Dr. Mark Mattern's Publications and Presentations
PUBLICATIONS--BOOKS
Acting in Concert: Music, Community and Political Action. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998).
PUBLICATIONS--ARTICLES
“Body Politics With Feeling: The Power of the Clothesline Project.” With Jill Gregory, April Lewton, Stephanie Schmidt, and Diane Smith. In review at New Political Science.
“Art and Community Development in Santa Ana, CA: The Promise and the Reality.” Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. March, 2001.
“From Ivory Tower to Urban Street: Using the Classroom as a Community Research and Development Tool.” With Jill Gregory and Shari Mitchell. PS: Political Science and Politics 34:1 (March, 2001).
“John Dewey, art and public life.” Journal of Politics 61:1 (February 1999).
“Cajun music, cultural revival: theorizing political action in popular music.” Popular Music and Society 22.2 (Summer 1998). Winner of the second annual R. Serge Denisoff Award for the Best Article Published in Popular Music and Society.
"Let the good times unroll: music and race relations in Southwest Louisiana." Black Music Research Journal Vol. 17, No. 2 (Fall 1997).
"Teaching democratic theory... democratically." PS: Political Science and Politics. Vol. 91, No. 3 (September, 1997).
"Popular music and redemocratization in Chile, 1973-1989." Studies in Latin American Popular Culture Vol. 16 (1997).
"Inequality and the economy: the implications for democracy." In William Cumiford, ed., The Global Citizen (Acton, MA: Copley Custom Publishing Group, 1997). Reprinted as "Do we live in a democracy? Inequality and the economy," in Donald Will, ed., The Global Citizen (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998).
“The powwow as a public arena for negotiating unity and diversity in American Indian life." American Indian Culture and Research Journal 20:4 (December, 1996). Reprinted in Duane Champagne, ed., Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues (Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 1999).
"The challenge of contemporary citizenship: balancing rights, privileges and responsibilities." In William Cumiford, ed., The Global Citizen (Acton, MA: Copley Custom Publishing Group, 1996).
ACADEMIC WORKS IN PROGRESS
Putting Political Theory to Work: A Pragmatic Introduction to Political Theory. Introductory textbook in political theory.
With Mike Telin, "Arts and Community Development in Downtown Cleveland." Based on our research in downtown Cleveland's Quadrangle neighborhood on the use of art to drive community development.
With Mike Telin, "Students as service learners in community development." Summarizes our experiences developing course on Public Interest Research.
PUBLICATIONS--BOOK REVIEWS
Democratic Artworks: Politics and the Arts from Trilling to Dylan. By Charles Hersch. Albany: State University of New York, 1998. Forthcoming in American Political Science Review.
One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism. By William Greider. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997; and When Corporations Rule the World. By David Korten. West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press, 1995. In Ethics and International Affairs Journal 12 (1998).
War Dance: Plains Indian Musical Performance. By William K. Powers. University of Arizona Press, 1990. In Great Plains Quarterly, Winter 1993.
PUBLICATIONS--APPLIED RESEARCH
"Measuring Community: Quadrangle Survey Report." (Cleveland: Trinity Cathedral, Inc., August 23, 2001).
"Faculty Library Survey: Report of Results." (Berea, OH: Baldwin-Wallace College, May, 2001).
"Student Library Survey Report." (Berea, OH: Baldwin-Wallace College, May, 22, 2001).
With Shari Mitchell, "Art, Community and Politics." (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1999).
With Shari Mitchell, "Artists Village Survey." (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1999).
With Shari Mitchell, "Foothill Communities Association North Tustin Land Usage Poll." (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1999).
With Shari Mitchell, "First American Financial Corporation Employee Communications Survey." (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1998).
With Shari Mitchell, "The Chapman Poll #2: Sanchez v. Dornan, October 1998." (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1998).
With Shari Mitchell, "The Chapman Poll: Sanchez v. Dornan, July 1998." (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1998).
“The Chapman University Campus Climate for Diversity.” (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1998).
"Student Focus Group Evaluations of Chapman University's Freshman Seminar Program." (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1997).
"Chapman University 1996 'All Alumni' Survey." (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1997).
"Survey of Alumni Relations Offices in Southern California: Analysis of Results." (Orange, CA: Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Chapman University, 1996).
With Amy Otto, "An Evaluation of Mediation Programs funded by the Minnesota Supreme Court." (Minneapolis: Conflict and Change Center, University of Minnesota, 1994).
"Access to Post-Secondary Education for the Mentally Disabled." (St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1988).
"The Academic Labor Market." (St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1988).
With Melva Radtke, Enterprise Development Directory (St. Paul: Minnesota Center for Community Economic Development, 1987).
"The feasibility of alternative energy provision in downtown St. Paul." (St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Energy Consortium, 1987).
"Computers and volunteer management at Sabathani Community Center." (Minneapolis: Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, 1986).
PRESENTATIONS
"Beyond Charity to Justice: Social Change That Sticks." Presented as part of BW's 2001-2002 Carmel Living and Learning Forum.
"Toward Win-Win-Win Strategies for Service Learning." Presentation in BW's February, 2002 workshops on service learning.
“The Power of the Clothesline Project.” With Jill Gregory, April Lewton, Stephanie Schmidt, and Diane Smith. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 30 – September 3, 2000.
“From Ivory Tower to Urban Street: Using the Classroom as a Community Research and Development Tool.” With Jill Gregory and Shari Mitchell. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2-6, 1999.
“Creative Community: Art as a Community Development Resource.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2-6, 1999.
"Community organizing and workplace democracy in the Minnesota new wave cooperatives." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, September 2-6, 1998.
"John Dewey, art and community." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-31, 1997.
"Cajun music, cultural revival: theorizing political action in popular music." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-31, 1997.
"Cajun music, cultural revival: theorizing political action in popular music." Pacific Sociology Association, San Diego, April 17-20, 1997.
"Teaching democratic theory... democratically." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 28 - September 1, 1996, San Francisco, California.
"Cajun Music, Cajun Community: Responding to the Challenges of Diversity for Collective Political Action." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 30 - September 3, 1995, Chicago, Illinois.
"Let the good times unroll in Southwest Louisiana: music and conflict between Cajun and Black Creole communities." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 6-8, 1995, Chicago, Illinois.
"Street music and redemocratization in Santiago, Chile." Joint Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference on Latin American Studies and the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, March 15-18, 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Chilean New Song Musicians as Community Organizers: Building a Movement for Democratic Transformation, 1960-1973." Joint Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference on Latin American Studies and the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, March 15-18, 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Popular Music and Political Change in Chile, 1973-1991." Popular Culture Association Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, April 7-10, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana.
"Acting in Concert: Community, power and political action in Native music of Minnesota and Wisconsin." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1-4, 1993, Washington, D.C.
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