Donald P. Green

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Contact Information

Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University

77 Prospect St.

New Haven, CT 06520

Phone: 203-432-3237

Fax: 203-432-3296

Email: donald.green[at]yale.edu

Employment

Director, Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale, 1996 to present.

A. Whitney Griswold Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University, 2001 to present.

Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University, 1994 to 2001.

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University, 1993 to 1994.

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University, January 1, 1989 to 1993.

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (1988)

M.A., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (1984)

B.A., summa cum laude, Political Science and History, UCLA (1983)

Books

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber.  2008.  Get Out The Vote:  How to Increase Voter Turnout, Second Edition.  Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. 

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber.  2004.  Get Out The Vote!  How to Increase Voter TurnoutWashington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. 

Green, Donald, Bradley Palmquist, and Eric Schickler. 2002. Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identities of Voters. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Green, Donald P. and Ian Shapiro. 1994. Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science. New Haven: Yale University Press. (German translation published in 1999 and Chinese translation published in 2001)

 

Academic Essays, by Substantive Area

Experiments and Experimental Research Methods

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green.  2008.  Field Experiments and Natural Experiments.  In Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady, and David Collier (eds.), Handbook of Political Methodology.  New York: Oxford University Press, pp.357-381.

Green, Donald P., and Rachel Milstein Sondheimer.  2006.  Field Experimentation.  In Neil J. Salkind (ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology.  Sage Publications.

 

Arceneaux, Kevin, Alan S. Gerber, and Donald P. Green.  2006.  Comparing Experimental and Matching Methods using a Large-Scale Voter Mobilization Experiment.  Political Analysis 14: 1-36.

Druckman, James N., Donald P.Green, James H. Kuklinski, and Arthur Lupia.  2006.  The Growth and Development of Experimental Research Political Science.  American Political Science Review 100(4): 627-636.

Green, Donald P.  2005.  On Evidence-Based Political Science.  Daedelus.  134(3): 96-100.

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber. 2005. Field Experimentation. Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, Volume 2, Kimberly Kempf-Leonard (ed.).  New York: Academic Press.

Gerber, Alan S., Donald P. Green, and Edward H. Kaplan.  2004.  The Illusion of Learning from Observational Research.  In Ian Shapiro, Rogers Smith, and Tarek Massoud, eds., Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics.  New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 251-73.

Green, Donald P. 2004. Field Experimentation. In Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao (eds.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, pp.383-4.

Green, Donald P., and Elizabeth Levy Paluck. 2004. Double-Blind Procedure. In Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao (eds.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, pp.284-5.

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber.  2004.  Introduction.  In Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber (eds.) Experimental Methods in the Political Sciences.  American Behavioral Scientist 47(5): 485-487.

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber.  2003.  The Underprovision of Experiments in Political and Social Science.  Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 589(1): 94-112.

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber. 2002. Reclaiming the Experimental Tradition in Political Science. In Helen V. Milner and Ira Katznelson, eds., Political Science: The State of the Discipline, 3rd Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., pp. 805-32.

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber. 2002. The Downstream Benefits of Experimentation. Political Analysis 10(4): 394-402.

Gerber, Alan S., Donald P. Green, and David Nickerson. 2001. Testing for Publication Bias in Political Science. Political Analysis 9: 385-92.

 

Voter Turnout

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green, and Christopher W. Larimer.  2008.  Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment.  American Political Science Review 102(1): 33-48.

Michelson, Melissa R., Lisa Garcia Bedolla, and Donald P. Green. 2008.  Mobilizing the Registered: Tactics for Improving Voter Turnout.  In Morgan E. Felchner (ed.), Voting in American, Vol. 1.  Prager: Westport, CT, pp.198-211.

Panagopoulos, Costas, and Donald P. Green.  2008.  Field Experiments Testing the Impact of Radio Advertisements on Electoral Competition.  American Journal of Political Science 52(1): 156-168.

 

Green, Donald P., and Lynn Vavreck.  2008.  Analysis of Cluster-Randomized Experiments: A Comparison of Alternative Estimation Approaches.  Political Analysis 16(2): 138-152.

