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Jerome Krase Professor of Sociology (Emeritus)563 9th Street Department of SociologyBrooklyn, New York 11215 Brooklyn College(718) 499-7117 The City University of New YorkE-mail: jerrykrase@aol.com Brooklyn, New York 11210 (718) 951-5314 Fax: 781 951 5935 E-mail: jkrase@brooklyn.cuny.eduHigher EducationBA Indiana University, 1967Ph.D. New York University, 1973Certificate in German Language, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California, 1964

Title of DissertationThe Presentation of Community in Urban Society

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIESPublications

Work in Progress:

"Italianita: Reviewing the Spatial Semiotics of Little Italies." 'Merica: convegno sulla cultura eletteratura degli italiani del nordamerica. Stonybrook, New York: Forum Italicum, Filibrary Series # 24.Forthcoming Summer, 2003.

"Italian American Urban Landscapes: Images of Social and Cultural Capital." Italian Americana,forthcoming, 2003.

"Ralph Fasanella's America" by Paul S. D'Ambrosio. REV. Italian Americana,forthcoming, 2003.

Race and Ethnicity in Urban Areas. Co-editor with Ray Hutchinson. Volume Eight, Research in UrbanSociology, JAI Press, forthcoming 2003.

“Visual Sociology of Vernacular Landscapes: Images of Social and Cultural Capital” in Volume Eight.Research in Urban Sociology. JAI Press. Hutchinson and Krase eds. Forthcoming, 2003.

Ethnic Communities in New York City. Co-editor with Ray Hutchinson. Volume Seven, Research inUrban Sociology, JAI Press, Publication date 2003.

"New York City's Ethnic Landscapes," in Krase and Hutchinson eds. Ethnic Communities in New YorkCity. Co-editor with Ray Hutchinson. Volume Seven, Research in Urban Sociology, JAI Press, Publicationdate 2003.

Italian American Politics: Local, Global/Cultural, Personal. Co-editor with Phillip Cannistraro, andJoseph Scelsa. Staten Island: American Italian Historical Association. Forthcoming, 2003.

“Italian and Italian American Identity: A Visual Approach” in Aste. Society, Identity, CommunicationTechnology: Italy and the United States in The 21st Century. Forthcoming, 2003.

Review Essay: Mariella Nocenzi, Vivere l'incertezza Sociologia, politica e cultura del rischio ambientalenelle insecurezze da inquinamento elettromagnetico. Revista Internationale di Sociologia.

Publications in Print

"Navigating Ethnic Vernacular Landscapes Then and Now," Journal of Architecture and PlanningResearch. 19: 4 (Winter) 2002: 274-281.

"The Inner City/Teaching about Seeing." Visual Sociology: Teaching with Film/Video, Photographs andVisual Media. 5th Edition. Edited by Dianna Papademas. American Sociological Association, 2002: 112-16

“Italian and Italian American Identity: A Visual Approach.”* Studi D'Italianistica Nell'Africa. Vol. 14,No. 2. Special Issue: Time and Space in Italian Culture and Beyond, 2001: 110-37. (*Without photos)

“The Civic and the Tribal State.” by Feliks Gross, REV ESSAY. The Polish Review. Vol. XLVI, No. 1,2001:100-06.

The Review of Italian American Studies. Co-Editor with Frank Sorrentino. Lanham, Maryland:Lexington Books, 2000.

"Preface." Italians in Rochester, New York 1900-1940. By Frank A. Salamone. Lewiston, New York:Edward Mellon Press, 2000: i-ix.

“Citizenship and Ethnicity.” By Feliks Gross, REV ESSAY Revista Internationale di Sociologia. Vol.10, No. 2. 2000: 405-08.

“The Challenge of East-West Migration for Poland.” Edited by Iglicka and Sword, REV The PolishReview. Vol. XLIV, No. 4, 1999: 453-57.

“American Italian Historical Association.” in The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia.Edited by Salvatore LaGumina et al. New York: Garland Publishing Company, 2000: 13-14.

“Ethnic Neighborhoods” in The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia. Edited by SalvatoreLaGumina et al. New York: Garland Publishing Company, 2000: 198-204.

“New York City’s Little Italies: Yesterday, Today- and Tomorrow?” The Italians of New York: FiveCenturies of Struggle and Achievement. Edited by Philip V. Cannistraro. New York: New YorkHistorical Society, 1999: 155-66.

“The American Myth(s) of Ethnicity.”in Shades of Black and White: Conflict and Collaborationbetween Two Communities. Edited by Dan Ashyk, Fred l. Gardaphe, and Anthony Julian Tamburri.Staten Island: American Italian Historical Association, 1999: 103-16.

“The Economic Sociology of Immigration: Essays on Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship.” REV byAlejandro Portes, Ed. Urban Affairs Review. Vol. 34 Issue 3, January 1999: 499

"Wyspa Wiary," REV by Danuta Piatkowska, The Polish Review. Vol. XLIV. No. 1, 1999: 118-20.

Continuing Series of Articles on Politics, Ethnicity, and Community in The Free Press, Brooklyn, NewYork, 1989-

“Privatization and Community Organization: A Narrative.” Pubblico e Privato: Italian and AmericanExperiences. Napoli: Ipermedium, 1998: 121-41.

“Exploring Polish and Polish-American Vernacular Architecture”. The Kosciuszko FoundationNewsletter. Volume XLIV, No. 1 (Spring) 1998: 9-10.

"Between Columbus and Cuomo: The Italian Experience in America", The Italian American Review.Volume 6, Number 1 (Spring/Summer) 1997: 29-44.

"Narrative of a Reformed Community Organizer" Another Side: Journal of the Michael HarringtonCenter for Democratic Values and Social Change. Volume 5, Number 1, 1997: 17-21.

Mario Aste, Jerome Krase, Louise Napolitano-Carmen, and Janet Worrall (eds.) Industry, Labor,Technologies and the Italian American Communities. Staten Island: American Italian HistoricalAssociation, 1997.

"The Spatial Semeiotics of Little Italies and Italian Americans" in Aste, et al Industry, Labor,Technologies and the Italian American Communities. Staten Island: American Italian HistoricalAssociation, 1997: 150-75. Also in Mario Aldo Toscano (ed.) Dialettica Locale-Globale. Napoli:Impermedium, 1997: 75-86.

"Polish and Italian Vernacular Landscapes in Brooklyn," Polish American Studies, Volume LIV, Number1, (Spring) 1997: 9-31.

"Italian and Italian American Spaces" in Through the Looking Glass. Mary Jo Bona and Anthony JulianTamburri (eds.), Staten Island: American Italian Historical Association, 1996: 241-265.

"New Approaches to the Study of Italian Americans in Metropolitan New York," in Italian Americans onLong Island. Kenneth P. LaValle (ed.) Forum Italicum, Filibrary Series #12, 1996: 32-51.

"Brooklyn's Blacks, Italians, and Jews: The Anatomy of Interethnic Conflict." Origins and Transitions.Mario A. Toscano (ed.)Ipermedium: Napoli and Los Angeles, 1996: 167-83. Also: Proceedings of theNew York State Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Oakdale, New York, 1994: 225-36.

"Little Italies in New York City: A Semiotic Approach" Italian American Review. Volume 5, Number 1,(Spring) 1996: 103-116.

"The American Myths of Ethnicity." 2B/To Be. Vol. III, No. 7-8, 1995:34-35.

“Bensonhurst, Brooklyn: Italian American Victimizers and Victims.” Voices in Italian Americana. Vol. 5,No. 2, (Fall), 1994:43-53.

"New York's Italian Americans on the Move." The Italian Journal. Vol. VIII, Nos. 3&4, 1994: 53-55.

"Italian American Studies: Struggling Toward Empowerment," Italian American Review. Vol. 3. No. 2(October), 1994: 20. Also: Proceedings of the New York State Sociological Association AnnualMeeting. Oakdale, New York, October 14-15, 1994: 75-86.

"The Central City: Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow?" in Contemporary Readings in Sociology JudithDeSena (Ed), Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1988, 1994: 71-76.

Italian Americans in a Multicultural Society, Co-edited with Judith N. DeSena, Filibrary Series No. 7, ofStony Brook, New York: Forum Italicum, 1994.

"The Ironies of Icons: Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Multiculturalists," in Krase and DeSena (eds.),1994: 1-18

"Afro American Student Reaction to Italian American Culture," in F. Cavaioli, A. Danzi, and S. LaGumina(eds.), Italian Americans and their Public and Private Life. Staten Island: American Italian HistoricalAssociation, 1994: 125-136.

"Traces of Home," Places: A Quarterly Journal of Environmental Design (Summer) Vol. 8, No. 4,1993: 46-55.

