VITA
(to June, 2006)
G. David Garson
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Telephone: Office (919) 515-3067
Fax (919) 515-7333
E-mail David_Garson@ncsu.edu
Home (919) 821-1689
Background
Born
Occupational History
1977- Full Professor, Department of Political
Science and Public
Administration,
1996-1998 Visiting Scholar, Academic Systems, Inc.,
1987-1996 Associate Dean for
Planning and Management, NCSU
Administration
1983-1987 Assistant Dean for Planning and Management
1977-1983 Full Professor and
Head, Department of Political
Science and Public Administration,
1974-1977 Associate Professor of
Political Science,
1969-1974 Assistant Professor of
Political Science,
1967-1968 V. O. Key Fellow,
1965-1967 Harvard Prize Fellow,
Department of
Government,
Specializations
Geographic Information Systems
Information Technology in the Public Sector
E-Government
Qualitative and Quantitative Political Methodology
Computer Applications in Public Administration
American Government
In progress
* Multivariate Analysis for Applied Social Science. The URL for this work in progress is http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/statnote.htm.
Publications and Papers
Books
* Handbook
of Research on Public Information Technology. (
* Patriotic
Information Systems: Privacy, Access,
and Security Issues of Bush Information Policy. Co-editor
with Todd Loendorf, and contributor. (
* Modern Public Information Technology Systems: Issues
and Challenges . (2007). Editor.
* Public Information Technology and E-Governance: Governing the Virtual
State. (2006).
* Statnotes: An Introduction to Multivariate Analysis. (2006). Published online by Statistics Solutions, Inc. , at http://www.statisticssolutions.com/. (Click on the “Statistics Solutions Explained” tab). Eventually I may publish this in revised print format with a different publisher, but placing it here enables our doctoral students to get free statistical consulting.
* Handbook of Public Information Systems, Second Edition (2005). Editor and
contributor. (
* Humanizing Information Technology: Advice from Experts (2004).
* Digital Government: Principles and Practices. (
* Public Information Systems: Policy and Management Issues (
* Crime Mapping: New Tools for Law Enforcement (NY: Peter Lang
* Guide to Writing Empirical
Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. NY: Marcel Dekker, 2002.
* Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New
Millenium.
* Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends. Editor and contributor. (Harrisburg, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 1999).
* Neural Network Analysis for Social Scientists. (London: Sage Publications, 1998). Hardback and paper.
* Approaching Democracy Interactive Edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Simon & Schuster, 1997). This is a CD-ROM.
* Multimedia Guide to American Government (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996). This is a CD-ROM.
* Advances in Social Science and Computers, Vol. I (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1989). Senior co-editor with Stuart Nagel.
* Advances in Social Science and Computers, Vol. II (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1991). Second co-editor with Stuart Nagel.
* Advances in Social Science and Computers, Vol. III (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993). Senior co-editor with Stuart Nagel.
* Advances in Social Science and Computers, Vol. IV (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1996). Second co-editor with Stuart Nagel.
* Computer Technology and Social Issues (Harrisburg, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 1995).
* American Government Simulations (
* Presidential Campaign! Version 2.0. NY:
* Analytic Mapping and Geographic Databases (Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, July 1992). Series: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, 07-087. With Steven Biggs.
* Computers in Public Employee Relations (Alexandria, VA: International Personnel Management Association, 1987).
* Academic Microcomputing (Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1987).
* Public Management Research in the
* Organizational Behavior and Public Management (N.Y.: Dekker, 1983). Junior author with Debra S. Stewart and Michael Vasu. Second edition, 1990. Third Edition, 1998.
* Public Administration: Concepts,
* Group Theories of Politics: Critical Essays on the History of Political Science (Beverly Hills, California: Sage Publications, Library of Social Science, 1978).
* Worker Self-Management in Industry: The West European Experience. (New York: Praeger Special Studies in International Business, Finance & Trade, 1977). (Editor). Japanese edition, Diamond Sha, transl., Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1979.
* Power and Politics in the
* Political Science Methods. (Boston: Holbrook/Allyn and Bacon, 1976).
* Handbook of Political Science Methods, Second Edition.
* Organizational Democracy.
* Worker's Control: A Reader on Labor and Social Change. (
Monographs and Reports
Weisel, Deborah L,, William R. Smith, G. David Garson, and Alexei Pavlichev
(2005). Motor Vehicle Theft: Spatial
Analysis in a Non-Urban
G. David Garson and Irvin B. Vann (2004). Geographic Information Systems and Neural
Analysis for
Garson, G. David and Irvin B. Vann (2001). Geographic Information Systems for Small and
Medium Law Enforcement Jurisdictions: Strategies and Effective Practices.
