and Dissemination of Health Services Research: Lessons from Within and Outside
the Health Sector, Barbara Jordon Conference Center, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, D.C., April 28-29,
2014.
“The Third Rail of Politics? Medicare’s Untouchability.” Chapter draft prepared for the “Medicare and Medicaid at Fifty”
conference, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, February 27-28, 2014.
With Darin DeWitt: “U.S. National Health, Policy, and Politics: The Public's Views on Health Determinants and Government
Interventions.” Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, March 31-April 3, 2011.
“The Unique Opportunity for Health Care Reform.” Presentation for “Theme Panel: The Aftermath of Health Care Reform,” Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 2-5, 2010.
With Arleen Leibowitz, Helen DuPlessis, David Ganz, Neal Halfon: “Emerging Paradigm Perspective on the U.S. Health Care
System.” Paper prepared for the project on “Emerging Paradigm in Health Systems,” Directed by Dov Chernichovsky,
supported by the Commonwealth Fund, February 2007.
“Public and Elite Perceptions of the Separation of Powers.” Presentation for (and organized) Theme Panel: The Separation of
Powers and the Rise of Executive Power in a Divided Nation,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 31-September 3, 2006.
“The Politics of Transformative Policy Making.” Presentation for Roundtable Panel on “Blue Sky Project: Expanding Policy
Discussions on Health Care Reform,” Annual Research Meeting, AcademyHealth, Seattle, WA, June 25-27, 2006.
“The Mobilization of New Interests.” Presentation for Panel on “A Quarter Century of Changes: United States’ Constitutional
System in an Age of Party Polarization,” conference on America: Quo Vidas?, sponsored by the Centro Studi American,
Embassy of the United States, and Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Centro Studi American, Rome, Italy, May 16, 2006.
“The Politics of Medicare Reform: Dynamics, Hurdles, and Opportunities.” Discussion Paper Commissioned for Expert Panel on
Medicare Politics, Project on “Creating an Equitable, Efficient, and Sustainable Medicare for the 21st Century,” Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA, April 27, 2006.
“The Politics of Health: The Changing Community of Organized Interests.” Paper prepared for delivery at the Annual Meeting of
the American Political Science Association, IL, September 2-5, 2004.
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“Health Care Reform in the U.S.: The Challenge of Legislative Coalition Building.” Paper prepared for presentation at the
Conference on "Restructuring the Welfare State: Health Care Reform in Italy, Japan, UK and USA," Tokyo, Japan, July 5-
6, 2001. Revised for next conference at International Jacque Maritain Institute, Research and Study Center at Breganziol,
Treviso, Italy, September 16-17, 2002.
“Lasting Impact.” Paper prepared for delivery at the Symposium on the “Politics of Medicare”: A Thirty Year Retrospective on
Ted Marmor’s Classic Work, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 2000.
“The Changing Congress and the Politics of Major Health Policy Innovation.” Presentation at the University-Wide Conference on
Research Initiatives in American Government, Politics & Public Policy, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of
California, Berkeley, May 7-8, 1999.
“Interest Groups: Transforming Institutions and the Politics of Major Health Policy Change.” Presentation at the Annual Meeting
of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program, Charleston, S.C.,
October 28-30, 1997.
“A Framework for Understanding the Policy Impact of Research and Evaluation.” Presentation at the Research and Evaluation
Conference: Maximizing the Impact of Research and Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J., June
26-27, 1996.
“Health Policy in Political Science: Questions in Search of Impact.” Guest lecture, Annual Meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, Aspen, Colorado, May 29-June 1, 1996.
“The Limits to Social Learning: Translating Analysis into Action.” Paper prepared for delivery at the conference on Health Care
Into the Next Century: Markets, States, and Communities, sponsored by the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law,
Washington Duke Inn, Durham, N.C., May 3-4, 1996.
"Interest Groups as Allies and Antagonists: Their Role in the Politics of Health Care Reform." Paper prepared for delivery at the
invited papers panel on the Politics of Health Care, Annual Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research and
Foundation for Health Services Research, Chicago, Ill., June 4-6, 1995.
"From Allies to Antagonists: The Transformation of Interests in Health Care." Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association, New York, NY, September 1-4, 1994.
"From Vested Oligarchy to Informed Entrepreneurship: New Opportunities for Health Care Reform in Congress." Paper prepared
for delivery at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 14-16, 1994.
Advised production of and participated as panelist for "Health Care Reform: Which Way?" Television program on President
Clinton's health care reform plan produced by WQED-TV, Pittsburgh, PA, October 8, 1993.
"The Politics of Health Care Reform: Are Good Policy and Good Politics Possible?" Working Paper and presentation prepared for
the Seminar on Future Directions in American Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, September 30, 1993.
"Health Care Reform and Social Learning: More than Just the Facts." Paper prepared for delivery at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1993.
