READ ABOUT JOEL ROGERS OF UW-MADISON-LEADER OF APOLLO ALLIANCE IN WISCONSIN-HE IS THE ONE THAT GLENN BECK WAS TALKING ABOUT TODAY
WE2 gets federal support
Three Wisconsin cities received a $20 million federal award that ultimately will provide $120 million to create the Wisconsin Energy Efficiency (WE2) program. COWS was as partner in this pioneering effort.
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Staff Details- Joel Rogers
Joel Rogers is a professor of law, political science, and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He directs COWS, the national think-and-do tank on high road development, and the new Center for State Innovation (CSI). Rogers has written widely on democratic theory and American politics and public policy. His most recent book (with Richard Freeman) is What Workers Want (2006). A longtime activist as well as academic, Newsweek identified him as one of the 100 Americans most likely to shape US politics and culture in the 21st century.
Click here to view Joel Rogers’ online Curriculum Vitae.
Please email Joel Rogers via his assistant, Michelle Bright, at:
Email: mbright at cows.org
Telephone: 608.262.4266
Selected Articles
Joel Rogers has published numerous articles in academic journals, books, and popular magazines. To read a sampling of his work, click on the links below.
Build the High Road Here
Joel Rogers on Hurricane Katrina
Both an Imperative and an Opportunity
Cities: The Vital Core
Devolve This! (The Nation)
More articles by Joel Rogers.
Newspaper Columns & Commentaries
Professor Rogers occasionally publishes guest editorials in newspapers throughout Wisconsin, as well as national publications. In addition, between February 2001 and August 2002, Joel Rogers wrote a regular column for The Capital Times, a Madison-based daily newspaper, as part of COWS’ Sustaining Wisconsin grassroots education campaign. To read the columns or commentaries, click on the links below.
”Unfulfilled Promise,” The Nation Online 6/21/2004
”Take a Higher Road to State Job Creation,” Wisconsin State Journal 2/29/2004
”Progressives Should Vote for Edwards as Best on Issues,” Madison Capital Times 2/12/2004
”Progressives Should Vote Edwards,” The Nation Online 2/8/2004
”Little to Celebrate on Labor Day,” Wisconsin State Journal 9/1/2003
More columns & commentary by Joel Rogers.
News Coverage
As an expert on a variety of subjects, including presidential elections, political democracy, and the future of the labor movement, Joel Rogers is often interviewed and his work is often cited by local, national, and even international media outlets. To read some of the coverage, click on the links below.
”Metropolis now,” New Statesman 9/17/2009
”Obama’s Labour Play,” The Financial Post (London) 4/6/2009
”Union Bill’s Declining Chances Give Rise to Alternatives,” The Washington Post 3/29/2009
”In Arkansas and elsewhere, economy stable,” USA Today 2/26/2009
”Making Money a Renewable Resource,” Ode Magazine 12/3/2008
More news coverage featuring Joel Rogers.
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