Thoughts on the Fourth of July
June 28, 2007
The People vs. the Automotive Industry
June 22, 2007
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CINDY SHEEHAN
June 1, 2007
MEMORIAL DAY
May 25, 2007
US POLICY TOWARD IRAQI REFUGEES
May 18, 2007
US FOOD AID POLICY—KUDOS TO BUSH!
May 4, 2007
FCC ADVOCATES CONTROLLING TV VIOLENCE
April 27, 2007
GUN CONTROL AFTER VIRGINIA TECH
April 20, 2007
A NEW LOOK AT EARTH DAY, APRIL 22
April 13, 2007
AMERICA’S UNFAIR TAX SYSTEM
March 30, 2007
SUPER TUESDAY FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
March 23, 2007
ENGLISH FOR IMMIGRANTS
March 5, 2007
WAR WITH IRAN?
February 16, 2007
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IRAQ?
January 12, 2007
THE LESSONS OF SADDAM’S EXECUTION
January 5, 2007
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Helen Desfosses was elected President of the Albany Common Council in 1997 for a four-year term. She was re-elected in 2001. Helen is also Associate Dean at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, where she also serves as Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, and Africana Studies.
Helen has a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston University. She is the author of several books and articles on national and international policy issues. Her research has been supported by the Ford Foundation, the American Association of University Women, the National Academy of Sciences, the US Department of State, and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Her most recent book, which she co-edited, is entitled Designs for Democratic Stability.
Helen has served on the boards of many local, regional and national organizations. She has also conducted several multi-national lecture tours for the United States Information Agency in Sub-Saharan Africa, and has served as a legislative consultant in Africa, South America and the Middle East.
Helen is a frequent policy analyst for local television and public radio. She is also a frequent political commentator on "51%", the award-winning public radio show on women, and shared in the EMMA, the Exceptional Merit in Media Award, which the show received twice from the National Women's Political Caucus.
