Provost
Professor, Political Science
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John P. Pelissero is Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Loyola University Chicago. He is also a Professor of Political Science at Loyola, where he has been a member of the faculty for 25 years. He served as Chairperson of the Department of Political Science from 1999-2002. He became the university's Associate Provost for Curriculum Development in 2003. From 2005-2010 he was Vice Provost in the Division of Academic Affairs. He was named Provost in May 2010.
Dr. Pelissero earned his B.A. in Political Science from Marquette University in 1975. He holds an M.A. (Political Science) and M.P.A. from the University of Oklahoma. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma in 1983 and served on the faculty of Texas A&M University from 1983 until 1985. He specializes in urban politics, state politics and intergovernmental relations, and he has conducted extensive research on Chicago and its politics for more than a decade.
He has published more than 25 articles in political science journals and two books: Managing Urban America, 7th ed., Washington: CQ Press, 2012, (with David R. Morgan and Robert E. England) and Cities, Politics and Policy: A Comparative Analysis. Washington: CQ Press, 2003. For more information about Dr. Pelissero's publishing history, please see his curriculum vitae (PDF).