"Education and Sociology Are About People," Liberal Education. Vol. 78, No. 3 (May/June) 1992: 14-17,With Tibbi Duboys.

Ethnicity and Machine Politics: The Madison Club of Brooklyn. With Charles LaCerra. Washington,D.C.: University Press of America, 1992.

"America's Little Italies: Past, Present and Future," in Dominic Candeloro, Fred Gardaphe and PaulGiordano (eds.) Italian Ethnics: Their Languages, Literature and Life. Chicago: AIHA, 1990: 167-84.Reprinted in Italian Journal, Volume IV, Number 5, 1990: 24-30.Reprinted in Le Societa in Transizione, R. Cagiano de Azevedo (ed.), Milan: Franco Angelli, 1991:173-186.Reprinted in Italian Americans: Looking Backward-Moving Forward, Study Guide, Albany, NewYork: New York State Department of Education, 1994: 337-343.Reprinted in Cultures: Diversity in Reading and Writing. Emily Thiroux (ed.), Upper Saddle River, NewJersey: Prentice Hall, 1997:368-79.

"Urbanism and the University," Urban Academic Librarian 6, 2/7,1 Fall 1989/Spring 1989:4-13.

“The Humanity of Cities.” REV. by John Gulick. Contemporary Sociology Vol. 19. No.2. March 1990:248-49.

The Melting Pot and Beyond: Italian Americans in the Year 2000. Co-edited with William Egelman,Staten Island: AIHA, 1988

"Italian American Community Organizations: Problems and Prospects for Future Study," in Krase andEgelman (eds.) The Melting Pot and Beyond, 1988: 217-222.

"URBAN ISSUES" Column of The Brownstoner. a publication of the Brownstone Revival Committee ofNew York City. 1987-88.

"The 'Catch-22's' of Housing Integration," Vol. 19, No. 1, March 1988"Yuppies and the Market Crash," Vol. 18, No.3, December, 1987" 'Taking' the Fifth," Vol. 18, No. 2, September, 1987"Displacement: Good, Bad and Inevitable," Vol. 18, No. 1, 1987

"The Private Poland: An Anthropologists Look at Everyday Life," REV, by Janine Wedel, The PolishReview XXXII, 3, 1987: 307-09.

"Social Structure in Poland: Eight Empirical Studies," REV by Kazimierz M. Slomczynski and Tadeusz K.Krauze (eds.), The Polish Review XXXII, 2, 1987: 221-23.

"Educational Attainment and Educational Values of Italian American Over the Generations," in RoccoCaporale (ed.) The Italian Americans Through the Generations. Staten Island, New York: AIHA, 1986:212-25.

A Comprehensive Substance Abuse Information System Volume II. Drug Abuse Prevention Council,Community School District 22, Brooklyn, New York, 1985.

"The Missed Step: Italian Americans and Brooklyn Politics." in Francis X. Femminella (ed.) Italians andIrish in America. Staten Island, New York: AIHA, 1983: 187-198.

"The Italian American Community: An Essay on Multiple Social Realities," in Richard N. Juliani (ed.) TheFamily and Community Life of Italian Americans. Staten Island, New York: AIHA, 1983: 95-108.

Self and Community in the City. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1982.

"The Mediterranean-American Neighborhood," Proceedings of the Mediterranean SociopsychiatricAssociation, Second Mediterranean Congress of Social Psychiatry: Realities and Perspectives ofSocial Psychiatry in the Mediterranean Area. Udine, Italy, 1982.

"Socialist Population Politics: The Political Implications of Demographic Trends in the USSR and EasternEurope," REV, by John F. Besemeres. The Polish Review. Vol. XXVII, Nos. 1-2, 1982: 157-59.

"Strangers to these Shores." By Vincent J. Parillo. REV, Contemporary Sociology. 1982.

“Lo spazio di Brooklyn.” in Integrato Metropolitano: New York, Chicago, Torino tre voltidell’emigrzaione italiana. Torino; Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, 1982: 135-42.

"The Diminutive Dimension of Social Life in Large Cities" in Edward J. Miller and Robert P. Wolensky(ed.s) The Small City and Regional Community. Vol. 4. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: University ofWisconsin/Stevens Point Foundation Press, 1981: 232-37.

"Brooklyn's Changing Employment Economy: A Contextual Profile with Implications for MunicipalPolicy," Report for Brooklyn College: Institute for the study of the Borough of Brooklyn and the BrooklynEconomic Development Corporation. 1981. With Robert Greenblatt and /Dan Levitan.

"Red Hook Industrial Survey," Report for the Institute for the Study of the Borough of Brooklyn and theBrooklyn Chamber of Commerce, November, 1981.

"Formal and Informal Social Control in Cross-cultural Perspective." in Graeme R. Newman (Ed), Crimeand Deviance in Comparative Perspective. Volume 4, Sage Annual Review of Studies in Deviance.Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1980: 211-35. With Edward Sagarin.

"Small Town to City Neighborhood: The Problem of Community." in E. Miller and R. P. Wolensky (eds.)The Small Town and Regional Community. Vol. 3, Stevens Point: U. of Wisconsin/Stevens Pointfoundation Press, 1980: 355-62.

"The Melting Pot Revisited," REV by Olgierd Budrewicz. The Polish Review. Vol. XXV No. 1,1980:114-16.

A Comprehensive Substance Abuse Information System. Research Report, Drug Abuse Preventioncouncil of Community School District 22, 1981, Also published on the ERIC system.

"The Sociological Theory of C. Wright Mills," REV. by Joseph A. Scimecca. Humanity and Society, Vol.3, No. 4. (November) 1977: 327-28.

"Community in the Inner City as a Moral Problem." Humanity and Society. Vol. 3, No. 1 (February).1979: 35-52.

"Racial and Ethnic Relations," REV. by Joe Feagin, International Migration Review. Vol. 13 (Summer)1979: 368-69.

"Who really Rules?: New Haven and Community Power Re-examined." REV., by William G. Domhoff.Humanity and Society. Vol. 3, No. 3 (August) 1979: 216-17.

"Class Structure and Social Mobility in Poland," REV. by Kazimierz Slomczynski and Tadeusz Krauze(eds.). The Polish Review. Vol. XXIV, No. 1, 1979: 107-110.

"Stigmatized Places-Stigmatized People: Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts-Gardens." in Rita SeidenMiller (eds.) Brooklyn U.S.A.: The Fourth Largest City in America. New York: Brooklyn College andColumbia University Press, 1979: 251-62.

"Secret Societies and Guerilla Organizations." in Joseph S. Roucek (eds.) Social Control for Order in aDemocratic Society. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1978: 245-56.

"Residential Hotels and the Elderly Poor: Environmental and Social Interaction." John S. Pipkin and MarkLaGory (eds.) Theory and Practice: The Contribution of the Social Sciences to Urban Planning.Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1979: 220-46.

"The Golden Door: Italian and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York City 1890-1915." REV, byThomas Kessner, International Migration Review, Vol. 12, (Spring) 1978: 140-141.

"Italian American Female College Students: A New Generation Connected to the Old." in Betty BoydCaroli, Thomas F. Harney, and Lydio F. Tomasi (eds.) The Italian Immigrant Woman in NorthAmerica. Toronto, Canada: Multicultural Historical society of Ontario, 1978: 246-51.

"Reactions to the Stigmata of Inner City Living." Journal of Sociology and social Welfare." Vol. IV, No.7 (September) 1977: 997-1011.

"Interpersonal Communications: Social Interactions and Behaviors," Chapter IV in Aging andcommunication: A Report of A Research and Demonstration Project at Two Adult Residences inNew York City. Paul Salisbury and W. Phillips Davison (Project Directors), Washington, D.C.: UnitedStates Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Administration on Aging, 90 A640/01, September,1976.

"Italian Americans and College Life: A Survey of Student Experiences at Brooklyn College." Center forItalian Americans Studies, Brooklyn College School of Social Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, 1975. WithVincent J. Fuccillo.

"The Presentation of Community in Urban Society." Ph.D. Dissertation, Sociology Department, New YorkUniversity. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms #74-1916, 1973.

Greenwich Village: Statistical Trends and Observations. New York: New York University Press, 1969.With Ronald D. Corwin and Penney Hudis.

"Rural Problems" Chapter V. in Services for People: Report of the Special Task Force on SocialServices. Volume 2, The Prospects for Social Services. S.M. Miller (Project Director), Washington, D.C.United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. August, 1968.

Statistical Guide to Greenwich Village. New York: New York University Press, 1968. With Ronald D.Corwin.