Toward Interactive Economics: Views from a Survey of the Literature and Textbooks (Mountain View, CA: Academic Systems, 1996), 142 pp.
Economics Syllabi: A Collection and Analysis (Mountain View, CA: Academic Systems, 1996), approx. 200 pp.
Lesson Treatment Resource Book for the "Interactive Economics" Demo Lesson (Mountain View, CA: Academic Systems, 1996), approx. 300 pp.
* Bibliography on MIS: MIS, IRM, DSS, EIS, and Related Concepts (Raleigh, NC: Social Science Computer Laboratory, 1989). This 37- page single-spaced comprehensive bibliography was distributed to clients in connection with public service consulting.
*
Public Management Directory (
*
On Democratic Administration and
Socialist Self-Management: A Comparative
Survey Emphasizing
Edited Symposia Issues of Journals Since 2005
G. David Garson, ed. (2005). Special Issue on E-Government. International Journal of Public Administration 28(7-8).
G. David Garson, ed. (2005). Symposium on Patriotic Information Systems. Social Science Computer Review 23(4).
Articles
* Validity. In Smelser, N. J. & Baltes, P. B., eds. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Second Edition. NY: Macmillan Reference/Thomson. October 2007.
* Securing the virtual state: Recent developments in privacy and
security. Social Science Computer Review
24(4), 489-496. 2006.
* Patriotic Information Systems: Evaluating Bush
Administration Information Policy. Social
Science Computer Review 23(4): 395-400. 2005. Revised as Bush administration information
policy and democratic values. Pp. 1-27 in Loendorf and
Garson, eds. Patriotic Information
Systems (2008).
* E-Government: A Research Perspective. International Journal of Public Administration 28 (7&8): 547-552. 2005.
* "Technological Teleology and the Theory of Technology Enactment: The Case of the International Trade Data System." Social Science Computer Review 21(4): 425-431. Winter 2003.
* "Symposium on the Theory of Technology Enactment in Jane Fountain's Building the Virtual State: An Introduction." Social Science Computer Review 21(4): 409-410. Winter 2003.
* "Doing Web-Based Content Profile Analysis: A Tutorial Review of TextGrab and TestQuest" Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 21(2): 250-256. Summer 2003.
* “Case Study Research in Public Administration and Public Policy: Standards and Strategies,” Journal of Public Affairs Education 8(3): 209-216. July 2002.
* “Crime mapping and its extension to social science analysis”. Social Science Computer Review, 19(4): 471 - 479. Winter, 2001. Junior author with Irvin B. Vann.
* “Resources for Computerized Crime Mapping.” Social Science Computer Review, 19(3): 357 - 361. Fall, 2001. Senior author with Irvin B. Vann.
* “The Role of Technology in Quality Education,” Thought & Action, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall, 1999): 105-118. (Thought & Action has the highest circulation of any refereed journal in higher education, with a readership of nearly 100,000).
* “Internet Simulation/Gaming: Introduction,” Simulation & Gaming, Vol. 20, No. 1 (March 1999): 20 - 22. This is the introduction to a special issue for which I was junior co-editor with Subhasish Dagupta.
* “Analyzing Hazardous Waste Facility Location by Racial Composition of Census Tract with LandView III,” Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring, 1999): 64 - 68.
* “QASS Analysis of Variance Monographs: A Computer-Focused Review,” a review essay. Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Summer, 1999).
* “QASS Factor Analysis Monographs: A Computer-Focused Review,” a review essay. Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring, 1999): 129-131.
* “Evaluating Implementation of Web-Based Teaching in Political Science, “ PS (a journal of the American Political Science Association), September, 1998.
* “QASS Regression Analysis Monographs: A Computer-Focused Review,” a review essay. Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Winter, 1998): 446-449.
* “QASS Log-Linear Models Monographs: A Computer-Focused Review,” a review essay. Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Fall, 1998): 335-338.
* “QASS Time Series Monographs: A Computer-Focused Review,” a review essay. Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer, 1998): 224-226..
* "The Political Economy of Online Education," Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Winter, 1996): 394-409.
* "Political Science and Public Administration: An Internet Guide," Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Winter, 1995): 453-507.
