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Staff Details- Joel Rogers
Joel Rogers is professor of law, political science, public affairs, and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs COWS (Center on Wisconsin Strategy), and its subsidiary Mayors Innovation Project, Center for State Innovation, and State Smart Transportation Initiative. Rogers has written widely on American politics and public policy (books include On Democracy, Right Turn, The Forgotten Majority, What Workers Want, and, most recently American Society: How It Really Works). He is a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and a longtime social and political activist; Newsweek identifies him as one of the 100 living Americans most likely to shape U.S. politics and culture in the 21st century. He co-founded and was first chair of the Apollo Alliance, and recent co-founded the Emerald Cities Collaborative, whose first project is comprehensive, cost-effective energy retrofits of American’s urban building stock.
American Society: How It Really Works. (New York: WW Norton, 2010). With E.O. Wright.
Select Publications
- Opportunities for Developing the Building Retrofit Industry and Market (COWS/Nupolis: 2011). With J. Cleveland.
- The State of Working Wisconsin 2010. (Madison: COWS, 2010). With L. Dresser.
- Greener Skills: How Credentials Create Value in the Clean Energy Economy. (Madison: COWS, 2010). With L. Dresser and S. White.
- “Metropolis Now,” New Statesman 138 (September 21, 2009): 28-32. With K. vanden Heuvel.
- Eyes on the Prize: Program Architecture of Emerald Cities (December, 2008). With G. Hudson and P. Thompson.
- Social Policy, "Wisconsin One Year Later: What Happened, What is Happening, and What it Means for Progressives" (Spring 2012)
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Metros will lead growth" (3/17/2012).
- Citiwire.net, "How Can COWS Help to Make Better Cities?" (3/10/2012).
- Isthmus, "Can unions reboot for the 21st century?" (7/28/2011).
- The Nation, "ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc." (July 2011). Also, video and audio interviews discussing ALEC.
- Background Briefing, radio interview analyzing the discrepancy between Republican rhetoric and actions (6/12/2011).
- The Progressive, "What Now Wisconsin II: A Real Plan to Fight Back" (4/14/2011).
- Isthmus, "Labor Expert: Focus on the Ballot Box" (3/17/2011). Also, Joel's response.
- Behind the News, radio interview about the Wisconsin uprising (3/8/2011).
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Email: jrogers at cows.org
Telephone: 608.262.4266
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