Last updated on:
2/28/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
R. Michael Alvarez, PhD Biography
- 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:
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No position found as of July 27, 2006
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- 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:
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- PhD, Political Science, Duke University, 1992
- MA, Political Science, Duke University, 1990
- BA, Political Science, Carleton College, 1986
- Other:
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- None found
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