R. Michael Alvarez PhD - Voting Machines

Name:	R. Michael Alvarez, PhD
Title:	Professor of Political Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Position:	None Found to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?"
Reasoning:	No position found as of July 27, 2006
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Election officials, people with post-graduate degrees in a computer or political science, JD's, Members of Congress, or elected officials with significant involvement in, or related to, electronic voting machine issues.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Help America Vote Act Section 301 Task Force Member, 2004-present Committee member, National Commission on Elections and Voting; National Academy of Sciences' Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting, 2004-present Professor of Political Science, Caltech, 2002-present Co-director, Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2002-present Editorial Board - American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Quarterly, Election Law Journal, Political Behavior, The Journal of Politics, and Political Research Quarterly "Scientific American 50" for contributions to improve the U.S. voting system, Scientific American magazine, 2004 Emerging Scholar Award, American Political Science Association, 2002 Testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Government Affairs, May 2001 and the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials, Apr. 2002 about election reform Robert H. Durr Award, Midwest Political Science Association, 1997 John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002 John M. Olin Faculty Fellowship, 1994-1995 Member - American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, The Econometric Society, and the California Historical Society
Education:	PhD, Political Science, Duke University, 1992 MA, Political Science, Duke University, 1990 BA, Political Science, Carleton College, 1986
Contact Info:	Phone: 626-395-4422 Fax: 626-793-3257 E-Mail: rma@hss.caltech.edu Website: University Profile
Select Publications:	Cowritten with T.E. Hall, PhD, "Lessons and Trends in E-Voting: Initiatives in the U.S. and Abroad," Caltech/MIT Voting Project Working Paper 38, July 2005 Cowritten with S. Ansolabehere, "Studying Elections: Data Quality and Pitfalls in Measuring the Effects of Voting Technologies," Policy Studies Journal, Feb. 2005 Cowritten with T.E. Hall, PhD, "Rational and Pluralistic Models of HAVA Implementation: The Cases of Georgia and California," Publius, 2005 Cowritten with T.E. Hall, PhD, "American Attitudes About Electronic Voting: Results of a National Survey," Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Utah, Sep. 2004
Other:	None found
Also Quoted in:	1. Do senior citizens feel comfortable using electronic voting machines? 2. Do voters have confidence that electronic voting machines record votes accurately?