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Academic Appointments
Current Positions:
Professor and Daniel Wallace Chair in Political Science, University of
Pittsburgh, 2005-present.
Professor of Applied Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Hertie School of
Governance, Berlin, Germany, 2005-2008.
Previous Positions:
Professor, University of Virginia, 1995-2005. Associate Professor, 1990-
1995. Assistant Professor, 1984-1990.
Director, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, 1996-1998.
Visiting Associate Professor, Arizona State University, Spring 1995.
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Survey Research, University of
Virginia, 1994-1999.
Co-Founder and Associate Director, Center for Survey Research, University of
Virginia, 1988-1993. Acting Director, AY 1990-1991.
Education
Ph.D. 1984 State University of New York at Stony Brook (American
Government: Political Behavior and Psychology, Research Methodology)
M.A. 1981 State University of New York at Stony Brook (Political Science)
B.A. 1979 Georgetown University (American Government)
Awards and Fellowships
Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development,
Cross-National Research on the Effectiveness of USAID Democracy and
Governance Programs $296, 590, Co-Principal Investigator with M.A. Seligson, A. Perez-Linan, 2004-2005.
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellowship, International Forum for Democratic
Studies, National Endowment For Democracy, Washington, D.C., 2002- 2003.
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Study Visit, Universität
Leipzig, Federal Republic of Germany, October-December 1997.
Sesquicentennial Associate, University of Virginia Center for Advanced
Studies, 1987, 1994, 1998. Research Grants 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993,
1994.
Guest Professor, Center for Survey Methods and Analysis (ZUMA), Federal
Republic of Germany, Summer 1993.
National Science Foundation, "Individual Participation in Collective
Political Action," Co-Investigator with H. A. Dietz, J. Green, E. N. Muller,
1990-92.
National Science Foundation, "The Rationality of Collective Political
Action," Co-Investigator with H. A. Dietz, J. Green, E. N. Muller, 1987-90.
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Study Visit, Universität
Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, Summer 1990.
Academic Publications
Book
S. E. Finkel, Causal Analysis with Panel Data, Sage University Paper Series
on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. Beverly Hills: Sage
Publications, 1995.
Articles and Book Chapters
S.E. Finkel, “Political Tolerance and Civic Education in Developing
Democracies to appear in Tolerance in the 21st
Century: Prospects and Challenges, edited by Gerson
Morena-Riano. Lexington Press, forthcoming.
R.G. Niemi and S.E.Finkel, “Civic Education and the Development of Civic
Knowledge And Attitudes, to appear in Essays on Cultural Change, edited by
Lawrence Harrison and Jerome Kagen. Routledge, forthcoming.
S. E. Finkel and H. R. Ernst, “Civic Education in Post-Apartheid South
Africa: Alternative Paths to the Development of Political Knowledge and
Democratic Values Political Psychology 26, June 2005, 333-364.
S.E. Finkel, “In Defense of the Wide Rational Choice Model of Collective
Political Action to appear in Festschrift für Karl-Dieter Opp, edited by
Andreas Diekmann, Klaus Eichner, Peter Schmidt, and Thomas Voss.
Westdeutscher Verlag, forthcoming.
S.E. Finkel, “Can Democracy Be Taught??Journal of Democracy, Vol. 14,
October 2003, pp. 137-151.
S. E. Finkel and P.B. Freedman, “The Half-Hearted Rise: Voter Turnout in the
2000 Elections Pp. 180-205 in Herbert Weisberg and Clyde Wilcox, editors,
Models of Voting in Presidential Elections: The 2000 Elections. Stanford,
Ca.: Stanford University Press, 2003.
S.E. Finkel, “Change Scores and “Cross-Lagged Models in Michael S.
Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao, editors, Encyclopedia of the
Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1993.
S. E. Finkel, “Civic Education and the Mobilization of Political
Participation in Developing Democracies, Journal of Politics, Vol. 64,
November 2002, pp. 994-1020.
S. E. Finkel, S. Humphries, and K.-D. Opp, “Socialist Values and the
Development of Democratic Support in the Former East Germany, International
Political Science Review, December 2001.
K.-D. Opp and S. E. Finkel, “Politischer Protest, Rationalität und
Lebenstile: Eine Empirische Überprüfung alternativer Erklärungsmodelle?
(Political Protest, Rationality and Lifestyle: An Empirical Examination of
Alternative Explanatory Models), pp. 73-108 in Achim Koch, Martina Wagner,
and Peter Schmidt, eds. Politische Partizipation in der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland: Empirische Befunde und theoretische Erklärungen. Opladen: Leske
und Budrich, 2001.
S. E. Finkel, C. Sabatini, and G. Bevis, “Civic Education, Civil Society,
and Political Mistrust in a Developing Democracy: The Case of the Dominican
Republic World Development, November 2000, Vol. 28, 1851-1874.
