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July 2015
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal
Name
Craig Alan Rimmerman
Date and Place of Birth:
January 9, 1957
Jackson, Michigan
Business Address:
Public Policy
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York 14456
(315) 781-3435
rimmerman@hws.edu
Home Address:
46 Penny Lane
Ithaca, New York 14850
(607) 227-4562
Current Position:
Professor of Public Policy Studies
and Political Science
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Education
B.A.
Miami University (Ohio)
Majors: Political Science and English; B.A. May, 1979
M.A.
Ohio State University
M.A. August, 1982 (Political Science)
Ph.D.
The Ohio State University
Ph.D. August, 1984
Teaching Qualifications
American Politics and Public Policy
Public Policy Process
Environmental Policy
Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy
AIDS and Public Policy
Urban Policy
Social Policy
Political Theory
Democratic Political Theory
American Political Thought
Normative Political Theory
Professional Experience
Present Position, Professor
Public Policy Studies Program
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The Joseph P. DiGangi Endowed Chair in the Social
Sciences (2005-2010)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
July 1990-July 1996
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
August 1986-July 1990
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
College of Charleston
August 1984-August 1986
Fellowship
Awarded the 1992-93 American Political Science Association, William A. Steiger Congressional
Fellowship (worked on the Washington, DC staffs of Senator Tom Daschle and Representative
Barbara Kennelly).
Consulting Political Science Book Editor
“Dilemmas in American Politics” (Westview Press, 2005-present).
Books
Craig A.
Rimmerman,
The Lesbian
and Gay
Movements:
Assimilation
or Liberation?
(2nd edition;
published
August 2014;
dated 2015)
Craig A.
Rimmerman,
The New
Citizenship:
Unconvention
al Politics,
Activism, and
Service 4th
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edition
(published
July 2010;
dated 2011)
Craig A.
Rimmerman,
ed., Service
Learning and
the Liberal
Arts: What
Works and
Why
(Lexington
Books, 2008).
Craig A. Rimmerman, The Lesbian and Gay Movements: Assimilation or Liberation? (Westview
Press, 2008)
Craig A. Rimmerman and Clyde Wilcox, eds., The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage (The University of
Chicago Press, 2007).
From Identity to Politics: The Lesbian and Gay Movements in the United States (Temple University
Press, 2002).
Craig A. Rimmerman, Kenneth D. Wald, and Clyde Wilcox, eds., The Politics of Gay Rights (The
University of Chicago Press, 2000).
The New Citizenship: Unconventional Politics,
Activism, and Service 3rd. Edition (Westview Press, 2005).
Craig A. Rimmerman, ed., Gay Rights, Military Wrongs: Political Perspectives on Lesbians and Gays
in the Military (Garland Publishers, 1996).
Presidency by Plebiscite: The Reagan-Bush Era in Institutional Perspective (Westview Press,
January 1993).
Books in Progress
The Lesbian and Gay Movements: Assimilation or Liberation? (3rd edition research underway;
Westview Press).
Articles and Book Chapters
"A Friend in the White House? Reflections on the Clinton Presidency." In Creating Change. Edited
by John D'Emilio, William Turner, and Urvashi Vaid (St. Martin's Press, 2000).
"The Rise of the Plebiscitary Presidency," excerpt from Craig A. Rimmerman, Presidency by
Plebiscite: The Reagan-Bush Era in Institutional Perspective. In The Lanahan Readings in the
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American Polity 4th edition. Edited by Ann G. Serow and Everett C. Ladd (Lanahan Publishers,
2011).
“A Friend in the White House? Reflections on the Clinton Presidency.” In Creating Change. Edited
by John D’Emilio, William Turner, and Urvashi Vaid (St. Martin’s Press, 2000).
"Beyond Political Mainstreaming: Reflections on Lesbian and Gay Organizations and the
Grassroots." In The Politics of Gay Rights. Edited by Craig A. Rimmerman, Kenneth D. Wald, and
Clyde Wilcox (University of Chicago Press, 2000).
"The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund Comes of Age: Reflections on the 1996 Elections." In _After the
Revolution: PACs, Lobbies, and the Republican Congress. Edited by Robert Biersack, Paul S.
Herrnson, and Clyde Wilcox (Allyn and Bacon, 1999).
"ACT UP," "Congress," and "The Presidency" entries in Raymond A. Smith, ed.,
Encyclopedia of AIDS (Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998).
"The Military." In St. James Press Gay and Lesbian Almanac. Edited by Neal Schlager (St. James
Press, 1998.)
"American Political System" course syllabus, published in a volume of exemplary syllabi, edited by
Marjorie R. Hershey and published by the American Political Science Association, 1998.
"Critical Reflections on the Doomsday, Apocalyptic Vision." In The Coming Scarcity. Edited by
Michael Dobkowski and Isidor Wallimann (Syracuse University Press, 1997).
"Teaching American Politics through Service: Reflections on a Pedagogical Strategy." In Education
for Citizenship: Ideas and Innovations in Political Learning. Edited by Grant Reeher and Joseph
Cammarano (Rowman and Littlefield, 1997).
