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TerryChristensen

CurriculumVitae2020

Email:Terry.Christensen@sjsu.edu

BA,StanfordUniversity,1966Ph.D.UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,1972

• ProfessorofPoliticalScience,SanJoseStateUniversity,1970-2012

• Chair,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,1994-2002

• SanJoseStateUniversityOutstandingProfessor,1997-1998

• FoundingExecutiveDirector,CommUniverCitySanJose,2005-2008

• FounderandOrganizer,DonEdwardsLecture,1995-2012

• FounderandDirector,SJSUPoliticalScienceInternshipProgram

• Founder,SJSUPoliticalScienceWashingtonInternshipProgram

• SJSUCoordinator,SacramentoSemesterandPanettaCongressionalFellowships

• Founder,SJSUInstituteforPublicAffairsandCivicEngagement(IPACE)

• FounderandFacultyMember,SJSUStudyAbroadPrograminBath,England

• SJSUPresidentialSearchCommittees,1994and2004

• AdjunctFaculty,DepartmentofUrbanandRegionalPlanning,2003-2008

• Over$850,000raisedforPoliticalScienceScholarships,theDonEdwardsLecture,CommUniverCityandIPAC

Publications

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Publications

• CaliforniaPoliticsandGovernment:APracticalApproach,withLarryN.Gerston,1stEditionBrooksCole,1991;14thEdition,2016

• ProjectingPolitics:PoliticalMessagesinAmericanFilms,withElizabethHaasand

PeterJ.Hass,1stEditionM.E.Sharpe,2005;2ndEditionRoutledge,2015• LocalPolitics:APracticalGuidetoGoverningattheGrassroots,1stEdition

Wadsworth,1995;2ndEdition(withTomHogen-Esch),M.E.Sharpe,2005

• Recall!California’sPoliticalEarthquake,withLarryN.Gerston,M.E.Sharpe,2005.“Throughoutthesummerandearlyfallof2004,theworldwatchedasCaliforniashudderedthroughanunprecedented

politicalearthquake.Noonewatchedmorecarefully—orbetterunderstoodwhattheywereseeing—thanveteranpoliticalscientistsLarryN.GerstonandTerryChristensen.Theresultisatourdeforceofinformedreportagethatisatonceinstant

historyandpoliticalscience.”--KevinStarr,ProfessorofHistory,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

• PoliticsintheGoldenState:TheCaliforniaConnection,withLarryN.Gerston,1st

Edition,Little,Brown,1984;2ndEdition,Scott,Foresman,1988

• ReelPolitics:AmericanPoliticalMoviesfromBirthofaNationtoPlatoon,Blackwell,1987

• MoversandShakers:TheStudyofCommunityPower,withPhilipJ.Trounstine,St.Martin’sPress,1982.APDFofthechapteronSanJose’spoliticalhistoryto1970is

availablehere:San Jose Political History to 1970

• ReliableSources:AHandbookforPoliticalResearchinSanJoseandSantaClaraCounty,FidelityPress,1stEdition1980,2ndEdition1991

• NeighbourhoodSurvival:TheStruggleforCoventGarden,PrismU.K.,1979

• “CommUniverCitySanJose:BuildingaPartnershipforServiceandLearning,”with

MelindaJackson,CivicService:Service-LearningwithStateandlocalGovernmentPartners,eds.DavidRedlawskandTomRice,Jossey-Bass,2009

• “InitiativesasCatalystsinRacialPolitics,”withLarryN.Gerston,RacialandEthnic

PoliticsinCaliforniaIII,eds.BruceM.CainandSandraBass,InstituteofGovernmentalStudies,2008

• “RamboandtheNewPatriotismin1980sActionFilms,”inExaminingPopular

Culture:Americans’ViewsAboutWar,GreenhavenPress,2001

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Publications(continued)

• “SanJoseBecomestheCapitalofSiliconValley,”(apoliticalhistoryofSanJose1970-1998),ReflectionsofthePast:AnAnthologyofSanJose,ed.JudithHenderson,

HeritagePublishing,1997.APDFisavailablehere:San Jose Political History since 1970

• ChaptersinRichardL.Sutter,ed.,InternationalizingtheCaliforniaStateUniversity,

1992;D.T.HerbertandR.J.Johnson,eds.,GeographyandtheUrbanEnvironment,1981;DorothyBucktonJames,AnalyzingPovertyPolicy,1975.

• ArticlesforScholarlyJournals:Collegeteaching;Cities;ThePoliticalQuarterly(U.K.);

TheCalifornians;CaliforniaJournal;TheJournalofPolicyStudies;Landscape;UrbanLandQuarterly;WesternPoliticalQuarterly;TeachingPoliticalScience;Publius;San

JoseStudies;EducationConcerns(U.K.)

