 | Professor George Zilbergeld is currently a professor of Political Science at Montclair State University, located in Montclair, New Jersey. He teaches American Government and Public Policy Analysis, and is the Director of the Public Administration Internship Program. Professor Zilbergeld has been a professor for thirty years and has taught in California, Ohio, Arkansas and New Jersey.
After college, Dr. Zilbergeld went into the Army and served in Vietnam in the 568th Medical Company, Nha Trang, Vietnam. He organized and administered a major medical facility that served hundreds of troops. He also served with field units. He currently serves as an adviser to the Vietnam Era Education center located in Holmdel, N.J.
Dr. Zilbergeld is a lecturer for the American Institute for History Education, which provides high school history teachers with professional development programs. He has lectured on a variety of historical and policy issues throughout the United States, and has provided scholarly analysis of historical documents from the Revolutionary period up to the present.
Prof. Zilbergeld's book, A Reader for the Politically Incorrect, contends that political correctness poses a most important intellectual threat to education and our society in the 21st century since it is a movement that attempts to undermine the philosophical underpinnings of Western civilization. His book analyses the issue of political correctness in five areas: education, science and the environment, affirmative action, the military, and the culture wars.
Dr. Zilbergeld's latest book, Citizens Gone Wild: Thinking for Yourself in a Time of Hype and Glory, is a how-to book for citizens who would like to conduct their own analysis of public policy, but are uncertain of how to go about it. This book provides easy-to-understand, easy-to-use, concrete methods that a citizen can use to gain a sufficient mastery of a major policy area. Recognizing that many citizens have little relationship to the policy-making apparatus, Dr. Zilbergeld hopes to get more people involved in the life of the nation by making it clear that anyone can quickly and easily learn enough about particular policies to participate in a discussion of them.
Prof. Zilbergeld's research interests continue to revolve around methods that can be used to teach students and citizens how to analyze public policies in a rational manner, and get students to think of themselves as powerful citizens. |
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