"The Presidency and Policy Making." Presentation to the Seminar for Superintendents, Programs in Professional Education,
Harvard Graduate School of Education, July 21, 1993.
"The Presidency and Interest-Group Liaison." Presentation at Panel on The Politics of Presidential Power, conference on Beyond
the First 100 Days: What the Clinton Administration Must Do, sponsored by the Institute of United States Studies, the
University of London, London, England, March 11-12, 1993.
"Future Options for Financing Health Care." Speech to the 125th Anniversary Symposium of the Harvard School of Dental
Medicine, Harvard University, November 1992.
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"National Health Care Reform in the 1990s: Changing Institutions and Leadership." Presentation of papers to the Health Policy
Workshop, School of Organization and Management, Yale University, October 5, 1992.
"Health Policy Making in the Information Age: Is Congress Better Informed than the President?" Paper prepared for delivery at the
conference on Governance in an Era of Skepticism: Administrators and Politicians, sponsored by the International Political
Science Association Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government (SOG), Stockholm, Sweden,
1992.
"Leading Our Way to Health: Entrepreneurship and Leadership in the Health Care Reform Debate." Paper prepared for delivery at
the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 1992.
Also presented at the Workshop on American Political Development, sponsored by the Center for American Political
Studies, Harvard University, March 24, 1993.
"National Health Care Reform in the 1990s: Politics, Structure, and the Change from Iron Triangles to Policy Networks." Paper
prepared for delivery at the conference on Health Care Reform: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future, sponsored
by the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Duke University, 1992.
"Institutions, Networks, and the Development of National Health Care Policy in America." Research-in-Progress Seminar
Presentation, Governmental Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, July 15, 1991.
With Joel Aberbach, Frank Baumgartner, Thomas Gais, David King, and Kim Schepple prepared, edited, and contributed to Jack
Walker book manuscript presented at Panel Honoring and Continuing the Work of Jack L. Walker, Jr.: Mobilizing Political
Interests in America, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, Calif., 1990.
"Institutions, Networks, and the Development of National Health Care Policy in America." Paper prepared for delivery at the
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, Calif., 1990.
"Developing the President's Program: The President as a Strategic Player." Paper prepared for delivery at the Annual Meeting of
the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Ill., 1990.
"A Deliberate Balance: Congressional Responses to Presidential Policy Initiatives." Presentation of research, Center for American
Political Studies Seminar Series, Harvard University, 1988.
"A Deliberate Balance: Congressional Responses to Presidential Policy Initiatives." Presentation of research to the American
Politics Workshop, the University of Chicago, 1988.
"A Deliberate Balance: Congressional Responses to Presidential Policy Initiatives." Presentation of research, Department of
Political Science, UCLA, 1988.
"Agenda Setting and Explanation: Bottles and Wine, But Are Any of Them New?" Paper prepared for the Roundtable on New
Directions for Research on Agenda Setting in the Courts, the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association,
Washington, D.C., 1987.
"Interest Groups and the Reagan White House: For Whom the Door Bell Tolls." Paper prepared for delivery at the Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1986.
"Congressional Responses to Presidential Proposals: Impact, Effort, and Politics." Paper prepared for delivery at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL., 1986.
With Jack L. Walker. "The Impact of the First Reagan Administration upon the National Interest Group System." Paper prepared
for delivery at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, 1985.
"Domestic Policy and Legislative Decision Making: Congressional Responses to Presidential Initiatives, 1953-1981." Paper
prepared for delivery at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 1985.
"The President's Domestic Legislative Program: More than Meets the 'Aye'?" Paper prepared for delivery at the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, 1984.
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With Thomas L. Gais and Jack L. Walker. "Interest Groups, Iron Triangles, and the Presidency in American National Government."
Paper prepared for delivery at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Milwaukee, WI, 1982.
Panel Chair/Moderator
Moderator, Panel of Journal Editors, conference on “The Future of Health Policy Research: Funding and Publishing Opportunities,”
RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, University of California Berkeley/San Francisco Program Site,
October 16, 2015.
Moderator, Invitational Expert Convening, “Evaluating the Impact of Research Investments: Advice and Guidance for Developing
a Pilot Project, AcademyHealth, Washington, D.C., October 9, 2016.
Chair and Discussant, Panel on Representing Health Interests,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New
Orleans, LA, August 30-September 2, 2012.
Chair and organizer, Roundtable on Elections 2008 and Health Care Reform: Influencing Electoral Returns, Shaping Policy
Outcomes, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 27-31, 2008.
Chair, Panel on Rounding Up the Votes: The President as Chief Legislator?, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Washington, D.C, 2005.
Chair and organizer, Roundtable on Medicare, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA,
2001.
Chair and organizer, Panel on Consumer Protection and Managed Care Reform, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Health Services
Research and Health Policy, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
Chair and Discussant. Panel on Medicare: Politics, Policy, and Law, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Boston, MA, 1998.
