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Campus: Skokie
Email: richard.longoria@nl.edu
Phone: 224.233.2343
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Biography
Richard Longoria de Voltair is an assistant professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at NLU. He has conducted research for the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development in Chicago and for the Laboratory for Student Success in Philadelphia. His public sector experience includes executive oversight of private contractors at the Chicago Housing Authority and research and public relations for the Governor's Office of Smart Growth in Maryland.Longoria holds a bachelor's degree in political science and public policy from DePaul University and, while earning a master's degree in the social sciences at the University of Chicago, he spent a semester studying at Oxford University in the UK. He completed a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland.
Education
Ph.D. in Government and Politics, The University of MarylandMA in Social Science, The University of Chicago
BA in Political Science and BA in Public Policy, DePaul University
Publications
with Joseph Schwieterman, "Streetscapes and Strip Malls: Planning for Better Access and Design," in Shaping Contemporary Suburbia: Perspectives on Development Control in Metropolitan Chicago (Chicago: Law Bulletin Publishing, 2001)
with Kenneth Wong, "The Challenge of Implementing Districtwide Standards in High Schools: Preliminary Findings From Two Sites With Small Schools in Chicago," Spotlight on Student Success, no. 706 (Philadelphia: The Laboratory for Student Success, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2002)
"Meritocracy and Americans," Views on Distributive Justice. Lexington, MA: Lexington Press (2009)
Dissertation and Theses
Dissertation: "Meritocracy and Americans--Views on Distributive Justice." Committee Chair: James Gimpel Committee Members: Mark Graber, Frances Lee, Judith Lichtenberg, Irwin Morris
Ph.D. in Government and Politics, The University of Maryland
Thesis: "Chicago's Small Schools and An Assessment of the Implementation of the 1996 Reform Package"
MA in Social Science, The University of Chicago
Thesis: "The American Meritocracy"
BA in Political Science, DePaul University
Thesis: "Poverty Theory, Politics, and Welfare Reform"
BA in Public Policy, DePaul University
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