Curriculum Vitae
Revised January 2016
Name:
Robert W. Oldendick
Office Address:
Institute for Public Service and Policy Research
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Telephone:
Office - 803-777-4566
Education
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ph.D. in Political Science, August, 1977. Dissertation
topic: "The Correlates and Behavioral Consequences of Attitudinal Consistency in the
Mass Public."
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. M.A. in Political Science, June, 1974.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. B.A. in Political Science, June, 1972.
Special Fields of Interest
Survey Research, Research Methods
Public Opinion, Electoral Behavior
Relevant Work Experience
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; January, 2001 to present; Executive
Director, Institute for Public Service and Policy Research. Responsible for the overall
direction of the Institute, a public service research organization composed of the Center for
Governmental Research and Service and the Survey Research Laboratory, with an annual
budget of approximately $3 million.
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; August, 1989 to September 2014;
Director, Survey Research Laboratory, Institute for Public Service and Policy Research.
Responsible for directing the activities of the Survey Research Laboratory, including
development of research programs, staff training, and securing external funding. As part of
these duties, established and directed the South Carolina Omnibus Survey, a cost-shared,
semi-annual survey of the South Carolina public, which has served as a vehicle to assist a
number of state agencies and other organizations in collecting survey information.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; June, 1982 to August, 1989; Assistant Director for
Research Services, Institute for Policy Research. Duties included supervising and
coordinating research activities for the Institute's various Centers and Programs, including
the Ohio Poll and the Greater Cincinnati Survey. Also sought funding for basic research
projects, conducted program evaluations and applied research for contract clients, and
provided consultation to the University community, as well as to other public or non-profit
organizations.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; October, 1977 to June, 1982; Assistant Director and
Research Associate, Behavioral Sciences Laboratory. Duties included the supervision of all
phases of ongoing research as well as consultation with contract clients on data analysis
procedures, particularly in the area of survey research and urban affairs.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; June, 1975 to September, 1977; research programmer/
analyst, Behavioral Sciences Laboratory. Duties same as above.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; June, 1974 to June, 1975; data analyst, half-time,
Behavioral Sciences Laboratory. Duties included consultation with contract clients to
determine nature of research problem and appropriate design and analysis procedures.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; June, 1973 to June, 1974; graduate assistant, Behavioral
Sciences Laboratory. Duties included consultation to academic community regarding
research questions - i.e., methodology, data processing, and statistical interpretation.
Assistance given on OSIRIS, SPSS, BMD statistical packages and IBM utility programs.
Cincinnati, Ohio; Alcohol Safety Action Project; Field Supervisor, Roadside Survey; 1974.
Teaching Experience
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; July, 2001 - present; Professor,
Department of Political Science (joint appointment with Institute of Public Service and
Policy Research). Courses taught: Survey Research: Public Opinion and Politics; Elections
and Voting Behavior; Survey Research; American National Government; Public Data
Analysis; The Political Science Discipline. (Associate Professor from July, 1993 – June,
2001).
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; January, 1981 - August, 1989; Adjunct Assistant
Professor of Political Science; Courses taught: Introduction to Political Analysis; Public
Opinion.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; April, 1974 - December, 1976; Behavioral Sciences
Laboratory; Courses taught: Statistics for Political Science; SPSS; OSIRIS.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; January, 1974 to June, 1975; Teaching Assistant,
Department of Political Science. Courses taught: Multivariate Statistics; Introduction to
Political Analysis; Corruption and the Political Process; Public Opinion.
Publications - Books
Public Opinion: Measuring the American Mind, 5th ed. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc).
2016. With B. Bardes. [1st edition published, 1998; 2nd edition published 2003; 3rd edition
published 2006; 4th ed. published 2012.]
Publications – Articles in Refereed Publications
“Overcoming Challenges in the Changing Environment of Practice-Based Research.” Annals of
Family Medicine 13 (September/October 2015): 475-479. With Stacia A. Finch, Richard
Wasserman, Emara Nabi-Burza, Bethany Hipple, and Jonathan P. Winickoff.
“Comparing Nanoparticle Risk Perceptions to Other Known EHS Risks.” Journal of
Nanoparticle Research 13 (March 2011): 3089-3099. With David Berube, Christopher
Cummings, Jordan Frith, and Andrew Binder.
"Public Opinion on School-Based Sex Education in South Carolina," American Journal of
Sexuality Education, 4 (2) 2009: 116-138. With Forrest L. Alton, Robert F, Valois, and
J. Wanzer Drane.
“South Carolina Patient Safety Legislation: The Impact of the Lewis Blackman Hospital
Patient Safety Act on a Large Teaching Hospital,” The Journal of the South Carolina
Medical Association, 105 (1): 2009: 12-15. With J. Raymond, B. Kyzer, T. Cooper,
K.Stephens, D. Coker, M. Stinson, and J. Barker.
“Does It Stick? Effects of an Integrated Vertical Undergraduate Aging Curriculum on Medical
and Surgical Residents,” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56 (1): 132-138.
With D. Wieland, G. P. Eleazer, D.L. Bachman, D. Corbin, R. Boland, T. Stewart, N.
Richeson, and J.T. Thornhill.
"Evaluation of the Quality of Care in the Clinical Care Centers of the National Centers of
Excellence in Women's Health," Women's Health Issues, 12 (November/December 2002):
309-326. With R. T. Anderson, C. S. Weisman, S. H. Scholle, J. T. Henderson, and F.
Camacho.