Chair/Facilitator. Panel on The Potential for Leadership, Conference on Presidential Power: Forging the Presidency for the 21st
Century, Columbia University, New York, NY, November 15-16, 1996.
Chair and Discussant. Panel on No-Fault Alternatives to the Tort System for Medical Injuries, Annual Research Conference,
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Pittsburgh, PA, October 31-November 2, 1996.
Moderator (and helped organize). “The Future of Medicaid in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” with panelists Bruce Vladeck,
Administrator of U.S. HCFA; Feather Houston, Secretary of Department of Public Welfare, Pennsylvania; and Michael
Sparer, Columbia University, Institute of Politics and Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, 1996.
Chair and Discussant. Panel on Presidential Politics and the New Congress, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, 1995.
Chair and organizer. Panel on The Institutional Context of American Health Care Policy, Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, 1992.
Chair and organizer. Panel on The Presidential-Congressional Nexus: New Twists on Recurrent Issues, Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, 1989.
Moderator. Panel on "Putting the Election in Perspective: A Conversation with Presidential Historians." Institute of Politics Forum,
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1992.
Moderator. Panel on the War Powers Act. Institute of Politics Forum, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University,
1987.
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Discussant
Panel on Institutional Settings and the Politics of Policy Making, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C., September 2-5, 2010.
APSA Theme Panel on Health System Complexity and Change: Measuring the Politics of Delivering Care, Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6, 2009.
Panel on Policymaking in Legislatures, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 27-
31, 2008.
Commentator on Carolyn Tuohy, “Governing in a System of Federalism and Separated Powers,” presented at the conference on
The True Workings of Single Payer Health Systems: Lessons or Warnings for U.S. Reform, sponsored by Hubert H.
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, and the Journal of Health
Policy, Politics and Law, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 9-10, 2008.
Research and Evaluation Conference, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ, September 27-28, 2007.
Sixth Meeting of the University Working Groups on the Social Dimensions of Inequality, UCLA California Center for Population
Research, sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation, paper by Larry Bartels, “Partisan
Biases in Economic Accountability,” UCLA, January 25-26, 2007.
Panel on Medicare, Bureaucratic Decision Making, and the Power of Payment Policy,” Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 31-September 3, 2006.
Panel on The Politics of Health Policy in the Second Bush Administration, Committee on Health Politics, Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 1-4, 2005.
Panel on Public Policymaking as Catalyst for Innovative and Unexpected Policy Responses by the Private Sector, Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 2-5, 2004.
Panel on Presidents and Unilateral Powers in Time, Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Jose, CA,
March 24-26, 2000.
Panel on Doing Better Than Expected? The Politics of Health Care Expansion in the 1990s, Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, September 2-5, 1999.
Invited participant. Meeting to discuss James Robinson, The Corporate Practice of Medicine, Milbank Memorial Fund, Claremont
Resort, Oakland, CA, September 18, 1998.
Panel on The President’s Advisors and Appointees, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington,
D.C., August 28-31, 1997.
Panel on System Change : Reform, Competition, and the Future of Health Policy, Committee on Health Politics, Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 28-31, 1997.
Invited participate/respondent. Policy Summit on the Future of Medicare, Vanguard Public Foundation Health Care Public
Education Fund, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1997.
Invited participant. Meeting to discuss Rosemary Stevens, American Medicine and the Public Interest, Milbank Memorial Fund,
New York, NY, October 8, 1996.
Panel on Formal Models of Executive Politics, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August
31 - September 3, 1995.
Panel on The Development of Health Insurance in Comparative Perspective, Politics and History Section. Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, New York, NY, September 1-4, 1994.
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Session on Health Care Reform and the Future: What Role of the States? Conference on Health Care Reform and the Role of the
States, sponsored by the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Chicago, April 28-29, 1994.
Panel on Race and Governance. Workshop on Race, Ethnicity, Representation, and Governance (Second Session). Center for
American Political Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1993.
Panel on The Presidential Role in Policy Making. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,
1992.
Conference on "Congress and the Making of Foreign Policy." For volume edited by Paul E. Peterson, sponsored by the John M.
Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, held at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., January, 1991.
Panel on The Internal Dynamic of Interest Groups. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA,
1989.
Panel on Presidents, Interest Groups, and Advisory Committees: Impacting Administrative Process and Policy. Annual Meeting
of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 1988.
Panel on Dimensions of Congressional Policymaking. Legislative Studies Section, Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, 1987.
Panel on Conceptual Challenges in Presidential Analysis. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,
Ill., 1987.
Roundtable Participation
Roundtable on Research Translation and Dissemination in Health Policy and Service Research, Annual Research Meeting,
AcademyHealth, San Diego, June 9, 2014.
Roundtable on Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities, Annual Research Meeting, AcademyHealth, Chicago, IL, June
28-30, 2009.
