Kathleen K. McQuaid
  Political Science; American Government; State and Local Government; Comparative Politics; Political Behavior; Political Communication; Public Policy and Administration.
Office   Raub 312
Office Phone#   570-893-2428
     
     
Education   Advanced Certificate in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan, 1992

Ph.D., Temple University, 1990

Research Activities   Research Projects and Publication Record:

with Joseph A. Melusky, "Survey of Pennsylvania Delegates to the 1992 Democratic and Republican National Conventions" The Pennsylvania Political Scientist, Vol. 5, (1994), pp. 15-18.

with Marilyn Bok, "Designation of Medically Under-served Areas" Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 1993.

"The Use of Guided Design Simulations in Introductory Level American Politics and State and Local Politics Courses" PS, Political Science and Politics, Vol. XXV, No. 3 (September 1992), pp. 532-4.

With M. Bok, et al "Tax Base Sharing as an Alternate Fiscal Policy in Pennsylvania" Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 1992.

"Agenda Setting and the Asbestos Issue: The Media Role in Issue Definition" Commonwealth, Volume 5, (1991), pp. 16-31.

Papers Delivered at National and Regional Meetings of Professional Societies.

with Dr. Jeffrey B. Burnham, “The Political Science Major at the Dawn of the New Millennium”, American Political Science Assoc., Washington, D.C. August 2000.

with Dr. Jeffrey B. Burnham, “The Status of the Political Science Major”, Northeastern Political Science Assoc. & Northeast International Studies Assoc., Philadelphia, PA, November 1999.

"Group Dynamics in the Classroom: Using a Guided Design Simulation as a Vehicle for Student Empowerment", New York Political Science Association, Buffalo, N.Y., April 1992.

with student Shannon Analore, "Developing Revised Measures of Political Efficacy: Effects of Gender, Issue, and Media Use. A Preliminary Analysis", PA Political Science Association, Harrisburg, PA, April 1992.

“Agenda Setting and the Asbestos Issue”, Pennsylvania Political Science Assoc., April 1990.  (Best Paper Award, April 1991)