Richard Guarasci and Craig A. Rimmerman, "Applying Democratic Theory in Community
Organizations." In Teaching Democracy by Being Democratic. Edited by Theodore L. Becker and
Richard A. Couto (Praeger, 1996).
"Promise Unfulfilled: Clinton's Failure to Overturn the Military Ban on Lesbians and Gays." In Gay
Rights, Military Wrongs: Political Perspectives on Lesbians and Gays in the Military. Edited by Craig
A. Rimmerman (Garland Publishing, Inc., 1996).
Articles and Book Chapters Continued
"New Kids on the Block: WISH List and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund." In Risky Business: PAC
Decisionmaking and Strategy in Congressional Elections. Edited by Robert Biersack, Paul S.
Herrnson, and Clyde Wilcox (ME Sharpe, 1994).
"When Women Run Against Women: Double Standards and Vitriol in the New York Primary." In The
Year of the Woman: Myths and Realities. Edited by Sue Thomas, Clyde Wilcox, and Elizabeth Cook
(Westview, 1994).
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"Responses" to Position Papers by Harry Boyte and Benjamin Barber in The Civic Arts Review,
Fall 1992.
"American Political System" course syllabus, published in a volume of exemplary syllabi, edited by
Marjorie R. Hershey and published by the American Political Science Association, 1991.
"Democracy and Critical Education for Citizenship," in PS, September 1991.
"Reflections on Democracy and Citizenship," in Practicing Citizenship, a Public Leadership Education
Volume, published by the Kettering Foundation, 1991.
"The Post-Modern Presidency: A New Presidential Epoch?" in Western Political Quarterly (March
1991).
"Teaching Legislative Politics and Policy Making," in Political Science Teacher, Winter 1990.
"Teaching the Modern Presidency," Political Science Teacher, Summer 1989.
"Reagan's New Federalism and the Implementation of Community Development Block Grants in a
Midwestern City." In The Midwest Response to the New Federalism. Edited by Peter Eisinger and
William Gormley (University of Wisconsin Press, 1988).
"The Institutional Presidency and Democratic Accountability." Review Essay, Polity,
Winter 1987.
"Citizen Participation in a Time of Resource Scarcity," in Citizen Participation, Spring 1986.
"Citizen Participation and Policy Implementation in the Columbus, Ohio CDBG Program," Public
Administration Quarterly, Fall 1985.
Book Reviews
Review of Michael Eads' and George Fix's Relief or Reform: Reap-an's Regulatory Dilemma in the
American Political Science Review, June 1985.
Review of Michael R. Williams' Neighborhood Organizations: Seeds of a New Urban Life in the
American Political Science Review, September 1986.
Review of Gerald Hunt, ed., Laboring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations
and Kitty Krupat and Patrick McCreery, Out at Work: Building a Gay Labor Alliance in the
British Journal of Industrial Relations, March 2002.
Consulting Editor
Consulting Editor for Robert A. Heineman's, Steven A. Peterson's, and Thomas H.
Rasmussen's American Government (McGraw Hill, 1989).
American Political Science Association Work
Member of the Selection Committee for the 2000 Carey McWilliams Award.
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Prepared Service-Learning Tool-Kit for the Education Section of the American Political Science
Association, Directed by Dr. Sheilah Mann, September 2000.
Section Head, "Undergraduate Education," American Political Science Association's Annual
Meetings in Atlanta, Georgia, August 30-September 2, 1999.
Presented at Professional Conferences
"Beyond Political Mainstreaming: The Lesbian and Gay Movements and the Clinton Presidency (with
Early Thoughts on "W")," American Political Science Association Annual Meetings in San Francisco,
California, August 30-September 2, 2001.
"Teaching American Politics Through Service," American Political Science Association Annual
Meetings, American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, September 1999, Atlanta,
Georgia.
"Promise Unfulfilled: Clinton's Plan to Overturn the Ban on Gays and Lesbians in the Military,"
American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, September 1994, New York, New York.
"AIDS and Community Action: Developing an Appropriate Pedagogy," American Political Science
Association Annual Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1993.
"Executive Hegemony in American Foreign Policy: The Reagan and Bush Eras," New York State
Political Science Association Meeting, April 1992.
"The Politicization of Presidential Appointments in the Reagan Era: A 'New' Source of
Presidential Power," Southern Political Science Association Meetings, Memphis, Tennessee,
November 1989.
"Deficit Politics: The President, Congress, and the Gramm/Rudman/Hollings Legislation," American
Political Science Association Meetings, Washington, DC, August 31, 1988.
"The Presidency in a Time of Resource Scarcity," American Political Science Association Annual
Meetings, Chicago, Illinois, August 29, 1987.
"The State of Implementation Research, “The Midwest Political Science Association Meetings,
Chicago, Illinois, April 11, 1986.
"Citizen Participation and Policy Implementation in the Columbus, Ohio CDBG Program," The
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings, April 18, 1985.
Presented at Professional Conferences Continued
"The Impact of Citizen Participation on the Implementation of the Community Development Block
Grant Program in Columbus, Ohio." The American Political Science Association Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC, September 1, 1984.
