Professor Adams earned his Ph.D. in political science from George Washington University, and his B.A. and M.A. from Baylor University. Books that he has authored and edited are
- Election Night News and Voter Turnout: Solving the Projection Puzzle
- Television Coverage of the 1980 Presidential Campaign
- Television Coverage of International Affairs
- Television Coverage of the Middle East
- Television Network News: Issues in Content Research
- Experimental Study of Politics
- Foreign Service Journal
- International Journal of Public Administration
- Journal of Broadcasting
- Journal of Communication
- Journal of Church and State
- Journal of Politics
- Journal of Public Affairs Education
- Journalism Quarterly
- Policy Studies Journal
- Policy Review
- Political Communication and Persuasion
- Presidential Studies Quarterly
- Public Administration and Management
- Public Administration Review
- Public Manager
- Public Opinion
- Public Opinion Quarterly
His two most widely cited research articles are “Whose Lives Count?” (first published in the Journal of Communication) and “Conducting Semi-Structural Interviews” (in recent editions of Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation). See Google Scholar for a record of citations.
For many years, Prof. Adams was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Communication and a member of the Board of Visitors of the Vanderbilt University Television News Archive. He has conducted research for organizations such as the Pew Charitable Trusts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. State Department, the space shuttle (United Space Alliance), Goodwill Industries, Reuters, the Council on Foreign Relations, Southwestern Bell, and others.
He has lectured at many universities abroad and traveled extensively, visiting all 193 countries in the United Nations. In 2010, he was awarded a Fulbright to teach at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo with his KL class is on the right.) In 2015, he received the Trachtenberg School's new Outstanding Teaching Award.
Education
● Ph.D., Political Science, George Washington University, 1977
● University of Michigan, ICPSR Statistics Program, 1974
● Goethe Institut, Brannenberg-Degendorf, Germany, 1972
● M.A., Political Science, Baylor University, 1972
● B.A., Political Science, Baylor University, 1971
Professional Experience
● Fulbright Scholar, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2010.
● Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration, The Trachtenberg School, George Washington University, 1985-present.
● Associate Professor of Public Administration, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University, 1981-85; Assistant Professor, 1977-81.
● Visiting Lecturer, Government Department, Georgetown University, 1977-78.
● Researcher, Rand Corporation, 1976-78.
● Research consultant: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. State Department, U.S. Department of Commerce, National League of Cities, Ameritech, Reuters, Southwestern Bell, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Goodwill Industries, National Wildlife Federation, Space Shuttle (United Space Alliance), Pew Charitable Trusts, Council on Foreign Relations, and others.
Books
● Election Night News and Voter Turnout: Solving the Projection Puzzle (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005).
● Television Coverage of the 1980 Presidential Campaign, editor (Norwood, NJ: Ablex 1983).
● Television Coverage of International Affairs, editor (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1982).
● Television Coverage of the Middle East, editor (Norwood, NJ: Ablex 1981).
● Television Network News: Issues in Content Research, co-editor F. Schreibman (Washington, DC: George Washington University, 1978).
Monographs
● Student Attitudes Toward Careers in Public Service, with K. Newcomer, A. Goldsmith, D. McKenna, and P. Rosse (Washington, DC: GWU, 1998).
● The Impact of the No-Charge Distribution of Cameo Software: 1998 Recipient Survey (Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency, 1998).
● Emergency Response and Preparedness Software: Nationwide Surveys of Cameo, Landview, Tier II Users, with M. Morgan and M. Viana (Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency, 1997).
● Nationwide LEPC Survey, with S. Burns and P. Handwerk (Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency, 1994)
● An Assessment of Telephone Survey Methods, with W. Lucas (Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 1977).
Book Chapters & Articles in Refereed Journals
“Malaysian Think Tanks and University Policy Institutes: Reflecting or Diverging from Regional Expectations?” with D. Infeld and N. Rosnah. On Think Tanks (July 2018).
“Network Bibliometrics of Public Policy Journals,” with D. Infeld, K. Wikrent, and O. Cisse, Policy Studies Journal, 44:S1 (April 2016).
“Using the Internet” in K. Newcomer, J. Wholey, and H. Hatry, eds., Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (4th ed., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2015).
“Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews” in K. Newcomer, J. Wholey, and H. Hatry, eds., Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (4th ed., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2015).
“Policy Journal Trends and Tensions: JPAM and PSJ,” with D. Infeld, L. Minnichelli, and M. Ruddell, Policy Studies Journal, 42:S1 (April 2014).
“Wikipedia as a Tool for Teaching Policy Analysis and Improving Public Policy Content Online,” with D. Infeld, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 19:3 (Summer 2013).