Roundtable on Beyond Health Insurance Expansion: Building a Better Health System, Annual research conference of the
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Los Angeles, November 6-8, 2008.
Visionary Panel, Technolink Association's Trends Forum, Omni Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, June 16, 2005.
Roundtable on Getting Published: Impacting the Field, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Health Services Research and Health
Policy, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
Roundtable: The Ramifications of Impeachment for Presidential-Congressional Relations, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, 2000.
Roundtable on Politics and Managed Care, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, 1999.
Roundtable on The End of the Big State?, Structure and Organization of Government (SOG) conference on Taking the Measure of
Government, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA., October 30-November 1, 1997.
Roundtable on Health Care Policy as a Determinant and a Consequence of Social Change, Annual Meeting, Robert Wood Johnson
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, October 15-17, 1996.
Roundtable on Managing for White House Leadership: Technology, Structure, Staff, and Leadership, Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, 1996.
Roundtable (chaired) on the Future of Health Care: Markets, States, and Communities, Committee on Health Politics, Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, 1996.
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Roundtable (chaired) on the President, Congress, and the Politics of Policy Reform, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, Ill., April 18-20, 1996.
Roundtable on Implications for Public Policy of Competitive Market Experiences and Research, Alpha Center conference on The
New Competition: Dynamics Shaping the Health Care Market, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1995.
Roundtable on Health Care Reform and the Republican Congress, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, August 31 - September 3, 1995.
Roundtable and Discussant. Panels on the Role of Health Policy Research in the Shaping of Health Policy and Multidisciplinary
Perspectives in Health Policy Research, Annual Meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy
Research Program, Scottsdale, AZ, 1995.
Roundtable on Two Decades of Health Reform: Perspectives from JHPPL Editors. Committee on Health Politics. Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association, New York, NY, September 1-4, 1994.
American Political Process Conference. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY, 1993.
Roundtable on Health Care Under Clinton. Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, 1993.
Roundtable on In-Depth Interviews of Elites and Masses. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1988.
Roundtable on State of the Discipline: The Graduate Curriculum in American Politics. Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, 1988.
Roundtable on Interest Groups. Annual Meeting of the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists, Flint, MI, 1983.
Named Lectures, Keynote Addresses, and Plenary Speeches
“The Politics and Policy of Health Care During the Trump Presidency,” Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Commission on
Cancer, American College of Surgeons, San Diego, CA, October 22, 2017.
“Obamacare and the GOP: Repeal, Replace, or…Punt?” Speech to Manage Care Risk Association Annual Conference, Santa
Barbara, CA, September 20, 2017.
“President Trump, Congress, and the Future of Federal Health Policy,” Keynote Speaker, 88th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast
Surgical Association, Indian Wells, CA, February 19, 2017.
“The Affordable Care Act: Implementation Wars Sowed in Legislative Success.” Michael M. Davis Lecture Series, School of Social
Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 29, 2013.
“Obamacare: Sausage, Not Hash.” Speech to the Jonathan Club Breakfast Club, Los Angeles, CA, September 24, 2013.
“The Why, What, and Where of the Affordable Care Act,” Keynote Speaker, 3rd Annual Southern California Solid Organ
Transplant Conference, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, September 28, 2012.
“The Old Politics of Health Care, A New Politics of Health.” Keynote Address to the 2nd Geirach Symposium on the Psychology
of Politics, “Psychological and Political Perspective on Health Policy in America,” University of Florida, Gainesville, FL,
February 24, 2012.
“A Century in the Making: Obama and the Era of Health Care Reform.” Speaker Series on “Great Expectations: Obama and the
Politics of Reform,” the Wayne Morse Center on Law and Politics and the Department of Political Science, University of
Oregon, April 29, 2010.
“Exploring the Challenges of Making Health Policy.” Keynote, Kansas Legislative Health Academy, Kansas Health Institute,
Wichita, KS, November 8, 2009.
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“Challenges Facing the American Health Care System.” Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, the David
Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, October 1, 2008.
“The Blue Sky Initiative: An Overview of Health System Transformation.” Opening Plenary Address, Public & Private
Partnerships: Incentives for Health Care Change, Annual Conference of the Oregon Health Forum, Oregon Convention
Center, Portland, OR, October 10, 2007.
“Presidential Leadership in a Separation of Powers System: From Artful Craft to Forged Supremacy.” Dinner address to The
American Council of Young Political Leaders Leadership Seminar on “The Art of Strategic Leadership,” Ronald Reagan
Presidential Foundation & Library, Simi Valley, CA, May 18, 2007.
“The Blue Sky Initiative: A Description and a Challenge.” Plenary address, Washington Health Legislative Conference, Hilton
Seattle Airport & Conference Center, December 12, 2006.
“Forty Years of Trends in Health Policy and Politics: A Context for the 90s and Beyond.” Speech to HAP (the Hospital and
Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania), Leadership Summit 2000, Harrisburg, PA, April 11, 2000.
