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News
New Book
My new book, The Problem with Survey Research, has been published by Transaction Publishers.
Conference Paper
Conference Panel Chair and DiscussantI chaired and led a panel discussion, "Employee Attitudes and Job Satisfaction", at the 70th Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, on April 12-15, 2012, Chicago, Illinois.
Event
I led a discussion at an Ask an Expert Discussion Circle, titled, "The Problem with Survey Research and What to Do about It", at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, March 2-6, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada.
New Course
CONFRONTING—AND OVERCOMING? — DIFFICULTIES IN SURVEY RESEARCH is the title of a new course I will offer in Fall, 2013. This course is based on my new book, The Problem with Survey Research. There are three major components of this course. 1. Identification and discussion of the major difficulties in survey research; such as low response, positional bias, interviewer effects, respondents’ memory, and so on. 2. Identification and discussion of procedures used in survey research to deal with these difficulties; including callbacks and incentives to increase response, probes, etc. 3. Assessment of these procedures; how effective are they? have the difficulties been overcome? The course concludes with brief discussions of observation, experiments, and other social science methods as alternatives to survey research.
I have established two new website pages as archive locations for conference papers and posters: Papers and Posters.
Second Edition
I am working on a Second Edition of my QUALITY Public Management book.
Appointments
I have been appointed by the Department of Public Administration to chair a committee to develop a proposal for an Executive MPA program. The committee will begin its work in January 2012.
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.
Biography Addition
My biography has been added to the American Society for Quality website. Visit the page here.