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

"Italian and Italian American Identity." 'Merica: convegno sulla cultura e letteratura degli italiani delnordamerica. Rome, Italy. January 24, 2003.

American Association of Colleges and Universities, St. Louis, Missouri, September 2002.

"The Present/Future of Ethnic Enclaves." American Studies Association Meeting. Houston Texas,November, 2002

"A Visual-Spatial Approach to Ethnic Identity." Paper presented at the MESEA Annual Meeting, Padua,Italy, June, 2002.

"What Does Community Look Like?" Paper presented at the International Visual Sociology AssociationAnnual Meeting, Santorini, Greece, Italy, July, 2002.

"Oko, Okno, Okolica III: Polish and Polish American Vernacular Landscapes." Slide Presentation at theAnnual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. Georgetown University,Washington DC, June, 2002.

"Reading the Future of Cities in Ethnic Vernacular Landscapes." Annual Meeting of the EasternSociological Society. Boston, Massachusetts. March, 2002.

"Seeing Exclusion." Keynote Address, Sociology Association of Ireland Annual Meeting, Tralee,November, 2001.

"What does Italian Look Like?" Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Italian HistoricalAssociation. . Las Vegas, Nevada. October, 2001.

"The Little Italies of New York City: Continued. "Paper presented at "The Italian American Experience inthe New York City Area" Conference September, 2001. St. John's University Italian Cultural Center.

"Ethnic Theme Parks: Images of Social and Cultural Capital." Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting ofthe American Sociological Association. Los Angeles, California. 2001.

"Imagining Ethnicity." Paper Presented at the International Sociological Association, RC21 SectionMeeting. Amsterdam, Netherlands. June, 2001.

"Navigating Ethnic Vernacular Landscapes." Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the PacificSociological Association. San Francisco, California. April, 2001.

"Cultural Ecology of Italian Neighborhoods: A Visual Approach." Paper presented at the Annual Meetingof the American Anthropological Association. San Francisco, California. November 19, 2000.

"Rome and New York: Changing Big Italy and Little Italy." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of theAmerican Italian Historical Association. Lowell, Massachusetts. November 11, 2000.

"Changing Italian and Italian American Spaces." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Associationof Professional Italianists of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa. September, 2000.

"Imagining Ethnicity." Community and Urban Sociology Roundtable and Paper presented at the AnnualMeeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington DC. August, 2000.

"Oko, Okno, Okolica II: Polish and Polish American Vernacular Landscapes." Paper presented at theAnnual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. Krakow, Poland. June, 2000.

“New York City’s Little Italies: Past, Present, and Future.” Slide/lecture “ At the exhibition, “ The Italiansof New York City: Five Hundred Years of Struggle and Achievement.” New York Historical Society.October 30, 1999. Photographs as part of the exhibit.

"The New Italians: Immigrants in Rome." Imagining Immigration: Italy and the Americas. Center forItalian Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook. October 21,1999.

“Oko, Okno, Okolica.” Annual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, FordhamUniversity, New York City, June 1999.

“Imagining Cultural Assimilation” International Visual Sociology Association, Antwerp, Belgium. July1999

“Italian and Italian American Identity: A Visual Approach” Society, Identity, Communication Technology:Italy and the United States in the 21st Century” 4th Annual Italian/American International Conference.William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey. May 20-22, !999.

“Imagining the Twilight of Ethnicity: The Spatial Semeiotics of Unmeltable Ethnics: Italian Americans andPolonia”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, Seattle,Washington. November, 1998.

"The Spatial Semeiotics of the Twilight of Ethnicity." Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, March, 1998

"Polish and Polish American Vernacular Landscapes." Annual Meeting of the Polish American HistoricalAssociation, American Historical Association, Seattle, Oregon, January, 1998.

"Polish Vernacular Landscapes." Annual Meeting of the Polish American Historical Association, AmericanHistorical Association, New York City, January 1997

"Privatization and Community Organizations." Third International Sociology Conference at the Universityof Pisa, Pisa. May, 1997.

"Recent Research in Poland." Annual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America,Fordham University, New York City, June 1997

"Seeing Ethnicity and Community". International Visual Sociology Association, Boston July 1997.

"The Myths of Italian American Ethnicity." Annual Meeting of the American Italian Historical Association.Cleveland, Ohio. November 1997.

"The Architecture of Italian American Ethnicity." Italian/Americans Italian Americans: Cultural Interfacesof Migrations. IRAS, Center for Western European Studies, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley,September, 1995.

"The Future of Little Italies: A Symbolic-Semiotic Approach" Center for Italian Studies, State Universityof New York at Stony Brook. Italian Americans on Long Island: Presence and Impact. October, 1995.

"The Future of Little Italies". National Conference on Italian American Studies: The State of the Field andNew Directions for Development. City University of New York. April, 1995.

"Polish American Vernacular Architecture: Greenpoint, Brooklyn," Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences inAmerica 53rd Annual Meeting, Fordham University. New York. June, 1995.

"University and Civic Organizations: Working Together for the Community" Italian American Studies Pro-grams and Organizations: Interface with the Community, SUNY/Stony Brook. October, 1994.

"Brooklyn's Blacks, Italians, and Jews: The Anatomy of Interethnic Conflict." New York State SociologicalAssociation Annual Meeting. Oakdale, New York, October, 1994.

"Struggling Toward Empowerment," New York State Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Oakdale,New York, October, 1994.

"The Spatial Anatomy of Inter-ethnic Conflict," Paper “Ethnic Conflict, Nationalism and Immigration inEurope” Conference of the City University of New York Academy of Humanities and Sciences, GreaterNew York Chapter of the Fulbright Association, German Academic Exchange Service, February, 1994.

"Struggle and Empowerment: Twenty Years of Italian American Studies," paper, "The State of ItalianAmerican Studies" The Wolfe Institute, Brooklyn College, November, 1993. Also presented at the StateUniversity of New York at Stony Brook, Italian Culture Center. October, 1994.

"Brooklyn's Blacks, Italians, and Jews: The Anatomy of Inter-ethnic Conflict," Cultura delle Origini eTransizioni Storico-Sociali, and International Seminar, Universities of Pisa-Genoa, March, 1993

"Ironies of Icons." American Italian Historical Association 26th Annual Meeting, St. John's University,November, 1993.

Paper and Slide Presentation. "Traces of Home at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American ItalianHistorical Association, Washington, D.C., November 13, 1992.

"African American Student Responses to Italian American Culture," 24th Annual Conference of theAmerican Italian Historical Association, New Haven, Connecticut, November 15, 1991.

"Machine Politics at the Personal Level." Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology,Ottawa, Canada, October 24, 1991.

"Clinical Experiences: Development of a Model for Collaboration with Liberal Arts Faculty," Materials forworkshop 1st Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, New Orleans, Louisiana, February17, 1991.

"Ethnic Identity in American Society," 23rd Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Associ-ation, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 3, 1990.

“Bensonhurst, Brooklyn: Italian American Victimizers and Victims," 22nd Annual Conference of theAmerican Italian Historical Association, San Francisco, California. November, November 9, 1989.

Paper and Slide Presentation, "Little Italies and Gentrification," American Italian Historical AssociationAnnual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 1987.

“The Small Town Life of City Neighborhoods.” 4th Annual Conference on the Small Town and RegionalCommunity. University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point. March, 1981.

“The Political Clubhouse," Annual Meeting of the New York State Sociological Association, MercyCollege, Dobbs Ferry, New York, October, 1986.

“The Ethnic Neighborhood; Social and Psychological Traps.” Preventing Psychosocial Malfunctioning inEthnic families conference. Brooklyn college Center for Italian American Studies and the Greek-AmericanBehavioral Sciences Institute, Student union Building, April, 1981.

“The Mediterranean-American Neighborhood.” Second Mediterranean Congress of Social Psychiatry.,Mediterranean Sociopsychiatric Association, Udine, Italy, August, 1981.

“Power and Transition in the Madison Club.” New York State Sociological Association 29th AnnualMeeting. State University of New York at Oswego, October, 1981.

“A Comprehensive Substance Abuse Information System.” Substance Abuse ’81. Conference. New YorkUrban Coalition. Grossinger’s, New York. March, 1981.

“Ethnicity in America: Problems for the 1980s.” Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in American AnnualMeeting, American University, Washington D. C. May, 1980.

“The Italian American Neighborhood.” Annual Meeting of the American Italian Historical Association,University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, October, 1980.

“Small Town to City Neighborhood.” 3rd Annual Conference on the Small City and Regional Community.University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point. March, 1980.

“Residential Hotels and the Elderly Poor.” Conference of the Conversations in the Disciplines Program ofthe State University of New York at Albany. March, 1978.

