Prof. G. Alan Tarr                             

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DATA
Born: November 21, 1946 in Gloucester, MA
Married, two children
University Address: Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, 401 Cooper St., Camden, NJ 08102
University Phone: (856) 225-2970; (856) 225-6625
FAX: (856) 225-6085 E-mail: tarr@camden.rutgers.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1976, University of Chicago M.A., 1970, University of Chicago
B.A., cum laude, 1968, College of the Holy Cross

AREAS OF ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATION
American Constitutional Law   
Courts and the Judicial Process
State Constitutions     
American Politics
Comparative Constitutionalism  
The American Founding
Federalism     
Political Theory

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Director, Center for State Constitutional Studies, 1995- .
Organizer, International Association of Subnational Constitutional Law, 2004-    .
Acting Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Rutgers University-Camden, 1995.
Chair, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University-Camden, 1987-1989; 2002-2005.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Rutgers University-Camden: Distinguished Professor,
1997- ; Professor,1989-1997; Associate Professor, 1983-1989; Assistant Professor, 1978-1983
University of Graz: Visiting Professor, Law School, 2000
St. Olaf College: Assistant Professor, 1977-1978; Instructor, 1975-1977

PUBLICATIONS

Books
STATE CONSTITUTIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. Albany:
State University of New York Press, 2005 (volume 1), 2006 (volumes 2 & 3).
Co-editor and contributor.
CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGINS, STRUCTURE, AND DEVELOPMENT IN FEDERAL DEMOCRACIES.  Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press, 2005.  Co-editor and  contributor.
FEDERALISM, SUBNATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS, AND THE PROTECTION OF MINORITY RIGHTS. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. Co-editor and contributor.
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CASES AND INTERPRETATION. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 2007 (7th edition). Co-author.
JUDICIAL PROCESS AND JUDICIAL POLICYMAKING. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 2005 (4th edition).
UNDERSTANDING STATE CONSTITUTIONS. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
FEDERALISM AND RIGHTS. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield,1996. Co-editor and contributor.
CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICS IN THE STATES. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. Editor and contributor.
STATE SUPREME COURTS IN STATE AND NATION. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. Co-author.
STATE SUPREME COURTS: POLICYMAKERS IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. Co-editor and contributor.
JUDICIAL IMPACT AND STATE SUPREME COURTS. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1977.

Editorships
Series co-editor, of the Sub-National Constitutions volumes in the INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LAWS, published by Kluwer Law International (1997- ). Series editor, for "State Constitutions of the United States," a 50-volume reference series published by Greenwood Press (1987-   ).
Guest co-editor, "New Developments in State Constitutional Law," special issue of PUBLIUS: THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM 17 (1987).

Selected Articles
"Designing an Appointment System: The Key Questions," FORDHAM URBAN LAW REVIEW, forthcoming in 2007.
"Introduction" to Annual State Constitutional Issue, RUTGERS LAW JOURNAL 37,  forthcoming in 2007.  Co-author.
"Getting from Here to There: Twenty-First Century Mechanisms and Opportunities in State Constitutional Reform," RUTGERS LAW JOURNAL 36 (2005). Co-author.
"American Constitutionalism and the Indian Tribes," INDIAN JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM 8 (2005).
"The Place of State Legislatures Under State Constitutions," THE LEGISLATIVE LAWYER 18 (2004).
"Rethinking the Selection of State Supreme Court Justices," WILLAMETTE LAW JOURNAL 39 (2003).
"Cyprus and the Clash of Rights," INDIAN JOURNAL OF FEDERAL STUDIES 6 (2003).
"Interpreting the Separation of Powers in State Constitutions," NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ANNUAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN LAW 59 (2003)
"The Montana Constitution: A National Perspective," MONTANA LAW REVIEW 64 (2003).
"The State of State Constitutions," LOUISIANA LAW REVIEW 62 (2002). "Laboratories of Democracy?" PUBLIUS: THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM 31
(2001).
"Creating Russian Federalism," SOUTH TEXAS LAW REVIEW 40 (1999).
"Models and Fashions in State Constitutionalism," WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW (1998).
"The New Judicial Federalism in Perspective," NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW 72 (1997).
"State Constitutions and State Political History," JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY1 81 (1995).
"The Past and Future of the New Judicial Federalism," PUBLIUS: THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM 24 (1994).
"Understanding State Constitutions," TEMPLE LAW REVIEW 65 (1992).
"Constitutional Theories and Constitutional Rights," PUBLIUS: THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM 22 (1992).
"State Constitutional Law and Constitutional Theory," RUTGERS LAW JOURNAL 22 (1991).
"Church and State in the States," WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW 63 (1989).
"Religion Under State Constitutions," ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 496 (1988).
"State Constitutionalism and State Constitutional Law," PUBLIUS: THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM 17 (1987). Co-author.
"Legitimacy and Capacity in State Supreme Court Policymaking:
The New Jersey Supreme Court and Exclusionary Zoning," RUTGERS LAW JOURNAL 15 (1984). Co-author.
"The New Judicial Federalism and the Ohio Supreme Court: An Anatomy of a Failure," OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 45 (1984). Co-author.
"Gender Equality and Judicial Federalism: The Role of State Appellate Courts," HASTINGS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW QUARTERLY 9 1982). Co-author.
"The Effects of Court Unification on Court Performance: A Preliminary Assessment," JUDICATURE 64 (1981).

