Medearis, John 1963-

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MEDEARIS, John 1963-

PERSONAL:

Born September 12, 1963, in Baltimore, MD; son of Donald Norman, Jr. (a physician) and Mary Ellen (Marble) Medearis; married Jessica M. Goodheart (a researcher), 1993; children: Max Goodheart. Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1985; University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, Ph.D., 1998.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of Political Science, University of California—Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0102. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

California State University—Northridge, Northridge, CA, assistant professor of political science, 1999-2001; University of California—Riverside, Riverside, CA, assistant professor of political science, 2001—.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Thomas J. Wilson Prize, Harvard University Press, c. 2001, for Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy.

WRITINGS:

Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA), 2001.

Contributor to academic journals, including American Political Science Review and British Journal of Political Science.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Democracy Where It's Difficult.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Perspectives on Political Science, summer, 2002, James L. Danielson, review of Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy, p. 185.

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