Ron.vogel@louisville.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Florida

Research Interests:

• Urban politics
• American government and politics
• Public administration

Book Chapters and Journal Articles:

• “Decentralization and Urban Governance: Reforming Tokyo Metropolitan
  Government” (2001) in Blair Ruble, Richard Stren, Joseph Tulchin and Diana
  Varat, eds. Urban Governance Around the World. Washington, DC: Woodrow
  Wilson International Center for Scholars, pp. 114-148.
• “Redefining Community in a Global City: Tokyo Metropolitan Government in the
  21st Century” (1999) Comprehensive Urban Studies 69: 201-18.
  Awards:
• Fulbright Senior Research Award to Japan (1997-1998) Governing the
  Metropolis—A Comparative Perspective of the United States and Japan. Visiting
  Researcher, Center for Urban Studies, Tokyo Metropolitan University