“Using the Internet for Gerontology Education: Assessing and Improving Wikipedia,” with D. Infeld, Educational Gerontology, 39:10 (Summer 2013).
“Statistical Software for Curriculum and Careers,” with D. Infeld and C. Wulff, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 19:1 (Winter 2013).
“Teaching Public Management as a Fulbright Scholar in Malaysia,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, 17:4 (Fall 2011).
“Fulbright Scholars in Political Science,” with D. Infeld, PS: Political Science and Politics, 44:3 (July 2011).
“MPA and MPP Students: Twins, Siblings, or Distant Cousins,” with D. Infeld, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 17:2 (Spring 2011).
“Fulbright Scholars in Public Administration, Public Affairs, and Public Policy,” with D. Infeld, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 17:1 (Winter 2011).
“Career Values of Public Administration and Public Policy Students in China, Malaysia and the United States,” with D. Infeld, G. Qi and N. Rosnah, International Journal of Public Administration, 33 (December 2010).
“Using the Internet” in J. Wholey, H. Hatry, and K. Newcomer (Eds/), Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (3rd ed., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010).
“Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews” in J. Wholey, H. Hatry, and K. Newcomer (Eds.), Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (3rd ed., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010).
“Leadership Competencies” with M. E. Joyce, in R. Couto, ed., Political and Civic Leadership, (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2010).
“Benchmarking World-Class Annual Reports” with T. Smith III, in D. Cushman and S. King (eds.), Communication Best Practices (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003).
“Whose Lives Count?” (first published in 1986) reprinted in a collection of influential studies: Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, T. Miller (Ed.), (Oxford: Routledge, 2003).
“Best Practice Methods for Improving Annual Reports,” Proceedings of the International Applied Business Research Conference (Littleton, CO: Western Academic Press, 2003).
“MPAs View Federal Employment: Incentives and Impediments,” with A. Goldsmith, D. McKenna, P. Rosse, Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal, 5:3 (2000).
“Phi Beta Kappas View Federal Employment,” with A. Goldsmith, D. McKenna, P. Rosse, The Public Manager, 5:2(Summer 2000).
“The Campaign Trail: Roundtable Discussion of the 1996 Presidential Campaign,” The Brookings Review (Winter 1997).
“Research Priorities and the Chi-Square Test,” with B. Catron, in Doing Public Administration, Nicholas Henry (Ed.). (3rd ed., Wm Brown, 1991).
“Media Power in Postindustrial Society,” Addresses Commemorating the Sixtieth Year of the Panteios School of Political Science (Athens: Panteios School, 1988, published in Greek).
“Go Where the Ducks Are: Decision Support for Political Marketing Strategy,” in R. Dyer and E. Forman, eds., Marketing Decisions Using Expert Choice (McLean, VA: Decision Support, 1988).
“Mass Media and Public Opinion about Foreign Affairs: A Typology of News Dynamics,” Political Communication and Persuasion, 4:4 (Autumn 1987).
“As New Hampshire Goes...” in Media and Momentum, Gary Orren and Nelson Polsby, eds. (Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1987).
“C-SPAN in the Classroom: Media and Politics,” News for Teachers of Political Science (Washington: APSA) Summer 1987.
“El Poder y Problemas de la Televisión,” Periodismo Televisivo (Madrid: IFEMA, 1986).
“Redistricting the Texas House of Representatives,” with R. Riley, in Practicing Texas Politics, E. W. Jones, et al., eds. (6th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986).
“Before and After ‘The Day After’: Unexpected Results of a Televised Drama,” with D. Smith, et al., Political Communication and Persuasion, 3 (Spring 1986). Reprinted in Media Power in Politics, D. Graber, ed. (Washington, DC: CQ Press, Third Edition, 1990).
“Whose Lives Count? Television Coverage of Natural Disasters,” Journal of Communication, 36 (June 1986).
“The Beirut Hostages: ABC and CBS Seize an Opportunity,” Public Opinion, 8 (August 1985).
“The Power of ‘The Right Stuff’: A Quasi-Experimental Field Test of the Docudrama Hypothesis,” with A. Salzman, et al., Public Opinion Quarterly, 49 (Autumn 1985).
“Media Coverage of Campaign ’84” Public Opinion, 8 (April/May 1984); reprinted in The Mass Media in Campaign ’84, M. Robinson and A. Ranney, eds. (AEI, 1985).
“Convention Coverage: The Media and Campaign '84,” Public Opinion, 8 (Dec/Jan 1985); reprinted in The Mass Media in Campaign '84, M. Robinson and A. Ranney, eds. (Washington, DC: AEI, 1985); also reprinted in That’s The Way It Isn’t (Alexandria, Va: Media Research Center, 1990).
“Recent Fables about Ronald Reagan,” Public Opinion, 8 (October/ November 1984).
