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News

Appointments

I was recently appointed Director of Graduate Studies for the Master of Public Administration (DGS-MPA) at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The appointment is effective August 16, 2010 through August 15, 2012.

As DGS-MPA, I am the Chair of the MPA Committee and member (ex officio) of the Executive Committee.

New Blog

I have a new blog on Wordpress and my first post is a letter to the editors of The New York Review of Books regarding survey research. In the future, you can visit my blog here: http://georgebeam.wordpress.com.

Download the fully formatted version of the letter.

Biography Addition

My biography has been added to the American Society for Quality website. Visit the page here.

Poster Session on the limits of survey research

presented at the
68th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
Chicago, Illinois
April 22-25, 2010

Conference Paper:

DEVELOP PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT DON'T RELY ON SURVEYS
presented at the
22nd Annual ASQ Quality Management Division Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana
March 4-5, 2010
[click here to download the paper]

Conference Paper:

THE PROBLEM WITH SURVEY RESEARCH AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
presented at the
13th Annual Meeting
American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS)
Las Vegas, Nevada
February 4-5, 2010
[click here to download the paper]

I’ve completed a book manuscript, Don’t Ask—If You Want to Find Out What’s Really Going On, and I’m seeking a publisher for this critique of survey research (defined here as any instrument or procedure that asks questions of respondents).