David C. Leege
(B.A., Valparaiso University; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1965) professor emeritus of Government and International Studies,works in American voting behavior, religion, and the politics of cultural differences. In 2002 Princeton University Press will publish his The Politics of Cultural Differences: Social Change and Voter Mobilization Strategies in the Post-New Deal Period(co-authored with Kenneth Wald, Brian Krueger, and Paul Mueller). He has also co-authored (with Lyman Kellstedt) Rediscovering the Religious Factor in American Politics and (with Wayne Francis) Political Research: Design, Measurement, and Analysis.His articles have appeared in the principal political science journals, including American Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Politics, sociology of religion journals, and state-of-the-discipline anthologies. He directed the Notre Dame Study of Catholic Parish Life and edited its 15-part Report Series.His monograph, The Development and Use of Sample Surveys formed the B.A.sis for a section the 12th Report of the National Science Board.
Leege chaired the Board of Overseers of the American National Election Studies, and is associated with the development of its measures of religiosity. He is one of the founders of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. He was a member of the Council of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research during its founding years. Active as an officer or program chair of several professional associations, Leege has also served on the editorial boards of American Journal of Political Science, Sage Professional Papers in American Politics, and Educational Record. He has received grants from numerous foundations and government agencies, and directs Notre Dame's Program for Research on Religion, Church, and Society. He has received the Kaneb Award for excellence in teaching, the James Burns Award for contributions to research and graduate education, and several professional association awards.
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Email: David.C.Leege.1@nd.edu