Evan McKenzie is a public speaker on issues of law, public policy, and social science. He has given invited lectures at major universities including Harvard Law School, the University of California at Berkeley, and Hastings Law School. He has spoken at international meetings and conferences on gated communities and privatization including presentations in China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
Select Invited Lectures, Conference Papers and Other Presentations
McKenzie, Evan. 2019. “Private Covenants, Public Laws, and the Financial Future of Residential Private Governments.” Distinguished Gifford Lecture in Real Property. William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. November 7, 2019.
McKenzie, Evan. 2019. “Private Covenants, Public Laws, and the Financial Future of Residential Private Governments.” Ostrom Workshop Conference, Indiana University Bloomington, June 19–21, 2019.
McKenzie, Evan. 2018. “Private Covenants Run With the Land, But Not Into the Ground.” Kratovil Conference on Real Estate Law and Practice. The John Marshall Law School. October 10.
McKenzie, Evan. 2017. “The UIC South Campus Redevelopment Project.” Strata and Community Title in Australia Conference. Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. September 6-9.
McKenzie, Evan. 2015. Keynote address: “Changes confronting the strata title world.” Strata and Community Title in Australia for the 21st Century 2015 Conference. Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. September 2-4.
McKenzie, Evan. 2015. “Rethinking residential private government in the US: Recent trends in practices and policy. Conference on Private Communities and Urban Governance: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives. Gazit-Globe Real Estate Institute, Interdisciplinary Center of Herzliya, Israel. June 14-15, 2015.
McKenzie, Evan. 2015. “Phantom Governments: Multiple Function Special Districts as Substitutes for Municipalities.” Conference on Reconsidering the Politics of Urban Infrastructure, University of Illinois at Chicago. May 14, 2015
McKenzie, Evan. 2014. “What is the Relationship Between the Rise of Private Communities and Increasing Socioeconomic Stratification?” Conference on Land and the City, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, June 2-3.
Invited lectures, Chicago-Kent School of Law: March 13, 2013; October 9, 2013; March 12, 2014; March 12, 2015.
McKenzie, Evan. 2012. “Urban Segregation and Enclaves,” paper presented at Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 19.
McKenzie, Evan. 2012. Invited lecture. “Privatizing Infrastructure and Urban Governance.” Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley, February 1.
McKenzie, Evan. 2011. “Private Community Associations: Boon or Bane for Local Government? The Urban Institute, Washington, DC. June 30.
McKenzie, Evan. 2011. “The Future of Common Interest Housing,” Executive Council of Home Owners Annual Conference. Santa Clara, CA. June 18.
McKenzie, Evan, and Kimi King, 2010. Organizer and Presenter, Short Course on Blended Learning. American Political Science Department Annual Meeting.
McKenzie, Evan, and Jason Stodolka. 2010. “Developing a Blended Learning Version of the Introduction to American Politics Course” American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference (SSRN 1547444 WPS)
McKenzie, Evan and Jason Stodolka, 2009. “Developing a Blended Learning Version of the Introduction to American Politics Course.” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Discussant, Panel on Teaching Political Science—Reinventing the American Government Course
Panel chair and discussant, panel on “Mayors and Cities in Public Policy.” Midwest Political Science Association 2008 Annual Meeting
McKenzie, Evan. 2007. “Private Cities, Parallel State, or Just More Government?:An Assessment of Recent Developments in the Relationship Between Public and Private Local Government.” American Political Science Association 2007 Annual Meeting. Panel organizer, chair, and discussant for panel on “Homeowner Associations and Municipalities.”
McKenzie, Evan. 2007. Invited lecture. “The Legal Framework of Community Governance: Recent Trends in the US.” International Conference on Community Governance: Multicultural Perspectives. Renmin University, Beijing, China. June 24-25.
McKenzie, Evan. 2007. “How Universal is the Growth of Private Urban Governance, and What Are the Implications for Urban Theory?” UIC Urban Scholars Symposium, April 10-11. Also served as panel chair for panel on Los Angeles. April 10-11.
Participant in “Roundtable on Local Government and Regional Government in the US,” Forum on Federations conference at UIC, Jan 18, 2007
McKenzie, Evan. 2006. “Fence Me In: Local Leaders Learn How Homeowners Associations and Gated Communities Are Evolving Across the Nation,” National League of Cities Congress of Cities, Reno NV. December 9.
