Project Directors

Ronald Hayduk is associate professor of political science at Borough of Manhattan Community College and co-Director of the Immigrant Voting Rights Project. Hayduk is the author of Democracy for All: Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the United States (Routledge, 2006) and Gatekeepers to the Franchise: Shaping Election Administration in New York (Northern Illinois University Press, 2005). He has written about political participation, immigration, race, and public policy, and is working on a book about the restoration of immigrant voting rights in the United States. He is co-editor of Democracy’s Moment: Reforming the American Political System in the Twenty First Century (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002); and co-editor of From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization (Verso, 2002). His articles include: “Non-Citizen Voting: Pipe Dream or Possibility”  Drum Major Institute for Public Policy. (2002); "Democracy for All: Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the U.S. New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture. Vol. 26, #4. December, 2004. Hayduk also contributed essays in: Surviving Sprawl: Culture, Ecology and Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003); Teamsters and Turtles?: U.S. Progressive Political Movements in the 21^st Century (Roman and Littlefield, 2003); In Defense of the Alien (Center for Migration Studies, 2000).  Hayduk has consulted to several policy organizations, including Demos, The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Race, The Century Foundation, and the NAACPLDEF. He has also served in government, including as the director of the New York City Voter Assistance Commission. His website is www.ronhayduk.com.

Co-Director of the Immigrant Voting Rights Project, Michele Wucker is a 2007 Guggenheim Fellow working on evolving global views about citizenship. She author of the acclaimed 1999 book Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola (FSG/Hill & Wang) and of Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends on Getting It Right (Public Affairs 2006/2007), a Washington Post Book World "Best Nonfiction of 2006" Selection. She is executive director of the World Policy Institute. An expert in Latin America, Wucker lectures frequently about immigration, cross-cultural conflict and conciliation. She has written for many publications, including World Policy Journal, The American Prospect, Tikkun, and The Washington Post. She is a frequent commentator for MSNBC and has been a source for many major media including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Reuters, CNN, CNBC, National Public Radio, and Public Radio International.  Some of her work is available at her website, www.wucker.com. Wucker holds a B.A. in French and policy studies from Rice University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.