Research

Scholarship for ICDD focuses on applied research into public deliberation models and delivery methods, as well as questions of efficacy. Current research projects by ICDD faculty and students include:

A Case Study in Creating Satisfactory Outcomes with NIF Style Deliberative Democracy Forums.  Kara Dillard, Kathryn Rubiano, Kevin Keatley, and Kristopher Chapman

A Winning Proposition: States' Military Effectiveness and the Reliability of their Allies. Stephen Long

Accessing KSU intellectual knowledge and technology by private enterprise. Jeff Zacharakis (K-State Center for Engagement and Community Development)

An Exploratory Survey of Military Officers' Attitudes. Stephen Long with Emizet Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering.

Citizen Discussion: Rewarding Work.  Tim Steffensmeier (Interactivity Foundation)

Civics Mosaic: Exploring Political Ideas that have Shaped the World. Thomas Vontz (U.S. Department of Education)

Deliberative Democracy and Public Pedagogy: An Analysis of Student-led Facilitated Discussions. Tim Steffensmeier (Interactivity Foundation)

 Deliberation Quality in National Issues Forums and Midwest Democracy Project Blogs. Bill and Donna Schenck-Hamlin (Kettering Foundation)

Development of a Reliable and Valid Instrument to Measure Elementary Teachers' Understanding of Core Civics Concepts.  Thomas Vontz (Center for Civic Education)

Dynamic Domestic Regimes, Dynamic Interstate Relationships: Extending Senese's Analysis of Regime Maturity, Democracy and Interstate Relationships. Stephen Long with Mark J.C. Crescenzi and Andrew J. Enterline

Employing Deliberative Polling in a University Classroom: Results of a Pilot Test Donna Schenck-Hamlin, Bill Schenck-Hamlin, Timothy Steffensmeier, Phillip Marzluf

Evaluation of Civic Education Curricula. Marie Steichen (Heartland Foundation, Corporation for National Community Service)
 
Focus groups in Spanish and English with Kansas adult learners. Jeff Zacharakis (Kansas Board of Regents Adult Education Office)

Impact of Public Forums on Local Politics. David Procter, Bill Schenck-Hamlin, Tim Steffensmeier (Kettering Foundation)
 
Indian in a Bottle: Two Moon Meridas and the Lakota of Pine Ridge Agency.  Bonnie Lynn Sherow

Invention through public deliberation: Analyzing rural rejuvenation efforts of Kansas Communities, LLC.  Tim Steffensmeier

Kansas - We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution. Thomas Vontz (U.S. Department of Education)

Kansas Politics and Government: The Clash of Political Cultures. Joseph Aistrup with Edward Flentje

Kansas State University Institute for Social Studies Teachers: Teaching and Learning the United States Constitution. Thomas Vontz (Center for Civic Education)

Knowing When Not to Quit: State Reputation and War Duration. Stephen Long with Jake Kathman.

Managing Existential Terror After Disasters: An Analysis of Responses
from First Responders, Victims, and Others Post Hurricane Katrina. Young-ok Yum

Moving Beyond the Town Hall Meeting: Best Practices in Promoting Citizen Engagement. Nicole Baxley and Kara Dillard

Research Communication Ethics Project. Bruce Glymour, Oliver Weaver, David Rintoul, Amy Lara, Ronald Downey, Scott Tanona, Bill Schenck-Hamlin (National Science Foundation)

Review and Classification Study of Interdisciplinary Democracy Literature, 1980-2005.  Donna Schenck-Hamlin, Elizabeth Westmoreland, Bill Schenck-Hamlin, Kevin Keatley

The mobilization efforts of the media in the 2005 anti-war protests.  Kara Dillard

The Role of Intercultural Communication in Third Party Intervention and Conflict Management.  Katy Rubiano

The Role of Storytelling in Deliberative Democracy: An Experiment on Knowledge and Satisfaction. Kara Dillard

Ties that Bind? Ethnicity, Religion, and Civil War Intervention. Stephen Long with Steve Biddle and Jeffrey Friedman

Welfare, Race, and Justice as Desert.  John Exdell

If you have a research interest that ICDD can help you with please contact our director Dr. David Procter, or visit our "Contact Us"