 

Middleton, Joel A., and Donald P. Green.  2008.  Do Community-Based Mobilization Campaigns Work Even in Battleground States?  Evaluating the Effectiveness of MoveOn’s 2004 Outreach Campaign.  Quarterly Journal of Political Science 3(1): 63-82.

 

Krasno, Jonathan S., and Donald P. Green.  2008.  Do Televised Presidential Ads Increase Voter Turnout?  Evidence from a Natural Experiment.  Journal of Politics 70 (1): 245–261.

 

Krasno, Jonathan S., and Donald P. Green.  2008.  Response to Franz, Freedman, Goldstein, and Ridout.  Journal of Politics 70 (1): 269–271.

Addonizio, Elizabeth, Donald Green, and James M. Glaser.  2007.  Putting the Party Back into Politics:  An Experiment Testing Whether Election Day Festivals Increase Voter Turnout.  PS: Political Science & Politics.  40: 721-727.

Guan, Mei, and Donald P. Green.  2006.   Non-Coercive Mobilization in State-Controlled Elections: An Experimental Study in Beijing.  Comparative Political Studies 39(10): 1175-1193.

 

Bergan, Daniel E., Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green, and Costas Panagopoulos.  2006.  Grassroots Mobilization and Voter Turnout in 2004.  Public Opinion Quarterly 69(5): 760-777.

 

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber. 2005.  Recent Advances in the Science of Voter Mobilization.  The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 601:6-9.

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green.  2005.  Correction to Gerber and Green (2000), Replication of Disputed Findings, and Reply to Imai (2005).  American Political Science Review 99(2):301-13.

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green.  2005.  Do Phone Calls Increase Turnout?  An Update.  The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 601:142-154.

Green, Donald P. 2004. Mobilizing African-Americans using Direct Mail and Commercial Phone Banks: A Field Experiment. Political Research Quarterly 57(2):245-255.

Gerber, Alan S., Donald P. Green, and Matthew N. Green. 2003. The Effects of Partisan Direct Mail on Voter Turnout. Electoral Studies 22:563-79.

Gerber, Alan S., Donald P. Green, and Ron Shachar. 2003. Voting May be Habit Forming: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment. American Journal of Political Science 47(3): 540-550.

Green, Donald P., Alan S. Gerber, and David W. Nickerson. 2003.   Getting Out the Vote in Local Elections: Results from Six Door-to-Door Canvassing Experiments. Journal of Politics 65(4):1083-96.

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green. 2001. Do Phone Calls Increase Voter Turnout? A Field Experiment. Public Opinion Quarterly 65:75-85.

Donald P., and Ron Shachar. 2000. Habit-formation and Political Behavior: Evidence of Consuetude in Voter Turnout. British Journal of Political Science 30: 561-73.

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green. 2000. The effect of a Nonpartisan Get-Out-The-Vote Drive: An Experimental Study of Leafletting. Journal of Politics 62(3): 846-57.

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green. 2000. The Effects of Canvassing, Direct Mail, and Telephone Contact on Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment. American Political Science Review 94:653-63.

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green. 1999. Does Canvassing Increase Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(19): 10939-10942.

 

Party Identification

Green, Donald P., and Eric Schickler.  2009.  A Spirited Defense of Party Identification Against its Critics.  In John Bartle and Paolo Bellucci, Beyond Party Identification and Beyond.  New York: Routledge, pp.180-199.

Green, Donald P., David H. Yoon. 2002. Reconciling Individual and Aggregate Evidence Concerning Partisan Stability: Applying Time-Series Models to Panel Survey Data. Political Analysis 10:1-24.

Green, Donald P., Bradley L. Palmquist, and Eric Schickler. 2001. Partisan Stability: Evidence from Aggregate Data. In Richard G. Niemi and Herbert F. Weisberg (eds.), Controversies in Voting Behavior, 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. Pp. 356-363.

Green, Donald P., Bradley L. Palmquist, and Eric Schickler. 2000. The Coming Democratic Realignment. PS: Political Science & Politics 33(2):199-200.

Green, Donald P. , Bradley Palmquist, and Eric Schickler. 1998. Macropartisanship: A Replication and Critique. American Political Science Review. 92: 883-99.