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“Help-Seeking for Intimate Partner Violence and Forced Sex in South Carolina," American
Journal of Preventive Medicine 19 (November 2000): 316-320. With A.L.
Coker, C. Derrick, J. Lumpkin, and T. Aldrich.
“A Population-Based Survey of Complementary and Alternative Medical Usage, Patient
Satisfaction, and Physician Involvement," Southern Medical Journal (April 2000): 375381. With A.L. Coker, D.Wieland, J. I. Raymond, J.C. Probst, B.J. Schell, and
C. Stoskopf.
“The Role of Survey Research in the Benchmarking Process,” Journal of Public Budgeting,
Accounting, & Fiscal Management 12 (Spring 2000): 138-164. With M.W. Link.
“Call Screening: Is It Really A Problem for Survey Research?” Public Opinion Quarterly 63, (Winter
1999): 577-589. With M.W. Link. [Also reprinted in Social Surveys, (ed.) D. de Vaus. Sage
Publications, 2002.]
“Adequacy of Preparation and Importance of Geriatrics in a Sample of Primary Care Physicians,”
Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 19 (1998): 57-66. With D. Henderson and G.P.
Eleazer.
"Social Construction and White Attitudes Towards Equal Opportunity and Multiculturalism,"
Journal of Politics, 58 (February 1996): 149-168. With M.W. Link.
"Reliability of Proxy Information About the Health Effects Of Exposure to Hazardous Waste
Incineration," Toxicology and Industrial Waste, 12 (No. 2, 1996): 245-254. With C.A.
Hornung, C.E. Feigley, C.A. Macera, M. Wei, L.A. Draheim, G.P. Eleazer, and G.N. Olsen.
"The Answering Machine Generation: Who Are They and What Problem do They Pose for Survey
Research?" Public Opinion Quarterly, 58 (Summer 1994): 264-273. With M.W. Link.
"The Effect of Answering Machines on the Representativeness of Samples in Telephone Surveys,"
Journal of Official Statistics, 9, 1993: 663-672.
"A Comparison of the Kish and Last Birthday Methods of Respondent Selection in Telephone
Surveys." Journal of Official Statistics, 4 (1988): 307-318. With G.F. Bishop, S.B.
Sorenson and A.J. Tuchfarber.
"The Utilization of Technology in Correctional Institutions." Federal Probation, 53 (September
1989): 35-40. With L.F. Travis and E.J. Latessa.
"Opinions on Fictitious Issues: The Pressure to Answer Survey Questions." Public Opinion
Quarterly, 50 (Summer 1986): 240-250. With G.F. Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
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"The Importance of Replicating a Failure to Replicate: Order Effects on Abortion Items." Public
Opinion Quarterly, 49 (Spring 1985): 105-114. With G.F. Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
"Interest in Political Campaigns: The Influence of Question Order and Electoral Context." Political
Behavior, 6 (1984): 159-170. With G.F. Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
"Political Activity Among Appalachian Migrants." Social Science Quarterly, 65 (December, 1984):
1058-1064. With P.J. Obermiller.
"What Must My Interest in Politics Be If I Just Told You 'I Don't Know'?" Public Opinion
Quarterly, 48 (Winter 1984): 510-519. With G.F. Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
"Effects of Filter Questions in Public Opinion Surveys." Public Opinion Quarterly, 47 (Winter
1983): 528-546. With G.F. Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
"Political Information Processing: Question Order and Context Effects." Political Behavior, 4
(1982): 177-200. With G.F. Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
"Mass and Elite Foreign Policy Opinions." Public Opinion Quarterly, 46 (Fall, 1982): 368-382.
With B. Bardes.
"Effects of Presenting One Versus Two Sides on an Issue in Survey Questions." Public Opinion
Quarterly, 46 (Spring, 1982): 69-85. With G.F. Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
"Experiments in Filtering Political Opinions." Political Behavior, 2 (1980): 339-369. With G.F.
Bishop and A.J.Tuchfarber.
"Belief Structures and Foreign Policy: Comparing the Dimensions of Elite and Mass Opinions."
Social Science Quarterly, 62 (September, 1981): 432-442. With B. Bardes.
"The Continuing Case for Multiple Dimensions in the Structure of Foreign Policy Attitudes."
Social Science Quarterly, 62 (March, 1981): 124-127. With B. Bardes.
"'Pseudo-Opinions' on Public Affairs." Public Opinion Quarterly, 44 (Summer 1980): 198-209.
With G.F. Bishop, A.J. Tuchfarber and S.E. Bennett.
"Effects of Opinion Filtering and Opinion Floating: Evidence from a Secondary Analysis."
Political Methodology, 6 (1979): 293-309. With G.F. Bishop, A.J. Tuchfarber and S.E.
Bennett.
"Questions about Question Wording: A Rejoinder to Revisiting Mass Belief Systems Revisited."
American Journal of Political Science, 23 (May, l979): 187-192. With G.F. Bishop, S.E.
Bennett and A.J. Tuchfarber.
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"Education and Mass Belief Systems: An Extension and Some New Questions." Political
Behavior, (Spring, l979): 53-72. With S.E. Bennett, A.J. Tuchfarber and G.F. Bishop.
"Beyond Internationalism: A Case for Multiple Dimensions in the Structure of Foreign Policy
Attitudes." Social Science Quarterly, 59 (December, 1978): 496-508. With B. Bardes.
"The Wallace Factor: Constancy and Cooptation." American Politics Quarterly, 6 (October, 1978):
469-484. With S.E. Bennett.
