John Berg, PhD

Research Interests

• Parties and party systems, especially minor parties
• Legislative Politics
• Interest groups and lobbying
• American political development
• Environmental politics

Employment History

• At Suffolk since 1974.
• Previously legislative research assistant to Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI).

Publications

• Political Science Internships: Towards Best Practices, ed. Renée B. Van Vechten, Bobbi Gentry, and John C. Berg (Washington: American Political Science Association, 2021).
• Leave It in the Ground: The Politics of Coal and Climate (Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2019).
• Teamsters and Turtles? U.S. Progressive Political Movements in the 21st Century (ed.) (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).
• Unequal Struggle: Class, Gender, Race, and Power in the U.S. Congress, (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994).

Other Activities

• President, New England Political Science Association, 2013-2014
• Fulbright Senior Specialist, 2005-2010 (University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine, 2005; Cheju National University, Korea, 2006; University of the Free State, Qwaqwa, 2009)
• Chair, Research Committee #49, "Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy" of the International Political Science Association, 2000-2009
• Associate Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, 2004-2007
• President, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2003-2004
• Chair, New Political Science Section, American Political Science Association, 2001-2003
• Reviews Editor, New Political Science, 1998-2003