S. E. Finkel, L. Sigelman, and S. Humphries, “Democratic Values and
Political Tolerance in Measures of Political Attitudes (revised edition),
eds. John Robinson, Phillip Shaver, and Lawrence Wrightsman. New York:
Academic Press, 1999.
S. E. Finkel and E. N. Muller, “Rational Choice and the Dynamics of
Collective Political Action: Evaluating Alternative Models with Panel Data
American Political Science Review, March 1998, Vol. 92, 37-50.
S. E. Finkel and J. Geer, “A Spot Check: Casting Doubt on the Demobilizing
Effect of Attack Advertising American Journal of Political Science, April
1998, Vol. 42, 573-595.
S. E. Finkel and P. Schrott, “Campaign Effects on Voter Choice in the 1990
German Bundestag Elections British Journal of Political Science, July
1995, Vol. 25, 349-77. German version appears in “Wählerstimmen Durch
Wahlkämpfe? Eine Analyse der Bunderstagswahl 1990 Zuma-Nachrichten, May
1994, Vol. 34, 7-34.
K. D. Opp, S. E. Finkel, E. N. Muller, J. Green and G. Wolfsfeld,
“Ideological Commitment and Collective Political Action in The Politics of
Social Protest: Comparative Perspectives on States and Social Movements,
eds. Bert Klandermans and J. Craig Jenkins. Minneapolis: University of
Minnesota Press, 1995.
S. E. Finkel, “Reexamining the 'Minimal Effects' Model in Recent
Presidential Elections Journal of Politics, February 1993, Vol. 55, no. 1,
1-21.
C. E. Denk and S. E. Finkel, “The Aggregate Effect of Explanatory Variables
in Logit and Linear Probability Models American Journal of Political
Science, August 1992, Vol. 36, no. 3, 785-804.
E. N. Muller, H. A. Dietz, and S. E. Finkel, “Discontent and the Expected
Utility of Rebellion: The Case of Peru American Political Science Review,
December 1991, Vol. 85, no. 4, 1261-1282.
S. E. Finkel, T. M. Guterbock and M. J. Borg, “Race of Interviewer Effects
in a Pre-Election Poll: Virginia 1989 Public Opinion Quarterly, Fall 1991,
Vol. 55: 313-330.
S. E. Finkel and K. D. Opp, “Party Identification and Participation in
Collective Political Action Journal of Politics, May 1991, Vol. 53, no. 2,
339-371.
S. E. Finkel, E. N. Muller and K. D. Opp, “Personal Influence, Collective
Rationality and Mass Political Action American Political Science Review,
September 1989, Vol. 83, no. 3, 885-903.
S. E. Finkel, “The Effects of the 1980 and 1984 Campaigns on Mass
Ideological Orientations: Testing the Salience Hypothesis Western
Political Quarterly, September 1989, Vol. 42, No. 3, 325-346.
S. E. Finkel, E. N. Muller, and M. A. Seligson, “Economic Crisis, Incumbent
Performance and Regime Support: A Comparison of Longitudinal Data from Costa
Rica and West Germany British Journal of Political Science, July 1989,
Vol. 19, No. 3, 329-351.
S. E. Finkel, “The Effects of Participation on Political Efficacy and
Political Support: Evidence from a West German Panel Journal of Politics,
May 1987, Vol. 49, 441-464.
P. W. Kingston and S. E. Finkel, “Is There a Marriage Gap in Politics?
Journal of Marriage and the Family, February 1987, Vol. 49, 57-64.
S. E. Finkel and G. Trevor, “Reassessing Ideological Bias in Campaign
Participation Political Behavior, 1986, vol. 8, no. 4, 374-390.
S. E. Finkel and J. B. Rule, “Relative Deprivation and Related Psychological
Theories of Civil Violence: A Critical Review in Social Movements, Social
Conflicts and Social Change, eds. Kurt and Gladys Lang. Greenwood, Conn.:
JAI Press, 1986, Vol. 9, 47-69.
S. E. Finkel, “Reciprocal Effects of Participation and Political Efficacy: A
Panel Analysis American Journal of Political Science, November 1985, Vol.
29, no. 4, 891-913.
S. E. Finkel and H. A. Scarrow, “Party Registration and Party
Identification: The Difference and the Consequences Journal of Politics,
May 1985, Vol. 47, No. 2, 620-642.
S. E. Finkel and H. Norpoth, “Candidates and Issues in the 1980 Campaign:
The Ideological Connection Political Behavior, 1984, Vol. 6, No. 1, 61-78.
Research Reports for United States Agency for International Development
W. Mishler, S.E. Finkel, and P. Peiris, The Potential for Peace: Final
Report of the 2004 Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAPS) Survey of
Public Attitudes toward the Peace Process in Sri Lanka, November 2004.
Cooperative Agreement Number 386-A-00-03-00012-00, Academy for Educational
Development.