Schickler, Eric and Donald Philip Green. 1997. The Stability of Party Identification in Western Democracies: Results from Eight Panel Studies. Comparative Political Studies. 30: 450-483.

Schickler, Eric and Donald Philip Green. 1995. Issue Preferences and the Dynamics of Party Identification: A Methodological Critique. Political Analysis, Volume 5, John R. Freeman, Editor. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Green, Donald Philip and Bradley Palmquist. 1994. How Stable is Party Identification? Political Behavior. 16: 437-466.

Green, Donald Philip and Eric Schickler. 1994. Multiple-Measure Assessment of Party Identification. Public Opinion Quarterly. 57: 503-35.

Green, Donald Philip and Bradley L. Palmquist. 1990. Of Artifacts and Partisan Instability. American Journal of Political Science. 34: 872-902.

 

Campaign Finance

Boatright, Robert G., Donald P. Green, and Michael J. Malbin.  2006.  Does Publicizing a Tax Credit for Political Contributions Increase Its Use?: Results From a Randomized Field Experiment American Politics Research 34: 563-582.

Green, Donald. 2003. The Need for Federal Regulation of State Party Activity. In Anthony Corrado, Thomas Mann, and Trevor Potter, eds., Inside the Campaign Finance Battle: Court Testimony on the New Reforms. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, pp.97-115.

Green, Donald Philip and Jonathan S. Krasno. 1990. Rebuttal to Jacobson's "New Evidence for Old Arguments." American Journal of Political Science. 34: 363-372.

Green, Donald Philip and Jonathan S. Krasno. 1988. Salvation for the Spendthrift Incumbent: Reestimating the Effects of Campaign Spending in House Elections. American Journal of Political Science. 32: 884-907.

Krasno, Jonathan S. and Donald Philip Green. 1988. Preempting Quality Challengers in House Elections. Journal of Politics 50: 920-936.

 

Rational Choice Theory

Green, Donald P., and Justin Fox.  2007.  Rational Choice Theory.  In William Outhwaite and Stephen P. Turner (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Social Science Methodology. London: Sage, pp.269-281.

Green, Donald P., and Jennifer K. Smith. 2003. Professionalization of Campaigns and the Secret History of Collective Action Problems. Journal of Theoretical Politics 15(3):321-340.

Green, Donald P. 2001. Rational Choice Theory. In Joel Krieger (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.709, 714.

Green, Donald P. and Ian Shapiro. 1996. Rational Choice Theory in Political Science: Why Has So Little Been Learned? (in Japanese). Leviathan. 19: 33-62.

Green, Donald P. and Ian Shapiro. 1995. ?Por que han sido tan poco esclarecedoras las explicaciones de lo politico en terminos de eleccion racional? Revista Internacional De Filosofia Politica 5: 89-124.

Green, Donald P. and Ian Shapiro. 1995. Teoria Della Scelta Razionale e Scienza Politica: Un Incontro Con Pochi Frutti? Rivista Italiana Di Scienza Politica 25: 51-90.

Green, Donald P. and Ian Shapiro. 1995. Pathologies Revisited: Reflections on Our Critics. Critical Review. 1-2: 235-76.  Reprinted in Shapiro, Ian.  2005.  The Flight from Reality in the Human Sciences.  Princeton: Princeton University Press.  Pp.51-99.

Green, Donald P. and Ian Shapiro. 1995. Choix Rationnels et Politique: Pourquoi en Savons- Nous Toujours Aussi Peu? Revue Francaise de Science Politique. 45: 96-130.

Green, Donald P. and Ian Shapiro. 1994. La politica explicada por la teoria de la eleccion racional ?Por que es tan poco lo que esta teoria nos ha ensenado? Foro Internacional 34: 363- 403.

Green, Donald P. and Ian Shapiro. 1994. Rational Choice Theory in Political Science: Why Has So Little Been Learned? (in Russian) Polis. 21: 59-74.

 

Perceptual Bias and Rational Learning

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green. 1999. Misperceptions about Perceptual Bias. In Nelson W. Polsby (ed.), Annual Review of Political Science 2: 189-210.

Gerber, Alan S., and Donald P. Green. 1998. Rational Learning and Partisan Attitudes. American Journal of Political Science. 42: 794-818.