“Italian American Female College Students.” ’ Annual Meeting of the American Italian HistoricalAssociation, University jointly with the Canadian historical Association. Toronto, October, 1977.

“Paper, The Voluntary Disengagement of the Elderly.” 26th Annual Research Institute of the District ofColumbia Sociological Society. Washington University. April, 1977.

“The De-Europeanization of American Society.” European Institute, Eastern European Section, CUNYGraduate and University Center Meeting on Post-1965 Immigration to the United States. March, 1977.

“The Stigma and Moral Careers of Inner City Residents.” Brooklyn Symposium. Brooklyn College StudentUnion Building , December, 1976.

“An American of Unknown Ethnicity.” European Institute, Eastern European Section, CUNY Graduate andUniversity Center Conference. March, 1976.

“The Myth of Accountability to Community.” North American Action Group of the Committee onSociology and Planning. Philadelphia. April, 1974.

“Toward a Phenomenological View of Community Organization.” Eastern Sociological Society annualMeeting. Philadelphia. April, 1977.

“The Role of Symbolic Aspects of Residential Succession in Neighborhood Preservation.” AmericanSociological Association Annual Meeting. Community Section. Montreal. August, 1977.

Invited Presentations.

"Chinatown: A Visual Approach to Ethnic Spectacles." Asian American Conference on Education. AsianAmerican/Asian Research Institute of The City University of New York. Baruch College CUNY, NewYork. May 2, 2003.

Poster Presentation "Building a Campus 'Community of Diversity': Democracy Practicing and Citizenship"Learning to Change Conference: Good Work in Challenging Times, American Association for HigherEducation. Washington, DC. March 14-17, 2003.

St. John's University. Sociology Department Graduate Colloquium, November 2002.

Brooklyn College Group Participant. Project "Diversity and Learning: Education for a World Lived inCommon." Conference of the Association of American Colleges and University. St. Louis, Missouri.October 24-27, 2002.

Slide Lecture. "Little Italies: Past, Present, and Future" Italian Genealogy Group. Bethpage, New York.September, 2002.

9/11 Panel. Multicultural Education Society of Europe and the Americas. Padua, Italy. June 2002.

Slide Presentation. "The View from Brooklyn on September 11," and "Park Slope in the Aftermath of theWTC Tragedy." Liberal Education and Global Citizenship: The Arts of Democracy. Conference of theAssociation of American Colleges and University. Arlington, Maryland. May 17, 2002.

Panelist. "Learning at the Center: Collaborations between Student Development and Academia." At "theEducational Pyramid in Changing Times: Academic Success, student Development and InstitutionalLeadership." The City University of New York Student Development and Enrollment Managementconference. Bernard M. Baruch College. May 10, 2002.

"Visual Approaches to Urban Community Studies." Sociology Department, St. John's University. May 2,2002.

"Little Italies of New York City." Invited presentation as part of the Italian American Lecture Series.Hofstra Cultural Center. Order Sons of Italy in America, New York Grand Lodge Foundation, HofstraUniversity. March 28, 2002.

"Imaging Community on the Internet." The Italian Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and Ente Friuli nel Mondo,III International Conference. Education Beyond Boundaries: Toward Curricular Integration" ConcordiaCollege, Bronxville, New York. March 16, 2002.

Discussant. Dolores Hayden "Building the Suburban City: Public Subsidy, Private Space." Politics ofPublic Space CUNY Network Conference, February, 2002.

Panelist on Poland, Interrelationships between Germany, Poland, Russia and Central/Eastern Europe.CUNY Academy of Humanities and Sciences and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). CUNYGraduate and University Center. December, 2001.

"Little Italies of New York City." Invited presentation Elderhostels. Brookdale Center for the Aging ofHunter College CUNY. New York, New York October, 2001.

St. John's University Italian Cultural Center, The Italian American Experience in the New York City Area"September 28, 2001 "New York City's Little Italies." Slide/Lecture.

"What Looks Italian." Slide lecture at the Celebrating Italian Heritage: Growing Up Italian AmericanBrooklyn College October 23, 2000.

"Italian and Italian American Identity: A Visual Approach." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of theCenter for Italian and Italian American Studies of State University of Stony Brook. October, 2000.

"Brooklyn's Multicultural Neighborhoods" Seminar given at University of Cape Town, South Africa.September, 2000.

Discussion Leader "IVSA Exhibition Planning." Annual Meeting of the International Visual SociologyAssociation, Portland, Maine July 2000.

"Little Italies of New York City." Invited presentation Elderhostels. Brookdale Center for the Aging ofHunter College CUNY. New York, New York October, 2000.

Exhibition Planning Committee. The Italians of New York City: Five Hundred Years of Struggle andAchievement. New York Historical Society. 1998-1999.

Keynote Address, “Finding Traces of New York’s Italians.” When New York Was Italian. 14th AnnualItalian American Heritage Day Celebration. Nassau Community College. Garden City, New York. October11, 1999.

Keynote Address. "Italian and Italian American Spaces." Annual Conference of the Department of ModernLanguages and Literatures. University of Rhode Island. Kingston, Rhode Island. October 14, 1999.

Public Lecture, “Big Night”, Stanley Tucci, 1997. The Italian American Experience Lecture Series, StreetSaints and City Sinners: An Italian American Film Celebration. Hofstra University, December, 1998.

Lecture, “The Spatial Semeiotics of Multiculturalism”. Cattedra di Sociologia dei Gruppi, SociologyDepartment. University of Rome, “La Sapienza”. Rome, Italy. June, 1998.

Lecture, “The Spatial Semeiotics of Ethnic Americans: Italian Americans, et al.” Istituto di Etnologia eAntropologia Culturale, Corso di Antroplogia Visuale, University of Perugia. Perugia, Italy, June 1998.

Public lecture. “America’s Polonia.” Columbia County Historical Society. Kinderehook, New York. April,1998 and Hudson, New York, October 1998.

"Multiculturalism in American Urban Life." Lecturing, in American Studies Center of the JagiellonianUniversity, Krakow, Poland, Spring, 1997.

Lecture, "Polish and Polish American Vernacular Landscapes." University of Trento, May 1997.

Lecture, "The Spatial Semeiotics of Italian America." University of Trieste, May 1997.

"Panelist, Ethnic Studies" and Slide Presentation: "New York City's Polonia: Recent Research", PolishInstitute of Arts and Sciences in America, Annual Meeting, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.June, 1996.

Panelist, "Publishing Ethnic Studies Journals." Annual Meeting of the Polish American Historical Associa-tion, Atlanta, January, 1996.

Lectures , "Traces of Home" and "Multiculturalism in American Urban Life". University of Trento,October 1996.

Panelist. “Silver and Gold: Bridges to the Future.” New York Chapter of the Fulbright Foundation,American Forum for Global Education and the United Nations Association of New York. April, 1995.

Slide/lecture. “The Spatial Semiotics of Italian America.” Cultural Faces of Migrations Conference. ItalianResearch and Study of the Center for Western European Studies. University of California Berkeley.September, 1995.

Moderator. “Transportation and the Shaping of Staten Island.” Continuity and Change: New Perspectiveson Staten Island History. College of Staten Island and the Staten Island Historical Society. Snug HarborCultural Center. October, 1995.

Panelist and Organizer, Workshop and Seminars on Ethnic Minorities and Immigration in Europe, CUNYAcademy of Humanities and Sciences, European Institute of the CUNY Graduate Center, 1992-1994.

Address, "Youth Crime and Violence," 14th Annual Clergy Council Drug Abuse Prevention. CouncilCommunity School District 22, Brooklyn, New York: Kingsborough Community College, May , 1994.

Slide/lecture, "Polish American Vernacular Architecture," Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America,52nd Annual Meeting, The American University, Washington, D.C. June, 1994.

Lecture and Workshop Leader, "Community", Brooklyn College School of Education American Telephoneand Telegraph Teacher Development Symposium, June 1993.

Panelist, CUNY Academy of Humanities and Sciences-Fulbright Foundation Conference Seminar“National Minorities”, May,1993.

Lecture. “The Meanings of Community.” ATT Teachers Seminar. Brooklyn College School of Education.June, 1993.

Lecture, "Challenges Facing Italian Americans." Fordham University, Italian Studies Program, December,1993.

Participant, Conference on Germany, CUNY Academy of Humanities and Sciences, 1992-1993

Slide/lecture, "Traces of Home," Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook, N. Y., January, 1993.Also presented at: National Italian American Foundation, Italians in the U.S. and Italy, New Haven, Ct.,September, 1993; "Traces of Home," Slide/lecture, Uniondale Historical Society, Westbury, New York,October 5, 1992;"Pulse of a New Day: A Celebration of Cultural Diversity," Nassau Community College,October, 1993; also, Sacred Heart College, Rochester, New York ; SUNY/Rome, Rome, New York ,Cinacca Society, Queens, New York, and at the Port Washington Library.