P. Peiris, S.E. Finkel, G. Gulati, and W. Mishler, For the Sake of a Just
and Lasting Peace: Final Report of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAPS)
Survey of Public Attitudes toward the Peace Process in Sri Lanka, December
2003. Cooperative Agreement Number 386-A-00-03-00012-00, Academy for
Educational Development.
S.E. Finkel, The Impact of the Kenya National Civic Education Programme on
Democratic Attitudes, Knowledge, Values and Behavior. December 2003.
Contract AEP-I-00-00-00018-00, Management Systems International.
S. E. Finkel, Kenya National Civic Education Impact Study: Report on
Pre-Test. August 2002. Contract AEP-I-00-00-00018-00, Management Systems
International.
S. E. Finkel and S. Stumbras, Civic Education in South Africa: The Impact of
Adult and School Programs on Democratic Attitudes and Participation.
February 2000. Contract AEP-I-00-96-90012-00, Management Systems
International.
C. A. Sabatini, G. G. Bevis, and S. E. Finkel, The Impact of Civic Education
Programs on Political Participation and Democratic Attitudes. February 1998.
Contract AEP-5468-I-00-6012-00. Management Systems International.
Professional Activities
Editorial Board, American Political Science Review, 2002-present.
Editorial Board, Political Behavior, 2005-present.
Associate PI, Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS),
2003-present.
Member, Emerging Scholar Award Committee, APSA Section on Elections and
Public Opinion, 2004.
Chair, Panel on “Social Capital and Democratization American Political
Science Association Meetings, 2003.
Chair, Roundtable on “Democratization Research and Theories of Public
Opinion: What Have We Learned? Midwest Political Science Association
Meetings, 2003.
Section Organizer, Political Psychology and Public Opinion, Midwest
Political Science Association Meetings, 2003.
Consultant, Survey Research on Conflict Potential in Kyrgyzstan. USAID
Democracy and Governance Unit, September 2002.
Consultant, Survey Research on The Youth Leadership Initiative and
Democratic Attitudes Among U.S. High School Students, Center for
Governmental Studies, University of Virginia, 2002-2003.
Member, Political Science Advisory Board, National Science Foundation,
2001-2003.
Editorial Board, Journal of Politics, 1998-1992.
Section Organizer, Voting Behavior and Political Participation, Annual
Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1999.
Member, Nominations Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, 1999.
Editorial Board, University Press of Virginia, 1995-1998.
Editorial Board, Public Opinion Quarterly, 1993 -1996.
Editorial Board, PS, 1993-1997.
Member, Emerging Scholar Award Committee, APSA Section on Elections and
Public Opinion, 1996.
Section Organizer, Electoral Behavior and Public Opinion, Southern Political
Science Association Meetings, 1995.
Editorial Board, National Political Science Review, 1991-1995.
Editorial Board, Political Research Quarterly 1991-1994.
Section Organizer, Political Behavior, American Political Science
Association Meetings, 1993.
Section Organizer, Parties and Interest Groups, Southern Political Science
Association Meetings, 1992.
Pi Sigma Alpha Selection Committee, Best Paper Presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Convention, 1991.
Recent Panel Presentations
“Adult Civic Education in Developing Democracies: Policy Implications from a
Three-Country Study presented at the Annual Meetings of the American
Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2002 (with
Christopher Sabatini).
“Civic Education and the Development of Democratic Attitudes and Behaviors
in Post-Apartheid South Africa presented at the Annual Meetings of the
American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA., September 2001.
“Civic Education and the Mobilization of Political Participation in
Developing Democracies presented at the conference, “Political
Participation: Building a Research Agenda Princeton University, October
2000.
“Can Tolerance Be Taught: Adult Civic Education and the Development of
Democratic Values presented at the Annual Meetings of the American
Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C. September 2000. Also presented at the conference, “Rethinking
Democracy in the New Millennium, University of Houston, February 2000.
“Socialist Values and the Development of Democratic Values in the Former East
Germany presented at the Meetings of the International Political Science
Association, Quebec, Canada, August 2000 (with S. Humphries and K.-D. Opp).
Chair and Discussant, “Participation in the Political System panel at the
Annual Meetings of the Western Political Science Association, Los Angeles,
California, 1998.
Chair and Discussant, “Campaign Effects?panel at the Annual Meetings of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1997.
“Rational Choice and the Dynamics of Collective Political Action: Testing
Alternative Models with Panel Data presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1997.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate
Public Opinion in American Politics; Electoral Behavior; Mass Media and American
Politics;
Introduction to Political Analysis; American Congress; Introduction to
Comparative Politics
Graduate
Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods; American Political Behavior;
Quantitative Applications in Political Science; Advanced Quantitative Methods:
Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables
Professional Associations
Member, American Political Science Association
Member, Political Methodology Section, American Political Science Association
Member, Elections and Public Opinion Section, American Political Science
Association
Member, Midwest Political Science Association
Member, Southern Political Science Association
