Background
Cooper, Joseph was born on September 10, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles and Esther (Balder) Cooper.
Cooper, Joseph was born on September 10, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles and Esther (Balder) Cooper.
AB summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1955. AM, Harvard University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1961.
Assistant professor government Harvard University, 1963-1967. Member faculty Rice University, Houston, 1967-1991, professor political science, 1970-1991, chairman department, 1967-1972, Lena Gohlman Fox professor, 1978-1989, dean School Social Sciences, 1979-1988, Herbert S. Autrey professor social science, 1989-1991, president Rice Institute for Policy Analysis School Social Sciences, 1989-1991. Provost, vice president for academy affairs Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1991-1996, professor department political science, since 1991, member homewood graduate board, since 2010.
Visiting Olin professor political science Stanford University, 1988—1989. Staff director commission administrative review United States House Representatives, 1976—1978. Visiting professor government Harvard University, 1984—1985.
Member academy advisory council Center Congress Indiana University. Member advisory board Baker Journal Applied Public Policy, 2007—2009. Senior fellow National Endowment of the Humanities, 1973.
Editorial consultant The Encyclopedia Political Science, 2010.
Member advisory committee Records of Congress United States Congress & National Archives, since 1995, JHU doctoral board member, since 2010. Board director Baltimore Hebrew University, 1994—2001, Dirksen Congressional Center, 1994—2000, 2002—2005. Member of District of Columbia Area Polit Science Association (member council 1993-1994, vice president 1994, president 1996), Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, Southwestern Political Science Association 1977, American Political Science Association (secretary 1979, program chairman 1985, nominations chairman 1992, executive committee legislation studies section 1999—2001, chair Rosenthal prize committee 2004-2005), Asia Society (board directors 1990-1992), Jefferson Davis Association (director 1980-1991), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Frances Lorna Wollin, August 24, 1965. Children: Samuel Wollin, Meryl Charlotte.