 

Self-Interest and Public Opinion

Doherty, Daniel J., Alan S. Gerber, and Donald P. Green.  2006.  Personal Income and Attitudes toward Redistribution: A Study of Lottery Winners.  Political Psychology.  27(3):441-458.

Glaser, Jack, Jay Dixit, and Donald P. Green. 2002. Studying Hate Crime with the Internet: What Makes Racists Advocate Racial Violence. Journal of Social Issues 58(1): 177-193.  Reprinted in C. Kay Weaver and Cynthia Carter.  2006.  Critical Readings: Violence and the Media.  New York: Open University Press.

Green, Donald, Karen E. Jacowitz, Daniel Kahneman, Daniel McFadden. 1998. Referendum Contingent Valuation, Anchoring, and Willingness to Pay for Public Goods. Journal of Resources and Energy Economics. 20: 85-116.

Green, Donald Philip and Irene V. Blair. 1995. Imbuing Private Goods with Public Spirit: Marketing Frames and Consumers' Willingness to Pay. Journal of Consumer Psychology. 4:1- 32.

Green, Donald Philip, Daniel Kahneman, and Howard Kunreuther. 1994. How the Method and Scope of Public Funding Affect Citizens' Willingness to Pay for Public Goods. Public Opinion Quarterly. 58: 49-67.

Lober, Douglas J. and Donald Philip Green. 1994. NIMBY or NIABY: A Logit Model of Opposition to Solid Waste Disposal Facility Siting. Journal of Environmental Management. 40: 33-50.

Green, Donald Philip. 1992. The Price Elasticity of Mass Preferences. American Political Science Review. 86:128-148.

Citrin, Jack and Donald Philip Green. 1990. The Self-Interest Motive in American Public Opinion. Research in Micropolitics, Volume 3, Samuel Long, editor. Greenwich: JAI Press.

Citrin, Jack and Donald Philip Green. 1985. Policy and Opinion in California After Proposition 13. National Tax Journal 38: 15-36.

 

Measurement Error

Green, Donald P., Peter Salovey, and Kathryn M. Truax. 1999. Static, Dynamic, and Causative Bipolarity of Affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 76: 856-67.

Green, Donald P., and Peter Salovey. 1998. In What Sense are Positive and Negative Affect Independent? A Reply to Tellegen, Watson, and Clark. Psychological Science 10: 304-6.

Green, Donald Philip and Jack Citrin. 1994. Measurement Error and the Structure of Attitudes: Are Positive and Negative Judgments Opposites. American Journal of Political Science 38: 256-81.

Green, Donald Philip, Susan L. Goldman, and Peter Salovey. 1993. Measurement Error Masks Bipolarity in Affect Ratings. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 64:1029-41. Reprinted 2003 in G.J. Boyle and D.H. Saklofske (eds.) Individual Differences. London: Sage Publications.

Palmquist, Bradley L. and Donald Philip Green. 1992. Estimation of Correlated Measurement Errors in Survey Data. Sociological Methodology 1992. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

Green, Donald Philip and Bradley L. Palmquist. 1991. More "Tricks of the Trade: Reparameterizing LISREL Models using Negative Variances. Psychometrika. 56: 137-145.

Green, Donald Philip. 1991. The Effects of Measurement Error on Two-Stage, Least Squares Estimates. Political Analysis, Volume 2, James A. Stimson, editor. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Green, Donald Philip. 1988. On the Dimensionality of Public Sentiment Toward Partisan and Ideological Groups. American Journal of Political Science 32: 758-780.

 

Hate Crime and Prejudice

Green, Donald P., and Rachel L. Seher. 2003.   What Role Does Prejudice Play in Ethnic Conflict? Annual Review of Political Science 6:509-531.

Green, Donald P., Laurence H. McFalls, and Jennifer K. Smith. 2001. Hate Crime. Annual Review of Sociology. 27:479-504.  Reprinted in Perry, Barbara.  2003.  Hate and Bias Crime: A Reader.  New York: Routledge.

Green, Donald P., Dara Z. Strolovitch, Janelle S. Wong, Robert W. Bailey. 2001. Measuring Gay Population and Anti-Gay Hate Crime. Social Science Quarterly 82(2): 281-96.