“Public Opinion and Foreign Policy,” Foreign Service Journal, 61 (May 1984).
“Grenada Update: The Grenadian Public’s Attitudes,” Public Opinion, 7 (Feb/ March 1984).
“Box Office Boost,” with A. Baker, et al., Washington Journalism Review, 5 (December 1983).
“Why the Right Gets it Wrong in Foreign Policy,” Public Opinion, 6 (August/September 1983).
“Reputation, Size, and Student Success in Public Administration/ Affairs Programs,” Public Administration Review, 43 (Sept/Oct 1983).
“Redistricting the Texas House for the 1980s,” with R. Riley, in Practicing Texas Politics, E. Jones, et al., eds. (5th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983).
“Media Power in Presidential Elections: An Exploratory Analysis of 1960-1980,” in The President and the Public, D. Graber, ed. (Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1982). Reprinted in Media Power in Politics, D. Graber, ed. (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1984); also reprinted in Television Coverage of the 1980 Presidential Campaign, William C. Adams, ed. (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1983).
“Blaming Israel for Begin,” Public Opinion, 5 (October/November 1982).
“Deciding the Future of a Job-Training Program: Research Priorities and the Chi-Square Test,” with B. Catron, in Doing Public Administration, N. Henry, ed. (2nd ed., Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1982).
“Middle East Meets West: Surveying American Attitudes,” Public Opinion, 5 (April/May 1982).
“Unnewsworthy Holocaust,” with M. Joblove, Policy Review, 11 (Winter 1980). Reprinted in That’s The Way It Isn’t (Alexandria, Va.: Media Research Center) and in Television Coverage of International Affairs (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1982). Excerpts also reprinted in publications such as the Baltimore Sun, Rocky Mountain News, and Asia Mail.
“Local Broadcast News Coverage of the Central City,” Journal of Broadcasting, 24 (Spring 1980).
“Effects of Telephone Canvassing on Turnout and Preferences: A Field Experiment,” with D. Smith, Public Opinion Quarterly, 44 (Fall 1980).
“Public Information and Social Change: TV Coverage of Women in the Workforce,” with S. Albin, Policy Studies Journal, 8 (Spring 1980).
“Measuring Legislator-Constituency Congruence: Liquor, Legislators, and Linkage,” with P. Ferber, Journal of Politics, 42 (February 1980).
“Wheeling and Dealing, Gerrymandering and Litigating,” in Practicing Texas Politics, E. W. Jones, et al., eds. (4th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980).
“The Social Basis of American Politics: Who Wants What When,” with R. Darcy, Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 7 (November 1979).
“Local Public Affairs Content of TV News,” Journalism Quarterly, 55 (Winter 1978).
“Talking, Television, and Voter Indecision,” with W. Lucas, Journal of Communication, 28 (Autumn 1978).
“The Politics of Visibility: TV Interview Shows,” with P. Ferber, Journal of Broadcasting, 21 (Spring 1977).
“Urban Representation in the Texas House of Representatives,” in Practicing Texas Politics, E. Jones, et al., eds. (3rd ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977).
“Candidate Characteristics, Office of Election, and Voter Responses,” Experimental Study of Politics, 4 (July 1975).
“American Public Opinion in the 1960s on Two Church-State Issues,” The Journal of Church and State, 17 (Autumn 1975).
“Introductory American Government Textbooks,” PS: Political Science and Politics, 7 (Summer 1974).
“Redistricting the Texas House of Representatives, 1971-1973,” in Practicing Texas Politics, E. Jones, et al., eds. (2nd ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974).
“Single-Member Districts, Competition, and Texas Politics,” Potomac Review, 6 (Summer 1973).
“Democratic Party of McLennan County,” “Republican Party of McLennan County,” in Book of Waco and McLennan County, Texas, D. Kelly, ed. (Austin: Texas Press, 1972).
Book Reviews
“Studies of the 1976 Presidential Debates,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 10 (Spring 1980).
“Analysis of Subjective Culture by Harry Triandis,” Potomac Review, 7 (Summer 1975).
“Christian Biopolitics by Kenneth Cauthen,” Journal of Church and State, 14 (Spring 1972).
Other Publications
Education
● Ph.D., Political Science, George Washington University, 1977
● University of Michigan, ICPSR Statistics Program, 1974
● Goethe Institut, Brannenberg-Degendorf, Germany, 1972
● M.A., Political Science, Baylor University, 1972
● B.A., Political Science, Baylor University, 1971
Professional Experience
● Fulbright Scholar, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2010.
● Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration, The Trachtenberg School, George Washington University, 1985-present.
● Associate Professor of Public Administration, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University, 1981-85; Assistant Professor, 1977-81.