Panelist, "Toward a Socio-historical Profile of Language Diversity in Brooklyn," The Wolfe Institute:Languages in Brooklyn: Responding to Diversity, A Conference of the Brooklyn College School ofEducation, Brooklyn, New York, November 4, 1992

Keynote Address , "Between Columbus and Cuomo," United Federation of Teachers, Italian AmericanStudies Committee, New York, New York, October 29, 1992

Keynote Address, "Columbus in the Classroom," Columbia Association of the New York City Board ofEducation, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1992

Lecture, "Using Narrative to Teach Social Sciences," National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar onEducation Curricular, Brooklyn College, June 1992.

Lecture, “Documenting Communities: Italian American Vernacular Architecture', University of RhodeIsland, Kingston, April 15, 1992

Featured Commentator, "Ellis Island," Documentary of RAI Corporation, Italian Radio TV System.,November, 1990. Videotape.

Featured Commentator, MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour, Elizabeth Bracken “The Murder of Yusuf Hawkins inBensonhurst, Brooklyn”, 1989.

Slide and Lecture Presentation, "Little Italies," 22nd Annual Conference of the AIHA, San Francisco, Nov.9, 1989

Working Paper Presentation, "Negative Aspects of Cultural Pluralism," Association for HumanistSociology, 14th Annual Meeting, Howard University, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1989.New Jersey State College lectures

Speaker in the Humanities, "The Italian American Community," Speakers in the Humanities Program of theNew York Council for the Humanities, 1988-90

Lecture and slide presentation, "Crossing Boundaries: Commonalties in the Experience of Different EthnicGroups." Annual Public Meeting of the New York Council for the Humanities, Statue University of NewYork at Buffalo, June 4, 1988.

Chairperson, Curriculum Review Committee for the Sociology and Anthropology Department of the StateUniversity of New York College at Farmingdale, March, 1988

Presentation, "Police-Community Relations," Graduate Colloquium of the Ph.D. Program of CriminalJustice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York. February 8, 1988

Chairperson-Commentator, "Overview of Data Available, Future Research and Policy Agenda," session ofToward a profile of the Italian Americans, a Symposium sponsored by the Consul General of Italy in NewYork City, The Center for Migration Studies and the Center for Immigration and Population Studies of theCollege of Staten Island of the City University of New York. December 19, 1987.

Keynote Speaker, University of Rhode Island Conference on Italian Americans, "The Italian and ItalianAmerican Communities," Kingston, Rhode Island, December 5, 1987.

Chair and Commentator, Panel "The Truth About Brooklyn," Brooklyn Accents Conference of St. FrancisCollege, Brooklyn, New York, December 2, 1987.

Guest Speaker, University of Rhode Island, Graduate Course in Italian American Studies, July, 1987.

Guest Speaker, Iona College, Undergraduate Course in Italian American Studies, May, 1987.

Slide Presentation, "The Italian and Italian American Neighborhood." Annual Meeting of the AmericanItalian Historical Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1986.

Workshop Presentation, “Community based Substance Abuse research,” Substance abuse ’82, 5th AnnualStatewide Substance Abuse Conference, New York Urban Coalition, New York, March 20, 1982

Commentator, “International Aspects of organized Crime”. Panel, International Criminological Associationannual Meeting, Toronto, October, 1982.

Presentation, “A Comprehensive Substance Abuse Information System,” Substance Abuse ’81 Conference,New York Urban Coalition. Grossinger’s, New York, March, 1981.

Chair, “Ethnological Problems and Social Psychiatry”. Panel, Second Mediterranean Congress on SocialPsychiatry. Udine, Italy. August, 1981.

Invited Participant. Yale Symposium on Images of the U.S. and Italy. New Haven. September, 1981.

Lecture, “Finding Italian Neighborhoods”. Symposium on Italian Languages, New York UniversityDepartment of French and Italian. March, 1981.

Panelist, Workshop “Community Based Substance Abuse Research.” Substance Abuse ’82. New YorkUrban Coalition. New York. March, 1980.

Panelist, “Ethnicity in America.” Annual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America.American University. Washington, D.C. May, 1980.

Lecture, “The Italian American Community.” Jersey City State College, New Jersey Italian AmericanHeritage Week Program. Jersey City, October, 1980.

Lecture, “Research on Italian American Students.” Italian American Institute to Foster Higher Education,Division of Student Affairs Counselors’ Program. Queens College, November, 1980.

Panelist. “Teaching the Italian American Experience.’ Annual Meeting of the American Italian HistoricalAssociation, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, October, 1980.

Panelist. Symposium on “Technical Assistance for Community Groups.” New York State Department ofState, Pratt Community and Environmental Center, Pratt College. Brooklyn, June, 1980.

Lecture, “Career Aspirations and Italian American Youth.” Association of Student and Professional ItalianAmericans. New York University Catholic Center. New York, November, 1979.

Panelist and Co-organizer, Brooklyn College Office of Neighborhood Affairs Conference on “BrooklynPlanning Boards.” Student Union Building, Brooklyn, Workshop on Research Needs of CommunityBoards. January, 1979.

Commentator, Panel on “Ethnic Identity and the Polish American Family.” Polish Institute of Arts andSciences in American Annual Meeting. Kosciuszko Foundation, New York. April, 1979.

Panelist, “Community Information and Research.” “BrooklynThing” Conference on Neighborhood Groups.Long Island University. Brooklyn. Fall 1978.

Discussion Group Organizer and Roundtable Leader, “Toward a Non-Racial Ethnic Identity.” AmericanSociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, August, 1978.

Panelist, “Community Information and Research.” Brooklyn Thing Conference on Neighborhood Groups.Long Island University. Brooklyn. Fall 1977.

Discussion Group Organizer and Roundtable Leader, “Phenomenological Approaches to CommunityAnalysis. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, August, 1977.

Panelist, “the Emergence of the Young Italian American.” Symposium Center for Migration Studies andCongress of Italian American Organizations. Catholic Charities Center. Queens. Spring, 1977.

Workshop Leader. ‘Neighborhoods in Transition.” Brooklyn College Center for Cultural PluralismConference on Brooklyn Neighborhoods. Student Union Building. Spring, 1976.

Other Creative and Scholarly Activity.

Manuscript Reviewer. Housing, Theory, and Society. 2003.

Invitational AAHE Research Forum "Creating Research Agenda for Good Work in Challenging Times.Learning to Change Conference: Good Work in Challenging Times, American Association for HigherEducation. Washington, DC. March 14-17, 2003.

Workshop Participant. Communities of Practice, Role, and Identity. "Student and Faculty LearningPartnerships in Teaching and Learning. Learning to Change Conference: Good Work in ChallengingTimes, American Association for Higher Education. March 14-17. Washington, DC.

Lynd Award Committee. American Sociological Association, Community and Urban Section, 2002.

Planning Committee. International Visual Sociology Association Annual Meeting. Santorini Greece. July,2002.

Thematic Session Organizer. "Reading the Future in the Text of Everyday Life." Eastern SociologicalSociety Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. March, 2002.

Thirteen Photographs of Ethnic Celebration in New York City. Presented as Part of the MayoralInauguration Ceremonies at the Tweed Court House. January, 2002.

On-line Photographic Exhibition. "Reflexive Frames-Revealing Images." University of Alberta. Canada.2001. http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/reflexive-frames/

On-line Photo Essay. "Slope in the Aftermath of the WTC Disaster." Community and Urban SociologySection. American Sociological Association. 2001. http://www.commurb.org/features/index.html

On-line article and Journal Editorship. The Brooklyn Journal of Social Semiotic Research. "The Present/Future of Little Italies." http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/soc/semiotics/

Session Organizer and Chair. "Italian and Italian American Images" American Italian HistoricalAssociation Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada. October, 2001.

Manuscript Reviewer. Stefano Luconi. From Paesani to White Ethnics: The Italian Experience inPhiladelphia. State University of New York Press. 2001.

Manuscript Reviewer. University of Minnesota Press. Series in Ethnic History. 2001.

Discussion Leader: "The Future of the Association." International Visual Sociology Association AnnualMeeting. Portland, Maine. July, 2000.

Roundtable Organizer. Visual Approaches to the Study of Community." Community and Urban SociologySection. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Washington DC. August, 2000.

Steering Committee, Fourth Italian/American International Conference, Society, Identity,Communication Technology: Italy and the United States in the 21st Century. Paterson University, May20-22, 1999.

