MASC/MASS 2016: Speakers - Maurice Cunningham

Maurice T. Cunningham is Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a co-founder and contributor to the blog MassPoliticsProfs which is featured at WGBHNews.org. He teaches courses in American government including Massachusetts Politics, The American Presidency, Catholics in Political Life, The Political Thought of Abraham Lincoln, American Political Thought, and Public Policy.

His book, Maximization, Whatever the Cost: Race, Redistricting and the Department of Justice examines the role of the DOJ in requiring states to maximize minority voting districts in the nineties. He has published articles dealing with the role of the Catholic Church in MA politics and on party politics in the state. His research interests focus upon the changing political culture of Massachusetts. He is a former assistant district attorney and assistant attorney general in MA. Professor Cunningham comments on MA and national politics in the Boston Globe, WGBH, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Herald, and many other news outlets. Cunningham is a lifelong resident of MA. He earned his BA at the UMass Boston, his JD at New England School of Law, and Ph.D at Boston College. He currently lives in Cambridge, MA.