Professional Background
Professor of Political Science and Education and Politics & Education Program Coordinator
Educational Background
- B.A. Government, Cornell University
- Ph.D. Political Science, Northwestern University
Scholarly Interests
The boundary between private action and public action in addressing social problems. Privatization, race and urban politics, the politics of urban education reform, and school choice.
Selected Publications
- Spin Cycle: How Research Is Used in Policy Debates, The Case of Charter Schools (Russell Sage Foundation/The Century Foundation, 2008).
- Mayors in the Middle: Politics, Race and Mayoral Control of Urban Schools (Princeton, 2004)
- Rethinking School Choice: Limits of the Market Metaphor (Princeton, 1994).
- Shrinking the State: The Political Underpinnings of Privatization (Cambridge, 1995).
- The Color of School Reform: Race, Politics and the Challenge of Urban Education (Princeton, 1999).
- Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools (Kansas, 2001).
- Neighborhood Mobilization: Redevelopment an Response (Rutgers, 1982).
- Public Policy and Federalism (St. Martins, 1985).
Jeffrey Henig
Professor of Political Science and Education
Politics & Education Program Coordinator
Phone: 212-678-8313
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Office Location: 212F Zankel