Professor Hahn received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1971. He is the author of Soviet Grassroots: Citizen Participation in Local Soviet Government (Princeton University Press, 1988) and co-editor (with Theodore H. Friedgut) of Local Power and Post Soviet Politics (M.E. Sharpe, 1994). In February of 1996, a book was published which he edited entitled Democratization in Russia: The Development of Legislative Institutions. He has also published articles on political culture, on political participation, and on local government in Russia. These have appeared in the British Journal of Political Science, the Slavic Review, Post-Soviet Affairs, Problems of Communism and Polity, among other journals. Many of his recent publications draw on field work conducted in Russia from 1990-1997 supported by grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, from the National Council for Soviet and East European Research, and from the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX). In recognition of his research efforts, Professor Hahn received "The Outstanding Faculty Research Award" from Villanova University in 1998.