JO RENEE FORMICOLA, Ph. D.
Seton Hall University Tel. 973-76l-9383
Department of Political Science E-mail: formicjo@shu.edu
South Orange, N. J. 07079 Homepage:www.pirate/~formicjo
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Education:
Drew University: Madison, New Jersey Ph.D. 1981
Religion and Society/Politics and Ethics
Georgetown University: Washington, D.C. M.A. 1966
International Relations/Political Theory
Le Moyne College: Syracuse, New York B.S. 1963
Political Science and History
Professional/Administrative Experience:
2003-4 Professor, Department of Political Science
2002-3 Co-Chair, Department of Political Science
2000-1 Sabbatical
2000 Promoted to Full Professor
1997-1998 Chair, Department of Political Science
1997-1996 Acting Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
1996-1995 Chair, Department of Political Science
1995-1994 Sabbatical/U.S. Embassy to the Vatican
1994-1989 Chair, Department of Political Science
1994 Promoted to Associate Professor/Tenure
1990 Pre-Legal Advisor and Department Chair
1988-1987 Assistant Professor, Seton Hall University
1986-1983 Term Assistant Professor, Seton Hall University
1983 Visiting Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
1982 Instructor, Seton Hall University
1981 Instructor, St. Elizabeth’s College
Courses Taught: Ethics and Public Administration; Church and State; Human Rights; U. S. Foreign Policy; Ecology and Politics; Parties and Politics; The Presidency; The Congress; Classics of Political Thought; Introduction to American Government and Introduction to Political Science. Senior Seminars on "Ethics and Politics;" "Religious Leaders and Political Causes;" "Faith-Based Politics;" "The Republicans: Rouges or Reformers?" "The Road to the White House;" "The Politics of Education;" "Anarchy in America;" "Terrorism and Human Rights;" and "The Bush Presidency."
PUBLICATIONS
Segers, Mary and Formicola, Jo Renee, eds. The Political, Social and Economic Consequences of Catholic Clerical Sex Abuse. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming, 2005.
Formicola, Jo Renee, Mary Segers and Paul Weber. Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003.
Formicola, Jo Renee. John Paul II. Prophetic Politician. Washington:Georgetown University Press, 2002.
Formicola, Jo Renee and Hubert Morken, eds., Faith-Based Initiatives and Religious Leaders:
Ten Profiles. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001.
Morken, Hubert and Jo Renee Formicola. The Politics of School Choice in the United States. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999.
Formicola, Jo Renee and Hubert Morken eds., Everson Revisited: Religion, Education and the Law at the Crossroads. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.
Formicola, Jo R., The Catholic Church and Human Rights. New York: Garland Press, 1988.
Formicola, Jo Renee, "Pope John Paul II: Responses to Clerical Sexual Abuse," in Formicola and Segers, The Political, Social and Economic Consequences of Clerical Sexual Abuse. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming 2005.
Formicola, Jo Renee and Mary Segers, "The Ugly Politics of the Bush Faith Based Initiative," in Formicola, Segers and Weber, Faith Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration:: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003. Chapter 3.
Formicola, Jo Renee, "The Good in the Bush Faith Based Initiative," in Formicola, Segers and Weber, Faith Based Inititaves and the Bush Administration: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003. Chapter 1.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “Reverend Al Sharpton: Pentecostal for Racial Justice,” in Formicola and Morken eds., Faith-Based Initiatives and Religious Leaders: Ten Profiles. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, Maryland, 2001. Chapter 3.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “Catholic Jurisprudence on Education,” in Formicola and Morken, eds..Everson Revisited: Religion, Education and Law at the Crossroads. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, Maryland, 1997. Chapter 4.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “The American Catholics Bishops and Prophetic Politics,” in Neal Riemer, ed., Let Justice Roll: Prophetic Challenges in Politics and Society. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, Maryland, 1996. Chapter 8.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “American Catholic Political Theology,” and “The Gays, Georgetown and the Government,” in Mary Segers, ed., Church Polity and American Politics. New York: Garland Press, 1990. Chapters 1 and 12.