Exhibition Planning Committee. The Italians of New York: Five Centuries of Struggle andAchievement. New York Historical Society and the John Calandra Italian American Institute. 1998-1999.Organizer “Old Values, New Identities.” Fall, 1999.

Co-Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Italian Historical Association, “Italian American and ItalianPolitics,” Hunter College CUNY, New York. November, 1998.

Manuscript Reviewer. State University of New York Press, 1998, 1999.

Co-Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Italian Historical Association, “Industry, Technology, Labor,and the Italian American Community.” University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts. 1995

Co-Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Italian Historical Association, ‘Italian Americans in aMulticultural America”. St. John’s University, November, 1993

Consultant, New York State Department of Education, Center for Multinational and ComparativeEducation, 1992-1993.

Manuscript Reviewer, The Social Experience by James Vander Zanden, New York: Random House, Fall,1987.

Co-Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Italian Historical Association, “The Melting Pot and Beyond:Italian Americans in the Year 2000.” Providence, Rhode Island, 1985

Consultant and Proposal Developer. Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association, National Endowment forthe Humanities Youth Grant, and New York State Department of Education Umbrella Program. SouthBrooklyn Community Education Projects, John Jay High School, and Brooklyn Community School District15. 1982, 1983.

Producer. Photographic Exhibition: “Brooklyn’s Italians: Past and Present.” Brooklyn College 50th

Anniversary Celebration Program. Student Union Building. April, 1981. Also, Presented at VariousCommunity Locations, Sponsored by Chemical Bank.

Co-Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Italian Historical Association, “Through the Generations”. St.John’s University, November, 1981.

Consultant and Co-director, Italo-American Book Project. Italian American Institute to Foster HigherEducation, Queens College, 1981, 1982.

Co-producer. Television Series “Italians in America” RAI Italian Television, 1981, 1982, 1998.

Co-organizer. “Italians of Brooklyn” Conference. Brooklyn College Center for Italian American Studies.May, 1982.

Book Reviewer. Contemporary Sociology. 1981,1982.

Director. Photographic and Family History Projects and Archives. Brooklyn College Center for ItalianAmerican Studies. “Italians of Brooklyn: Past, Present, and Future.” Special Collection “Lo spazio diBrooklyn.” Tour in Italy. Funded by the Giovani Agnelli Foundation of Turin, Italy. 1979-1982.

Research Report. “Traffic Study: Smith and Ninth Street.” Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association.With R. Greenblatt.1981.

Research Report. “Land Use and Building Condition Survey: Bond Street-Gowanus Canal Area.” GowanusDevelopment Corporation, Brooklyn. With R. Greenblatt . August, 1981.

Co-Director. Research Project “Italian Americans and Higher Education.” Italian American Institute tofoster Higher Education, Queens College, 1980.

Proposal Developer. “The Male Working Condition: Ethnicity and the Battered Wife Syndrome.” Centerfor the Elimination of Family Violence. Brooklyn. 1977.

Co-organizer. Conference on “Preventing Malfunctioning in Ethnic Families.” Brooklyn College Center forItalian American Studies and the Greek-American Behavioral Sciences Institute. Brooklyn College StudentUnion Building. April, 1981.

Session Organizer. “Brooklyn’s Small Cites and Towns: Economic, Political, and Social Dimensions. 4th

Annual Conference on the Small City and Regional Community. University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point.March, 1981.

Workshop Organizer. ‘How to Conduct a Substance Abuse Information System and Network.” New YorkUrban Coalition Substance Abuse ’81 Conference. Grossinger’s, New York. March, 1981.

Moderator and Co-organizer. Panel on “New Immigrants.’ Brooklyn Planning Board Conference. BrooklynCollege and the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President. Brooklyn College Student Union Building.February, 1981.

Article and Book Reviewer. The Polish Review. 1981-present.

Book Reviewer. International Migration Review. 1978-1981.

Research Report. “A Comparison of Trends in Employment in Brooklyn and New York City.” BrooklynEconomic Development Corporation. Brooklyn College Office of Neighborhood Affairs. With R.Greenblatt and D. Levitan. December 1980.

Research Report. “Economic Resources and Needs in Brooklyn: Perspectives in Planning andDevelopment.” Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation. Brooklyn College Office of NeighborhoodAffairs. With R. Greenblatt. November 1980.

Moderator. “Is there a Small town Ideology?” 3rd Annual Conference on the Small City and RegionalCommunity. University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point. March, 1980.

Moderator. Panel on “Italian Americans and Education: Public versus Parochial Schools.” Meeting of theAmerican Italian Historical Association, Metropolitan New York City Chapter. New York University.December, 1980.

Invited Participant. “New York State and Local Community Groups: New Relations for the 80s.” NewYork State Governor’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations. United Engineering Center. New York.November, 1980.

Organizer and Moderator. “Panel on “Black-Italian relations in New York City.” Conference “The PoliticalThrust of Italian Americans for the 1980s.” American Italian Historical Association, Metropolitan Chapter.John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York. May, 1980.

Panelist and Organizer. “Teaching the Italian American Experience. Annual Meeting of the AmericanItalian Historical Association. University of Illinois, Chicago Circle. October, 1980.

Neighborhood Tour Leader. “Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts-Gardens.’ Annual Meeting of theAmerican Sociological Association, Community Section. New York. August, 1980.

Panelist and Co-organizer. Brooklyn College Conference on Brooklyn Community Boards, February, 1979.

Representative. American Sociological Association to the United States Office of Education Symposiumand Work Group on Community Information in Education. New York. Spring, 1978.Citation for Service Published in Community Information in Education: A Handbook for StandardTerminology and A guide to Its Collection and Use. Washington, D.C.: National Center for EducationalStatistics, 1979.

Invited Participant. “Community Workshop.” National Italian American Foundation Annual Meeting. Co-Sponsored by the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation, Washington, D.C. October, 1979.

Proposal Developer. “Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Programs.” American Italian Coalition ofOrganizations. New York. 1979.

Invited Participant. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Conference on theEvaluation of Experimental Housing Programs. Washington, D.C. Spring, 1979.

Book Reviewer. The Humanist Sociologist. 1978, 1979.

Article Reviewer. Qualitative Sociology. 1977, 1978.

Roundtable Organizer. “Classical Dilemmas: Humanity and the City.” Annual Meeting of the Associationfor Humanist Sociology. South Bend, Indiana. October, 1978.

Research Consultant. The Chase Manhattan Bank Office of Urban Affairs and the Fifth AvenueCommittee. Fifth Avenue Commercial Strip. February-December, 1978.

Consultant. The Flatbush Avenue Task Force and the New York City Office of Neighborhood Stabilizationof the New York City Human Rights Commission. Commercial Revitalization Projects and Experiments.June, 1977-January, 1978.

Organizer. Special Interest Group on Urbanology. Association for Humanist Sociology. 1977.

Dissertation Grant Proposal Reviewer. United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,Administration on Aging. Summer, 1977.

Organizer and Commentator. Conference on “Policies and Strategies for Multi-Ethnic Cities: Focus onNew York City.” Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. New York. Spring, 1976.

Program Organizer. Eastern European Section of the European Institute of the Graduate and UniversityCenter of the City University of New York. 1975-1977.

Research Consultant. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. “Aging and MassCommunication.” Study of Aged in Two Adult Residences in New York City. United States Department ofHealth, Education, and Welfare, Administration on Aging. September 1975- December, 1976.

Workshop Leader. “Neighborhoods in Transition.” Brooklyn College Conference on BrooklynNeighborhoods. Spring, 1976.

Panelist. Brooklyn College Brooklyn Symposium” Conference. Student Union Building. Winter, 1976.

Research Project Director. Brooklyn College Center for Italian American Studies. Brooklyn College’sItalian American Students. 1974, 1975.

Member. Consortium on Ethnic Affairs, New York Center for Ethnic Affairs. 1974, 1975.

Advisor. Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Program, Grants on Ethnic Studies. 1974, 1975.

Book Reviewer. Italian Quarterly. 1975.

Invited Participant. The City University of New York Conference, “Ethnicity and the University”. Graduateand University Center. New York. Spring, 1975.

Research Assistant. New York University Department of Sociology. “Greenwich Village Project.”February 1968-June, 1971.

Research Assistant. United States Office of Economic Opportunity Study of Racial Minorities in New YorkCity Banks. Citation for Statistical Analysis in Racial Minorities in Banking: New Workers in the BankingIndustry. Ronald Corwin. New Haven: College and University Press, 1971.

Research Assistant. United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Special Task Force on theSocial Services. S.M. Miller, Project Director. 1968, 1969.

