Michael Patrick McCabe, M.C.R.P.

501 West 189th Street mmccabe@gradcenter.cuny.edu Apartment 3FNew York, NY 10040 (cell) 201-704-3494

EDUCATIONDoctoral Fellow, Political Science Aug, 2015 - PresentConcentrations: American Politics and Public PolicyCUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY Master of City and Regional Planning (M.C.R.P.) Sept, 2013 – May, 2015 Concentration: Urban and Community DevelopmentEdward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science Sept, 2005 – May, 2010William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

RESEARCH INTERESTSUrban climate change adaptation strategies; Urban political economy; American political parties; Social movements.

TEACHING POSITIONSAdjunct Professor, CUNY School of Professional Studies Jan, 2017 - PresentThe Murphy Institute, Department of Urban and Community StudiesNew York, NYClasses taught: Senior Research Capstone

Adjunct Professor, Baruch College Aug, 2016 – PresentDepartment of Political ScienceNew York, NYClasses taught: Introduction to American Government

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONSResearch Associate, Center for Urban Research (CUR) Aug 2015 - Present Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY

Director, Logos Public Sphere Project Jan 2013 – PresentLogos, A Journal of Modern Society & Culture, New York, NY

Research Associate, Ralph W. Vorhees Center for Civic Engagement Feb – Nov, 2014 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Panel Outreach Coordinator, Left Forum Feb – Mar, 2012CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

Outreach Coordinator/Campus Organizer, Fight Back USA Mar-Apr, 2011New York, NY

Consultant, Metropolitan Improvement Authority 2010-2011Caldwell, NJ

Founder / Co-Chair – Take Back Trenton Coalition 2010-2011Wayne, NJ

PUBLICATIONSIn Progress: McCabe, Michael P. “Race, Class, and Mass Incarceration: Measuring the Impacts of Socioeconomic Status and Race as Drivers of the Disproportionate Racial Distribution in America’s Correctional Facilities.”

In Progress: Book Review by Michael P. McCabe: Goldsmith, William W. Saving Our Cities: A Progressive Plan to Transform Urban America. Cornell University Press. Ithica, NY. 2016

In Progress: Azar, Riad and McCabe, Michael P. Confronting the Neoliberal State (working title).

McCabe, Michael P. "Toward A Stronger, More Influential Political Left: An Appeal for Critical Self-Reflection." Moving Beyond Capitalism. New York: Routledge, 2016. 134-146.

McCabe, Michael P. "Moving Beyond Neoliberal Climate Policy: Toward a Radical Climate Movement." Logos, A Journal of Modern Society & Culture 14.1. 2015.

Van Arsdale, David, and Michael P. McCabe, et al.. "Manifesto For Economic Democracy and Ecological Sanity." Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism. Barsamian, David and Wolff, Richard D. San Francisco: City Lights, 2012. 177-86.

WHITE PAPERS AND PROFESSIONAL REPORTSIn Progress: Pereira, Joseph, McCabe, Michael P, and John Mollenkopf. “Attrition from the Build It Back Program in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: A Mixed Methods Analysis to Enhance Future Programs.” Prepared for New York City Housing Recovery Office, Office of the New York City Mayor.

Rigney, Matthew and Michael P. McCabe. “Productive Urbanism in the Bronx.” Prepared for the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI). Bronx, New York. May, 2015.

McCabe, Michael P., “History Relived: The Re-Birth of Paterson Manufacturing: A Contribution to the Greater Spruce Street Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan.” Prepared for the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC), Paterson, NJ. December, 2013.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND CHAIRED SESSIONSUpcoming: “Race, Class, and Mass Incarceration: Measuring the Impacts of Socioeconomic Status and Race as Drivers of the Disproportionate Racial Distribution in America’s Correctional Facilities.” Graduate Center Student Conference. New York, NY. February, 2017.

“Attrition from the Build It Back Program in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: A Mixed Methods Analysis to Enhance Future Programs.” Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). Washington, D.C. November, 2016.

“The Decline of Mediating Institutions: Neoliberalism, Structural Alienation and the Atomization of the Political.” International Sociological Association’s (ISA) Research Committee on Alienation Theory and Research RC36. Loyola University, Chicago, IL. August, 2015.

“Is it Enough to Demand More Action on Climate Change? Assessing the Neoliberal Constraints on Climate Policy, and the Need for a Counter-Hegemonic Climate Movement” “The People's Climate March: What Climate Action Now?” – A roundtable discussion sponsored by the Public Policy and International Affairs Graduate Program, William Paterson University, NJ. November 11, 2014.

A Left in Crisis: An Appeal for Critical Self-Reflection in an Age of Economic and Ecological Crisis.” “Moving Beyond Capitalism” – Conference sponsored by the Center for Global Justice, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. July 29 –August 5, 2014.

“Failed Strategies: A Critical Dialogue on the Left’s Response to Climate Change and Economic Crisis.” Discussion sponsored by Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture, Left Forum, New York, NY. 2013.

“Abrupt Climate Change as the Long Emergency; Left Responses to the Energy, Food and Water Crises.” Discussion sponsored by Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture, Left Forum, New York, NY. 2012.

“Students Fighting Back in New Jersey.” Fighting Back: Organizing Against Budget Cuts in New Jersey. The College of New Jersey. April, 2010.

Chair, “Student Debt: The New Indentured Servitude.” National Conference of the Young Democratic Socialists, New York, NY. 2009.

CONFERENCES AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ORGANIZED“Fight Back USA: A National Teach-In on Austerity, Debt and Corporate Greed & What You Can Do About It.” Webcast/Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY. 2011.

“What Now? Activism in Post-Election America.” William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. 2008.

FUNDINGGraduate Center Fellowship Aug 2016 – Aug 2021Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY

HONORS/AWARDS

Summa Cum Laude 2015Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Best Senior Thesis 2010

William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

Exemplary Service Award 2010William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

TECHNICAL SKILLS SPSS Statistical software

NVivo qualitative research software

Survey development and analysis

Public policy analysis including program evaluation

Microsoft Office Suite

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPSThe American Planning Association (APA)

Planners Network

Union of Radical Political Economists (URPE)

Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society