III. Articles
Formicola, Jo Renee, "The Vatican, the American Bishops and the Church-State Ramifications of Clerical Sexual Abuse," Journal of Church and State, Summer, 2004, forthcoming.
Formicola, Jo Renee and Mary Segers, "The Bush Faith-Based Initiative and the Catholic Response," Journal of Church and State, Vol. 44, Autumn 2002, pp. 693-715.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “John Courtney Murray and the First Amendment,” Momentum, Vol. 33, No. 1, February/March, 2002, pp. 36-9.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “A Bibliography of Governor Christine Todd Whitman,” The Encyclopedia of New Jersey, 2002.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “Catholics and U. S. Education Policy,” Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, Vol. 3, No.4, June 2000, pp. 462-473.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “Human Rights,” in Robert Wuthnow, ed., The Encyclopedia of Religion and Politics. Congressional Quarterly Books: Washington, D.C. 1998.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “John Paul II: International Political Actor,” American Review of Politics, Vol. 18, Spring/Summer 1997, pp. 137-160.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “U.S.-Vatican Relations: Toward a Post-Cold War Consensus,” Journal of Church and State, Vol. 38, No. 4, Fall 1996, pp. 799-815.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “Everson Revisited: This Is Not Just A Little Case Over Bus Fares,” Polity, Vol. 28, Fall 1995, pp. 49-66.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “American Catholic Political Theology,” Journal of Church and State, Vol. 29, No.3. Autumn 1987, pp. 457-474.
IV. Interviews:
Theodore Cardinal Mc Carrick, John Cardinal O'Connor, Rev.Al Sharpton, Rev. Floyd Flake, Ambassador Raymond Flynn; Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) Mayor Bret Schundler, Benno Schmidtt Esq., Lynda Chavez, Robert Barr Esq., Dr. John DiIulio and others.
V. Reviews
Formicola, Jo Renee, Review of God at the Grassroots, 1996 by Mark Rozell and Clyde Wilcox eds, in The Journal of Politics, Vol. 60, No. 4, November 1998, pp. 1231-3.
Formicola, Jo Renee, Review of War and its Discontents: Pacificism and Quietism in the Abrahamic Traditions by J. Patout Burns, ed., in The American Political Science Review, June 1997, Vol. 91, No. 2, p. 431.
Formicola, Jo Renee, Review of Through A Window by Jane Goodall in Politics and the Life Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 1, August 1991, pp. 119-120.
Formicola, Jo Renee, Review of Boundaries Dimly Perceived by Christopher Mooney, S.J., in th Journal of Church and State, Vol. 33, No. 4, Autumn 1991, pp. 802-3.
Formicola, Jo Renee, Review of Politics and the Restraint of Science, by Leonard Cole in Politics and the Life Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1, August 1984, p. 93-4.
Formicola, Jo Renee, Review of Against Fate by Glenn Tinder in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 76, No. 4, December 1982, p. 971.
MAJOR PRESENTATIONS OF FORMAL PAPERS
“The Bush Faith-Based Initiative and the Catholic Response,” Northeast Political Science Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9 November 2001.
“School Choice and U. S. Public Policy,” Invited presentation at Providence College. Providence, Rhode Island. 23 April 2001.
“Faith-Based Politics in the United States,” Invited presentation before the Political Science Department of the National Taiwan University. Taipei, Taiwan. 9 April 2001.
“Religious Leaders, Political Causes: The Reverend Al Sharpton and Racial Discrimination,” International Congress of Americanists. Warsaw, Poland. 10 July 2000.
“How Charter Schools Came to New York State,” American Political Science Association Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia. 6 September 1999.
“Pope John Paul II: International Political Actor,” American Political Science Association Meeting. Washington, D. C. 31 August, 1997.
“The Politics of School Choice in New Jersey,” North East Political Science Association Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 13 November, 1997.
“The Strategy of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops on Abortion.” American Political Science Association. San Francisco, California. 29 August 1996.