"The Politics of Health Care Reform." Keynote Address, the Annual Meeting of the Indiana Political Science Association,
Indianapolis, IN, April 28, 1995.
"Health Care Reform: Policy and Political Imperatives." Keynote Address, Washington G-2 Lab Institute '94, Washington, D.C.,
October 6, 1994.
"National Health Care Reform: Policy Mastery or Political Muddle?" John Hazen White, Sr. Lecture Series, Brown University,
Providence, RI, September 19, 1994.
"Is Congress Broken?" Lecture Series sponsored by the Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Institute for Law and Society, Stonehill College,
North Easton, MA, April 15, 1993.
"Health Care in America: On the Cusp of Change." 1960s Scholars Speakers Program, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, April
8, 1993.
"From Politics to Government in the '90s." Forty-Seventh Series of the Hamilton Hall Lectures, Salem, MA, February 25, 1993.
"Health Care Reform and the Clinton Administration." WEB, Network of Benefits Professionals, Washington, D.C., February 22,
1993.
"The Status of National Health Care Legislation." Keynote Address, New England Health Care Caucus, sponsored by Citizens for
Participation in Political Action, Clark University, January 9, 1993.
"Currents and Cross-Currents in the Coming Elections." Forty-Second Series of the Hamilton Hall Lectures, Salem, MA, February
18, 1988.
"The Evolution of the Presidency." Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA, September 29, 1989.
"Currents and Cross-Currents in Presidential Nominations." Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, MA, June 14,
1988.
"U.S. Bored of Inquiry? The Iran-Contra Scandal." Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, MA, February 4, 1987.
"Assessing the Reagan Presidency." Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, MA, October 20, 1986.
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Other Selected Formal Presentations Off Campus
Presentations as Chair of the National Advisory Committee, Annual Meetings of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in
Health Policy Research Program—The Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO; Estancia, La Jolla, CA; Eaglewood, Istasca, IL; The
Landsdowne, Leesburg, VA; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ; The Alexander, Indianapolis, IN.:
“Bringing the Social Scientific to the Health Policy Domain,” 2003
“Multidisciplinary Engagement and Policy Action: The NASI Study Panel on Medicare and Markets,” 2004
“The Blue Sky Project to Transform the U.S. Health and Health Care System,” 2005
“Current Challenges to Translating Ideas into Action,” 2006
“Back on the Agenda Again: Public Opinion and Health System Change,” 2007
“24 Hours in Trauma: Views from a Public Urban Hospital,” 2008
“Soup’s On: Moving from Ideas and Evidence to Public Policy,” 2009
“Informing Policy: RWJF Scholars’ Research in the Policy-Making Process,” 2010
“Informing the Public: Can Scholar Research Make a Policy-Relevant Difference?” 2011
“Beyond Disciplinary Silos: How Health Policy Research Can Expand One’s Career Portfolio, Broaden the Mind, Make a
Difference, and Feed the Soul,” 2012
“What a Difference a Program Makes: The Illustrative Case of Political Science,” 2013
“The ACA Implementation War: Revealing the Need for Interdisciplinary Health Policy Research,” 2014
Panel Presentation for Watson Book Event with Author Eric M. Patashnik, Unhealthy Politics: The Battle Over Evidence-Based
Medicine, Watson Institute of International & Public Affairs and Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Brown
University, Providence, RI, November 9, 2017.
Presenter, “The Fate of Obamacare under the Trump Presidency,” Travers Conference on Changing Washington? Prospects for
Republican Rule under Donald Trump, University of California, Berkeley, California, April 21, 2017.
Presenter, “An Informed Electorate? The Public’s Health Knowledge and Views on Health Policy,” RWJF Scholars in Health
Policy Research Seminar Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 28, 2013.
Presenter, “‘The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime’: Now What?” HAART (Human Resources Round Table for Senior
Executives) 2012 Annual Retreat, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA, November 17, 2012.
Panelist, “What the Affordable Care Act Is and Is Not: Hear What the Experts Have to Say,” National Council of Jewish
Women/Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, August 22, 2012.
Panelist, “James Q. Wilson, Broken Windows, and Los Angeles,” Zócalo Public Square, The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica,
CA, June 4, 2012.
Presentation, “The Future of the Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court,” Southern California Political Action Group, Los
Angeles, April 15, 2012.
Presentation, “Transforming Health and Health Care in America,” Medical Education Program, Providence-Tarzana Medical
Center, Tarzana, CA, March 20, 2009.
Presentation, “Congress and Health Policy: Sausage Making, Graveyards, and the Potential for Redemption,” American Politics
Workshop, University of Virginia, March 13, 2009.
Presentation, “Is This the Era of Health Care Reform? Why This Time is Different from All Other Times,” Leonard Davis
Institute of Health Economics Health Policy Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, February 20, 2009.
