Publications
Publications
Book Chapters
Summers, Edward (2016). Better Together: The Making of the Brooklyn Education Innovation Network (BE.IN). In Moss M., Reed T., and Brooks Hopkins, K. (eds). The Brooklyn Way: Putting Together the Pieces of a 21st Century Downtown. Brooklyn, New York: Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.
Summers, Edward (2015). Continued Growth of Educational Institutions in Downtown Brooklyn. In Moss M. (eds). Downtown Rising: How Brooklyn Became a Model for Urban Development. New York, New York: NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management.
Publications, Presentations, and Talks
“Generation-Z’s emerging economy will be ‘tidal force.” LIBN. August 2017
“The Brooklyn Way: Putting Together the Pieces of a 21st Century Downtown.” Brooklyn Historical Society. September 2016
“Networking: Building and Maintaining Your Network.” Marist College. January 2016.
“Road to Zion.” SUNY-Cortland’s Black Student Union Annual Conference. SUNY-Cortland. February 2015
“Importance of Mentors.” Scholars Working Ambitiously to Graduate Conference. Cornell University. October 2014
“Dear Mr. President, Wake Up!” Huffington Post. July 2014
“City must use assets to regain vitality, global status” Poughkeepsie Journal, April 2014
“Cities need relevant, new economic model” Poughkeepsie Journal, March 2014
“Downtown Poughkeepsie?” Poughkeepsie Journal, March 2014
“Access to Higher Education” Huffington Post. March 2014
“Using Institutional Research to Enhance Your Role as a Presidential Assistant.” National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 27th Annual National Conference at American Council on Education (ACE). March 2014
“Managing, Supervising, and Leading Others in the President’s Office—Where do I Start?” National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 27th Annual National Conference at American Council on Education (ACE). March 2014
“The Online Presidency.” National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 27th Annual National Conference at American Council on Education (ACE). March 2014
“Embracing Diversity and Avoiding ACRASH by Calling Spades, Progressing Syntaxes, and Affirming Actions” with Ivan Turnipseed and Adriel Hilton in the International Journal of Community Diversity. 12: 2: 2013.
“Gun Control? Where are We? Huffington Post. March 2013
“Campus Safety and Cost” Huffington Post. February 2013
“Making Campus Safer” Huffington Post. January 2013
“Technology in the President’s Office.” National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 26th Annual National Conference at American Council on Education (ACE). March 2013.
“Students and the 21st Century: Changes and the need to Provide More” with Adriel Hilton. National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 25th Annual National Conference at American Council on Education (ACE). March 2012.
“The Shifting Politics of Economic Development in the cities of Beacon and Poughkeepsie: Revisiting Regime Theory.” Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference. October 2011.
“The Economic Impact of the Arts and Culture in the Hudson Valley.” Art, Culture, and Media in our Communities panel discussion at the Cuneen Hacket Culture Center. April 2011.
“The Changing Politics of Economic Development in Beacon and Poughkeepsie, New York: Revisiting Regime Theory.” Mid-West Political Science Association Annual National Conference. March 2011.
“Promoting Campus Inclusion as a Presidential Assistant” with Adriel Hilton. National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 24th Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. March 2011.
“Presidential Assistants: Fostering Change You Can Believe In” with Elisabeth Tavarez. National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 24th Annual Conference at American Council on Education (ACE). Washington D.C. March 2011.
“The Power of Service.” The Dutchess Outreach, Inc. Fourth Annual Brunch. Poughkeepsie, New York, September 2010.
“Leadership in the 21st Century: What Young Leaders Need to Know to be Successful in the Global Society.” 2010 Rotary Youth Leadership Conference at Mount St. Mary’s College, Newburgh, New York, June 2010.
“Local Economic Development in the Hudson Valley.” Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce and Middle Main Street Revitalization Committees on Revitalizing Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York, Spring 2010.
“Regimes and Urban Politics.” The New School Master’s class on The Political Economy of the City, New York, New York, Fall 2009.
“South Africa and the Global Community: Lessons Learned from Four Years of Traveling to South Africa.” Center for Multicultural Affairs-Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York, Fall 2009.
Moderator, Panel Discussion. Economic Development in the State of New York. New York Governor’s College, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York July 2009.
“Chimps, Mutts, and Cowards: The Politics of Race in Obama’s America” with Ivan B. Turnipseed. 21st Annual Black Graduate Student Conference “Engaged, Empowered, Expect It”. National Black Graduate Student Association, Houston, Texas, March 2009.
Moderator, Panel Discussion, The Politics and Policies of President-Elect Obama and the Black Community, the Northeast Regional Conference of the National Black Graduate Student Association (NBGSA). Bloomsburg University: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, November 2008.
“Urban Issues and Minorities in Higher Education.” 2008 Frederick Douglas Institute for Academic Excellence Conference on Globalization, Ethnicity, and the Quest for Ancestral Heritage.” Bloomsburg University: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, Spring 2008.
“Diversity, Culture Shock and the Rules of Football” with Elisabeth Tavarez. 2008 Emerging Leaders Workshop. Marist College: Poughkeepsie, New York Fall 2007.