Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement

The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) "promotes research on the civic and political engagement of Americans between the ages of 15 and 25. Although CIRCLE conducts and funds research, not practice, the projects that we support have practical implications for those who work to increase young people's engagement in politics and civic life. CIRCLE is also a clearinghouse for relevant information and scholarship.

"CIRCLE was founded in 2001 with a generous grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts and is now also funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. It is based in the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy." 

Staff (2007)
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 * Deborah Both, Senior Advisor
 * William A. Galston, Senior Advisor
 * Abby Kiesa, Youth Coordinator
 * Emily Hoban Kirby, Senior Research Associate
 * Peter Levine, Director
 * Mark Hugo Lopez, Research Director
 * Karlo Barrios Marcelo, Research Associate
 * Dionne Williams, Program Assistant
 * Tony Fleming, Graduate Assistant
 * William Grayson, Graduate Assistant
 * Gary Homana, Graduate Assistant
 * Kumar Pratap, Graduate Assistant

Advisory Board
Accessed April 2012:


 * Biko Baker, The League of Young Voters
 * Michael X. Delli Carpini, Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania (chair)
 * Tom Ehrlich, The Stanford School of Education
 * Maya Enista, Mobilize.org
 * Constance Flanagan, University of Wisconsin
 * Bill Galston, Brookings Institution
 * Shawn Ginwright, University of California San Francisco
 * Diana Hess, University of Wisconsin
 * Deb Jospin, sagawa/jospin consulting firm (ex officio, as chair of Tisch Board of Advocates)
 * Joseph Kahne, Mills College
 * Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University
 * Meira Levinson, Harvard Graduate School of Education
 * Susan Ostrander, Tufts University
 * Kent Portney, Tufts University
 * Carmen Sirianni, Brandeis University
 * Dorothy Stoneman, YouthBuild
 * Lauren Young, Spencer Foundation

Advisory Board (2007)
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 * Benjamin R. Barber, University of Maryland
 * Richard M. Battistoni, Providence College
 * Lisa Garcia Bedolla, University of California, Irvine
 * W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington
 * Shelley Billig, RMC Research Corporation
 * Harry Boyte, Senior Fellow, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
 * Barry Checkoway, University of Michigan
 * Todd Clark, Executive Director, Constitutional Rights Foundation
 * Marco Davis, Director of Leadership Development, National Council of La Raza
 * Michael X. Delli Carpini, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylania
 * Tom Ehrlich, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
 * Constance Flanagan, Penn State University
 * Ivan Frishberg, Consultant
 * Fredrick Harris, University of Rochester
 * Elizabeth L. Hollander, Executive Director, Campus Compact
 * Jane Junn, Rutgers University
 * Joseph E. Kahne, Mills College
 * Scott Keeter, George Mason University, Pew Research Center
 * Ruth B. Mandel, Rutgers University
 * Sheilah Mann, Civic Education Consultant
 * John Patrick, Indiana University-Bloomington
 * Terry L. Pickeral, Executive Director, Compact for Learning & Citizenship, Education Commission of the States
 * Kay Lehman Schlozman, Boston College
 * Michael Sherraden, Washington University in St. Louis
 * Carmen Sirianni, Brandeis University
 * Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland
 * John Transue, Duke University
 * Wendy Wheeler, President and CEO, Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development

Contact

 * Web: http://www.civicyouth.org