Presentation, “The Cognitive-Dissonant American: Context and Strategy for Health Care Reform,” Symposium following the
Tanner Lecture on Human Values (delivered by Uwe Reinhardt), Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan,
January 10, 2009.
Presentation, “A New Medicare Governance,” conference on “Making Medicare Sustainable: Transforming Our Health Program
for America’s Seniors,” New America Foundation, Washington, D.C., July 23, 2008.
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Presentation, “Caring for America: Health Care Decisions Facing the Next President and Congress,” Institute of Governmental
Studies, University of California, Berkeley, April 17, 2008.
Panel Member, Deliberative Poll on Health Care Reform, California State University, Fullerton, April 12, 2008.
Presentation, “The Changing Congress and Opportunities for Transforming Health Care Policy,” at Department of Political Science,
University of California, Irvine (May 21, 2004); University of California, Santa Barbara (February 6, 2004); RWJF
Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University
(December 12, 2003); Center for American Politics and Public Policy, Department of Political Science, University of
Washington (May 21, 2003); Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society (SIQSS), Stanford University (April
17, 2003).
Organized, chaired, and presented, two panels on “The Managed Care Backlash,” National Press Club, Washington, D.C., November
22, 1999.
Presentation, “Trends in National Health Care Politics and Policy Making.” Retreat, Board of Directors, PHICO Group, Inc.,
Carlsbad, California, September 16, 1999.
Presentation, “The U.S. Congress: New Access and New Opportunities for Health Policy Change,” Seminar on Health Policy,
Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, Yale University, February 22, 1999.
Presentation, “Interest Groups and Congress: Transforming Institutions and the Politics of Major Health Policy Change,” Scholars
in Health Policy Research Program, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, October 16, 1997.
Presentation, “Interest Groups and Congress: Transforming Institutions and the Politics of Major Health Policy Change,” Health
Policy Forum, Center for Health Policy and Management, SUNY Stony Brook, October 9, 1997, and Department of
Political Science, October 10, 1997.
Presentation, “Moving from Health Economics to Health Politics,” course on Health Economics, H. John Heinz III School of Public
Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, April 16, 1997.
Presentation, “The Politics of Health Care Policy: Overreaching in an Age of Polarization,” Seminar on Health Policy, Scholars in
Health Policy Research Program, Yale University, September 16, 1996.
Presentation, “Congress and Health Care Policy Making,” course on Political Analysis and Strategy for U.S. Health Policy, John F.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, March 18, 1996.
Presentation, “National Health Care Policy Making in the U.S.: Oxymoron or Just Plain Moronic?,” Clinical Scholars Program,
School of Public Health, and “Dynamic Institutions and Health Care Policy Making in the U.S.”, Department of Political
Science, Center on American Politics and Public Policy, UCLA, February 12, 1996.
Presentation, “National Health Care Policy Making in the U.S.: Oxymoron or Just Plain Moronic?” Department of Political Science,
the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, January 30, 1996.
Presentation, “National Health Care Policy Making in the U.S.: Oxymoron or Just Plain Moronic?”, Scholars in Health Policy
Research Program, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, December 14, 1995.
Presentation, "The Politics of Health Care Reform." Forum sponsored by the Pittsburgh Area Chapter, American Society of Public
Administration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 5, 1994.
Presentation, "Health Care in the United States: Where Are We Going?" Symposium sponsored by the School of Management,
Lesley College, Cambridge, MA, April 22, 1993.
Presentation, "National Health Care Reform." Fellows in the Research Training Program in Clinical Effectiveness, Harvard Medical
School, July 29, 1992.
Presentation, "Health Insurance Coverage in the United States." Panel sponsored by the Community Health Program, Tufts
University, Medford, MA, April 21, 1992.
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Presentation, "The Status of Health Care Reform in Congress." United Church of Christ Fellowship Program, Washington, D.C.,
January 10, 1991.
Presentation, "The Uses of Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences." Simmons College, Boston, MA, November 20, 1986.