Selected Book Chapters
"Politicizing the Process: The New Politics of State Judicial Elections," in Keith Bybee,
 ed., BENCH PRESS: THE COLLISION OF COURTS, POLITICS, AND THE MEDIA. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, forthcoming 2007.
"La Potencialidad del Constitucionalismo Estatal," in Manuel Gonzalez Oropeza and Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor, eds., LA JUSTICIA CONSTITUCIONAL EN LAS ENTIDADES FEDERATIVAS (Mexico City: Editorial Prrua, 2006).
"Los Fundamentos Constitucionales del Federalismo Judicial Americano," in Manuel Gerpe and Merce Barcelo, eds., EL FEDERALISMO JUDICIAL Barcelona:
Institut d'Estudis Autonomics, 2006).
"Introduction" in G. Alan Tarr and Robert F. Williams, eds. STATE CONSTITUTIONS FOR THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY: THE POLITICS OF STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM. Albany: SUNY Press, 2005.
"Introduction" and "The Judicial Branch" in G. Alan Tarr and Robert F. Williams, eds.
STATE CONSTITUTIONS  FOR THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY: THE AGENDA OF STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM. Albany: SUNY Press, 2006.
"Introduction" and "The United States of America," in John Kincaid and Alan Tarr, eds.
CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGINS, STRUCTURE, AND DEVELOPMENT IN FEDERAL DEMOCRACIES.  Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press, 2005.
"Federalism, State Constitutions, and the Protection of Minority Rights in the United States," in Josef Marko, Alan Tarr, & Robert Williams, eds., FEDERALISM, SUBNATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS, AND MINORITY RIGHTS. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004.
"Creating Federalism in Russia," in Neil McCabe, ed., COMPARATIVE FEDERALISM IN THE DEVOLUTION ERA. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2002.
"For the People: Direct Democracy in the State Constitutional Tradition," in Elliott Abrams, ed., DEMOCRACY: HOW DIRECT? Lanham, MD: Rowman &Littlefield, 2002.
"Learning the Lessons of Constitutional Reform: Alabama in National Perspective," in Bailey Thompson, ed., THE 1901 ALABAMA CONSTITUTION: A CENTURY OF CONTROVERSY. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2002.
"The New Judicial Federalism in Perspective," in Franz Gress et al., eds., THE AMERICAN FEDERAL SYSTEM: BEYOND COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM.
Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang, 1994.
"The States and Civil Liberties" and "Equality in the States," in Ellis Katz, ed., STATE LAW IN THE AMERICAN FEDERAL SYSTEM. Washington, DC: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1989.