● Visiting Lecturer, Government Department, Georgetown University, 1977-78.
● Researcher, Rand Corporation, 1976-78.
● Research consultant: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. State Department, U.S. Department of Commerce, National League of Cities, Ameritech, Reuters, Southwestern Bell, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Goodwill Industries, National Wildlife Federation, Space Shuttle (United Space Alliance), Pew Charitable Trusts, Council on Foreign Relations, and others.
Books
● Television Coverage of the 1980 Presidential Campaign, editor (Norwood, NJ: Ablex 1983).
● Television Coverage of International Affairs, editor (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1982).
● Television Coverage of the Middle East, editor (Norwood, NJ: Ablex 1981).
● Television Network News: Issues in Content Research, co-editor F. Schreibman (Washington, DC: George Washington University, 1978).
Monographs
● Student Attitudes Toward Careers in Public Service, with K. Newcomer, A. Goldsmith, D. McKenna, and P. Rosse (Washington, DC: GWU, 1998).
● The Impact of the No-Charge Distribution of Cameo Software: 1998 Recipient Survey (Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency, 1998).
● Emergency Response and Preparedness Software: Nationwide Surveys of Cameo, Landview, Tier II Users, with M. Morgan and M. Viana (Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency, 1997).
● Nationwide LEPC Survey, with S. Burns and P. Handwerk (Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency, 1994)
● An Assessment of Telephone Survey Methods, with W. Lucas (Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 1977).
Book Chapters & Articles in Refereed Journals
“Malaysian Think Tanks and University Policy Institutes: Reflecting or Diverging from Regional Expectations?” with D. Infeld and N. Rosnah. On Think Tanks (July 2018).
“Network Bibliometrics of Public Policy Journals,” with D. Infeld, K. Wikrent, and O. Cisse, Policy Studies Journal, 44:S1 (April 2016).
“Using the Internet” in K. Newcomer, J. Wholey, and H. Hatry, eds., Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (4th ed., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2015).
“Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews” in K. Newcomer, J. Wholey, and H. Hatry, eds., Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (4th ed., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2015).
“Policy Journal Trends and Tensions: JPAM and PSJ,” with D. Infeld, L. Minnichelli, and M. Ruddell, Policy Studies Journal, 42:S1 (April 2014).
“Wikipedia as a Tool for Teaching Policy Analysis and Improving Public Policy Content Online,” with D. Infeld, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 19:3 (Summer 2013).
“Using the Internet for Gerontology Education: Assessing and Improving Wikipedia,” with D. Infeld, Educational Gerontology, 39:10 (Summer 2013).
“Statistical Software for Curriculum and Careers,” with D. Infeld and C. Wulff, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 19:1 (Winter 2013).
“Teaching Public Management as a Fulbright Scholar in Malaysia,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, 17:4 (Fall 2011).
“Fulbright Scholars in Political Science,” with D. Infeld, PS: Political Science and Politics, 44:3 (July 2011).
“MPA and MPP Students: Twins, Siblings, or Distant Cousins,” with D. Infeld, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 17:2 (Spring 2011).
“Fulbright Scholars in Public Administration, Public Affairs, and Public Policy,” with D. Infeld, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 17:1 (Winter 2011).
“Career Values of Public Administration and Public Policy Students in China, Malaysia and the United States,” with D. Infeld, G. Qi and N. Rosnah, International Journal of Public Administration, 33 (December 2010).
“Using the Internet” in J. Wholey, H. Hatry, and K. Newcomer (Eds/), Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (3rd ed., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010).
“Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews” in J. Wholey, H. Hatry, and K. Newcomer (Eds.), Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (3rd ed., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010).
“Leadership Competencies” with M. E. Joyce, in R. Couto, ed., Political and Civic Leadership, (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2010).
“Benchmarking World-Class Annual Reports” with T. Smith III, in D. Cushman and S. King (eds.), Communication Best Practices (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003).
“Whose Lives Count?” (first published in 1986) reprinted in a collection of influential studies: Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, T. Miller (Ed.), (Oxford: Routledge, 2003).
“Best Practice Methods for Improving Annual Reports,” Proceedings of the International Applied Business Research Conference (Littleton, CO: Western Academic Press, 2003).
“MPAs View Federal Employment: Incentives and Impediments,” with A. Goldsmith, D. McKenna, P. Rosse, Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal, 5:3 (2000).
“Phi Beta Kappas View Federal Employment,” with A. Goldsmith, D. McKenna, P. Rosse, The Public Manager, 5:2(Summer 2000).
“The Campaign Trail: Roundtable Discussion of the 1996 Presidential Campaign,” The Brookings Review (Winter 1997).