Green, Donald P., Robert P. Abelson, and Margaret Garnett. 1999. The Distinctive Political Views of Hate-Crime Perpetrators and White Supremacists. In Deborah A. Prentice and Dale T. Miller (eds.), Cultural Divides: Understanding and Overcoming Group Conflict. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 429-64.

Green, Donald P., Dara Z. Strolovitch, and Janelle S. Wong. 1998. Defended Neighborhoods, Integration, and Racially-Motivated Crime. American Journal of Sociology. 104: 372-403.

Green, Donald P., Jack Glaser, and Andrew Rich. 1998. From Lynching to Gay-Bashing: The Elusive Connection between Economic Conditions and Hate Crime. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 75: 82-92.

Green, Donald P., and Andrew Rich. 1998. White Supremacist Activity and Crossburnings in North Carolina. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 14: 263-82.

Citrin, Jack and Donald P. Green, Christopher Muste, and Cara Wong. 1997. Public Opinion toward Immigration Reform: The Role of Economic Motivations. Journal of Politics 59: 858-82.

Citrin, Jack, Donald Philip Green, Beth Reingold and Evelyn Walters. 1990. The "Official English" Movement and Language Politics. Western Political Quarterly 43: 535-559.

Citrin, Jack, Donald Philip Green and David O. Sears. 1990. White Reactions to Black Candidates: When Does Race Matter? Public Opinion Quarterly 54: 74-96.

Citrin, Jack, Beth Reingold and Donald Philip Green. 1990. American Identity and the Politics of Ethnic Change. Journal of Politics 52: 1124-1154.

Sniderman, Paul M., Philip E. Tetlock, James M. Glaser, Donald Philip Green and Michael Hout. 1989. Political Tolerance and Mass Publics. British Journal of Political Science 19: 25-45. Reprinted in P. Sniderman, R. Brody, P. Tetlock, et al. 1991. Reasoning and Choice: Explorations in Political Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Green, Donald Philip and Lisa Michele Waxman. 1987. Direct Threat and Political Tolerance: An Experimental Analysis of the Tolerance of Blacks toward Racists. Public Opinion Quarterly 51: 149-165.

 

Polling and Sampling

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber.  2006.  Can Registration-Based Sampling Improve the Accuracy of Midterm Election Forecasts?  Public Opinion Quarterly.  70(2): 197-223.

 

Green, Donald P.  2005.  Registration-Based Sampling (RBS) in Samuel J. Best and Benjamin Radcliff (eds.) Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

 

Green, Donald P., Alan S. Gerber, and Suzanna L. De Boef. 1999. Tracking Opinion over Time: A Method for Reducing Sampling Error. Public Opinion Quarterly. 63:178-92.

 

Other Methodological Commentary

Green, Donald P., Soo Yeon Kim, and David Yoon. 2001. Dirty Pool. International Organization. 55:441-68.

 

Trust in Government

Citrin, Jack and Donald Philip Green. 1986. Presidential Leadership and the Resurgence of Trust in Government. British Journal of Political Science 16: 431-453.

 

Forthcoming Publications

Dancygier, Rafaela M., and Donald P. Green.  Hate Crime.  2009.   Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination.

Farrar, Cynthia, Donald P. Green, Jennifer E. Green, David W. Nickerson, and Stephen D. Shewfelt.  2009.  Does Discussion Group Composition Affect Policy Preferences? Results From Three Randomized Experiments.  Political Psychology

Green, Donald P. 2008. Experimental Design. Encyclopedia of Research Methods in the Social Sciences.

Green, Donald P., Alan S. Gerber, and Tiffany C. Davenport.  2009.  Field Experiments and the Study of Political Behavior.  In Jan E. Leighley (ed.) Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior.

 

Green, Donald P., and Janelle S. Wong.  2008.  Tolerance and the Contact Hypothesis: A Field Experiment.  In Eugene Borgida (ed.) The Political Psychology of Democratic Citizenship.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Green, Donald P., and Melissa R. Michelson.  2007.  ACORN Experiments in Minority Voter Mobilization.  In Robert Fisher, ed., The People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice. 

