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TerryChristensen
CurriculumVitae2020
Email:[email protected]
BA,StanfordUniversity,1966Ph.D.UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,1972
• ProfessorofPoliticalScience,SanJoseStateUniversity,1970-2012
• Chair,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,1994-2002
• SanJoseStateUniversityOutstandingProfessor,1997-1998
• FoundingExecutiveDirector,CommUniverCitySanJose,2005-2008
• FounderandOrganizer,DonEdwardsLecture,1995-2012
• FounderandDirector,SJSUPoliticalScienceInternshipProgram
• Founder,SJSUPoliticalScienceWashingtonInternshipProgram
• SJSUCoordinator,SacramentoSemesterandPanettaCongressionalFellowships
• Founder,SJSUInstituteforPublicAffairsandCivicEngagement(IPACE)
• FounderandFacultyMember,SJSUStudyAbroadPrograminBath,England
• SJSUPresidentialSearchCommittees,1994and2004
• AdjunctFaculty,DepartmentofUrbanandRegionalPlanning,2003-2008
• Over$850,000raisedforPoliticalScienceScholarships,theDonEdwardsLecture,CommUniverCityandIPAC
Publications
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Publications
• CaliforniaPoliticsandGovernment:APracticalApproach,withLarryN.Gerston,1stEditionBrooksCole,1991;14thEdition,2016
• ProjectingPolitics:PoliticalMessagesinAmericanFilms,withElizabethHaasand
PeterJ.Hass,1stEditionM.E.Sharpe,2005;2ndEditionRoutledge,2015• LocalPolitics:APracticalGuidetoGoverningattheGrassroots,1stEdition
Wadsworth,1995;2ndEdition(withTomHogen-Esch),M.E.Sharpe,2005
• Recall!California’sPoliticalEarthquake,withLarryN.Gerston,M.E.Sharpe,2005.“Throughoutthesummerandearlyfallof2004,theworldwatchedasCaliforniashudderedthroughanunprecedented
politicalearthquake.Noonewatchedmorecarefully—orbetterunderstoodwhattheywereseeing—thanveteranpoliticalscientistsLarryN.GerstonandTerryChristensen.Theresultisatourdeforceofinformedreportagethatisatonceinstant
historyandpoliticalscience.”--KevinStarr,ProfessorofHistory,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia
• PoliticsintheGoldenState:TheCaliforniaConnection,withLarryN.Gerston,1st
Edition,Little,Brown,1984;2ndEdition,Scott,Foresman,1988
• ReelPolitics:AmericanPoliticalMoviesfromBirthofaNationtoPlatoon,Blackwell,1987
• MoversandShakers:TheStudyofCommunityPower,withPhilipJ.Trounstine,St.Martin’sPress,1982.APDFofthechapteronSanJose’spoliticalhistoryto1970is
availablehere:San Jose Political History to 1970
• ReliableSources:AHandbookforPoliticalResearchinSanJoseandSantaClaraCounty,FidelityPress,1stEdition1980,2ndEdition1991
• NeighbourhoodSurvival:TheStruggleforCoventGarden,PrismU.K.,1979
• “CommUniverCitySanJose:BuildingaPartnershipforServiceandLearning,”with
MelindaJackson,CivicService:Service-LearningwithStateandlocalGovernmentPartners,eds.DavidRedlawskandTomRice,Jossey-Bass,2009
• “InitiativesasCatalystsinRacialPolitics,”withLarryN.Gerston,RacialandEthnic
PoliticsinCaliforniaIII,eds.BruceM.CainandSandraBass,InstituteofGovernmentalStudies,2008
• “RamboandtheNewPatriotismin1980sActionFilms,”inExaminingPopular
Culture:Americans’ViewsAboutWar,GreenhavenPress,2001
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Publications(continued)
• “SanJoseBecomestheCapitalofSiliconValley,”(apoliticalhistoryofSanJose1970-1998),ReflectionsofthePast:AnAnthologyofSanJose,ed.JudithHenderson,
HeritagePublishing,1997.APDFisavailablehere:San Jose Political History since 1970
• ChaptersinRichardL.Sutter,ed.,InternationalizingtheCaliforniaStateUniversity,
1992;D.T.HerbertandR.J.Johnson,eds.,GeographyandtheUrbanEnvironment,1981;DorothyBucktonJames,AnalyzingPovertyPolicy,1975.
• ArticlesforScholarlyJournals:Collegeteaching;Cities;ThePoliticalQuarterly(U.K.);
TheCalifornians;CaliforniaJournal;TheJournalofPolicyStudies;Landscape;UrbanLandQuarterly;WesternPoliticalQuarterly;TeachingPoliticalScience;Publius;San
JoseStudies;EducationConcerns(U.K.)