“Research Priorities and the Chi-Square Test,” with B. Catron, in Doing Public Administration, Nicholas Henry (Ed.). (3rd ed., Wm Brown, 1991).
“Media Power in Postindustrial Society,” Addresses Commemorating the Sixtieth Year of the Panteios School of Political Science (Athens: Panteios School, 1988, published in Greek).
“Go Where the Ducks Are: Decision Support for Political Marketing Strategy,” in R. Dyer and E. Forman, eds., Marketing Decisions Using Expert Choice (McLean, VA: Decision Support, 1988).
“Mass Media and Public Opinion about Foreign Affairs: A Typology of News Dynamics,” Political Communication and Persuasion, 4:4 (Autumn 1987).
“As New Hampshire Goes...” in Media and Momentum, Gary Orren and Nelson Polsby, eds. (Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1987).
“C-SPAN in the Classroom: Media and Politics,” News for Teachers of Political Science (Washington: APSA) Summer 1987.
“El Poder y Problemas de la Televisión,” Periodismo Televisivo (Madrid: IFEMA, 1986).
“Redistricting the Texas House of Representatives,” with R. Riley, in Practicing Texas Politics, E. W. Jones, et al., eds. (6th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986).
“Before and After ‘The Day After’: Unexpected Results of a Televised Drama,” with D. Smith, et al., Political Communication and Persuasion, 3 (Spring 1986). Reprinted in Media Power in Politics, D. Graber, ed. (Washington, DC: CQ Press, Third Edition, 1990).
“Whose Lives Count? Television Coverage of Natural Disasters,” Journal of Communication, 36 (June 1986).
“The Beirut Hostages: ABC and CBS Seize an Opportunity,” Public Opinion, 8 (August 1985).
“The Power of ‘The Right Stuff’: A Quasi-Experimental Field Test of the Docudrama Hypothesis,” with A. Salzman, et al., Public Opinion Quarterly, 49 (Autumn 1985).
“Media Coverage of Campaign ’84” Public Opinion, 8 (April/May 1984); reprinted in The Mass Media in Campaign ’84, M. Robinson and A. Ranney, eds. (AEI, 1985).
“Convention Coverage: The Media and Campaign '84,” Public Opinion, 8 (Dec/Jan 1985); reprinted in The Mass Media in Campaign '84, M. Robinson and A. Ranney, eds. (Washington, DC: AEI, 1985); also reprinted in That’s The Way It Isn’t (Alexandria, Va: Media Research Center, 1990).
“Recent Fables about Ronald Reagan,” Public Opinion, 8 (October/ November 1984).
“Public Opinion and Foreign Policy,” Foreign Service Journal, 61 (May 1984).
“Grenada Update: The Grenadian Public’s Attitudes,” Public Opinion, 7 (Feb/ March 1984).
“Box Office Boost,” with A. Baker, et al., Washington Journalism Review, 5 (December 1983).
“Why the Right Gets it Wrong in Foreign Policy,” Public Opinion, 6 (August/September 1983).
“Reputation, Size, and Student Success in Public Administration/ Affairs Programs,” Public Administration Review, 43 (Sept/Oct 1983).
“Redistricting the Texas House for the 1980s,” with R. Riley, in Practicing Texas Politics, E. Jones, et al., eds. (5th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983).
“Media Power in Presidential Elections: An Exploratory Analysis of 1960-1980,” in The President and the Public, D. Graber, ed. (Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1982). Reprinted in Media Power in Politics, D. Graber, ed. (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1984); also reprinted in Television Coverage of the 1980 Presidential Campaign, William C. Adams, ed. (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1983).
“Blaming Israel for Begin,” Public Opinion, 5 (October/November 1982).
“Deciding the Future of a Job-Training Program: Research Priorities and the Chi-Square Test,” with B. Catron, in Doing Public Administration, N. Henry, ed. (2nd ed., Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1982).
“Middle East Meets West: Surveying American Attitudes,” Public Opinion, 5 (April/May 1982).
“Unnewsworthy Holocaust,” with M. Joblove, Policy Review, 11 (Winter 1980). Reprinted in That’s The Way It Isn’t (Alexandria, Va.: Media Research Center) and in Television Coverage of International Affairs (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1982). Excerpts also reprinted in publications such as the Baltimore Sun, Rocky Mountain News, and Asia Mail.
“Local Broadcast News Coverage of the Central City,” Journal of Broadcasting, 24 (Spring 1980).
“Effects of Telephone Canvassing on Turnout and Preferences: A Field Experiment,” with D. Smith, Public Opinion Quarterly, 44 (Fall 1980).
“Public Information and Social Change: TV Coverage of Women in the Workforce,” with S. Albin, Policy Studies Journal, 8 (Spring 1980).