Other
"Foreword" to re-issue of Merill D. Peterson, ed., Democracy, Liberty, and Property: The State Constitutional Conventions of the 1820s. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, forthcoming in 2008.
"The Missouri Court System: An Assessment," report prepared for the Standing Committee on Judicial Independence of the American Bar Association and delivered to the Chief Justice of Missouri (2006).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Selected Speeches and Lectures (International)
"Judicial Federalism in the United States," delivered at a conference sponsored by the Supreme Court of Mexico (2007).
"Federalism and Innovation: The Case of the American States," delivered at a conference sponsored by the Graduate School of Public Administration and Public Policy in Monterrey, Mexico (2007).
"Development of American Federalism," "Federalism and the Protection of Rights,"
 "Resolving Competency Conflicts in Federal Systems," and "Crafting Constitutional Federalism," delivered as part of a twelve-day lecture series under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State in Myanmar (2006).
"Federalism and the Protection of Rights in the United States," delivered at the Law School of the University of Barcelona (2004).
"The Potentialities of State Constitutions," keynote address delivered at a conference on Subnational Constitutional Law, sponsored by the Mexican Supreme Court, in Oaxaca, Mexico (2004).
"Federalism and Dual Protections of Rights," "Judicial Independence in the United States," "Local Governments in the American Constitutional Order," and "Legal Education in the United States," delivered as part of a one-week lecture tour under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2003).
"The Clash of Rights and the Cyprus Problem," delivered at a conference on the Cyprus Problem, sponsored by the Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus (2002).
"Federalism, State Constitutions, and the Protection of Minority Rights in the United States," delivered at a conference on Federalism, Subnational Constitutions, and Minority Rights, cosponsored by the European Academy and the Center for State Constitutional Studies, in Bolzano, Italy (2001)
"The New Judicial Federalism," delivered at a conference sponsored by the Hanns Seidel Stiftung, in Munich, Germany (2001).
"Federalism and American State Constitutions," delivered at the University of Toronto (2000).
"Controlling Competency Conflicts--Subnational Constitutions, National Constitutions, and the Allocation of Authority," delivered at a conference for South African
officials, sponsored by the Center for State Constitutional Studies and the University of South Africa, in Pretoria (1999).
"Russian Federalism--An American Perspective," delivered at a conference for Russian officials, sponsored by the Russian Law Academy and the University of Maryland, in Moscow (1998).
"Horizontal Federalism and Innovation," delivered at a conference for Russian officials and jurists, sponsored by the Russian Ministry for Regional Policy and the University of Maryland, in Moscow (1998).
"Dynamics of American Constitutionalism" and "Federalism and Rights," delivered at meetings with Cypriot officials and jurists, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy, Nicosia, Cyprus (1998).
"Relationships Among Constitutional Courts," delivered at a conference for Russian officials and jurists on Legal Foundations of Federalism, sponsored by the Russian Constitutional Union and the University of Maryland, in Moscow, Russia (1997).
"Constitutional Politics and Sub-national Constitutions: The Case of the United States," delivered at the 1st World Law Conference, Brussels, Belgium (1996).
"American State Constitutions: Lessons for Russia?" and "Fiscal Federalism in the United States," delivered at a USIA-sponsored conference for Russian officials, at Kemerovo, Russia (1996).
"The Protection of Constitutional Rights in the United States" and "The Role of the Judiciary in American Government," delivered at Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia (1994).
"The New Judicial Federalism in Perspective," delivered at a conference on federalism at the Center for North American Studies, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (1994).
"Constitutional Parameters of American Federalism," delivered at a USIA-sponsored conference for Russian officials, at Novosibirsk, Russia (1993).

Selected Speeches and Lectures (U.S.)
"Federalism and NAFTA: Are They Compatible?" delivered at a conference at American University (2007).
"Direct Democracy and State Legislatures," delivered at the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures, in Nashville, TN (2006).
"Constitutional Reform in Wisconsin," delivered to the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities (2005).
"The Place of State Legislatures Under State Constitutions," delivered as the Distinguished Scholar Lecture at the annual conference of the Legal Services Staff Section of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Burlington, Vermont (2004).
"State Constitutional Interpretation," delivered at a conference on state courts and interpretation, Ave Maria Law School (2003).
"Rethinking the Selection of State Supreme Court Justices," delivered at a conference on state judicial selection, Willamette University (2003).
"State Constitutions and the Separation of Powers--Conflict and Comity," delivered at a conference on state separation of powers, St. Anselm's College (2002).
"The Montana Constitution in National Perspective," keynote address delivered at a conference on the Montana Constitution, University of Montana (2002).
"Reforming State Constitutions: The Judiciary," delivered at the annual meeting of the Governing Board of the Council of State Court Administrators in Washington, DC (2001)
"The Implications of State Constitutional Reform for the Revision of Tribal Constitutions," delivered at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2001).
Keynote address, delivered at a conference on "The State of State Constitutions," sponsored by the Center for State Constitutional Studies (2000).
"State Constitutions and Constitutional Politics," delivered at the Claremont Graduate School (1999) and at the University of Southern California (1999).
"Creating Russian Federalism," delivered at a Conference on Comparative Federalism sponsored by the South Texas Law School (1999) and at the University of Southern California (1999).
"Models and Fashions in State Constitutionalism," delivered at a symposium marking the sesquicentennial of the Wisconsin Constitution (1998).
"American Constitutionalism and Local Government," delivered at a meeting of officials from Korea, sponsored by USIA (1998), at a meeting of officials from Turkey, sponsored by USIA (1995), and at a meeting of officials from Russian republics, sponsored by USIA (1993).
"The New Judicial Federalism in Perspective," delivered at the annual meeting of the Conference of Chief Justices (1997).
"State Constitutional Politics in Historical Perspective," delivered at conference of the American Association of Law Schools (1995).

