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Edward D. Berkowitz

Professor of History and of Public Policy and Public Administration

Phillips 319
801 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-8174
Fax: (202) 994-6321
E-mail: ber@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Northwestern University

Expertise:

US social welfare policy, comparative social policy

Background:

Professor Berkowitz received his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his Ph.D. in American history from Northwestern. He is the author of eleven books and over seventy articles on such subjects as Social Security, social insurance, welfare reform, and the history of health care. His most recent books are Mr. Social Security: The Life of Wilbur J. Cohen (1995), To Improve Human Health: A History of the Institute of Medicine (1998), The Medical Follow-Up Agency, 1946-1996 (1998), Robert Ball and the Politics of Social Secuity (2003), and Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies (2006).

Courses Taught:

Hist 176 The Modern American Presidency
Hist 179 U.S. Economic History
Hist 214 Seminar: History and Public Policy
Hist 219 Internship in History and Public Policy
Hist 250 History of International Systems

Last update: 08.30.07