Brian Kisida, M.A.
Research Associate
Education Reform
208 Graduate Education Building
Phone: 479-575-6345
FAX: 479-575-3196
bkisida@uark.edu
Degrees:
M.A., University of Arkansas, political science
B.A., University of Arkansas, political science
Research Interests:
public opinion, political information, political behavior, American politics, political theory, research methods, public law, public administration
Professional Biography:
Research Associate: Analytic support for the School Choice Demonstration Project, in conducting a longitudinal evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, and the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program Longitudinal Impact Evaluation, August 2006-present.
Instructor: Department of Political Science, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas, (Spring/Summer/Fall 2005, Spring 2006). Taught courses in American National Government.
Research Assistant: Research Assistant to The Arkansas Poll, University of Arkansas, (Summer/Fall 2005). Co-designing and implementing national comparative questionnaire related to survey research at the state level.
Content Editor: “Recent Developments in Administrative Law” Web page for the Section on Public Law and Administration (SPLA) of the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), 2005.
Teaching Assistant: Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas, (Spring 2004). Tasks included course prep and research, test grading, paper grading, lecture.
Job Duties:
Brian Kisida provides technical and analytic support for both the School Choice Demonstration Project, a national research team preparing to conduct an independent longitudinal multi-method evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, and the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program impact evaluation led by Dr. Patrick Wolf. He has special responsibilities in the areas of survey design, administration and quantitative analysis. He has previously served as an instructor in the political science department at the University of Arkansas. He has also worked at The Arkansas Poll, designing and implementing both national and state-level questionnaires. His areas of interest include American politics, political behavior, public administration, public law and normative political theory. His research interests are focused on how education, political learning, and information levels interact with civic participation, civic values and public policy outcomes.
Publications/Presentations:
Publications
Wolf, Patrick J., Babette Gutmann, Michael Puma, Brian Kisida, Lou Rizzo, Nada Eissa, and Marsha Silverberg, Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Two Years, U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008
Kisida, Brian, Education, Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions, Donald Haider-Markel, ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, (forthcoming)
Kisida, Brian, Legislative Veto, Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions, Donald Haider-Markel, ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, (forthcoming)
Sullivan, Margaret D., Dean B. Campbell, and Brian Kisida, The Muzzled Dog that Didn't Bark, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, April 1, 2008
Kisida, Brian, Laura Jensen, James C. Rahn, and Patrick J. Wolf, The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: Baseline Descriptive Report on Participating Schools, School Choice Demonstration Project Milwaukee Evaluation Report #3, Feburary 1, 2008
Kisida, Brian and Patrick J. Wolf, School Governance and Information: Does Choice Lead to Better-Informed Parents? National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education Occasional Paper Series: 151. Teachers College, Columbia University, February 1, 2008
Greene, Jay P., Brian Kisida, and Jonathan Butcher, What's in a Name? The Decline in the Civic Mission of School Names, Manhattan Institute Civic Report No. 51, July 1, 2007
Greene, Jay P., Brian Kisida, and Jonathan Butcher, Fourscore and seven manatees ago, City Journal, Vol. 17 No. 2, July 1, 2007
Kisida, Brian, Information Effects, Political Learning, and Partisan Screens During the War in Iraq, 2003-2004, Submitted to Political Behavior, under review, May 2007
Kisida, Brian, Janine A. Parry, and Ronald E. Langley, The State of State Polls, Politics and Policy Quarterly, forthcoming
Professional Conference Presentations
Kisida, Brian and Patrick J. Wolf, "School Choice and Parent Information: Are Choosers Better Informed?," presentation at School Choice in the Nation's Capital, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, July 19, 2007
Sullivan, Margaret and Dean Campbell, and Brian Kisida, "The Muzzled Dog that Didn't Bark: Charters and the Behavioral Response of D.C. Public Schools," presentation at School Choice in the Nation's Capital, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, July 19, 2007
Wolf, Patrick J. and Brian Kisida, "School Governance and Information: Does Choice Lead to Informed Parents?," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 12, 2007
Kisida, Brian, "Environmental Policy and Regulation in a Federal Context," Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 12, 2007
Kisida, Brian, "The Pervasiveness of Partisanship," Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 12, 2007
Kisida, Brian, "Information Effects, Political Learning, and Partisan Screens during the War in Iraq, 2003-2004," paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1, 2007
Kisida, Brian and Janine A. Parry, "The State of State Polling Projects," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, January 1, 2006