* "Ethical Dynamics in Public Personnel Administration," Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Summer, 1994): 75 - 92. Senior author with Michael Vasu.
* "Computerized Simulation in Social Science: A Personal Retrospective", Simulation & Gaming, Dec. 1994, pp. 477-487.
* "Social Science Computer Simulation: Its History, Design, and Future," Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1994): 55-82.
* "Teaching Ethics," PA Times, vol. 16, No. 11 (Nov. 11, 1993): 4-13.
* "Exploring the Internet with Gopher," Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Winter 1993): 515-519.
* "Teaching Decision-Making with Spreadsheets: Part II, Simulation and Program Evaluation Review Technique," Collegiate Microcomputer, Vol. 11, No. 3 (August, 1993): 161-176.
* "Teaching Decision-Making with Spreadsheets: Part I, Forecasting and Multicriterion Ranking," Collegiate Microcomputer, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1993): 27-41.
* "Implementing Computer Modeling in State Government A Human Resource Information Systems Focus", State and Local Government Review, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring, 1992): 77-83.
* "A Comparison of Neural Network and Expert Systems Algorithms for Common Multivariate Procedures for Analysis of Social Science Data", Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Fall, 1991): 399-434.
* "Review of SAS Textbooks" (review essay), Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 9, No. 4, (Winter, 1991): 695-700.
* "Interpreting Neural-Network Connection Weights", AI Expert, Vol. 6, No. 4 (April, 1991): 46-51.
* "Computer-Assisted Survey Research and Continuous Audience Response Technology for the Political and Social Sciences", Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter, 1990): 535-557. Second author with Michael L. Vasu.
* "Expert Systems: An Overview for Social Scientists", Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Fall, 1990): 387-410.
* "The Quiet Revolution in BASIC: A Review Essay", Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring, 1990): 134 - 144.
* "Machiavelli Meets the Computer: Simulation in Political Theory", Politics and Policy, Volume 9 (1989-90).
* "Computer Assistance of Social Science Writing", Social Science Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Fall, 1989): 335-343.
* "Authoring Computer-Enhanced Simulations: Principles and Issues for Social Science Authors", Collegiate Microcomputer, Vol. VII, No. 4 (Feb., 1989): 318-338.
* "Computer-Related Research and Instruction for MPA Programs in the 1990's", New Directions in Public Administration Research, Vol. 2, No. 1 (April 1989): 1 - 14.
* "Accessing Census Data On-Line", Collegiate Microcomputer, Vol. VII, No. 1 (Feb., 1989): 7 - 18.
* "Integrating Word Processing and Databases to Enhance Student and Scholarly Writing", Computer-Assisted Composition Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Spring, 1989): 79 - 91. Note: this article is associated with my software, The Writer, published 1989 by Duke University Press.
* "Software Authorship, Software Usership: A Look at Faculty Software Authorship from the Bottom Up", Academic Computing, October 1987: 20-23, 50-52.
* "Using PoliNet to Access the AP News", News for Teachers of Political Science, No. 53 (Spring, 1987): 15-16.
* "The Role of Inductive Expert Systems Generators in the Social Science Research Process", Social Science Microcomputer Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 1987): 11-24.
* "Administrative Issues and Prospects for Public Sector MIS", New Directions in Public Administration, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Fall 1986). Reprinted, 1988.
* "The Job Skills Databank: A Microcomputer Simulation in Public Personnel Administration", Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring, 1986): 72-77.
* "Dissemination Models in Academic Computing", Collegiate Microcomputer, Vol. 4, No. 3 (August, 1986): 229-234.
* "On-Line Bibliographic Searching: A Brief Tutorial Using DIALOG", Social Science Microcomputer Review, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring, 1986): 67 - 74.
* "Writing Historical Simulations: The Watergate Simulation for Journalism Classes", News Computing Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring 1985): 11-20
* "The Impact of Microcomputing on Political Science", Teaching Political Science, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Spring 1985): 92-98
* "Technological Innovation in Higher Education", Collegiate Microcomputer, Vol. III, No. 4 (Summer 1985): 369-374
* "Professional Networking in the Social Sciences", Social Science Microcomputer Review, Vol. III, No. 2 (Summer, 1985): 85- 92. With Frank Howell.
* "Microcomputers in Research", NASPAA Newsletter on Research in Public Affairs and Administration (February 1985): 17-19
* "The Microcomputer Users' Groups on CompuServe", Social Science Microcomputer Review, Vol. 2 No. 5 (Jan. 1985)
* "Themes of Public Management", Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer, 1983): 139-61. With E. Sam Overman.