“The U.S. And the Vatican: Partners in a New World Order?” Western Political Science Association. San Francisco, California. 11 March 1996.
“U.S.-Vatican Relations: Toward A Post-Cold War Consensus?” American Political Science Association. Chicago, Illinois. 1 September 1995.
“Christine Todd Whitman: A Potential National Figure.” New Jersey Political Science Association. Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey. 1 April, 1995.
“Catholic Jurisprudence on Abortion.” New York Political Science Association. Albany, New York, 22 April 1994.
“Lobbying by Litigation: The Catholic Bishops and the Amicus Brief.” Invited speaker at Le Moyne College. Syracuse, New York. 13 April 1994.
“Everson Revisited: This Is Not Just A Little Case Over Bus Fares.” New Jersey Political Science Association. Eagleton Institute of Politics. New Brunswick, New Jersey. 19 March, 1994.
“Catholic Jurisprudence on Education.” Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Graduate Deans of the Association of Graduate School of Catholic Colleges and Universities. Washington, D.C. 2 December, 1993.
“Catholic Jurisprudence and the Bishops’ Use of the Amicus Brief.” North East Political Science Association. Newark, New Jersey. 18 November 1993.
“The First Freedom and John Courtney Murray.” American Political Science Association. Washington, D.C. 1 September 1993.
“Writing Goals and Objectives for Political Science.” New Jersey Political Science Association. Brookdale College. Brookdale, New Jersey. 14 April 1993.
“John Courtney Murray and the First Amendment.” The Murray Symposium at the Woodstock Theological Center. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 31 October 1992.
“Human Rights and Women’s Rights: The Perspective from Rome.” North East Political Science Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 15 November 1991.
“The Catholic Church and Partisan Political Activity.” Symposium on Rerum Novarum. Immaculate Conception Seminary, South Orange, New Jersey. 20 September 1991.
“Reagan Management Innovations.” North East Political Science Association. Providence, Rhode Island. 16 November 1990.
“John Stuart Mill and Pope John Paul II on Women’s Rights.” Invited speaker at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. 2 November 1990.
“Post Mortems on the New Jersey Gubernatorial Race.” Invited speaker at Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey. 4 December 1989.
“The Gays, Georgetown and the Government.” North East Political Science Association. Providence, Rhode Island. 15 November 1988.
“The Catholic Intra-Church Debate Over Political Involvement.” North East Political Science Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17 November 1987.
“Reagan and the Catholics.” North East Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 15 November 1984.
“Catholic Political Theory: Activism Justified.” North East Political Science Association. Boston, Massachusetts. 17 November 1984.
“The Catholic Church and Human Rights.” Conference on Religion and Political Activism. University of Southern Mississippi, Biloxi, Mississippi. 4 April 1984.
“Professional Ethics.” Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery. New York, New York. 8 September 1982.
“The Moral Development of Children.” Invited speaker for the American Association of University Women. Morristown, New Jersey. 5 April 1981.
Formicola, Jo Renee. "The Bush Faith-Based Initiative." Seton Hall University Research Council. $3000. Approved and funded. March 2002.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Journal Publication, "Lunch and Learn," and Speakers. Submitted to Pi Sigma Alpha. Approved and funded: $750, $640, $250 and $500 in December 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2002.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “Service Learning Mentors.” Council of Independent Colleges of New Jersey. Approved and funded: $15,000. 1 July 1996.
Formicola, Jo Renee, “The Establishment of an Institute for Service Learning at Seton Hall University.” New Jersey State Legislature. Approved and funded: $90,000. 1 July 1996.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
· Evaluator. Middle States Accreditation Team for American University, 8-11 February 2004. Curriculum Specialist.
· Moderator. Conference with White House and N. J. State Officials on "The Bush Faith-Based Initiative." Seton Hall University, Nov. 20, 2002.
· Reviewer. Manuscripts for Catholic Education: A Magazine of Practice and Inquiry. Fall, 2002 and Fall 2003; Polity. Fall 1999, 2000 and 2003; Journal of Church and State 1998; Lexington Books, “Christian Ethics and U. S. Foreign Policy”1998.