Courses Taught
Harvard University Government 1300, The U.S. Congress (Undergraduate and graduate; co-taught with Douglas Price)
Government 1540, The American Presidency (Undergraduate and graduate; joint with Kennedy School of Government;
solo and co-taught with Roger Porter)
Government 90bb, President and Congress (Junior Seminar)
Government 90cc, Agendas, Decisions, and Public Policy (Junior Seminar)
Government 90et, Health Care as a Decision-Making Problem (Junior Seminar)
Government 2305, Field Seminar in American Politics (PhD Seminar; co-taught with Sidney Verba)
Government 2310, Congress: Representation or Paralysis? (PhD Seminar)\
Government 2330, The Organization, Mobilization, and Articulation of Private Interests (PhD Seminar)
Government 2465, The Presidential-Congressional Nexus (PhD Seminar; co-taught with Paul Peterson)
University of Pittsburgh Public & Int’l Affairs 2000, The Political and Institutional Setting of Public Affairs (Masters)
Public & Int’l Affairs 2010, Professional Skills, Module on Organizations and Institutions (Masters)
Public & Int’l Affairs 2096, Capstone Seminar: Health Care as a Policy Problem (Masters)
Public & Int’l Affairs 2096, Capstone Seminar: Medicare Reform (Masters)
Political Science 1230, Interest Group Politics (Undergraduate)
Political Science 1262, Health Policy in the U.S. (Undergraduate)
UCLA Public Policy 191A (special topics), later Public Policy 113, The Politics of U.S. Health Policy (Undergraduate)
Public Policy 202, American Political Institutions and Processes (Required in MPP Core Curriculum)
Public Policy M267/Health Services M252, Medicare Reform (Masters and some PhD)
Public Policy 298A, 298B, and 298C, Applied Policy Projects (Required in MPP Core Curriculum)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Development of National Health Care Policy
Presidential-Congressional Interaction and Policy Making
White House Decision Making
Congressional Policy Making
Interest Groups and Public Policy RELATED EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES
Policy Making:
As an APSA Congressional Fellow, worked as a Legislative Assistant on Health Policy in the office of Senator Tom
Daschle (D-SD). Participated in drafting proposed legislation including S. 2513, The American Health Security Plan of
1992 (comprehensive health care reform), and other proposed bills. Also wrote speeches, floor statements, and guest
editorials; assisted with hearing preparation; and engaged in all other activities of a legislative assistant.
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Policy Review and Promotion:
Core Team (with Helen DuPlessis, David Ganz, Neal Halfon, Arleen Leibowitz, and Samuel Sessions), “The Blue Sky
Health Initiative to Transform the U.S. Health and Health Care System,” Spring 2003 -
Moderator, “Moving from Sick Care to Health: A Briefing on the Keys to America’s Healthy Future – Prevention
and Children,” Blue Sky Health Initiative and Nemours, briefing for congressional staff, Cannon House Office
Building, Washington, D.C., September 16, 2009.
Co-Chair, Commission on the Executive Branch, Institutions of American Democracy Project, Annenberg Foundation
Trust at Sunnylands, 2003-2005
Member, Policy Impact Core, Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), UCLA, 2007
- present
Member, Advisory Council, Frances Perkins Center, Newcastle, ME, 2009 -
Member, Health Policy Advisory Committee, Barack Obama for President Campaign, 2008
Member, Advisory Council, “Transforming Medicare into a Sustainable and Equitable Health Program for America’s
Elderly,” New America Foundation, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007
Participant, BasicCHAT (Choosing Healthplans All Together) Project Thought-Leaders Meeting, supported by the
California HealthCare Foundation, Fall 2004
Member, advisory group to Center for Health Policy, Institute for International Studies, Stanford, research protocol for
“The Effectiveness of Public/Private Partnerships in Enhancing Health and Welfare Systems Development” on
behalf of the World Health Organization’s Kobe Research Center, Fall 2003 - Winter 2004
Member, Advisory Board Member, PolicyArchive.Net
Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles, CA, 2004 - 2006
Member, Advisory Panel, Project on “Towards a Common Language: Creating a Framework for Assessing Coverage
Expansion Proposals”
California HealthCare Foundation, 2003 - 2004
Member, Advisory Board, Feasibility Study on a Sacramento Policy Center prepared for James Irvine Foundation
Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles, 2003
Member, Study Panel on Medicare and Markets, National Academy of Social Insurance, 2000-2003
One of four study panels established as part of the NASI’s “Restructuring Medicare for the Long Term” project
support by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Issued “The Role of Private Health Plans in Medicare: Lessons
from the Past, Looking to the Future,” Final Report of the Study Panel on Medicare and Markets, National Academy
of Social Insurance, Washington, D.C., November 2003.
Member, Advisory Board, UniPayer HealthCare Education, Inc., 1998 -
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing education about single-payer health care financing.
Participant, Working Together Consortium Health Care Initiative, 1997 - 1998
Organized by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, chaired by Paul O’Neill, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa, to develop a
community-organized reform of health care financing and delivery in Western Pennsylvania.
Member, Health Care Study Group, 1993 - 1994
Informal organization of health care specialists nationwide seeking to influence the process of health care reform in
the United States.
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Member, Health Care Advisory Group, 1993 -1994
Appointed by the Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh to advise Senator Harris Wofford on health care reform,
chaired by Dr. Thomas Detre, Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.
Member, Working Group on the Politics of Public Policies for America's Children, 1992-93
Organized under the auspices of the Program on the Future of Our Children at the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
Politics:
Extensive involvement in community politics: Precinct Coordinator; Ward Chair; precinct delegate to county, district, and
state conventions; campaign activist for city council, mayoral, state representative, congressional, and presidential
campaigns; helped develop, supervise, and analyze congressional district voter attitudes survey.
