Pohlmann, Marcus D. 1950-

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POHLMANN, Marcus D. 1950-

PERSONAL: Born September 18, 1950, in Davenport, IA; son of Clement A. (a foreman) and Lois L. (a bookkeeper; maiden name, Smith) Pohlmann; married Barbara A. Heimann (an elementary school teacher); children: Justin. Education: Cornell College, B.A., 1972; Columbia University, M.A., 1974, Ph.D., 1976. Politics: Democrat. Religion: "Raised Catholic." Hobbies and other interests: Sports, films, bridge.

ADDRESSES: Home—367 Forest Hill Irene Rd., Cordova, TN 38018. Office—Rhodes College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer and educator. College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, assistant professor, 1977–83; Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, associate professor, 1983–86; Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, professor, 1986–; Metropolitan Applied Research Center, research associate; USSR Fulbright lectureship, 1982.

MEMBER: American Political Science Association, Authors Guild, Authors League of America, American Mock Trial Association (president elect).

AWARDS, HONORS: Clarence Day Award for outstanding research, Rhodes College; Distinguished Service Award, Rhodes College; seven Reynoldson Awards, American Mock Trial Association.

WRITINGS:

Political Power in the Postindustrial City: An Introduction to Urban Politics, Associated Faculty Press (Millwood, NY), 1986.

Black Politics in Conservative America, Longman (New York, NY), 1990.

Governing the Postindustrial City, Longman (New York, NY), 1993.

(With Michael P. Kirby) Racial Politics at the Crossroads: Memphis Elects Dr. W.W. Herenton, University of Tennessee Press (Knoxville, TN), 1996.

(With Linda Vallar Whisenhunt) Student's Guide to Landmark Congressional Laws on Civil Rights, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2002.

(Editor) African-American Political Thought, Routledge (New York, NY), 2003.

Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Political Science Quarterly, Journal of Politics, New Political Science, Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and National Forum.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Where Have You Gone, Horatio Alger? A Convergence of Race and Poverty in the Memphis City Schools; a new edition of Black Politics in Conservative America; research on American politics text.

SIDELIGHTS: Marcus D. Pohlmann told CA: "I suppose my research interests stem primarily from my personal background. I was born and raised in a working-class neighborhood in a declining industrial city in the Midwest. I was taught social responsibility by the nuns and priests in my Catholic school. I came of age politically during the 1960s. As a high school and college basketball player, I spent much of my time in African-American milieus. I went to graduate school in New York City, with Charles V. Hamilton as my mentor. I was in New York during its fiscal crisis of 1975 and outside Cleveland during its own variant in 1978. I became disillusioned with state socialism after my USSR Fulbright lectureship in 1982. I was in Memphis for the election of its first African-American mayor, and have been able to observe and analyze the city's struggling public school system."