Professor London received his B.A. from Rutgers University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science from New York University. He taught at the College of Old Westbury, SUNY before coming to Brooklyn College, CUNY in 1986.
Dr. London has rich national and local experience in academic unionism, and he has served the CUNY faculty and staff union in many capacities. Beginning in 2000, he was elected to five terms as First Vice President of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) and was the PSC’s Political Director. He continues to chair the union’s Contract Enforcement Committee, and he is a member of the union’s Negotiations Committee. He also serves as Trustee and Executive Officer of the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund and is on the Board of Directors of the New York State United Teachers and a PSC representative to the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers. Professor London’s academic writings focus on worker education; issues concerning class, race and gender; and labor politics.

 

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Degrees

  • Ph.D. New York University (Political Science)
  • B.A. Rutgers College, New Brunswick (Political Science)

Selected Publications

Books

  • People, Power and Politics, Eighth Edition, Simon & Schuster Custom Publishing, MA, 1998. Co-editors: Michael Kahan, Laura Kitch, Steven London, Paul Montagna, and Joseph Wilson. Brooklyn College Core Studies 3 Reader.
  • People, Power, and Politics, Seventh Edition, Volume I and Volume II, Simon & Schuster Custom Publishing, MA, 1996. Co-editors: Michael Kahan, Laura Kitch, Steven London, Paul Montagna, and Joseph Wilson. Brooklyn College Core Studies 3 Reader.
  • The Re-education of the American Working Class, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1990. Senior Editor: Steven H. London; Co-editors: Elvira R. Tarr and Joseph F. Wilson.

Articles, Book Chapters, Reviews

  • “Introduction to the Concept of Power,” in People, Power and Politics, Eighth Edition. 1998
  • “Introduction” to Volume I and “Introduction: What is Power?” in People, Power, and Politics, Seventh Edition, 1996
  • “Worker Education and Building the Union Movement,” in The Re-education of the American Working Class, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1990.
  • “The New Industrial Relations Ideology and the Decline of Labor,” in Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, Winter, 1989-90.

Research

  • Labor politics
  • Public policy
  • New York city and state politics

Courses Taught

Undergraduate

  • Problems in Modern Democracy
  • People, Power, and Politics
  • Radical Political Thought
  • Introduction to Politics

Graduate

  • Politics of American Labor Movement
  • New York City Politics
  • Community Power Analysis
  • The Politics of Globalization

Grants / Awards

  • Higher Education Member of the Year, New York State United Teachers, 2015.
  • Exemplary Service Award, NYSUT Higher Education Council, 2015.
  • Additional service awards, commendations, and proclamations from United University Professions, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and Councilmember Jumaane Williams, 2015.
  • First place for best editorial or column for an opinion piece, International Labor Communicators Association annual labor media award, “PHEEIA Robs Us All, Clarion (September, 2010).

Boards and Organizations

  • Director, New York State United Teachers, elected position (2002 – Present). 2
    • Member of Board of Directors, Political Action Committee, Higher Education Council, Financial Review Committee
  • Delegate to NYSUT Representative Assembly, American Federation of Teachers Convention, American Association of University Professors Annual Meeting, elected positions (2000 – Present)
  • First Vice President, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, elected position (2000- 2015)
    • Areas of responsibility: Legislative Representative (Political Director); Negotiations Committee; Chair, Contract Enforcement Committee; Institutional Research and Budget Analysis; Executive Officer and Trustee, PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund
  • Chapter Chair, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, Brooklyn College, CUNY, elected position (1993 – 2000)
  • Academic Vice President, United University Professions, College at Old Westbury – SUNY, elected position (1982 – 1986) and Member of UUP State-wide Legislative Committee (1984 – 1986).

Publications, Interviews and More

Articles

  • Authoritarian Responses to New York City’s Fiscal Crisis, Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University, February, 1984. Awarded with Distinction.
  • Book Review of The Birth of the Clinic by Michel Foucault, in Health/PAC Bulletin, No. 76, May/June 1977.
  • “New York City’s Public Hospitals: Courting Extinction,” in Health/PAC Bulletin, No. 69, March/April 1976. Co-authored with Barbara Caress.
  • “Science as Ideology: Reflections on MBD,” in Health/PAC Bulletin, No 67, November/December 1975.
  • “Health Policy and the 1972 Campaign,” in The Quarterly Bulletin on Health Politics, October 1972, Vol. 3, No. 3.

Presentations

  • “Pathways and the New York City Mayoral Campaign,” Presentation at the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education meeting, New York (May 17, 2014).
  • “Testimony on the edTPA Exam and Teacher Preparation Certification Requirements,” before a joint hearing of the New York State Assembly Higher Education and Education Committees, Albany, NY (April 30, 2014).
  • “The Present Moment and Implications for Strategic Positioning,” Presentation at the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education meeting, Columbus, Ohio (May 19, 2013). Co-authored with Dr. Mike Fabricant.
  • “Austerity Education and Resistance,” Presentation to the AAUP Collective Bargaining Conference East Cost Regional Meeting, New York (February 23, 2013).
  • “Testimony on the Executive Budget Proposals for the City University of New York, FY 2014,” before a joint hearing of the New York State Senate Committee on Finance and the New York State Assembly Committee on Ways and Means, Albany, NY (February 11, 2013).
  • “Testimony on the Statewide Plan for Higher Education 2012—2020,” before the New York State Board of Regents, Albany, NY (November 29, 2012)
  • “A Call for New Leadership to Build an Anti-Austerity Movement,” Keynote Address to the New York State American Association of University Professors Annual Meeting (April 15, 2011).
  • “CUNY Should Be an Engine of Equality for the Hispanic Population of New York City,” Presentation at the Panel on Higher Education, Somos El Futuro Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico (November 7, 2010).
  • “Testimony on the New York City Executive Preliminary Budget, FY 2008,” before a joint hearing of the New York City Council Finance and Higher Education Committees, New York City (March 16, 2007).
  • “Testimony on the Executive Budget Proposals for the City University of New York, FY 2007,” before a joint hearing of the New York State Senate Committee on Finance and the New York State Assembly Committee on Ways and Means, Albany, NY (January 30, 2006).

Steve London