"The Changing Structure of Mass Belief Systems: Facts or Artifacts?" Journal of Politics, 40
(August, 1978): 781-787. With G.F. Bishop, A.J. Tuchfarber and S.E. Bennett.
"Debate Watching and the Acquisition of Political Knowledge." Journal of Communication, 28
(Autumn, 1978): 99-113. With G.F. Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
"Change in the Structure of American Political Attitudes: The Nagging Question of Question
Wording." American Journal of Political Science, 22 (May, 1978): 250-269. With G.F.
Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
"Effects of Question Wording and Format on Political Attitude Consistency." Public Opinion
Quarterly, 42 (Spring, 1978): 81-92. With G.F. Bishop and A.J. Tuchfarber.
Publications – Articles in Non-Refereed Publications
“Incentives for Cell Phone Only Users: What Difference Do They Make?” Survey Practice
http://surveypractice.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/cell-phone-incentives/. (February
2011). With Dennis Lambries.
Entries on question order effects, rankings, ratings, and response alternatives in the
Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods, (ed.) P. J. Lavrakas. Sage Publications, 2008.
“The More Things Change … A Historic Review of South Carolina Public Opinion about Tax
Policy,” Public Policy & Practice 5 (Fall 2006).
http://www.ipspr.sc.edu/ejournal/ejournal0611/tax%20policy.pdf. With E.A. Self.
"The Sex Education Curriculum in South Carolina's Public Schools: The Public View," Public
Policy & Practice 4 (May 2005). http://www.ipspr.sc.edu/ejmay05/sexrev3.htm. With F.L.
Alton and K.A. Draughon.
"South Carolinians' Attitudes Toward Government: Findings from a Survey for the Commission
on Management, Accountability, and Performance," Public Policy & Practice 3 (May
2004). http://www.ipspr.sc.edu/ejournal/map504.asp
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"The Role of Public Opinion in Policy and Practice," Public Policy & Practice 2, (October 2002).
http://www.iopa.sc.edu/ejournal/assets/Public%20Opinion%20-%20roldendick.pdf.
" Attitudes on End-of-Life Care Issues," Public Policy & Practice 1 (March 2002).
http://www.iopa.sc.edu/ejournal.
"Fear of Crime," Public Policy & Practice 1 (October, 2001). http://www.iopa.sc.edu/ejournal.
With C.B. Graham, Jr.
“Intimate Partner Violence Among Men and Women – South Carolina, 1998,” Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report 49 (August 4, 2000): 691-694. With A.L. Coker, C. Derrick, and
J. Lumpkin.
“’Good” Polls/”Bad” Polls – How Can You Tell? Ten Tips for Consumers of Survey Research,”
South Carolina Policy Forum, 8 (Fall 1997): 12-23. With M.W. Link.
“Are the Public Policy Attitudes of South Carolinians Always Black and White?” South Carolina
Policy Forum , 8 (Winter 1997): 6-12. With M.W. Link and T.R. Anderson.
"Perceptions of County Government in South Carolina: A Special Report of the South Carolina
State Survey," South Carolina Policy Forum, 7 (Winter 1996): 16-25.
"Property Tax in South Carolina: The Citizens' View," South Carolina Policy Forum, 6 (Winter
1995): 22-24.
"Caregiving in South Carolina: The Sandwiched Generation -- and Beyond," South Carolina Policy
Forum, 5 (Winter 1994): 11-17. With W. Wells and K. Harlow.
"Would We Know a State Service if it Hit Us on the Head?" South Carolina Policy Forum, 4
(Spring 1993): 6-11. With P. Grose, Jr.
"Public Opinion and Foreign Policy," United States Information Agency Availability List, 1991.
With B. Bardes.
"1991 State Survey Report." South Carolina Policy Forum, 3 (Winter 1992): 34-43.
"Abortion: How South Carolinians View the Issue." South Carolina Policy Forum, 2 (April-June
1990): 11-15.
"The Role of Public Opinion in U.S. Foreign Policy," United States Information Agency
Availability List, 1985. With B. Bardes.
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"Creating a Metropolitan Omnibus Survey: The Cincinnati Experience." Survey Research, 12 (Fall
1980): 20-21. With A.J. Tuchfarber and G.F. Bishop.
"Consistency Among the Mass Public's Attitudes in the 1970's," Graduate Research Journal, 1
(Spring, 1975), 39-52.
Publications – Book Chapters
“Survey Research Ethics.” In Lior Gideon (ed.) Handbook of Survey Methodology for the Social
Sciences. Springer, 2012.
"Gender and Race in South Carolina: Economic, Social, Political and Attitudinal
Differences." In Todd G. Shields and Shannon G. Davis (eds.) New Voices in the Old
South: How Women and Minorities Influence Southern Politics. Florida Institute of
Government Press. 2008.
"Racial Attitudes of Blacks and Whites in South Carolina," in …And Miles to Go Before I Sleep,
(ed.) Fred R. Sheheen. Institute for Public Service and Policy Research, 2004.
"Buyer Beware: Ten Tips for Evaluating Polls," in State Government: CQ's Guide to Current
Issues and Activities 1998-99, (eds.) T.L. Beyle. Congressional Quarterly, Inc. With M.W.
Link.
"Reliability of Proxy Information About the Health Effects Of Exposure to Hazardous Waste
Incineration," in Hazardous Waste and Public Health, (eds.) John S. Andrews, Jr., Howard
Frumkin, Barry L. Johnson, Myron L. Mehlman, Charles Xintaras, and Jeanne A. Bucsela.