"Citizen Participation and a Local Bureaucracy: The Impact of the Reagan Reforms on the
Implementation of the Community Development Block Grant Program in Columbus, Ohio," The
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings, Chicago, Illinois, April 11-14, 1984.
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Additional Conference Activities
"Roundtable on Writing and Publishing on Queer Politics," chair, convener, and participant,
American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, Washington, DC, September 2, 2000.
"Critical Reflections on Teaching Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy," American Political
Science Association Annual Meetings, Chicago, Illinois, September 1995.
"Community, Politics, and Service: A Pedagogical Approach," presented by Richard Guarasci and
Craig Rimmerman, American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, New York, New York,
September 1994.
Invited Participant, Public Leadership Education Conference, The Kettering Foundation, Dayton,
Ohio, June 1990.
Discussant, "Public Policy and AIDS," The American Political Science Association Annual
Meetings, August 30-September 3, 1989, Atlanta, Georgia.
Participant, "Lilly Endowment Workshop on the Liberal Arts," Colorado College, Colorado Springs,
Colorado, June 21-July 1, 1989.
Participant, "Public Leadership Education Conference," The Kettering Foundation, Dayton,
Ohio, June 7-9, 1989.
Chairman, "The Reagan Presidency Reassessed," Northeastern Political Science Association Annual
Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 10-12, 1988.
Discussant, "Presidential-Congressional Relations: The Reagan Years," New York State Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, Albany, New York, April 1988.
Discussant, "Participatory Learning Experiences." New York Political Science Association Annual
Meeting, New York, New York, April 3-4, 1987.
Discussant, The Kettering Foundation's conference on "Teaching Citizenship Education," at
Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland, March 3-4,1987.
Discussant, "Group Mobilization in Local Politics." The American Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 29, 1986.
Chairman and Discussant, “Political Theory, Policy, and Justification." The American Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 30, 1985.
Invited Speaking Engagements
"The New Citizenship: Critical Reflections on Service Learning and Democratic Education" at the
1999 Presidents' Leadership Colloquium on Rekindling the Democratic Spirit: What is the Role of
Higher Education?" The Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado, June 29-July 1, 1999.
"Service Learning Educational Strategies, The New Citizenship, and the Liberal Arts." The University
of Wisconsin-Green Bay, May 1998.
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"Service Learning and the New Citizenship," The College of Charleston, February 1998.
"Democracy and Critical Education for Citizenship," Providence College, April 1997.
Editorial Work
Editorial Board Member, Westview Press, Series on "Dilemmas in American Politics"
Manuscript Reviewer
American Political Science Review
Polity
Social Science Quarterly
The Journal of Planning Literature
Courses Taught
The Civil Rights Movement and Public Policy (senior political science seminar)
The American Presidency
The President, Congress, and Public Policy
American Congress
Introduction to American Politics
Democratic Theory
Social Policy and Community Activism
An Introduction to Public Policy
Environmental Policy
Urban Politics and Public Policy
Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy
Citizen Participation and Public Policy
The City (Bidisciplinary course taught with an Economist)
Camera Politica (Bidisciplinary course taught with a colleague in English/Film)
Environmental Ethics and Public Policy (Bidisciplinary course taught with a Philosopher)
The Me Generation (interdisciplinary senior forum)
AIDS: Crisis and Challenges (interdisciplinary senior forum)
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Administrative Experience
Public Policy Studies Program Coordinator
September 1997-present
Political Science Department Chair at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
July 1991-July 1992
July 1993-July 1995
Urban Studies Program Coordinator, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1989-1992.
Co-coordinator of Hobart and William Smith Colleges Washington, DC term, winter 1999, winter
1997, winter 1991. Administrative duties included: student recruitment, securing and establishing
internships for 40 students, monitoring student internship performances, and teaching.
Co-coordinator of Hobart and William Smith Colleges London, England term, fall 1997.
Administrative duties included monitoring student internships and arranging political, cultural, and
educational experiences for participating students.
Global Issues Coordinator for the 1986 Governor's School Program, College of Charleston, January
10-July 28, 1986.
Teaching Award
Graduate Associate Teaching Award, The Ohio State University, June, 1983. One of ten winners out
of 2400 Graduate Teaching Associates.
References
Professor David Ost
Department of Political Science
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York 14456
315-781-3428
Professor Clyde Wilcox
Department of Government
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057
202-687-5273
Professor John S. Dryzek
Political Science Program
Research School of Social Sciences
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
(+61)26249 2256
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References Continued
Professor James Farr
Department of Political Science
University of Minnesota
1414 Social Science
267 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
President Mark Gearan
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York 14456
(315)-781-3309
Professor Goldie Shabad
Department of Political Science
Ohio State University
223 Derby Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
Professor Derek S. Linton
Department of History
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York 14456
(315)-781-3382
Professor Steven Lee
Department of Philosophy
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York 14456
(315)-781-3379
Dr. Tamar March
Dean, Undergraduate Education
Radcliffe College
Agassiz House
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Professor Randall B. Ripley, Dean
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
1010 Derby Hall
154 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210