Prof. für politische Ökonomie; Dean of the School of Social Science, Urban Affairs, and Public Policy; Frank L. Boyden Professor of Political Economy at the University of Massachusetts at Boston; senior fellow at the univers i t y ’s John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs; served as a member of the senior policy staff of Congressman Richard Gephardt, the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995); Boston College; Ph.D. from the University of Michigan