* "Microcomputer Applications in Public Administration", Public Administration Review, September/October, 1983.
* "Microcomputer Software for Political Scientists", review essay), American Political Science Review, June, 1983, pp. 453- 455.
* "The 'Political Science Micro Review: A First Year Retrospective", News for Teachers of Political Science, Summer, 1983, pp. 10-12.
* "An Interactive Instructional Program", News for Teachers of Political Science, Summer, 1983, pp. 1,7.
* "Incentive Systems and Goal Displacement in Personnel Resource Management", Review of Public Personnel Administration, 1:2 (April, 1981): 1-12. With D.S. Brenneman.
* "From Policy Science to Policy Analysis: A Quarter Century of Progress?," Policy Studies Journal, 9:4 (Spring, 1981): 535-544. Reprinted in W. Dunn, ed., Social Values and Public Policy.
* "Limits of the Rational Model of Resource Rationing," Southern Review of Public Administration, 5:1 (Spring, 1981): 5-21. With D.S. Brenneman.
* "Resource Rationing for State Agencies: The Management and Political Challenge of Productivity Improvement" Public Productivity Review, (September, 1981): 231-248. With D.S. Brenneman.
* "The Institute Model of Public Sector Management Development", Public Personnel Management, Vol. 8, No. 4 (July-Aug., 1979): 241-5.
* "The Codetermination Model of Worker's Participation: Where Is It Leading?" Sloan Management Review, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Spring, 19770: 63-78.
* "On Public Policy Toward Self-Management," Administration and Society, Volume 7, No. 1 (May,1975): 107-128.
* "On the Origins of Interest Group Theory: A Critique of a Process," American Political Science Review, Volume 68, No. 4 (December, 1974): 1505-1519.
* "Citizenship as Ideology," Maxwell Review, Volume 10, No. 1 (Winter, 1974): 25-38.
*
"Research on Policy Alternatives for
* "Automobile Workers and the Radical Dream," Politics and Society, Volume 3, No. 2 (Winter, 1973): 163-177.
* "Radical Issues in the History of the American Working Class, Politics and Society, Volume 3, No. 1 (Fall, 1972): 25-32.
* "Force versus Restraint in Prison Riots," Crime and Delinquency, Volume 18, No. 4 (October, 1972): 411-421.
* "The Disruption of Prison Administration: An Investigation of Alternative Theories of the Relationship Among Administrators, Reformers, and Involuntary Clients," Law and Society Review, Volume 6, No. 4, May, 1972: 531-562.
* "Collective Violence Reexamined: Alternative Theories of American Labor Violence," Politics, (Journal of the Australasian Political Science Association),Volume 5, No. 2 (November, 1970): 129-143.
* "News and Notes", a quarterly essay 20 - 30 printed pages in length, in each issue of the Social Science Computer Review, Spring 1985 - present. This series is perhaps the leading
reference for tracking social science computer applications.
Websites Published (commercially, not counting my own course websites)
American Government Website, the official website for Prentice- Hall's leading American Government textbook, Government by the People, by Burns, Peltason, Cronin, and Magleby.
Brief Edition (15 chs.) Website completed, April 1997. National 17th Edition (31 chs.) Revised, 1999. Website completed, Nov. 1997. Websites for Brief Edition, 2000, 2001.
Politics in America Website, the official website for Prentice-Hall’s leading American Government textbook, Politics in America, by Thomas Dye. Website completed, September, 1998.
Articles in Anthologies
* “Public Information
Technology and E-Government: An Historical Timeline.” In G. David Garson, ed., Handbook of Public Information Systems, Second
Edition. NYC: Marcel Dekker, 2005.
* "E-Government," by Shannon Schelin and G. David Garson.
In Hossein Bidgoli, ed., The Handbook of Information Security. NY: John Wiley and
Sons, 2004.
* “Information Systems,
Politics, and Government: Leading Theoretical Perspectives”. In G. David
Garson, ed., Handbook of Public Information Systems, Second Edition. NYC: Marcel Dekker, 2004.
* “Public Information Systems in the 21st Century.” In G. David Garson, ed., Handbook of Public Information Systems, Second Edition. NYC: Marcel Dekker, 2004.
* “The Promise of Digital Government.” Pp. 2-15 in Alexei
Pavlichev and G. David Garson, eds., * Digital
Government: Principles and Practices.
