William J. Grimshaw, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Office: 3301 S. Dearborn Street
Siegel Hall Room 116 F
Chicago, IL 60616
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 312.567.5129
Fax: 312.567.6821
Email:
grimshaw@iit.edu
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Expertise
- Urban Politics, Chicago Politics, Race and Ethnicity
Education
- Ph.D. 1978, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Curriculum Vitae
Research & Major Accomplishments
Research:
A comparison of black and white access to various forms of institutional capital from four institutions in Chicago: the political party, labor union, public schools, and Catholic church and schools.
Major Accomplishments:
- Expert witness in federal racial gerrymandering suit against city of Chicago (1998) and in county patronage suit against states attorney of Cook County (1982) .
- Consultant, office of Mayor Harold Washington, 1984-1987.
- My article, "The Political Economy of Machine Politics" was cited frequently in U.S. Supreme Court case which established restrictions on use of political patronage (1990).
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
- "Two Paths to Minority Empowerment". National Political Science Review. 1997
- "Revisiting the Urban Classics". Policy Studies Journal. 1996
- Bitter Fruit (University of Chicago Press, 1992)