Campus Lectures:
Numerous lectures, at Harvard University: Institute of Politics dinner and student groups, to undergraduate and alumni
groups; and for Harvard Development Office. At University of Pittsburgh: Graduate School of Public Health, Graduate
School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Human
Services Executives Academy; Center for American Politics and Society. At UCLA: Extension Tension Spots in the World
lecture series and Beyond the Headlines (2); Fielding School of Public Health courses; UCLA 2004 Post-Election Wrap-
Up, and Public Health 2004 Election Impact; Blue Sky Seminar Series; Center for Health Policy Research Seminar Series
(2); Annual Health Care Symposia organized by the medical students of the Geffen School of Medicine (2); The Practice
of Medicine in an Unequal Society Seminar Series (Social Medicine Scholarly Track), Law School Medicare debate, Health
Care Reform, UCLA/NYU Tax Policy Conference, Colloquium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution; Library
Associates luncheon for Charles Young Research Library; Department of Surgery Grand Rounds; NET Impact (School of
Public Affairs and Anderson School of Management) Symposium on Public-Private Partnerships, GlobeMed at UCLA
event on Vote 2008: Healthcare and Politics, School of Law, UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Health Care Executive Program
Advanced Management Institute; Medical Marketing Program, UCLA Anderson School of Management; 2012 Milhaupt
Symposium, The PLATO Society of UCLA; UCLA Emeriti and Retirees joint session on “Expanding Medicare as a Route
to National Health Insurance;” UCLA Library: Library Associates, “Opening Up Campaign Archives” panel; The Paul
Torrens Health Forum at UCLA (3), Fielding School of Public Health (2); UCLA Center for American Politics and Public
Policy (2); various Luskin School of Public Affairs events, including Board presentations, the Dean’s Roundtable, “Inside
the Health Care Debate: A Rational Conversation with Thought Leaders,” and Dean’s Salon, “The Obamacare Saga: On
the Books, Embattled, but Begun”; UCLA Women & Philanthropy.
Media:
Numerous newspaper, specialized journal, radio, and television interviews, e.g., New York Times, Washington Post, Los
Angeles Times, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Reuters, San Diego Union Tribune, Arizona Republic,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Pasadena Star-News, The Oregonian, The Economist, U.S.
News & World Report, CQ Weekly, The Hill, Voice of America (VOAnews.com), Vice.com, Quartz, Oxy.com, American
Medical News, Internal Medicine News, The Lancet Oncology, Ami Magazine, BBC World News (UK), CBC.ca
(Canada), Correio Braziliense (Brazil), De Tijd (Belgium), El Mercurio (Chile), Jornal do Brasil (Brazil), Kyodo News
(Japan), La Razón (Spain), Le Ben Franklin Post (France USA Media), Le Monde (France), Magyar Narancs (Hungary),
The Mainichi (Japan), Nikkei (Japan), El Mercurio (Chile); The Globe and Mail (Canada), To Vima (Greece), Verdens
Gang (Norway), broadcasts such as CBS Evening News, CNNMoney.Com, Aljazeera English, National Public Radio,
Marketplace from American Public Media, KABC-TV, KTLA-TV, HongKong Phoenix Satellite Television, radio
stations in the U.S., including Minnesota Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio, KPCC Southern California Public
Radio, KPFK, and Canada, local television news, RedeTVNews, (Brazil), Sanlian Life Week (China); assisted producer
on program design and appeared as panelist on “Health Care Reform: Which Way?,” WQED Television, Pittsburgh, PA,
October, 1994.
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The Profession:
Reviews of book and article manuscripts, and project proposals, including for Harvard University Press; Yale University
Press, University of Chicago Press; Princeton University Press; University of California Press; Dorsey Press; CQ Press;
American Political Science Review; Journal of Politics; American Journal of Political Science; Social Science Quarterly;
Studies in American Political Development; Western Political Quarterly; Political Research Quarterly; Polity;
Governance; Legislative Studies Quarterly; Presidential Studies Quarterly; Congress & the Presidency; Political
Behavior; Public Administration Review; Southeastern Political Review; PS: Political Science and Politics; Health Affairs;
The Milbank Quarterly, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law; Health Services Research; American Journal of Public
Health; Bioethics; Hypatia; the National Science Foundation; the Russell Sage Foundation; and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation’s Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program, and
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) Program; numerous faculty promotion reviews.
ASSOCIATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
National Academy of Social Insurance (elected member)
American Political Science Association
Presidents and Executive Politics Section
Legislative Studies Section
Public Policy Section (past president)
Health Politics and Policy Section (founding member)
Politics and History Section
Political Organizations and Parties Section
Midwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association
Center for the Study of the Presidency
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
AcademyHealth
The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Special Guest Privileges, 1983-1984, 1995-1998
Guest Scholar, 1990-91
Universities Service Centre
Kowloon, Hong Kong, Fall 1982
REFERENCES
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