Princeton Scientific Publishing Co., Inc., 1995. With C.A. Hornung, C.E. Feigley, C.A.
Macera, M. Wei, L.A. Draheim, G.P. Eleazer, and G.N. Olsen.
"Urban Appalachian Health Concerns," in From Mountains to Metropolis: Appalachian Migrants
in American Cities, (eds.) Kathryn M. Borman and Phillip J. Obermiller. Bergin & Garvey,
1994. With P.J. Obermiller.
"Public Opinion and Foreign Policy" in Research in Micropolitics, Vol. 3 (ed.) Samuel Long. JAI
Press, Inc., 1990. With B. Bardes.
"Moving On: Recent Patterns of Appalachian Migration" in The Impact of Institutions in
Appalachia, (eds.) Jim Lloyd and Anne G. Campbell. Appalachian Consortium Press, 1986.
With P.J.Obermiller.
"Appalachian Origin and Political Activity" in The Appalachian Experience, (ed.) Barry Buxton. .
Appalachian Consortium Press, 1984. With P.J. Obermiller.
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"The Presidential Debates as a Device for Increasing the 'Rationality' of Electoral Behavior," in The
Presidential Debates: Media, Electoral and Policy Perspectives (eds.) G.F. Bishop, R.G.
Meadow and M. Jackson-Beeck. Praeger Press, 1978. With G.F. Bishop and A.J.
Tuchfarber.
"Reducing the Cost of Victim Surveys," in Sample Surveys of the Victims of Crime, (ed.) Wes
Skogan. Ballinger Books, 1976. With B. Bardes, W. Klecka and A. Tuchfarber.
Publications – Book Reviews
Review of Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method by Don A. Dillman. Journal of
Official Statistics 16 (September 2000): 287-289.
Review of Polls and Surveys: Understanding What They Tell Us by Norman M. Bradburn and
Seymour Sudman. Journal of Official Statistics, 6 (1990): 213-214.
Activities and Awards
2015 John M. Kennedy Achievement Award from the Association of Academic Survey
Research Organizations (AASRO).
Chair, Panel on Racial Stereotypes, Voting Behavior, and Responsiveness. Midwest Political
Science Association Conference. April 2015.. Chicago.
Associate Editor, Public Opinion Quarterly, October 2006 – January 2009.
Member, Human Subjects and Compliance Committee, Association of Academic Survey
Research Organizations, 2009-10.
Program Chair, 2009 Directors’ Meeting of the Association of Academic Survey Research
Organizations.
Member, Review panel for the design of the 2009-10 National Survey of Children with Special
Health Care Needs, Health Resources and Services Administration.
Chair, Panel on “Cell Phones - IV,” American Association for Public Opinion Research, May,
2008.
Member, Conference Committee, 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for
Public Opinion Research.
Member, Review Panel, State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 2007-08.
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Panelist, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Expert Review Panel, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 2006; 2009.
Member, USC School of the Environment Transition Committee, 2006.
Member, Management Committee, Second International Conference on Telephone Survey
Methodology, Miami Beach, FL, January 2006.
Moderator, Roundtable on "Ensuring a Representative Sample – Challenges for Survey Research,"
2005 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Public Opinion Research.
Discussant, Panel on "Data Quality is Surveys," 2005 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association
for Public Opinion Research.
Epidemiology of Dying and End of Life Experience Advisory Committee, 2004-2005.
Discussant, Panel on "Elections, Legislative Politics, and Survey Research" Conference on
Electoral Politics in Taiwan, April 2003.
Member, James A. Prothro Student Paper Competition, Southern Association for Public Opinion
Research, 1999-2003. (Chair, 1999-2001).
Participant, Truman Scholarship Program Mock Interviews, 2004 – 2015.
Member, Board of Trustees, Leadership South Carolina, 2001-2006.
Member, South Carolina Environmental Excellence Program Advisory Committee, 2001-2005.
Member, Editorial Board, South Carolina Policy & Practice (electronic journal), 2001-2008.
Member, Standards Committee, American Association for Public Opinion Research, 2000-2005.
Member, Center for Health Services and Health Policy Research Executive Committee, 20012008.
Member, Search Committee for Public Administration Budgeting Position, Department of
Political Science, 2007.
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee for Professor Kirk Randazzo, 2009.
Member, Third Year Review Committee for Professor Charles Finocchiaro, 2009.
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee for Professor Neal Woods, 2008.
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Member, Post-Tenure Review Committee for Professor Donald Songer, 2008.
Member, Third Year Review Committee for Professor David Darmofal, 2007.
Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee for Dr. Susanna Priest, 2006.
Member, Post-Tenure Review Committee for Professor John Hsieh, 2006.
Member, Department of Political Science Faculty Annual Review Committee, 2004-2005, 20092010.
Member, Department of Government and International Studies Faculty Annual Review Committee,
2002.
Member, Department of Government and International Studies Post-Tenure Review Subcommittee,
2002.
Member, USC School of the Environment Advisory Committee, 2001-2002, 2006-present.
Member, Executive Committee, National Network of State Polls, 2000-2002.
Member, Environmental Research Initiative Committee (ERIC) Review Panel.
Member, Master of Public Administration Admissions Committee, 2001-2002.
Member, Search Committee on Public Administration, Department of Government and
International Studies, 2000.
Member, Search Committee on Public Law, Department of Government and International
Studies, 2000.
