FACULTY

Steven E. Finkel, PhD State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1984 Daniel Wallace Professor of Political Science 4804 Posvar Hall 412-648-7283 E-mail: finkel@pitt.edu Personal Web Page Curriculum Vitae

COURSES/SYLLABI

PS 23xx Comparative Political Behavior
PS 2701 Advanced Methodology: Longitudinal Data Analysis

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Comparative Political Behavior, Public Opinion, Democratization, Quantitative Methods

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

S. E. Finkel, Causal Analysis with Panel Data, Sage University Paper Series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1995.

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, “Can Democracy Be Taught?” Journal of Democracy, Vol. 14, October 2003,
pp. 137-151.

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, 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, “Reexamining the 'Minimal Effects' Model in Recent Presidential Elections,” Journal of Politics, February 1993, Vol. 55, no. 1, 1-21.

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, “Reciprocal Effects of Participation and Political Efficacy: A Panel Analysis,” American Journal of Political Science, November 1985, Vol. 29, no. 4, 891-913.