McKenzie, Evan. 2006. “Does Privatopia Have a Future? Current Trends in Legislative Reform of Common Interest Developments,” Keynote Address, Conference at Center for California Homeowner Association Law, San Jose CA. October 25.
Panel Chair and Discussant, American Political Science Association, September 2006. Panel on “Governing Cities: Federalism, Taxes, and Eminent Domain.”
McKenzie, Evan. 2005. “Choice, Consent, and Legitimacy in Community Association Governance: The Impact of Recent Trends in State and Local Public Policy.” Paper presented at Policy Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Washington, DC. November 5.
McKenzie, Evan. 2003. Wayne Hyatt Annual Lecture, “Common Interest Housing in the Communities of Tomorrow”, 24th Annual Community Association Law Seminar, New Orleans, January 31-February 1.
McKenzie, Evan. 2002. “Diversity Assurance and Pro-integrative Initiatives in Ten Communities,” conference on Building Blocks for Inclusive Communities. Cleveland, Ohio. November 7-9.
McKenzie, Evan. 2002. “The Perils of Suburban Ethnography,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 21-24.
McKenzie, Evan. 2002. “Diversity Assurance and Pro-integrative Initiatives in Ten Communities,” Building Blocks for Inclusive Communities Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, November 7-9.
McKenzie, Evan. 2002. Panel Discussion. “Urban Space Since September 11,” Chicago Historical Society and Center for Public Intellectuals, panel discussion, October 15.
McKenzie, Evan. 2002. Invited lecture. “Oak Park and Common Interest Developments Compared,” Harvard Law School. October 3.
McKenzie, Evan. 2002. Keynote address, “Private Residential Governance in the USA: Why is it Happening and What Does it Mean?” International Conference on Private Residential Governance, University of Mainz, Germany, June 5-9 2002.
McKenzie, Evan. 2002. “Reconsidering the Oak Park Strategy: An Assessment of Integration Maintenance Policies in a Chicago Suburb,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 25-28.
McKenzie, Evan. 2002. “Extending the State in Las Vegas? An Inquiry into the Means and Ends of Private Residential Governance,” Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, March 22-24.
McKenzie, Evan. 202. Keynote Address, “Common Interest Housing In the Communities of Tomorrow,” Second Communities of Tomorrow Summit, American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC, March 21.
Panel Discussion, “Government, Inc. When Private Organizations do the Business of Government,” Privatization: The Legal Implications of Shifting Boundaries between Public and Private. Hastings College of the Law, Public Law Research Institute, November 9, 2001.
McKenzie, Evan. 2001. “Private and Fortified Enclaves in Post Liberal America,” The Vulnerable Citizen Conference, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 19-20.
McKenzie, Evan. 2001. “Gated Communities: Good or Bad?” American Bar Association State and Local Government Section Meeting, Savannah, Georgia. October 13.
McKenzie, Evan. 2001. “Constructing the Pomerium in Las Vegas,” paper presented at the Conference on Democracy, Violence and Cities: New Segregations and Changes in Public Space. University of California at Irvine, June 1-2.
McKenzie, Evan. 2001 “Politics by Design: The New Urbanism.” Poster Session, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 20.
McKenzie, Evan. 2001. “Field Research in Oak Park, Illinois,” Organizer and participant, University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Social Science Research, April 13.
McKenzie, Evan. 2001. “Fair Housing, Integration, and Diversity; The Changing Dynamics of Racial Policy in a Chicago Suburb,” paper presented at Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 15-17.
McKenzie, Evan. 2000. “Succession Theory and the Chicago School,” paper presented at Great Cities Institute Winter Forum, Chicago, Illinois, December 1.
McKenzie, Evan. 2000. “Representing Race in Urban Politics,” Panel Chair and presenter, Great Cities Institute Winter Forum, December 1.
New Legislators Briefing on “Corrections and Community Crime Prevention,” Illinois State Legislature, December 1, 1999
McKenzie, Evan. 1999. “Emerging Trends in Residential Private Governance,” at Lambda Alpha Conference on Building Community, De Paul University, November 12.
McKenzie, Evan. 1999. “School Desegregation in Oak Park,” presentation at Oak Park Long Term Diversity Conference, November 5.