Chair, Panel on “Privacy and Nonresponse,” International Conference on Survey Nonresponse,
October, 1999.
Member, Institute of Public Affairs Advisory Committee, 1997-2000.
Member, Departmental Computer Committee, Department of Government and International
Studies, 1998-present.
Member, Search Committee on American Politics, Department of Government and International
Studies, 1998.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Planning Committee, 1998.
Chair, Masters in Practical Politics Committee, Department of Government and International
Studies, 1997.
Member, Search Committee, Director of USC Center for Health Services and Policy Research,
1997.
Reviewer for U.S. Department of Commerce Coastal Information Management Customer Survey,
1996.
Vice-President and President-elect, Southern Association for Public Opinion Research, 1995-96.
Member, Nominations Committee, American Association for Public Opinion Research, 1994.
Member, Master of Public Administration Admissions Committee (Greenville Program), 19941997.
President, Southern Association for Public Opinion Research, 1993.
Member, South Carolina Interagency Work Group on Health Policy and Data Integration, 19921993.
Participant, Roundtable on "Answering Machines," 1992 Field Directors' and Field Technologies
Conference.
Member, University of South Carolina Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social
Research Committee, 1992.
Member, Editorial Staff, South Carolina Policy Forum, 1991-1999.
Member, Executive Committee, National Network of State Polls, 1991-1997.
Vice President, Southern Association for Public Opinion Research, 1991.
Member, University of South Carolina Search Committee for Director of the Center for
Environmental Policy.
Discussant, Panel on "Cognitive Psychology and the Survey Response," 1991 Annual Meeting of
the American Association for Public Opinion Research.
Discussant, Panel on "The Role of Stereotypic Knowledge in Responding to Dietary Surveys,"
1990 International Conference on Measurement Errors in Surveys.
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Chairman, Departmental Ethics Committee, Institute of Public Affairs, 1990-2002; Department
of Government and International Studies, 1995-2002.
Member, University of South Carolina Institutional Self-Study Survey Subcommittee, 1989-1990.
Discussant, Panel on "Public Opinion on Current Issues," 1986 Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Association for Public Opinion Research.
Political Analyst, WCKY Radio, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Member, Board of Trustees, Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders, 1983-1989.
Participant, Roundtable on "Developing a Statewide Omnibus Survey," 1986 Annual Meeting of
the Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists.
Discussant, Panel on "Question Order and Context Effects," 1983 Annual Meeting of the American
Association for Public Opinion Research.
Member, Executive Council of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, 1981-1982.
Chairman, Panel on "Public Opinion and Foreign Policy," 1982 Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association.
Discussant, Panel on "Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy," 1982 Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association.
Chairman, Panel on "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Computer-Aided Telephone
Interviewing," 1981 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion
Research.
Discussant, Panel on "Explorations of Campaign Communication Channels," 1981 Annual Meeting
of the Southwestern Political Science Association.
Member, Review Panel of the Ohio Inter-University Energy Research Council, 1980.
Chairman, Panel on "Survey Research and the Policy Process," 1980 Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Politics, 1980-1982.
Discussant, Panel on "Issue Voting," l979 Midwest Political Science Convention.
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Member, Committee on Membership, Attendance and Registration, Western Political Science
Association, 1979-80.
Member, Standards Committee, American Association for Public Opinion Research, 1977-1980.
Member, University of Cincinnati Computer Instructional Services Scanner Sub-committee,
1978-79.
Reviewer for the National Science Foundation.
Reviewer for American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science.
Reviewer for American Journal of Public Health
Reviewer for American Political Science Review.
Reviewer for American Politics Quarterly.
Reviewer for American Politics Research.
Reviewer for American Review of Politics.
Reviewer for Complementary Therapies in Medicine.
Reviewer for International Studies Quarterly.
Reviewer for Journal of Environmental Economics.
Reviewer for Journal of Official Statistics.
Reviewer for Journal of Political Science.
Reviewer for Journal of Politics.
Reviewer for Politics and the Life Sciences.
Reviewer for Political Research Quarterly
Reviewer for Public Opinion Quarterly.
Reviewer for Social Science Quarterly.
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Reviewer for Southeastern Political Review.
Reviewer for Urban Affairs Review.
Reviewer for Women’s Health Issues.
Consultant to the Southwestern Ohio Regional Transit Authority.
Consultant to Action Data, Incorporated.
Consultant to the Butler County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disorders.
Consultant to the Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders.
Chairman, Political Science Graduate Student Association, University of Cincinnati, 1974-75.
Grants, Contracts and Awards
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: "South Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System."
January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2016.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: "2015 South Carolina Adult Tobacco Survey." September 1, 2014 –
December 31, 2015.
Project director, contract from the Urban Institute. Project Title: “Work Support Strategies – South
Carolina. September 4, 2014 – December 31, 2014
Project director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Project Title: “Client Service Survey.” January 1, 2012 – June 30, 2015.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: "2012 South Carolina Adult Tobacco Survey." March 1, 2012 –
January 31, 2013.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: “Child Health Assessment System.” January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2015.
Project director, contract from the University of Missouri. Project Title: “Cadmium Exposure and
Endometrial Cancer.” July 1, 2010 – March 31, 2015.
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Project director, contract from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Project Title: “Smoking
Cessation for Adolescents.” July 1, 2010 – December 31, 2015.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: "Influenza Illness Prevalence and Seasonal/Novel Influenza Vaccine
Acceptability Survey." November 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010.
