Becoming a Research Fellow with The Social Science Research Center...

2001 Gail Johnson, Ph.D.,
Department of Urban Studies and Public Administration

Dr. Johnson received her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Johnson collaborated with the Social Science Research Center on the 2000 State of the Region Survey which measured the perceptions of Hampton Roads residents regarding their quality of life and socio-economic issues.

2001 Stephen Medvic, Ph.D.,
Department of Political Science and Geography

Dr. Medvic received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in Indiana. Dr. Medvic has recently left Old Dominion University to join the faculty at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His areas of expertise and instruction include Campaigns and Elections, media and Politics, Voting Behavior, and Democratic Theory. Dr. Medvic collaborated with The Social Science Research Center in several political opinion projects including a survey of Hampton Roads voters regarding the impeachment of President Clinton, a statewide survey of the 2000 Presidential Election, and focus groups with Hampton Roads residents about the personal traits of presidential candidates.

2001 Bryan Porter, Ph.D.,
Department of Psychology

Dr. Porter received his Ph.D. from the University of Memphis in Tennessee. he is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the College of Science. His areas of expertise and instruction include Community Psychology, History of Psychology, Driving Behavior, and Environmental Psychology. Dr. Porter has collaborated with The Social Science Research Center on several telephone survey projects targeting driving and pedestrian behavior. The "Intersection Connection" survey, funded by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, measured Hampton Roads residents' attitudes towards safe driving and awareness of a safe driving campaign. The "Stop Red-light Running" survey, funded by Daimler Chrysler Corporation, was a nationwide survey of licensed drivers measuring their red-light running attitudes and behaviors.

2001 Leonard Ruchelman, Ph.D.,
Department of Urban Studies and Public Administration

Dr. Ruchelman received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York. He is an Eminent Professor of Urban Studies and Public Administration in the College of Business and Public Administration. His areas of expertise and instruction include Policy Analysis, public Administration, and Urban Studies. Dr. Ruchelman collaborated with The Social Science Research Center on the 2000 State of the Region Survey which measured the perceptions of Hampton Roads residents regarding their quality of life and socio-economic issues.

2001 Stephen Tonelson, Ed.D.,
Department of Early Childhood, Speech Pathology, and Special Education

Dr. Tonelson received his Ed.D. from the University of Virginia. He is a Professor of Early Childhood and Special Education in the Darden College of Education. Dr. Tonelson collaborated with The Social Science Research Center on a large-scale data collection, management, and analysis project for The Commonwealth Special Education Endorsement Program for which he is Principal Investigator. He also worked with The SSRC on a program evaluation of the Starbase Atlantis program for 5th grade students in Norfolk Public Schools and the Norfolk Literacy Partnership to develop a literacy assessment for Hampton Roads residents.