Marc Dunkelman

Marc J. Dunkelman is a fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and a former fellow at NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management. He specializes in politics, community, and infrastructure policy.

During more than a decade working in politics, Dunkelman worked for Democratic members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives and served as a senior fellow at the Clinton Foundation. He is the author of two books: Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress — And How to Bring It Back (2025) and The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community (2014).

Dunkelman’s work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Atlantic, and Politico, among other publications. His recent writing has focused on government effectiveness, infrastructure implementation, and the challenges facing democracy.