Faculty Associate, grant from the National Science Foundation. Project Title: “NIRT: Intuitive
Toxicology and Public Engagement.” October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2011.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Project Title:
“South Carolina Safety Belt Usage Rate Survey.” May 1, 2008 – July 31, 2013.
Project Director, subcontract from Massachusetts General Hospital. Project title: "Addressing
Parental Smoking by Changing Pediatric Office Systems." April 1, 2008 - March 31,
2011.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Social Services. Project title"
"Statewide Child Care Market Rate Survey.: January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: “Awareness and Perceptions of Ocean and Coastal Resources in
South Carolina.” April 1, 2008 – September 30, 2008.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: "South Carolina Adult Tobacco Survey." June 1, 2007 – December
31, 2007.
Faculty Associate, grant from the Administration on Aging. Project Title: “Effects of OAA Services
on Medicare Utilization & Costs.” October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2009.
Project Director, contract from Faith in Action. Project Title: “Faith in Action Program
Assessment.” September 15, 2007 – December 31, 2007.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special
Needs.” Project Title: “Services Evaluation/Needs Assessment Survey.” January 1 2007 –
July 30, 2007.
Faculty Associate, contract from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Project Title:
“South Carolina Citizen Preparation for Emergency Situations.” April 1, 2007 – March
30, 2008.
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Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina National Guard. Project Title: “Public
Perceptions of the Impact of Activities on Military Installations.” January 1, 2007 –
December 31, 2007.
Project Director, grant from the National Institutes of Health. Project Title: Targeting Mass Media
Interventions for HIV, STD, and Pregnancy Prevention. November 1, 2005 – August 31,
2008.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and
Tourism. Project Title: "Recreation Participation and Preference Study, 2005." October 1,
2005 – June 30, 2006.
Project Director, subcontract from the University of Missouri. Project Title: “Missouri Smoking
Attitudes.” May 15, 2006 – October 31, 2008.
Project Director, contract the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Project Title: “Health Services Client Satisfaction Survey.” February 8, 2005 – June 30,
2010.
Project Director, subcontract Wake Forest University (funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention). Project Title: "Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program:
A Randomized Community Trial.” January 1, 2004 – September 30, 2008.
Co-principal investigator, contract from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Project Title: “National
Evaluation of the Free to Grow Program." December 1, 2000 – December 31, 2007.
Project Director, subcontract Wake Forest University (funding from the National Cancer Institute).
Project Title: "Tobacco Farmers and Tobacco Control.” January 1, 2004 – December 31,
2006.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Insurance. Project Title:
“Survey Data Collection for a Study on Expanding Health Care Coverage in South
Carolina.” February 3, 2003 – June 30, 2004.
Principal Investigator, contract from the United States Department of Defense. Project Title:
"DoD Region 4 Pollution Prevention Project." July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Project Title: "Performance Outcomes Measurement Project.” July 1, 2002 – Septmeber
30, 2007.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation &
Tourism. Project Title: “Evaluating the Use of Trails in South Carolina.” February 1,
2003 – June 30, 2003.
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Project Director, subcontract from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Project
Title: "Randomized Control Trial to Prevent Child Violence." April 1, 2002 – June 30,
2006.
Project Director, subcontract University of North Carolina. Project Title: "Data Collection for
the Evaluation of the CarolinaSAFE Project in South Carolina.” February 1, 2002 –
June 30, 2002.
Project Director, contract from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. Project
Title: “CoE National Quantitative Evaluation Project: Supplemental Community Survey Data
on Women’s Utilization Patterns, Services Received, and Satisfaction for Three National
Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health Program Sites." October 1, 2001-September 30,
2002.
Project Director, contract from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. Project
Title: “Professional Services to Support the Quantitative Efforts of the CoE Program.”
August 1, 2000 – September 29, 2002.
Project Director, contract from Insights Learning. Project Title: “Evaluation of the Partners
Health Initiative.” January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2002.
Project Director, contract from the University of Missouri – Columbia. Project Title: “Middlesex
Hospital Community Benefit Survey.” January 1, 2001 – May 31, 2001.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: "Evaluation of the Syphilis Prevention Project." July 1, 1998 –
May 31, 2001.
Project Director, subcontract from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Project Title:
“RAFI Tobacco Grower Survey.” December 1, 1996 – June 30, 2001.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Social Services. Project Title:
"Evaluation of Job-Related Factors in Caseworker Turnover." March 1, 2000 – June 30,
2000.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. Project Title: “Skills
That Work." March 1, 2000 – May 31, 2000 and January 1, 2003 – March 31, 2003.
Project Director, contract from the Palmetto Benchmarking Project. Project Title: “Public
Perceptions of City Services in Selected South Carolina Cities." February 1, 2000 – June
30, 2002.
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Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Research
Fund. Title: “Public Attitudes Toward Managed Growth in South Carolina.” February 1,
2000 - June 30, 2000.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Disabilities and Special Needs. Project
Title: “Evaluating the Person-Centered Planning Process." January 1, 2000 - June 30,
2000.
Project Director, subcontract Wake Forest University (funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention). Project Title: "Evaluation of the Combating the
Underage Drinking Problem.” June 1, 1999 – September 30, 2004.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: "Trends in Satisfaction with DHEC Services." June 30, 1999 –
June 29, 2008.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and
Tourism. Project Title: "Recreation Participation and Preference Study, 1999." June 1,
1999 - February 15, 2000.
Project Director, subcontract Wake Forest University School of Medicine (funding from the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation). Project Title: "The Impact of Managed Care on Patient
Trust.” March 1, 1999 – March 31, 2002.