McKenzie, Evan. 1999. Invited lecture on “Managed Integration Public Policies in Oak Park, Illinois,” Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, November 1.
Panel discussion on “Self Governance Problems” at conference on “Affordable Housing Resources and Prospects, Midwest and Chicago Strategies.” John Marshall Law School/American Bar Association, October 22-23, 1999.
McKenzie, Evan. 1999. Invited lecture on “Managed Integration Public Policies in Oak Park, Illinois,” Law and Society Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 15.
Invited lecture on “Suburban Youth Gangs and Public Policy: A Case Study,” presented at panel on youth gangs at Illinois Academy of Criminology, Chicago, May 8, 1998.
Panel Discussion on “Making Places for Community: Transactional Lawyers in New Urban Work,” at American Association of Law Schools/American Political Science Association Workshop on Inner Cities, San Francisco, January 7, 1998.
Invited Lecture on “Gated Communities,” with panel discussion, presented to annual meeting of American Planning Association, D.C. Area Chapter, Washington, DC, November 1997.
Invited Lecture on “Reinventing Master Planned Developments,” John Marshall Law School, Chicago, October 1997.
Invited Lecture on “Super-predators and the Politics of Juvenile Justice,” presented to the Board of Directors of the John Howard Association for Prison Reform, Chicago, 15 April 1997.
Lecture on “The Juvenile Court in the Twenty First Century,” Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois-Chicago, 18 February 1997.
Invited Lecture on “Gated Communities and Suburban Youth Gangs,” and panel discussion, in program on Gateways and Barriers: Defining Borders of a Community at The Urban Forum, National Building Museum, Washington, DC, 12 November 1996.
Invited Lecture on “Suburban Youth Gangs and Public Policy,” and panel discussion, in program on Urban-Suburban Gangs in Contemporary Society, Illinois Academy of Criminology, Chicago, 16 October 1996.
Invited Lectures on youth gangs and public policy, at “Reclaiming Youth at Risk: From Risk to Resilience”, Sponsored by Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems/Black Hills Seminars, South Dakota, June 1996.
Invited Lecture on “Homeowner Associations and American Politics” at Political Economy Workshop, University of Western Ontario, Canada, December 4, 1995.
"On-Line Data Access for Teaching Public Law in Political Science Departments," paper presented at the Western Political Science Association 1995 Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 16-18, 1995. [paper presented by Matthew A. Cahn in my absence]
"Directions in Public Policy Regarding Residential Private Governments in the Intergovernmental System," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York City, New York, September 1-4, 1994.
"Homeowner Associations as an Emerging Force in California Politics," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 10-12, 1994
Keynote speaker at Annual Seminar of the Executive Council of Homeowners, Santa Clara, California, October 23, 1993. Address: "The Future of Homeowner Associations."
"From Exclusivity to Exclusion: Homeowner Associations and Housing Segregation," paper presented at the 1993 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 2-5, 1993.
"The Green Machine Meets the Growth Machine: Factors in Intergovernmental Relations and Environmental Policy in California," paper presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 19-21, 1992 (with Matthew A. Cahn).
"Private Government: The Future of Democracy?" paper presented at conference on "Rethinking Democracy" held at Albright College, December 6-7, 1991.
"The New World Order and Democracy," roundtable presentation at conference on "Rethinking Democracy" held at Albright College, December 6-7, 1991.
"The Politics of Legal Education: Private Government or Public Policy?" paper presented at the Pennsylvania Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Carlyle, Pennsylvania, April 12-13, 1991.
"Private Covenants and Public Law," paper presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 30-April 1, 1989
"Treating the Seriously Delinquent Youth," address given at Juvenile Justice Training Institute. Bend, Oregon, August 18-21, 1982. Co-sponsored by the Oregon Juvenile Judges Association and the National College of Juvenile Justice.
"Treating the Seriously Delinquent Youth," address given at 45th Annual Conference of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Portland, Oregon, July 11-16, 1982.
Organizer and speaker, Conference on Dispositional Alternatives for the Serious Juvenile Offender. San Diego, California, May 23-26, 1982, co-sponsored by Delta Institute and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Delivered conference theme address entitled "Considerations in the Treatment of the Seriously Delinquent Youth," and served on several panels.
Participant, United Nations Meeting of Experts on Juvenile Justice. National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, May 27-June 1, 1979.