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Staff Details- Joel Rogers
Joel Rogers is a professor of law, political science, and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He directs COWS, the national think-and-do tank on high road development, and the new Center for State Innovation (CSI). Rogers has written widely on democratic theory and American politics and public policy. His most recent book (with Richard Freeman) is What Workers Want (2006). A longtime activist as well as academic, Newsweek identified him as one of the 100 Americans most likely to shape US politics and culture in the 21st century.
Click here to view Joel Rogers' online Curriculum Vitae.
Email: jrogers at cows.org
Telephone: 608.262.4266
Selected Articles
Joel Rogers has published numerous articles in academic journals, books, and popular magazines. To read a sampling of his work, click on the links below.
- Build the High Road Here
- Joel Rogers on Hurricane Katrina
- Both an Imperative and an Opportunity
- Cities: The Vital Core
- Devolve This! (The Nation)
Newspaper Columns & Commentaries
Professor Rogers occasionally publishes guest editorials in newspapers throughout Wisconsin, as well as national publications. In addition, between February 2001 and August 2002, Joel Rogers wrote a regular column for The Capital Times, a Madison-based daily newspaper, as part of COWS' Sustaining Wisconsin grassroots education campaign. To read the columns or commentaries, click on the links below.
- "Unfulfilled Promise,"
The Nation Online 6/21/2004
- "Take a Higher Road to State Job Creation,"
Wisconsin State Journal 2/29/2004
- "Progressives Should Vote for Edwards as Best on Issues,"
Madison Capital Times 2/12/2004
- "Progressives Should Vote Edwards,"
The Nation Online 2/8/2004
- "Little to Celebrate on Labor Day,"
Wisconsin State Journal 9/1/2003
More columns & commentary by Joel Rogers.
News Coverage
As an expert on a variety of subjects, including presidential elections, political democracy, and the future of the labor movement, Joel Rogers is often interviewed– and his work is often cited– by local, national, and even international media outlets. To read some of the coverage, click on the links below.
- "Learning About the Left from Glenn Beck,"
The American Prospect 6/7/2010
- "Metropolis now,"
New Statesman 9/17/2009
- "Obama's Labour Play,"
The Financial Post (London) 4/6/2009
- "Union Bill's Declining Chances Give Rise to Alternatives,"
The Washington Post 3/29/2009
- "In Arkansas and elsewhere, economy stable,"
USA Today 2/26/2009
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