“Measuring Legislator-Constituency Congruence: Liquor, Legislators, and Linkage,” with P. Ferber, Journal of Politics, 42 (February 1980).
“Wheeling and Dealing, Gerrymandering and Litigating,” in Practicing Texas Politics, E. W. Jones, et al., eds. (4th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980).
“The Social Basis of American Politics: Who Wants What When,” with R. Darcy, Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 7 (November 1979).
“Local Public Affairs Content of TV News,” Journalism Quarterly, 55 (Winter 1978).
“Talking, Television, and Voter Indecision,” with W. Lucas, Journal of Communication, 28 (Autumn 1978).
“The Politics of Visibility: TV Interview Shows,” with P. Ferber, Journal of Broadcasting, 21 (Spring 1977).
“Urban Representation in the Texas House of Representatives,” in Practicing Texas Politics, E. Jones, et al., eds. (3rd ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977).
“Candidate Characteristics, Office of Election, and Voter Responses,” Experimental Study of Politics, 4 (July 1975).
“American Public Opinion in the 1960s on Two Church-State Issues,” The Journal of Church and State, 17 (Autumn 1975).
“Introductory American Government Textbooks,” PS: Political Science and Politics, 7 (Summer 1974).
“Redistricting the Texas House of Representatives, 1971-1973,” in Practicing Texas Politics, E. Jones, et al., eds. (2nd ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974).
“Single-Member Districts, Competition, and Texas Politics,” Potomac Review, 6 (Summer 1973).
“Democratic Party of McLennan County,” “Republican Party of McLennan County,” in Book of Waco and McLennan County, Texas, D. Kelly, ed. (Austin: Texas Press, 1972).
Book Reviews
“Studies of the 1976 Presidential Debates,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 10 (Spring 1980).
“Analysis of Subjective Culture by Harry Triandis,” Potomac Review, 7 (Summer 1975).
“Christian Biopolitics by Kenneth Cauthen,” Journal of Church and State, 14 (Spring 1972).
Other Publications
“Egyptian and American Regime Disruptions and Interest in the MPA and MPP,” with L. El Baradei, PA Times, January, 2020.
“Island Hopping Across Micronesia,” The Circumnavigators' Log (No. 2, 2014).
“Trust in Federal Workers Nears High Post-Shutdown Levels,” with D. Infeld, TSPPPA research paper; covered in the Washington Post (September 8, 2014); GovExec.com, FederalSoup.com, Baltimore Sun, and elsewhere.
“Confidence in Federal Workers Up Sharply After Shutdown,” with D. Infeld, Government Executive (November 5, 2013).
“Trust in Federal Workers Hits New Low,” with D. Infeld, Government Executive (October 24, 2013) ― with news stories at NBC News, Federal Times, Washington Times, and elsewhere.
“Americans Exhibit Increasingly Partisan Views of Federal Workers,” with D. Infeld, PA Times, 35 (October 2012).
“Trust in Federal Workers Nears High Post-Shutdown Levels,” with D. Infeld, TSPPPA research paper; covered in the Washington Post (September 8, 2014); GovExec.com, FederalSoup.com, Baltimore Sun, and elsewhere.
“Confidence in Federal Workers Up Sharply After Shutdown,” with D. Infeld, Government Executive (November 5, 2013).
“Trust in Federal Workers Hits New Low,” with D. Infeld, Government Executive (October 24, 2013) ― with news stories at NBC News, Federal Times, Washington Times, and elsewhere.
“Americans Exhibit Increasingly Partisan Views of Federal Workers,” with D. Infeld, PA Times, 35 (October 2012).
“Federal Workers Gain in Public Trust,” with D. Infeld, PA Times, 34 (October 2011).
“Trust in Federal Workers Continues to Erode,” with D. Infeld, PA Times, 33 (October 2010).
“Americans Endorse Careers in Government,” with D. Infeld, PA Times, 32 (August 2009).
“Estimating Community Standards: Comment,” Public Opinion Quarterly, 56 (Spring, 1992).
“California, a Colossus on the Political Landscape,” San Francisco Chronicle, (August 12, 1991).
“Recent Coverage of Middle East Reflects Ten-Year Evolution,” Business/Economic News Report, 1 (October 1982).
“Make-or-break Coverage of John Anderson,” Washington Star, Sunday, August 24, 1980.
“Television Coverage of the 1976 Presidential Campaign,” Essays in Political Science, 1978 (Washington, DC: National Capital Area Political Science Association, 1978).
“Candidate Characteristics and Electability,” Essays in Political Science, 1975 (Washington, DC: National Capital Area Political Science Association, 1975).
Papers and Panels at
Professional Conferences
"Unlocking the Power of AI in our Classrooms," roundtable organizer and convener, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration; Washington, DC, October 25, 2024.
