Nicholas Longo

Dr. Nicholas V. Longo is the Director of the Rutgers Democracy Lab at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. For much of his career, Dr. Longo has served as chair and professor of Global Studies and co-director of the Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy (DID) Lab at Providence College, an action-research lab focused on civil discourse, democratic skill-building, and inclusive public engagement. He also has served as the faculty fellow for engaged scholarship at the Center for Teaching Excellence.

As a civic engagement scholar-practitioner, Dr. Longo brings a top-notch scholarly background and hands-on experience to Eagleton. He is the author of a number of books, articles, and reports on civic education, deliberative dialogue, youth civic engagement, and community-based learning including the book Why Community Matters: Connecting Education with Civic Life (SUNY Press), edited volumes such as Creating Space for Democracy: A Primer on Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education and Deliberative Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning for Democratic Engagement, and teaching guides such as “Practicing Democracy: A Toolkit for Educating Civic Professionals” (published with AAC&U and Campus Compact).

Dr. Longo is a board member of College Unbound, a college working to re-invent higher education for returning adult learners where he also has taught in the prison education program. He consults with some of the leading national civic engagement organizations including Campus Compact, AAC&U, and the Constructive Dialogue Institute. As well, Dr. Longo formerly served as a program officer at the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. He holds a master’s in public affairs and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Minnesota.

He earned a B.A. in Political Science and Public and Community Service from Providence College, an MPA from Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. from the Department of Work, Community, and Family Education at the University of Minnesota.