• OpinionandOpEdColumnsforPacificNewsService,TheSpartanDaily;TheIndependentWeekly;TheOaklandTribune;TheSanFranciscoExaminer;The
SacramentoBee;TheBusinessJournal;SiliconValleyBizInc.,and(frequently)TheSanJoseMercuryNews
SampleOpEdsforTheSanJoseMercuryNews
• “WhereAretheWomeninTopLocalOffices,”1/7/2013http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22313168/terry-christensen-where-are-
women-top-local-offices• “TruthandTruthinessinSanJosePolitics,”7/1/2015
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_28410337/terry-christensen-truth-and-truthiness-san-jose-politics
• “CaliforniaFailingonCountyDiversity,”1/9/2016http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_29361671/terry-christensen-california-
failing-county-supervisor-diversity• “SanJose’sClaimtoFameCouldbeGreatTrails,”9/7/2016
https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/01/christensen-san-joses-claim-to-fame-should-be-a-great-trail-system/
ProfessionalandCommunityService
• HostandExecutiveProducer,ValleyPolitics,CreaTV,2015-
• DirectorofCommunications,BARTAlumRockTransitVillageAdvocates(BARTVA),
2014-
• ExecutiveDirector,FriendsofFiveWoundsTrail(FFWT),2013-
• NetworkDevelopmentCommitteeAmericanLeadershipForum,2003-
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ProfessionalandCommunityService(continued)
• SantaClaraCountyNationalHeritageAreaTaskForce,2016
• PoliticalAnalyst,KLIVRadio15902003-2016
• GeneralPlanRevisionTaskForce,CityofSanJose,2015-2016
• Co-FounderandTrainer,Labor/CommunityLeadershipInstitute,1997-2015
• CommonwealthClubSiliconValley,ProgramCommitteeandAdvisoryCommittee,
1997-2015
• Delegate,SouthBayLaborCouncil,AFL-CIO,1973-2006
• Chair, Chancellor Search Committee, San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, 2005
• AdvisoryBoard,CityYearSanJose/SiliconValley,1997-2005
• HoraceMannElementarySchoolFoundationAdvisoryBoard,2004-2009
• California Faculty Association, Statewide Political Action and Legislative Committee, 2003-2009.
• Consultant, City of San Jose Council Salary Setting Commission, 2003, 2005.
• ExternalProgramReviewer,DepartmentsofPoliticalScience,CaliforniaStateUniversity,SanLuisObispo,2004;CaliforniaStateUniversity,Hayward,2003;Santa
ClaraUniversity,2003;CaliforniaStateUniversity,Sacramento,1998
• FounderandTrainer,LocalOfficialsLeadershipAcademy(LOLA)fornewandon-goingcouncilmembers,2001-2004
• SanJoseCityCouncilRedistrictingCommittee,2001
• DowntownStrategyTaskForce,2000-2001
• Mayor’sRedevelopmentAdvisoryTaskForce,1999
• CharterRevisionCommittee,SantaClaraCounty,1997-1998
• BoardofDirectors,CampaignEthicsFoundation,1997-2009
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• Staff(volunteer)forDonFoster,MemberofParliament,U.K.,1992
• SanJoseFilmFestival,President1982-1983;VicePresident1984
• DowntownWorkingReviewCommittee,1980-1983
• Chair,NeighborhoodsforDistrictElections,1978
• Consultant,SanJoseCharterReviewCommittee,1976,1977
• Chair,CentralSanJoseGeneralPlanCitizenReview,1975-1976
• Chair,CentralSanJoseProjects75reviewofcapitalimprovementneeds,1974-1975
HonorsandAwards
• FriendoftheSJSUDepartmentofUrbanandRegionalPlanning,2007,2019
• BAYMECWiggsySivertsen&KenYeagerLifetimeAchievementAward,2015
• AustenWarburtonAwardforDistinguishedScholarship,SJSUCollegeofSocialScience,2007
• ProfessoroftheYear,PoliticalScienceClassof2006
• CommunityActivistExtraordinaire,UnitedNeighborhoodsofSantaClaraCounty,2003
• AmericanLeadershipForumALFSeniorFellow(Classof2002-2003)
• MoccasinAwardforCommunityService,CityYearSanJose/SiliconValley,2000
• Outstanding Professor, San Jose State University, 1997-1998
• Outstanding Faculty Person, 1997-1998, Disability Resource Center
• “Best Professor” in the San Francisco Peninsula," Peninsula Magazine, 1987
• Bill Casey Memorial Award for Best Contribution to San Jose Studies, 1984.
• Mover and Shaker Award, Santa Clara County AFL-CIO, 1982.