“Egyptian and American Regime Disruptions and Interest in the MPA and MPP,” with L. El Baradei, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration; Atlanta, October 12, 2018.
“American Confidence in Federal Workers: 2009-2017,” Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration; Washington, DC, October 13, 2017.
“Critical Competencies in Public Affairs Education,” Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration; Columbus, October 19, 2016.
“Approaches to Building Capacity in Data Analysis,” roundtable organizer and convener, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration; Brooklyn, October 16, 2015.
“The 21st Century Capstone: Innovative Pedagogy and Practices,” National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Albuquerque, November 5, 2014.
“Ensuring Quality Doctoral Education,” panel moderator, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Albuquerque, November 5, 2014.
“Recent Developments in the Fulbright Scholar Program,” National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Washington, DC, October 11, 2013.
“American Attitudes Toward Federal Workers,” with D. Infeld, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Austin, October 18, 2012.
“Masters Students in Public Service: Why They Come and Where They Go,” roundtable organizer and convener, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Austin, October 19, 2012.
“Gerontology in Wikipedia,” with D. Infeld, Gerontological Society of America; San Diego, November 18, 2012.
“Statistical Software for Students: Academic Practices & Employer Expectations,” with D. Infeld and C. Wulff, Association for Public Policy and Management, Washington, DC, November 2, 2011.
“Capstones and Community Clients,” panel organizer and convener, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Kansas City, October 21, 2011.
“Managers versus Analysts: How MPA and MPP Students Diverge,” with D. Infeld, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Las Vegas, October 1, 2010.
“Public Administration Around the World with the Fulbright Program,” roundtable organizer and participant, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Las Vegas, October 2, 2010.
“Motivations for Careers in Public Service in China, Malaysia, and the United States,” with D. Infeld, G. Qi, and N. Rosnah, Southeast Asia Fulbright Conference; Manila, Philippines, March 19, 2010.
“Work Values and Career Choices of Public Administration and Public Policy Students in the U.S. and China” with D. Infeld, G. Qi, and A. Lin, International Public Service Motivation Conference, Bloomington, IN; June 9, 2009.
“Executive Competencies for the Federal Government: A Meta-Analysis of Recent Research” with M.E. Joyce, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Charleston, SC; October 17, 2008.
"Best Practice Methodologies for Improving Annual Reports," International Applied Business Research Conference; Acapulco, Mexico; March 20, 2003.
“Attracting Top Graduates into Public Service,” American Society for Public Administration Conference on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations; Bethesda, MD; Feb. 21, 2001.
“Phi Beta Kappas View Federal Employment: Revisiting the ‘Quite Crisis,’” National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Boise; October 17, 1998.
“In the Public Interest? Media and Politics,” roundtable panel moderator; American Society for Public Administration’s conference “Ethics in Government”; Washington, DC; Nov. 13, 1989.
“Responsible Campaign Coverage,” roundtable panel, Midwest Political Science Association; Chicago; April 15, 1988.
“The Impact of ABC’s ‘Amerika,’ ” with T. Smith III, American Association for Public Opinion Research Roundtable; Hershey, PA; May 22, 1987.
“Hermetical Hegemony and Heretical Hermeneutics,” American Political Science Association; Washington, DC; September 6, 1986.
“TV Power and Politics,” IFEMA Conference on Periodismo Televisivo e Informacion; Madrid, Spain; April 11, 1986.
“One Italian Equals 22 Filipinos: How U.S. TV Prioritizes the World,” World Association for Public Opinion Research; St. Petersburg, FL, May 18, 1986.
“International News and American Opinions: Toward a Typology,” Harvard University, Center for International Affairs Speaker Series; Cambridge, MA; August 1, 1985.
“Voting and Exit Polling,” plenary session panel; Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication; Memphis; August 4, 1985.
“Early Projections in 1984: How Western Voters Deplored but Ignored Them,” American Association of Public Opinion Research; NJ; May 17, 1985.
“International News and Network Television,” Council on Foreign Relations; New York; March 15, 1985.
“Exit Polling, Elections, and Policy Debates in Content Regulation,” American Bar Association, Communications Law Conference; DC; March 29, 1985.
“Hart Hype and Media Muscle: Power of Status Conferral in Campaign ’84,” International Society for Political Psychology; Toronto; June 25, 1984.
“Before and After The Day After: A Nationwide Survey of a Movie’s Political Impact,” with D. Smith, et al., International Communication Association; San Francisco; May 27, 1984.
“Hollywood Hype and Political Power: Quasi-Experimental Studies of The Right Stuff and The Day After,” Telecommunications Policy Research Conference; Airlie, VA; April 25, 1984.