Research Associate. Indiana University Bureau of Correspondence Study. Mail Survey of CorrespondenceStudy Students. September, 1967-February, 1968.

UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY SERVICEService to Brooklyn College

Administrative Service

Chairperson, Department of Sociology 1981-1984, 1999-2002.

Deputy Chairperson, Sociology Department, Undergraduate Programs, 1998-99

Director, Center for Italian American Studies, 1975-1984.

Deputy Chairperson, Sociology Department, School of General Studies and Special Programs, 1972-1981

Faculty Advisor, Student Counselor, Sociology Department, Fall, 1972

Service on College and/or Presidential Committees

Chair, Advisory Committee on Brooklyn Policy Research Institute. 2002.

Chair, Faculty Council, Honorary Degrees Committee, 2000-2001

Chair Belle Zeller Professorship Committee, 2000-2001

Core-SEEK Articulation Committee, 2000-2001.

Faculty Council Committee on Ethics, 1998-2000

Chair, Community Studies Program Curriculum Committee, Brooklyn College, 1997-98.

Faculty Council Committee on Athletics, 1996 -1998

High School and College Collaboration Committee, 1993

Faculty Council Committee on Educational Technology, 1992-1994.

Presidential Appointment, Committee for the Frederic Ewen Center for Academic Freedom, 1991-1992

Advisory Committee for the Institute for the Study of the Borough of Brooklyn, 1981-1984

Presidential Advisory Committee on Italian American Affairs, 1975-1984

Committee on Intergroup Relations, 1979-1984

Organizing Committee of the Institute for the Study of the Borough of Brooklyn, 1980

Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, 1977-1979

Center for Cultural Pluralism Committee, 1974-1975

Urban Center Committee, 1975-1976

Service on School or Division Committees

School of Social Science Full Professor Promotion Sub-Committee, 1998-1999

School of Education Social Science Curriculum Coordinating Committee, 1991-1994

School of Social Science Full Professor Promotion Sub-Committee, 1988-1999

School of Social Science Special Tenure Committee, Spring 1979.

School of General Studies Registration Committee, 1974-1979

School of General Studies Student-Faculty Relations Committee, 1971-1972

School of General Studies Effective Teaching Colloquium, 1971

Service on Department Committees

Sociology Department Graduate Committee, 1981

Sociology Department Publicity Committee, 1981

Sociology Department Committee on Student Field Work, 1973

Sociology Department Curriculum Committee, 1973-1975

Student Activities and Other Service.

Seminar. Arts of Democracy Retreat. Tarrytown, New York. September 20-21, 2002.

Arts of Democracy Roundtable. A Day of Reflection: Brooklyn College: Building for the Future.September 11, 2002

Brooklyn Neighborhood Bus Tour. New Faculty Orientation. Brooklyn College. August 28, 2002.

Middle States, Self-study of Sociology Department, 2002, Department Chair.

Presenter Brooklyn College Faculty Day 2000, 2001.

Presenter Brooklyn College Faculty Day. "Revealing Pictures and Reflexive Frames." Demonstration ofweb site development. Brooklynsoc.org, with Mary Howard, Timothy Shortell, and Christ Toulouse. 2002.

Frequent Speaker and Advisor to Student Clubs and Organizations.

Frequent Speaker, Office of Student Affairs and Services Conferences, e.g. Unity Day.

Frequent Sponsor for Undergraduate and Graduate Independent Study

Occasional Master’s Thesis Advisor and/or Chair

Frequent Advisor for CUNY Baccalaureate Degree Program

Occasional Sponsor, Brooklyn College Honor’s Program

Sponsor. Council on the Environment Internship Program, New York State Assembly Internship Program,Urban Studies Program.

Panelist. Institute for Retirees in Pursuit of Education, Fall, 2001, "The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election:What Impact on America."

Panelist. Brooklyn College Conference, “Inter-Group Relations and Community Cooperation inBensonhurst: A Model of a Community in Transition.” Student Union Building, Spring, 1996.

Panelist. “What Can We Expect from the new Regime?” Wolfe Institute of Brooklyn. Student UnionBuilding, Spring, 1995.

Moderator and Commentator. “Middleman Minorities.” Wolfe Institute of Brooklyn College Conference onBlack-Jewish Relations. Student Union Building, Spring, 1993.

School of Education Curriculum Development- "The Culture of Cities" for Undergraduate TeacherEducation, 1991-1994.

High School and College Collaboration Workshop. November 4, 1993

National Endowment for the Humanities, "Reclaiming Humanities Texts and Traditions and Curriculum forTeacher Education, 1992-94.

Guest Speaker, "Diversity in Brooklyn" Panel Brooklyn College Alumni Association National AlumniWeekend, 1991.

Middle States, Self-study of Sociology Department, 1981, Department Chair

Co-organizer and Instructor, Brooklyn College Summer Urban Institute, 1978-1980

Curriculum Development. “The Italian American Experience.” American Studies Program. 1977.

Brooklyn College Sociology Department, Middle States, Self-study of Evening Programs, Deputy Chair,1975

Active Associate. Center for Italian American Studies. 1973-1979.

Organizer. Experimental Course in Group Leadership and Student Government. 1972-1973.

Report. “Toward Effective Teaching in the School of General Studies.” A Report on the Problems andNeeds of Evening Students. 1971.

Summary of Activities as Director of the Center for Italian American Studies 1979-81.

Lecture Service to Community Groups, Photographic Exhibitions, Photographic History Project andArchive Development, Family History Project and Archive Development, Biannual Newsletter, GrantSubmissions, Co-organizer Seminar Series in Southern Italian Culture, American Committee on ItalianMigration Reception, Participant New York City Italian Culture Week Programs, Italian Americancommunity Leader Brooklyn College Receptions, Co-sponsor Italian Language Program in Florence withDepartment of Modern Languages, Fund-Raising for Victims of Italian Earthquake, Co-sponsor ItalianFilm Program, Graduate Program in Italian Studies Committee Member, Special Lectures on ItalianAmericans to Brooklyn College classes, Scholarship Award for Student Active in Italian American Affairsfrom the Federation of Italian American Organizations of Brooklyn, Assistance to the Dean of Recruitmentin Italian American Outreach

Other College Service

Over the decades I have provided special teaching, advising, and curriculum development for the LiberalStudies, New York City Police Department Program, Nursing Education Program, School of EducationGraduate Teacher Education Program, School of Education Social Studies for Elementary and EarlyChildhood Education Majors, Small College, Special Baccalaureate Program for Adults, Urban StudiesProgram,

Off-Campus: Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Women’s Education Program, St. Nicholas Housing andDevelopment Corporation, Downstate Medical Center Nursing Program

I have also been frequently participated in the activities of the Brooklyn College Learning Center,Collaborative Education Seminars, Core Studies Seminars, and Seminars of the School of Education.

National Endowment for the Humanities Quantitative Reasoning Across the Core, 1994

National Science Foundation Quantitative Reasoning Across the Core 1997-98.

Service to the University and Graduate Center

PSC/CUNY Research Grant Reviewer, Ethnic and Area Studies. 2002, 2003.

Member, Politics of Public Space Committee. The City University of New York Graduate and UniversityCenter. 2001-2002.

Thesis Committee Member. Baccalaureate, Natalia Magnani, University of Trento, 2001.

Thesis Committee Member. Doctoral Degree Committee. State University of New York at Albany, EvrickBrown, 2001-02

Program Committee Member, CUNY Academy of Humanities and Sciences, 1994-2002.

Search Committee. Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies. 1996.

Member. Doctoral Degree Committee. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, “Banking Money Laun-dering,” 1995.

Lecture. Graduate Colloquium of the Criminal Justice Doctoral Program, John Jay College of CriminalJustice, 1988.

Thesis Committee Member. Baccalaureate, Domenico Pinto, University of Trento, 1985.

Service to the University and Graduate Center continued.

Founding Member, Board Director, and Officer of the CUNY Academy of Humanities and Sciences, 1978-1980

Chair, Membership Committee, CUNY Academy of Humanities and Sciences, 1981-1982

Program Director, Eastern European Section, European Studies Institute, of CUNY Graduate andUniversity Center, 1975-1977

Service Off-CampusOutside Departmental Evaluations:

Sociology Department, Iona College, Spring 1999

Sociology Department, Iona College, Spring 1994, Committee Chair

Sociology/Anthropology Department, Farmingdale, Spring 1993, Committee Chair

Sociology/Anthropology Department, Farmingdale, Spring 1988

Professional Positions and Current Memberships

Advisory Board, Italian Americana

American Italian Historical Association, President, 1993-97Executive Council Member 2000-03.Other Past offices: Secretary-Treasurer, and Vice President.