Project Director, subcontract from Clemson University (funding from the Healthwise
Partnership). Project Title: “Evaluation of the Healthwise Initiative.” March 1, 1999 – June
30, 2000.
Project Director, USC College of Criminal Justice (funding from the Santee-Lynches Council
of Governments). Project Title: “Rural Community Policing Evaluation.” September 1, 1999
– October 31, 1999.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: "Evaluation of the Syphilis Prevention Project." July 1, 1998 –
December 31, 2000.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: “Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey.” November 1,
1996 – April 14, 2014.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
Services. Project Title: "State Demand and Needs Assessment Studies, Alcohol and Other
Drugs." November 15, 1997 – September 29, 2001.
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Project Director, subcontract from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Project Title: “PACE
Community Outreach Model for Cancer Control.” March 1, 1997 – June 30, 1999.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: “Violence and Threats of Violence in Relationships in South
Carolina.” November 1, 1998 – March 31, 1999.
Project Director, contract from Palmetto Richland Hospital. Project Title: “Complementary and
Alternative Medicine – General Population and Physician Surveys.” May 1, 1998 – March
31, 1999.
Project Director, contract from the University of Missouri – Columbia. Project Title: “Middlesex
Hospital Evaluation.” January 1, 1999 – May 31, 1999.
Project Director, contract from the Southern Appalachian Leadership Initiative on Cancer. Project
Title: “Cancer Intervention Assessment.” October 1, 1998 – January 31, 1999.
Project Director, subcontract from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Project Title: “RAFI
Tobacco Grower Survey.” December 1, 1996 – May 31, 1999.
Project Director, contract from South Carolina Department of Social Services. Project Title:
“Golden Strip Service Needs Assessment.” May 1, 1998 – July 31, 1998.
1999.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: “Family Support Services Evaluation.” May 1, 1998 – July 31, 1998.
Project Director, contract from the Kettering Foundation. Project Title: Evaluating National Issues
Forums.” January 15, 1998 - June 30, 1998.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: “Perinatal Screening Practices Survey.” June1, 1997 – July 31, 1997.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Council of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention.
Project Title: “South Carolinians Opinions on Comprehensive School-Based Sexuality
Education.” December 1, 1996 – March 31, 1997.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control. Project Title: “Survey of Home Health Care Workers.” January 1, 1997 – April
30, 1997.
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Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health. Project Title:
Family Satisfaction Survey.” November 15, 1996 – March 31, 1998.
Project Director, subcontract from the USC School of Public Health. Project Title: “Perception of
Risk at the Savannah River Site.” October 1, 1996 – January 31, 1997.
Project Director, subcontract from the University of Missouri School of Medicine. ProjectTitle:
“Smoking and the Workplace: An Analysis of Relapse.” October 1, 1996 – January 31,
1997.
Project Director, contract from the Georgetown County (S.C.). Project Title: "Georgetown
County Recreation Study." April 1, 1996 - June 30, 1996.
Project Director, contract from the Central Midlands Regional Planning Council. Project Title:
“Preparing Older Workers Project.” June 1, 1996 – August 31, 1997.
Project Director, subcontract from the USC Department of Psychology. Project Title:
"Evaluation of Community Perceptions in Target and Control Communities." January 1,
1996 - June 30, 1996.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Association of Counties. Project Title:
"Perceptions of Counties in South Carolina." September 30, 1995 - December 31, 1995.
Project Director, contract from Richland Memorial Hospital. Project Title: "Feasibility of a Social
HMO for Medicare and Dually Eligible Participants." February 1, 1996 - June 30, 1996.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Business Committee on Higher Education.
Project Title: "Perceptions of Higher Education in South Carolina." February 1, 1996 March 31, 1996.
Project Director, subcontract from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine (grant from
the Hartford Foundation). Project Title: "South Carolina Rural Geriatric Initiative." April
1, 1994 - June 30, 1995.
Project Director, subcontract from the USC Center for Child and Family Studies. Project Title:
"Family Preservation and Support Project." February 1, 1995 - April 30, 1995.
Project Director, contract from the Town of Irmo, South Carolina. Project Title: "Evaluation of
the Town of Irmo's Recycling Program." January 1, 1995 - February 28, 1995.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
Services. Project Title: "South Carolina Substance Abuse Prevention Needs Assessment."
August 1, 1994 - June 30, 1996.
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Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
Services. Project Title: "Needs Assessment, Alcohol and Other Related Studies."
November 15, 1993 - November 14, 1996.
Principal investigator, contract from The Citadel. Project Title: "The Citadel and Single-Gender
Education." February 1, 1994 - March 31, 1994.
Project Director, contract from the University of South Carolina Institute for Families and Society.
Project Title: "Survey Data Collection for a Study of Family Problems in Three South
Carolina Communities." January 15, 1994 - June 30, 1994.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public
Transportation. Project Title: "Evaluate Awareness and Perceptions of Public
Transportation in South Carolina." May 15, 1992 - June 30, 1993.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health. Project Title:
"Physicians' Referral Practice Regarding Supportive Services for Elderly Patients Living in
the Community." January 1, 1993 - April 30, 1993.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund.
Project Title: "Survey Data Collection for the Community Health effects of a Hazardous
Waste Incinerator Study." September 1, 1992 - June 30, 1993.
Project Director, contract with the Richland County (S.C.) Recreation Commission. Project Title:
"Richland County Recreation Study." June 1, 1992 - November 30, 1992.
