Harold J. Sullivan, Professor of Government and Chair of the Department, earned a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a PhD in Political Science from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. He is the Chair of the Council of Chairs at John Jay College. Professor Sullivan's primary teaching and research fields are public law and American national politics. His research has focused on the intent requirement in equal protection litigation, on the implications of privatization of public services for civil liberties and civil rights, and most recently on the potentially racially discriminatory impact of the use of victim impact statements in death penalty cases. Professor Sullivan is currently exploring the link between First Amendment protection of academic freedom and protection for privacy in the contemporary communications environment. His articles have appeared in such journals as Public Administration Review, Journal of Law and Education, and Western Political Quarterly. A revised second edition of Professor Sullivan's book, Civil Rights and Liberties: Provocative Questions/Evolving Answers (Prentice-Hall 2005), was released in July 2004..