International Visual Sociology Association, Executive Council Member 2000-03.

International American Studies Association, Program Committee Member 2001-03.

Advisory Council Member, H-NET

American Sociological Association, Community Section, and Race and Ethnic Relations Section.

Eastern Sociological Society

Editor H-ITAM

Editorial Board, Urban Affairs Review, 1993-98

Editorial Board, Italian American Review

European Studies Association

Italian American Studies Editor, Italian Journal 1993-96

New York Council for the Humanities, Board of Directors (Gubernatorial Appointment), 1982-1994.Thematic Planning Committee: ”Cultural Literacy in a Multicultural Society,” 1987-1988.

Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, Bronislaw Malinowski Award Committee, 1997, 1998

Polish American Historical Association, Executive Council. 1996-1999

Urban Academic Librarians Association, New York City, Board of Directors

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Committee Member, Brooklyn College Brooklyn Institute Proposal. Independence Community BankFoundation. Project Committee Member. Project Development Grant Awarded. Summer, 2002.

Committee Member, Brooklyn College's "Community in Diversity and Global Citizenship Project"Proposal for the Association of American University and College's Office of Diversity and GlobalInitiatives. Project Committee Member. 2002. 3-year Grant Awarded.

Murray Koppelman Professor, 1999-2001 Brooklyn College Foundation Endowed Chair.Brooklyn College Foundation, Murray Koppelman, Travel Awards. 2000-01.

Visiting Professor, University of Rome, Rector's Award. La Sapienza, June, 1998.

Kosciuszko Foundation and Polish Ministry of National Education Fellowship Awards to "Explore PolishVernacular Architecture" Spring, 1997.

Visiting Professor, University of Trento, October, 1996.

“Reclaiming Humanities Texts and Traditions and Curriculum for Teacher Education. NationalEndowment for the Humanities. 1992-1994. Project Committee Member.

Brooklyn College Academy. Diamond Foundation. Grants. Two Years. “The Great Depression.” And“Teenage Years.” High School-College Collaboration. 1990-1992. Project Committee Member.

PSC/CUNY Faculty Research Award. “Photographic Research in Southern Italy.” Summer, 1985

PSC/CUNY Faculty Research Award. “Madision Club of Brooklyn” C. LaCerra. Project Director. 1982

Italian American Institute to Foster Higher Education. Book Project. “Italo-America” With R. Caporale ofSt. John’s University. 1982. $2,500

Italian American Institute to Foster Higher Education. Special Projects for Brooklyn College Center forItalian American Studies. 1982. $2,000

Giovanni Agnelli Foundation of Turin, Italy. Brooklyn College Center for Italian American Studies.Special Collection “Italians of Brooklyn: Past and Present.” $2,000

Brooklyn College Foundation. Brooklyn College Center for Italian American Studies. Special Projects.1981. $1,000

New York State Department of Education Umbrella Program, Curriculum Development on CommunityEducation. Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association. 1981-1982. $22,000

National Endowment for the Humanities, Youth Division, Special Projects. Carroll Gardens NeighborhoodAssociation. 1981-1982. $5,000

Chemical Bank. Brooklyn College Center for Italian American Studies. Special Projects. 1980. $250

Alpha Sigma Lambda, National Honorary Society of Evening Colleges, 1979.

Federation of Italian American Organizations of Brooklyn. Brooklyn College Center for Italian AmericanStudies. Special Projects. 1979. $200

United Charitable Trust of Boston. Brooklyn College Center for Italian American Studies. SpecialPhotographic Projects. 1978. $250

Community Service

As a concerned resident of Brooklyn, and a Brooklyn College faculty member, I have provided a widevariety of services over the years to the following organizations. As part of my commitment to bringing thecollege and community together I have developed courses, and programs which bring my students to thecommunity, and the community to the college. For example, in Research Seminars, paper assignments, andin field trips to neighborhoods through the borough for my graduate and undergraduate courses. This workand my own research have resulted in many of the previously cited publications, papers, and otherprofessional activities. * Denotes current membership or activity.

ACE (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering) Mentor Program. 2001-2002.American Committee on Italian Migration (ACIM)American Italian Coalition of Organizations, (AMICO Board Member and Officer) 1982-1992, 2000-Astella Development CorporationBank on Brooklyn CommitteeBrooklyn Brownstone Conference, and Brownstone Fair Committee (Member) 1975-1981Brooklyn Chamber of CommerceBrooklyn Economic Development CorporationBrooklyn Haitian American Good Shepherd (BHRAGS)Brooklyn Public Library*Brooklyn Historical Society*Brooklyn Museum, Community GalleryBrooklyn Technical High School Alumni Association*

Brooklyn Union Gas Company Urban Affairs Department, and the Brownstone Information CenterBrownstone Revival Committee of New York City (Past President), 1971-1984Carroll Gardens Neighborhood AssociationCatholic Charities of BrooklynChase Manhattan Bank Urban Affairs DepartmentCitibank Urban Affairs DepartmentCollege Glen Community AssociationCoalition of Neighborhood Organizations of Borough Park (CONO)Congress of Jewish Organizations of Borough Park (COJO)Community District 9 Brooklyn, 197a Plan Committee*Community Leaders of America, Citation, 1973, 1974Community School District 17 Board Candidate, 1975Community Service SocietyConcerned Citizens of East FlatbushCongress Member, Charles Schumer, Military Academy Selection Committee, 1981Crown Heights Clergy Council (Member), 1973Crown Heights Office of Neighborhood Government, Community Advisory Board (Member), 1973Downtown Brooklyn Development CorporationDrug Abuse Prevention Council, Community School District 22, Brooklyn (Member)1979-*East Flatbush Development CorporationFederation of Italian American Organizations of BrooklynFifth Avenue CommitteeFifty-Ninth Street Senior Citizen CenterFlatbush Development CorporationFlatbush Model Block Committee (Chair), 1976-1978Flatbush Unitarian Church Conference on “Integration in Flatbush” (Speaker), 1974Gowanus Canal Advisory CommitteeGowanus Development CorporationInstitute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic ElderlyJersey Street Housing, Staten islandJohn Booty Junior High SchoolJohn Erikson Junior High SchoolJunction-College Development CorporationLefferts Manor Association, (Board Member and President ), 1971-1975Majority Coalition for a New New York, 1993-1994MetroTech Business Improvement District*Midwood Development CorporationMidwood-Kings Highway Development CorporationMigration Office of the Catholic Archdiocese of BrooklynMuseum for the Chinese in AmericaNational Conference of Christians and Jews, African American-Italian American Dialogue, 1996-1997National Neighbors, an Organization of Integrated NeighborhoodsNew Brighton Association, Staten IslandNew York Academy of Sciences, Junior Academy of Sciences, 1981New York City Brooklyn Community Districts 8 and 9 Candidate, 1976, 1978New York City Comptroller’s OfficeNew York City Human Rights Commission, and the Office of Neighborhood Stabilization, 1976-1978New York City Red CrossNew York Public Interest Research GroupNew York State Department of State, Anti-Block-busting, Banking and Mortgage Lending DiscriminationNew York Telephone Urban Affairs DepartmentOffice of the Brooklyn Borough PresidentProspect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association, Founding Member, Board of Directors, Officer,1970-1975Public Lectures. For the New York Council for the Humanities, and The American Century, 1983-1996.Service to the Aging (SAGE) Lecture Program of the Brooklyn Public Library, 1980-1981

Saint Boniface, Parish Council 2002-05Steering Committee of the Italian American Educational Achievement Task Force of the Assembly of theState of New York, Chairperson Assemblyman Eric Vitaliano.*Westervelt Avenue Neighborhood Association, Staten Island

Political Activities

Over the decades I have been proud to have worked with the following elected officials on communityissues and problems:Salvatore Albanese, New York City CouncilHerman Badillo, United States CongressmanCarol Bellamy, New York State SenateMario Biaggi, United States CongressGeorge Cincotta, New York State AssemblyUna Clarke, New York City CouncilHoward Golden, Brooklyn Borough PresidentHarrison J. Goldin, New York City ComptrollerElizabeth Holtzman, United States CongressRhoda Jacobs, New York State AssemblyJohn Marchi, New York State SenateMarty Markowitz, New York State SenateGuy Molinari, United States Congress, Staten Island Borough PresidentMajor Owens, New York State Senate, United States CongressCharles Schumer, United States CongressmanJose Serrano, New York State AssemblyStanley Steingut, New York State AssemblyEric Vitaliano, New York State AssemblyAnthony Weiner, New York City Council, United States CongressMarty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President