· Reader. Doctoral dissertation on “The Politics of Higher Education in New Jersey.” 2000
· Convener. Conference on “Religion and Education at the Crossroads: The Catholic Perspective.” Seton Hall University School of Law, 14 June l997 and Conference for Teachers of First Year Students at Seton Hall University. 19 October 1996
· Chair. Panel on "Governmental Institutions and the Press: Who is Using Whom?" North East Political Science Association Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 12 November 2002. Panel on “Presidential Leadership Assessment.” North East Historical Association. Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York. 26 September 1992; Panel on “State and Local Government Issues.” North East Political Science Association. Providence, Rhode Island. 17 November 1992.; Panel on “Women and Politics. American Political Science Association Meeting. Washington, D.C. 30 August 1989; Panel on “Innovative Teaching Methodologies.” New Jersey Political Science Association. Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. 17 March 1989.
· Panelist. “Faith and Foreign Policy: The Catholic Tradition and American Foreign Relations.” Invited by Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Relations. New York, New York. March 7 and 8, 2002; “Faith-Based Initiatives;” The Governor’s Conference on Faith-Based Initiatives. Newark, New Jersey. 24 June 2001; “On Getting Published.” Northeast Political Science Association Meeting. Albany, New York. 14 November 2000.
· Discussant. Panel on “Democracy and Religion.” American Political Science Association Meeting Philadelphia, PA. 29 August 2003. Panel on “Religion and Politics.” North East Political Science Association. Newark, New Jersey. 9 November 1995; "Ethics and Municipal Managers." Center for Public Service. Seton Hall University, South Orange N. J. 15 July 1990; Panel on
“Religious Political Activism” American Political Science Association Meeting. Washington, D.C. 5 September 1984.
· Media Analyst. Political Commentary for PBS, Fox News, WNBC, WABC, WWOR, NJN, News Channel 12, UPN, and The Voice of America; as well as The Des Moines Register, The Dallas Morning Bulletin, The Star Ledger, The Bergen Record, The Morristown Record, The Asbury Park Press, The Oregonian, The Recorder News Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post-Dispatch, and other local newspapers.
· Attendee. Conference on “Envisioning Ethical Alternatives in Health Care.” 9 December 1996. National Council of Churches. New York, New York; North East Political Science Association Meeting. Boston. 15 November 1996; Edu-Com Conference on “Information Technology.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 7 and 8 October 1996; Conference on “Women’s Challenges: At the Door of the Twenty-First Century.” St. Peter’s College. Jersey City, New Jersey. 10 May 1996; “New Dean’s Conference.” Seattle. 1-4 November 1995; Conference on “Technology in Higher Education.” IBM Campus at Purchase, New York. 27 September 1995; APSA Short Course on “Religion and Politics: The 1994 election in a Cultural Perspective.” Chicago, Illinois 31 August 1995; Conference at the University of Chicago on “Multiculturalism and Higher Education.” Chicago, Illinois. 20-23 November 1993; Panel on “U.S. Involvement in the Gulf War.” New Jersey Political Science Association. Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey. 18 March 1991; Conference of the Association of American Colleges on “Evaluation and Assessment.” Washington, D.C. 16-18 January, 1991; Conference of the New Jersey Institute for College Teaching on “Leadership and Management.” 21 September 1990; Conference of the American Association of Higher Education on “Multicultural Diversity in Higher Education.” San Francisco, California. 15-18 April 1989; Conference of the Carnegie Council on International Affairs at Purdue University on “Human Rights and Foreign Policy.” West Lafayette, Indiana.16-18 September 1988.
Paper Presenter. "The Catholic Church-State Ramifications of Pedophilia in the United States" to the Northeast Religion and Society Association. 26 March 2004, South Orange, N. J.
Consultant. Le Moyne College (Syracuse, New York) on the Le Moyne-Zogby International Polling Initiative. April 200l.