• OpinionandOpEdColumnsforPacificNewsService,TheSpartanDaily;TheIndependentWeekly;TheOaklandTribune;TheSanFranciscoExaminer;The

SacramentoBee;TheBusinessJournal;SiliconValleyBizInc.,and(frequently)TheSanJoseMercuryNews

SampleOpEdsforTheSanJoseMercuryNews

• “WhereAretheWomeninTopLocalOffices,”1/7/2013http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22313168/terry-christensen-where-are-

women-top-local-offices• “TruthandTruthinessinSanJosePolitics,”7/1/2015

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_28410337/terry-christensen-truth-and-truthiness-san-jose-politics

• “CaliforniaFailingonCountyDiversity,”1/9/2016http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_29361671/terry-christensen-california-

failing-county-supervisor-diversity• “SanJose’sClaimtoFameCouldbeGreatTrails,”9/7/2016

https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/01/christensen-san-joses-claim-to-fame-should-be-a-great-trail-system/

ProfessionalandCommunityService

• HostandExecutiveProducer,ValleyPolitics,CreaTV,2015-

• DirectorofCommunications,BARTAlumRockTransitVillageAdvocates(BARTVA),

2014-

• ExecutiveDirector,FriendsofFiveWoundsTrail(FFWT),2013-

• NetworkDevelopmentCommitteeAmericanLeadershipForum,2003-

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ProfessionalandCommunityService(continued)

• SantaClaraCountyNationalHeritageAreaTaskForce,2016

• PoliticalAnalyst,KLIVRadio15902003-2016

• GeneralPlanRevisionTaskForce,CityofSanJose,2015-2016

• Co-FounderandTrainer,Labor/CommunityLeadershipInstitute,1997-2015

• CommonwealthClubSiliconValley,ProgramCommitteeandAdvisoryCommittee,

1997-2015

• Delegate,SouthBayLaborCouncil,AFL-CIO,1973-2006

• Chair, Chancellor Search Committee, San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, 2005

• AdvisoryBoard,CityYearSanJose/SiliconValley,1997-2005

• HoraceMannElementarySchoolFoundationAdvisoryBoard,2004-2009

• California Faculty Association, Statewide Political Action and Legislative Committee, 2003-2009.

• Consultant, City of San Jose Council Salary Setting Commission, 2003, 2005.

• ExternalProgramReviewer,DepartmentsofPoliticalScience,CaliforniaStateUniversity,SanLuisObispo,2004;CaliforniaStateUniversity,Hayward,2003;Santa

ClaraUniversity,2003;CaliforniaStateUniversity,Sacramento,1998

• FounderandTrainer,LocalOfficialsLeadershipAcademy(LOLA)fornewandon-goingcouncilmembers,2001-2004

• SanJoseCityCouncilRedistrictingCommittee,2001

• DowntownStrategyTaskForce,2000-2001

• Mayor’sRedevelopmentAdvisoryTaskForce,1999

• CharterRevisionCommittee,SantaClaraCounty,1997-1998

• BoardofDirectors,CampaignEthicsFoundation,1997-2009

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• Staff(volunteer)forDonFoster,MemberofParliament,U.K.,1992

• SanJoseFilmFestival,President1982-1983;VicePresident1984

• DowntownWorkingReviewCommittee,1980-1983

• Chair,NeighborhoodsforDistrictElections,1978

• Consultant,SanJoseCharterReviewCommittee,1976,1977

• Chair,CentralSanJoseGeneralPlanCitizenReview,1975-1976

• Chair,CentralSanJoseProjects75reviewofcapitalimprovementneeds,1974-1975

HonorsandAwards

• FriendoftheSJSUDepartmentofUrbanandRegionalPlanning,2007,2019

• BAYMECWiggsySivertsen&KenYeagerLifetimeAchievementAward,2015

• AustenWarburtonAwardforDistinguishedScholarship,SJSUCollegeofSocialScience,2007

• ProfessoroftheYear,PoliticalScienceClassof2006

• CommunityActivistExtraordinaire,UnitedNeighborhoodsofSantaClaraCounty,2003

• AmericanLeadershipForumALFSeniorFellow(Classof2002-2003)

• MoccasinAwardforCommunityService,CityYearSanJose/SiliconValley,2000

• Outstanding Professor, San Jose State University, 1997-1998

• Outstanding Faculty Person, 1997-1998, Disability Resource Center

• “Best Professor” in the San Francisco Peninsula," Peninsula Magazine, 1987

• Bill Casey Memorial Award for Best Contribution to San Jose Studies, 1984.

• Mover and Shaker Award, Santa Clara County AFL-CIO, 1982.