Marc J. Dunkelman
Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Marc J. Dunkelman is a fellow in International and Public Affairs. His work at Brown focuses on the architecture of American community and the progressive movement's evolving view of power. In 2014, W.W. Norton published his first book, The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community.
During more than a dozen years working in Washington, Dunkelman served as a senior fellow at the Clinton Foundation, on the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee, as legislative director and chief of staff to a member of the House of Representatives, and as the vice president for strategy and communications at the Democratic Leadership Council. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Chronicle of Higher Education, Daily Beast, and National Affairs, among other publications.
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December 2, 2019 Politico
Marc Dunkelman, senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, wrote this article examining the history of New York's Penn Station and the role government played in the legacy of crowded commutes.
March 11, 2019 San Francisco Chronicle
Watson Fellow Marc Dunkelman comments on the growing trend of companies pushing co-living spaces to employees, saying "It’s terrific that (companies) are experimenting with different environments to get people to talk to others."
February 15, 2019 Politico
Fellow Marc Dunkelman in Politico, "...Amazon isn’t packing up because of public resistance to too many tax breaks or a helipad. It’s leaving because, like in much of the country, the architecture of political power has changed."
January 11, 2019 Christian Science Monitor
Fellow Marc Dunkelman offered commentary on the changing landscape of social interaction in the U.S. “Naturally, the desire to find people who fit our niche will expand to include people who have a different viewpoint, a different experience.”
November 7, 2018 CBC
Marc Dunkelman, Fellow in International and Public Affairs, said the decline in neighborly interactions across North America is due in part to the rise of digital communication.
April 18, 2018 The Outline
Public Policy Fellow Marc Dunkleman, said he loves the idea of an ecosystem of entrepreneurs "trying to figure out ways to address" the lack of person-to-person connection in today's society, but he criticized startups for setting up meetings between like-minded people who may not learn more about the world from talking to each other.
February 20, 2018 Breached Podcast
Marc Dunkelman, Fellow in Public Policy, joined the Breached Podcast to discuss how we define the boundaries of an American community, legally, politically, and practically.