Joel Diemond

Education:

BA Columbia College, Columbia University 1964

M Phil. Department of Political Science, Graduate School Of Arts And Sciences, Columbia University

Other graduate study at The University of Rochester, The Graduate Center Of The City University Of New York, Teachers’ College Columbia University, SUNY Albany, and The New School For Social Research

Mr. Diemond taught at Bennett College in Millbrook from 1969-1977 and has been at DCC since 1977.

Mr. Diemond is co-director with Richard Reitano of the DCC Public Issues Institute, which organizes community wide discussion of national issues in National Issues Forums. These forums are co-sponsored by the Poughkeepsie Journal and other community organizations.

He is currently involved in research on civic education with other faculty from around the nation as a part of a project supported by the Kettering Foundation and he is at work on a project for the American Political Science Association about the use of National Issue Forum materials in the political science classroom.

In Dutchess County Mr. Diemond is Chairperson of the Millbrook Zoning Board of Appeals and Chairperson of the Dutchess County Planning Board

Courses taught include Government 121, Introduction to American Government; Economics 105, Economic Issues;  HGE 105, American Political Economy; Gov 221, Introduction to Comparative Politics.