Harris, Charles Wesley
HARRIS, Charles Wesley
HARRIS, Charles Wesley. American, b. 1929. Genres: Politics/Government, Urban studies. Career: Coppin State College, Baltimore, MD, associate professor, 1961-66, chairperson, Division of Social Sciences, 1967-68, director of graduate studies, 1969-70; Howard University, Washington, DC, professor of political science, 1970-, department head, 1974-77, associate dean, College of Liberal Arts, 1988-92. U.S. Civil Service Commission, associate director of Executive Institutes, 1966-67; Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, senior specialist and chief of Government Division, 1971-74. Brookings Institution, visiting scholar, 1987-88; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, fellow, 1992-93 and 1994. Publications: Regional Councils of Government and the Central City, 1970; Resolving the Legislative Veto Issue, 1979; (co-author) Perspectives of Political Power in the District of Columbia, 1981; Congress and the Governance of the Nation's Capital: The Conflict of Federal and Local Interests, 1995; Foreign Capital City Governance: Representation, Governmental Structure, Finances, and Intergovernmental Relations in Six Capital Cities, 1997. Contributor to books and professional journals. Address: Department of Political Science, Howard University, 2400 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059, U.S.A.