Results for "Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life"

The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation was established at The University of Texas at Austin in 2000 to respond to growing political cynicism and disaffection in the United States. The goals of the institute are (1) to conduct cutting-edge research on the ways in which civic participation and community understanding are undermined or sustained, and (2) to develop new programs for increasing democratic understanding among citizens.

Website: http://moody.utexas.edu/strauss/our-research

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Faculty

John A Daly

Affiliated Departments:
Communication Studies, Management
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Minette Drumwright

Affiliated Departments:
Advertising, Humanities Program
Research Interests:

Social responsibility in business, particularly in marketing and advertising; services marketing, marketing strategy; business ethics

James Galbraith

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Research Interests:

Economic inequality, economic policy analysis, comparative economic policy, history of economic thought, and modern political history

Roderick P Hart

Affiliated Departments:
Government, Communication Studies
Research Interests:

Politics and the mass media; media and politics; presidential studies; rhetorical analysis; American government

John C Higley

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Edward A. Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies, Government, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
Research Interests:

General comparative politics, comparative historical political sociology, the comparative study of political elites, politics in Australia and New Zealand

Sharon Jarvis

Affiliated Departments:
Communication Studies
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Political communication from quantitative and qualitative perspectives; campaign communication; persuasion theory

Michael Lauderdale

Affiliated Departments:
School of Social Work
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criminal justice, organizational development, computer applications to organizational and community development

David L Leal

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Government, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Population Research Center
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Dr. Leal's primary academic interest is Latino politics, and his work explores the political and policy implications of demographic change in the United States. His research primarily involves quantitative-…