* “Preface.” Pp. vii-xii in Alexei Pavlichev and G. David
Garson, eds., * Digital Government:
Principles and Practices.
*
“Toward an Information Technology Research Agenda for Public Administration,”
ch. 14 in G. David Garson, ed., Public Information Technology: Policy and Management Issues.
*
“Introduction,” in G.
David Garson, ed., Public Information
Technology: Policy and Management Issues.
* "Binomial." Encyclopedia entry
in Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao, Encyclopedia of Research Methods for the Social Sciences.
* "Binomial Test." Encyclopedia
entry in Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao, Encyclopedia of Research Methods for the
Social Sciences.
* "E-Government." Encyclopedia
entry in Hossein Bidgoli, ed., The
Internet Encyclopedia.
*
“The Role of Information Technology in Quality Education,” in G. David Garson, ed., Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New
Millenium.
* “Introduction,” in G. David Garson,
ed., Social Dimensions of Information
Technology: Issues for the New Millenium.
"Content Analysis and Qualitative Software : Introduction," Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 18 No. 3 (Fall, 2000): 245.
* “Information Systems, Politics, and Government: Leading Theoretical Perspectives,” pp. 591-609 in G. David Garson, ed., Handbook of Public Information Systems. NYC: Marcel Dekker, 2000.
* “An Introduction to
Public Information Systems,” pp. 1-8 in G. David Garson, ed., Handbook of Public Information Systems.
NYC: Marcel Dekker, 2000.
* “The Political Economy of Online
Education,” Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Vol. 65 (1999):
192-208. NYC: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1999.
*
“Introduction,” in Garson, ed., Information
Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends.
*
“Online Research for Public Managers,” in Garson, ed.., Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public
Administration: Issues and Trends.
* “Human Factors in
Information Systems,” in Robert Golembiewski, ed., Handbook of Organizational
Behavior, Second Edition. NY: Marcel Dekker, 1999.
* “Political Economy of Online Education,” in Allen Kent, Ed., Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Marcel Dekker, 1998.
* "Social Science and Computers: Toward the Year 2000," pp. 307- 323 in Stuart Nagel and G. David Garson, eds., Advances in Social Science and Computers, Vol. 4 (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1996).
* "Social Science Computer Simulation," Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Allen Kent. ed. NY: Marcel Dekker, 1996: 323-334.
* "Public Administrators in Cyberspace," Public Policy Research Newsletter, Center for Governmental Services, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. Vol. V, No. 1 (Fall, 1995: entire issue).
* "Personnel Training and Development," in Jack Rabin, Thomas Vocino, W. Bartley Hildreth, and Gerald Miller, eds., Handbook of Public Personnel Administration. NY: Marcel Dekker, 1995. Co- authored with Dennis Daley.
* Personnel Training and Development. In Robert T. Golembiewski, ed., Handbook of Public Personnel Administration. Junior author with Dennis Daley.
* "Research Advances in Social Science and Computers", pp. 3 - 16 in G. David Garson and Stuart Nagel, eds., Advances in Social Science and Computers, Vol. III (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993).
* "Human Resource Management, Computers, and Organization Theory: A Test of the Bozeman-Bretschneider Model", pp. 199 - 219 in G. David Garson and Stuart Nagel, eds., Advances in Social Science and Computers, Vol. III (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993).
* "Recent Developments in Microcomputers and Social Science", in Nagel and Garson, eds., Advances in Social Science and Computers, Volume 2 (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1991): ch. 1.
* "Creating New Resources for Social Science Research Instruction", in Nagel and Garson, eds., Advances in Social Science and Computers, Volume 2 (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1991): ch. 11.
* "Microcomputers and Social Science Research", ch. 1 in Garson and Nagel, eds., Research Annual on Social Science and Computers, Vol. 1.
* "Computer Simulation, Artificial Intelligence, and Political Science", ch. 3 in Garson and Nagel, eds., Research Annual on Social Science and Computers, Vol. 1.
* "Data Archiving, Transfer, and Analysis in the Social Sciences", in Lawrence McCrank, ed., Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Bases in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montgomery, Alabama, July 11-13, 1987(Montgomery: ICDBHSS, 1988).
* "Personnel Training and Development," in J. Rabin and T. Vocino, eds., Handbook on Public Personnel Administration, Dekker, 1983.
*
"Racial Violence During Reconstruction," in
H.D. Graham & T.R. Gurr, eds., Violence in