Project Director, contract with the Dorchester County (S.C.) Planning Commission. Project Title:
"Dorchester County Recreational Preference Study." April 1, 1992 - September 30, 1992.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Water Resources Commission. Project
Title: "Analysis of Recreation Participation in the Edisto River Sub-Basin." February 1,
1992 - March 31, 1993.
Principal investigator, contract from Richland County (S.C.) School District Two. Project Title:
"Parental Involvement and Communication Survey." January 1, 1992 - February 28, 1992.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Water Resources Commission. Project
Title: 'Public Attitudes on Environmental Issues in the Edisto River Sub-Basin." October 1,
1991 - February 28, 1992.
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Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Arts Commission. Project Title: "Survey
of Arts Organizations, Artists, and Community Organizations." September 1, 1991 December 31, 1991.
Project Director, contract with the Goose Creek (S.C.) Parks and Playground Commission. Project
Title: "Citizens' Recreational Preference Survey." July 1, 1991 - September 30, 1991.
Principal investigator, contract with the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense. Project
Title: "Public Attitudes on Capital Offense." June 1, 1991 - June 30, 1991.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Commission on Aging. Project Title:
"Caregiver Support Project: The Use of Primary Data to Influence Policy and Program
Development." October 1, 1990 - June 30, 1992.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and
Tourism. Project Title: "Recreation Participation and Preference Study." October 15, 1990
- May 31, 1991.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Employment Security Commission. Project
Title: "Develop a Human Resource Directory." September 1, 1990 - March 31, 1991.
Principal investigator, contract from the South Carolina Long-Term Care Council. Project Title:
"South Carolina Elderly Needs Assessment." June 1, 1990 - December 31, 1991.
Project Director, contract from the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public
Transportation. Project Title: "Develop A Profile of Public Transportation Ridership in
South Carolina." August 1, 1990 - April 30, 1991.
Principal investigator, grant from the University of South Carolina Research and Productive
Scholarship Program. Project Title: "The Effect of Telephone Answering Machines on
Response Rates in Telephone Surveys." December 1, 1989 - June 30, 1990.
Research coordinator, Consortium on Aging and Developmental Disabilities (National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Training Center), July 1, 1988 - present.
Principal investigator, contract from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority. Project Title:
"Queen City Metro Customer Information Evaluation." April 1, 1988 - September 30,
1988.
Co-principal investigator, grant from the National Institute of Corrections to study the impact of
technology in prisons. October 15, 1986 - December 31, 1987.
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Principal investigator, grant from the Urban University Program. Project Title: "Cincinnatians'
Budget Priorities." January 1, 1987 - June 30, 1987.
Co-principal investigator,contract from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority. Project
Title: "Queen City Metro Marketing Baseline Study." January 1, 1986 - December 31, 1986.
Co-principal investigator, contract from the City of Cincinnati to conduct the 1985 City of
Cincinnati Budget Priority Survey.
Principal investigator, contract from the Hamilton County, Ohio Juvenile Court to conduct an
evaluation of the effect on sentencing and recidivism of a new State law concerning serious
juvenile offenders. February 1, 1984 - May 31, 1985.
Co-principal investigator, contract from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority. Project
Title: "Assessing the Economic Impact of Queen City Metro on Greater Cincinnati."
January 16, 1984 - March 31, 1985.
Principal investigator, contract from the Hamilton County, Ohio Juvenile Court to develop a risk
predictor to be used in assessing youth who come into contact with this court. September 1,
1983 - June 30, 1984.
Principal investigator, contract from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority to evaluate
Queen City Metro's Weekend Fare Experiment. November 1, 1983 - February 29, 1984.
Co-principal investigator, grant from the National Science Foundation. Project title:
"Information-Processing and Responses in Sample Surveys." September 1, 1981 - March
31, 1984.
Principal investigator, contract from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority to improve
Queen City Metro's revenue and ridership information systems. June 1 - December 31,
1981.
Principal investigator, grant from the Ohio Office of Economic and Community Development.
Project title: "1980 Survey of Crime and Criminal Justice." September 1, 1980 - December
15, 1980.
Principal investigator, grant from the University of Cincinnati Research Council. Project title:
"Continuity and Change in the American Electorate: 1956-1978." December l, l978 - June
30, l979.
Co-principal investigator, grant from the National Science Foundation. Project title: "Experiments
in the Measurement of Public Policy Attitudes." June 1, 1978 - May 31, 1981.
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Doctoral Associate, grant from the National Science Foundation. Project title: "Trends in the
Structure of American Political Behavior: A Secondary Analysis of Methodological
Artifacts." June 1, 1977 - May 31, 1978.
Co-principal investigator, contract with the City of Cincinnati's Manpower Services Division to
provide evaluation and technical support for Cincinnati Career Selection System. October
1, 1976 - March 31, 1979.
Co-principal investigator, grant from the University of Cincinnati Research Council. Project title:
"The Effect of the 1976 Presidential Debates on Voting and Political Attitudes." September,
1976.
Recipient of the South Carolina State Library Notable State Document Award, 2001 for the reprt,
"Growth in South Carolina: A Public Perspective." With L.D. Dobson and Claire Prince.
Assistantship to attend the summer program of the Inter-University Consortium for Political
Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Summer, 1973.
Taft Graduate Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, 1972-73.
Professional Memberships
American Political Science Association
American Association for Public Opinion Research
Southern Association for Public Opinion Research
Papers
Also sixty-nine conference papers and presentations.
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