“International News and Public Opinion,” discussant, International Society for Political Psychology; Washington, DC; June 25, 1982.
“Public Administrators and the Media,” panel chair, American Society for Public Administration; Honolulu; March 25, 1982.
“Public Opinion and the Iran Hostage Crisis,” District of Columbia Psychological Association; Washington, DC; December 4, 1981.
“Candidates, Issues, and the Media in the 1980 Election,” panel chair, Southern Political Science Association; Memphis; November 6, 1981.
“Opinion Climates, the Media, and the National Agenda,” discussant, American Political Science Association; New York; September 5, 1981.
“Issues in Public Opinion Research,” panel chair, Western Social Science Assoc.; San Diego; April 24, 1981.
“Applying Content Analysis Methods,” Modern Media Institute Seminar; St. Petersburg; FL; May 29, 1981.
“Media and Voting Behavior,” Yale University; U.S. Politics Speaker Series; New Haven; March 25, 1980.
“An Exploratory Analysis of American Voting and Media, 1960-1980,” Southern Political Science Association; Atlanta; November 7, 1980.
“Field Experiments and Public Policy Issues,” Midwest Political Science Association; Chicago; April 26, 1980.
“News Coverage of the NRC and Three Mile Island,” American Society for Public Administration, National Capital Chapter; Washington, DC; December 6, 1979.
“TV Archives and Public Policy Research and Training,” moderator; National Capital Area Political Science Association; Washington, DC; October 20, 1979.
“Adding Insult to Injury: News Media Coverage of Sex Discrimination,” with S. Albin; American Political Science Association Women’s Caucus panel; Washington, DC; Sept. 1, 1979.
“Media Agenda-Setting and American Politics,” discussant, Midwest Political Science Association; Chicago; April 20, 1979.
“The Newsroom and the Classroom,” Modern Media Institute Seminar; St. Petersburg, FL; March 25-31, 1979.
“TV News Archives: A Guide to Research,” Southern Association for Public Opinion Research; Chapel Hill; March 18, 1978.
“Undecided Voters and Political Communications in the 1976 Presidential Campaign,” with W. Lucas; Southwestern Political Science Association; Dallas; April 1, 1977.
“Television Coverage of the 1976 Presidential Campaign,” roundtable organizer and moderator; National Capital Area Political Science Association; Washington, DC; March 26, 1977.
“Who Wants What, When, How: Issue Politics in America, 1952-1972,” with R. Darcy; Midwest Political Science Association; Chicago; May 2, 1975.
“US Public Opinion and the Separation of Church and State,” Southwestern Political Science Association; San Antonio; March 27, 1975.
“Candidate Characteristics and Voter Responses,” National Capital Area Political Science Association; Washington, DC; April 27, 1974.
“Political Consequences of Texas Constitutional Reform,” Southwestern Political Science Association; Dallas; March 17, 1974.
“Single-Member Districts and the Implications for Texas Politics,” Southwestern Political Science Association; Dallas; March 18, 1973.
“Recent Political Developments in Brazil and Argentina,” Southwestern Council on Latin American Studies; Austin; April 2, 1972.
Other Selected Activities
GW Trachtenberg School's Outstanding Teaching Award for 2015.
Fulbright Scholar, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 2010.
Scholar, Regulatory Studies Center, George Washington University, 2010-present.
Faculty Associate, George Washington Institute for Public Policy, 1990-2010.
Circumnavigators Club, 2013-2020.
Cosmos Club, 1990-2005.
Publisher, Executive Editor, Founder, Talk Daily (a daily digest of top radio talk shows), 1995-96.
Board of Visitors, Vanderbilt University Television News Archive; Nashville; 1985-1991.
Contributing Editor, Journal of Communication, 1983-1991.
Executive Committee, National Capital Area Political Science Association, 1978-1984.
Producer, “A TV News Anthology: November ‘79 - January ‘81,” a five-hour series prepared at the request of the U.S. State Department and shown in Wiesbaden to former hostages after their 1981 release from Iran.
Board of Directors, Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA, 1979-85.
Extensive travel abroad in all 193 UN-member countries, with special guest lectures in the U.S. and overseas including:
- Al-Najah National University, Nablus
- American University of Cairo
- Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Baylor University, ODK speaker
- Calcutta College of Journalism
- Cairo University, FEPS lecture series
- Coast Guard Academy, public affairs series
- Council on Foreign Relations, New York
- Due Tri College, Danang, Vietnam
- Foreign Affairs Institute, Budapest
- Free University of Berlin
- Harvard University, Center for International Affairs
- Panteios School of Political Science, Athens
- Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Kuala Lumpur
- University of Mainz
- University of Malaya
- Vanderbilt University
- Yale University, U.S. politics speaker series
