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Georgia A. Persons, PhD (1996*) Stone Mountain, Georgia
PhD , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978

Selected Publications:

• The Making of Energy and Telecommunications Policy, Praeger, 1995
• Chapters in Dilemmas of Black Politics: Issues of Leadership and Strategy (ed.), HarperCollins, 1993
• "Environmental policy,” Georgia Legislative Review, 1993
• “Racial politics and black power in the cities,” in The Metropolis in Black and White: Place, Power, and Polarization, CUPR, 1992
  

Awards: American Political Science Association Fellow, 1971-72; Research Fellow, Harvard-MIT Joint Center for Urban Affairs, 1974-75; Ford Foundation Fellow, 1976-77.

Memberships: American Political Science Association; Policy Studies Organization; National Conference of Black Political Scientists.

Special Interests: American government and politics; urban politics and policy; political development.