Selected Conferences
Director, for a conference on "Liberty and Popular Government Under State Constitutions," sponsored by the Liberty Fund (2007), in Safety Harbor, FL.
Director, for an international conference on "Federalism and Subnational Constitutions: Design and Reform," sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation (2004), in Bellagio, Italy.
Co-director, for an international conference on "Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Systems," sponsored by the Forum of Federations (2003) in Philadelphia, PA.
Co-director, for a conference on "Separation of Powers in the States," in conjunction with the New Hampshire Judicial Council and the Institute of Politics (2002), in
Manchester, NH.
Co-organizer, for a conference on "Federalism, Subnational Constitutions, and
Minority Rights" (2001), in Sieseralm, Italy.
Organizer, for a national conference on "The State of State Constitutions," in Philadelphia, PA, under a grant from The Ford Foundation (1999-2000).
Co-organizer, for an international conference on "Comparative Subnational Constitutionalism," in Pretoria, in conjunction with the University of South
Africa (1998).

Selected Participation at Conferences
Panel chair, "Third International Conference on Federalism," sponsored by the government of Belgium and the Forum of Federations (2005).
Invited participant/presenter, conferences on:
"Assessing State Courts: The State Court Assessment Project," at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association (2006).
"Bench Press: The Collision of Media, Politics, Public Pressures, and an Independent Judiciary," sponsored by Syracuse University (2005)
"The American Judiciary in the Twenty-first Century," sponsored by the American Bar Association (2003).
"Second International Conference on Federalism," sponsored by the government of Switzerland and the Forum of Federations (2002).
"The Administrative States," sponsored by the Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice of the American Bar Association (2002).
"Tribes Moving Forward: Engaging in the Process of Governmental and Constitutional Reform," sponsored by the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2001).
"The Influence of American Constitutionalism in Germany and Italy," sponsored by the Liberty Fund (2001).
"New Directions in Constitutional Thought," sponsored by the Center for Humane Studies, George Mason University (1989).
"Women and the Constitution," sponsored by Emory University and the Carter Center, under a grant from NEH (1988).

Selected Media Activities
Featured guest discussing Montana constitutional development for Montana Public Television (2002).
Featured guest discussing constitutional reform for Alabama Public Television (2001).
Featured guest discussing federalism on "This Evening With ...", an hour-long program televised by Cyprus Television (1998).
Co-producer of "The Opportunity of a Century: New Jersey's Constitution at 50," an hour-long documentary on the New Jersey Constitution, televised by the New
Jersey Network (1996-1997).

Editorial Boards
Member, Advisory Council for PUBLIUS: THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM (2005 -   ).
Member, International Scholars Advisory Council for REVISTA CATALANA DE DRET PUBLIC (CATALAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC LAW), (2005-  ).
Member, editorial board of JUSTICE SYSTEM JOURNAL (2003-  ).
Member, editorial board of STATE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY (1996- ). Member, editorial board of POLITY (1987-1995).

SELECTED CONSULTING AND CONTRACT RESEARCH

Reporter, for the "State Court Assessment Project," a project of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Judicial independence (2004-2006).
Consultant to the Property Tax Convention Task Force, convened by New Jersey Governor James McGreevey (2004).
Testimony by invitation before the Separation of Powers Committee, Rhode Island General Assembly (2003).
Consultant to the American Bar Association on state judicial selection and judicial independence (2002-2003).
Member, Scholars' Advisory Panel, National Constitution Center (1999- )
Consultant, under the auspices of the International Republican Institute, to South African officials, on constitutional design and intergovernmental relations (1995).
Consultant, under the auspices of the U. S. Information Agency and the Freedom Support Act Advisers program, to Siberian government officials, on the development of an oblast constitution (1994).
Consultant to the Attorney General of North Carolina, on litigation relating to state judicial elections (1990).
Primary academic consultant to the U. S. Park Service, on the design and production of "A Promise of Permanency," a $1.2 million exhibit commemorating the
bicentennial of the U. S. Constitution (1985-87).

SELECTED HONORS

Awarded a residency at its Bellagio Center by the Rockefeller Foundation (2006).
Received a Rutgers Alumni Association award as Outstanding Teacher (2006).
Awarded a Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities (2006).
Awarded a Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities (1996).
Received Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence (1995).
Awarded a Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities (1986).

SELECTED GRANTS

From the Rockefeller Foundation, to transport participants to a conference on "Federalism and Subnational Constitutions" (2003).
From The Ford Foundation, to develop materials to guide state constitutional reform (1999-2005).
From the Fund for New Jersey, from the New Jersey Bar Foundation, from the Richard J. Hughes Foundation, and from the New Jersey Historical Commission, to develop, in conjunction with New Jersey Network, "The Opportunity of a Century," a documentary on the New Jersey Constitution (1996-1997).

REFERENCES
References will be furnished upon request.

(updated on 26/07/2007)