 

Paluck, Elizabeth Levy, and Donald P. Green.  2009.  Prejudice reduction: What works? A review and assessment of research and practice.  Annual Review of Psychology

 

Essays

Green, Donald, and Eric Schickler. 2002. Winning a Battle, Not a War. New York Times, November 12.

Green, Donald P. 2000. Agenda. www.thegamescafe.com.

Green, Donald P., and Alan Gerber. 1998. Using Tracking Polls to Improve Election Forecasts. Campaigns and Elections. 19 (August): 23-25, 60.

Green, Donald P. 1996. Review of Private Truths, Public Lies by Timur Kuran. Public Opinion Quarterly. 60: 335-8.

Green, Donald P. 1994. Are Cycle Bred Horses Really Faster? Hoofbeats 62 (7): 49-56.

Green, Donald Philip. 1991. Further Thoughts on Data-Dredging: A Reply to McDonald. The Political Methodologist 2:18-19.

Krasno, Jonathan S. and Donald Philip Green. 1993. The Case for Campaign Spending Limits. Brookings Review 11 (2): 16-21.

Krasno, Jonathan S. and Donald Green. 1993. A Case for Campaign Spending Limits. Chicago Tribune, March 10.

Krasno, Jonathan S. and Donald Green. 1993. Campaign Spending Limit Can Work. Newsday, May 5, pp. 101-2.

Green, Donald Philip. 1990. On the Value of Not Teaching Students to be Dangerous. The Political Methodologist 3:7-9.

Citrin, Jack, Donald Green, and Beth Reingold. 1987. The Soundness of our Structure: Confidence in the Reagan Years. Public Opinion 10 (4): 18-20.

 

Fellowships and Awards

(2003) Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

(2003) Harold Lasswell Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Sciences

(1993-1999) National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award

(1992-93) Yale University Junior Faculty Fellowship

(1985) Odegard Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Examinations

(1983) Phi Beta Kappa MacKinlay Award, UCLA, highest honors in departments of Political Science and History

 

Research Grants

(2007-2009) Irvine Foundation, Evaluation of Voter Mobilization component of California Votes Initiative

(2006) Working Assets, Assessing the Effects of Radio Advertisements on Voter Mobilization

(2006) JEHT Foundation, Synthesizing Research on Voter Mobilization

(2005-2007) Irvine Foundation, Evaluation of Voter Mobilization component of California Votes Initiative

(2005-2008) Ford Foundation, “Difficult Dialogues” Study

(2004) Carnegie Foundation, Assessing the Turnout Effects of Rock the Vote’s 2004 Television Commercials

 (2002-2003) Smith Richardson Foundation grant for comparison of alternative pre-election polling methodologies

(2002-2004) Pew Charitable Trusts grant for the study of voter turnout among youth

(1998-1999) Smith Richardson Foundation grant for the study of voter turnout

(1994-96) Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation grant for the study of determinants of racial bias incidents

(1995) Russell Sage Foundation grant for Yale policy conference on hate crime in America

(1992) Russell Sage Foundation grant for the study of determinants of racial bias incidents

(1990) Yale Block Fund Grant for research on public opinion and the Boston school desegregation crisis, 1973-1975

 

Inventions

Samplemiser (www.samplemiser.com), a method for expunging sampling error from tracking polls. Samplemiser software applies the Kalman Filter and Smoother to poll data gathered over time.

US Patent 6,182,967. "OCTI" (www.octi.net), a strategy game designed to give humans an edge over computers, and "OCTI-for-Kids." Published by Great American Trading Co. 1999-2003. Games Magazine named OCTI 'Best Abstract Strategy Game of the Year' (December 1999). Published 2001-2008 by Foxmind Games. Other game credits include “Jumpin’ Java” (published by Fundex 2003; Gigamic 2004), “Mouse Island” (Published by Great American Trading Co., 2000), “Razzle Dazzle” (Published by Family Games America, 2005), “Fishpond Mancala” (Published by MindLab, 2007), “Dupe” (Published by Family Games, 2007).

 

Community and Professional Service

Board of Overseers, American National Election Study (2006-)

American Political Science Association Council (2005-2007); Committee on Civic Education and Engagement (2007-2008)

Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Foote School (2003-)

Editorial Board, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Campaigns & Elections Magazine