Convener. Forum on "Ethics of Politics in New Jersey," 3 March 2003; Student Discussion with Ms. Phyllis Lee of the United Nations on “The U. N. and Human Rights,” Spring 2000; “Lunch and Learn” Career Day for Students of Political Science, Social Work and Criminal Justice, Fall 1999; “Getting Started in Local Politics.” Women’s Faculty Association, Seton Hall University,18 March 1998(Guest Speaker); College of Arts and Sciences Chairs’ Orientation. 1991. “Lunch and Learn” for Political Science Majors. 1985, 1988-1991 and 1999.Conference on “Campaign Ethics.” College of Arts and Sciences, April 1984.
Committees. Chair of Millennium Committee. Borough of Madison, New Jersey 1998; Steering Committee for Catholic Service Initiative. 1997-1998; University Council 1996; Arts Council fo the University, 1996; Steering Committee of the ACE/Kellogg Project 1995 to Make Strategic Change for the First Three Semesters; Provost’s Orientation Committee for Department Chairs, 1993-1994; Member of the Business School Task Force on Establishing a Master’s Program in International Business. 1993; Liaison to the Middle States Accreditation team. 1992-1993; Chancellor’s Task Force on Faculty Governance. 1991-1992; Chair, Selection Committee for Washington Internship Minority Fellows Scholarship Program, l99l-1993; Deans' Committee on Practica, Internships and Co-operative Education, l992; Associate Provost’s Retention Committee. 1990-1993 and 1995-1996; Committee Woman, Madison Municipal Republican Committee. 1992. Elected. President of North East Political Science Association.1999; Program Chair of North East Political Science Association Meeting. Boston 1998; Provost Search Committee. 1997-1998; Faculty Senate 1995; Chair of College By-Laws Committee. 1989; Member of the City Council of the Borough of Madison. 1986-1989.
Guest Speaker. Pi Sigma Alpha Induction at Drew University,1992; Freshman Convocation. 1992; Honors Colloquia of Fairleigh Dickinson and Drew University. 1992; Faculty Dialogue on “The Catholic Bishops, Abortion and the 1996 Presidential Election, 30 October 1996; Morristown Presbyterian Church. “Religion and the 1996 Election,” 10 October 1996; “The Bill of Rights.” Harding Township Celebration; 4 July 1992.
Advisor. “Political Analysis,” Student Journal, 1992, 1998, 2002; St. Thomas More Pre-Legal Society. 1991; Pi Sigma Alpha. 1987-1990 and 1998-2000, 2002.Campaign Manager for State Senator Leanna Brown for re-election to the New Jersey State Senate, l993; Dorm Wing Advisor, l992; Founded and Advised. “The New Jersey Pre-Law Review.” 1991; Political Science Association. 1987, 1988 and 1990.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Served. 2000 N. E. Pol. Sci. Assoc. Immediate Past President
Elected. 1999 N. E. Pol. Sci. Assoc. President
Elected. 1998 N. E. Pol. Sci. Assoc. Vice President and Program Chair
Elected. 1997 N. E. Pol. Sci. Assoc. Second Vice President
Elected. 1995 N. E. Political Science Association, Third Vice President
Selected. 1995 Seton Hall University Trustees’ Service Award
Elected. 1995 APSA, Religion and Politics Section, Executive Board
Elected 1994 N. E. Political Science Association, American Chair
Elected. 1993 N. J. Political Scientist of the Year
Elected. 1991 N. E. Political Science Association, American Chair
Elected. 1990 N. E. Political Science Association, American Chair
Elected. 1990 N. J. Political Science Association, President
Elected. 1989 N. J. Political Science Association, Vice President
Chosen. 1989 N. J. Political Science Association, Program Chair
Elected. 1988 APSA, Religion and Politics Section, Executive Board
Selected. 1966 Pi Sigma Alpha, National Honor Society for Political Scientists
Selected. 1963 Gamma Pi Epsilon, Jesuit Honor Society for Women.
Selected. 1963 Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities
References on request.