Richard G. Braungart
Curriculum Vita:
RESEARCH AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, Bureau of Social Science Research Inc., Washington,
D.C., 1964.
Research Assistant, Department of Rural Sociology and Agricultural Economics,
Pennsylvania
State University, 1965.
Research Grant, Pennsylvania State University, 1966-1969. Conducted two studies
of 1,246
college students--five campus-based political activist groups, a control group,
and the social and political backgrounds of their members from ten eastern
universities in three states and from the delegates attending two national
conventions.
Research Grant, Pennsylvania State University, 1968. Coordinated and conducted a
political
awareness study (with Undergraduate Student Government) of 750 graduate and
undergraduate students attending Penn State. See Denise Demong's four-article
series publishing selected results of the survey in The Daily Collegian,
University Park, PA, November 15-20, 1968.
Senior Staff Consultant and Research Associate, The President's Commission on
Campus Unrest (Scranton Commission), Washington, D.C., 1970. Consulted,
contributed several memoranda, edited chapter drafts of The Report of The
President's Commission on Campus Unrest, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government
Printing Office, 1970. Directed research for the Commission and co-directed with
The Urban Institute a national survey of college presidents, faculty, and
students; Survey Coordinator, Campus Incidents as Interpreted by College
Presidents, Faculty Chairmen, and Student Body Presidents, Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970. See Ken W. Clawson, "Report on Campus
Unrest," The Washington Post, September 13, 1970, pp. A1, A3.
Faculty Research Award, University of Maryland, Summer, 1970.
Youth Politics Survey, Syracuse, New York, October, 1972. Directed and conducted
a pre-election survey of 373 Syracuse University students and 134 local Syracuse
residents between the ages of 18-25. See Michael Kelly's two article series
publishing selected results of the survey in The Daily Orange, Syracuse, NY,
January 29-30, 1973.
Field Research Coordinator, U.S. Department of Labor, Project Transition survey
of occupational background and needs of former Vietnam era Armed Forces
personnel in the Central New York area, Spring, 1973.
Co-Directed 1976 pre election survey of 505 residents of Syracuse, New York.
Senate Research Grant, Syracuse University, on The Socioeconomic Effects of
Private Foreign Investment and Aid on Third World Countries, 1980-1981. Also a
Maxwell School Research Grant, Syracuse University to conduct global study of
historical generations and youth movements, 1982.
Co-Director (with Margaret M. Braungart), Center for Research on Life Course and
Generational Politics, Department of Sociology, Syracuse University, 1985-2002.
Doctoral Dissertation Consultant/Adjudicator, Andhra University, Waltair,
Visakhaptnam,
India, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 (seven dissertations).
Research Consultant, The Center for the Study of the Vietnam Generation,
Washington, D.C.,
1987.
Consultant, "Sixties School: The Legacy of the Sixties," WETA-TV, Washington,
D.C., May 31-June 3, 1989; "Youth Movement" project, WETA-TV, Washington, D.C.,
1989-1991; and "Making Sense of the Sixties," PBS, January 21-23, 1991.
Research Consultant, All-Union Study, "The Social Development of Soviet Youth,"
The Institute of Sociology: The Sector on Youth Social Problems, USSR Academy of
Sciences, Moscow, USSR, May 8-22, 1989.
Senior Consultant Panel, U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement
of
Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) Project "Developing a Political Psychology
Curriculum," Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington
University, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.
Research Consultant, Knowledge Systems and Research, Inc., Syracuse, New York,
1991.
Chair, GAI International Political Psychology Seminar Series and Working Group,
1994-1999;
and Member, GAI Advisory Council, Global Affairs Institute, Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1995-2002. Member,
International Relations Program (IRP) Executive Committee, Maxwell School,
Syracuse University, 1997-2002.
Consultant and Participant, Planning Committee for the "World Youth Forum of the
United Nations System/Forum Mondial de la Jeunesse Systeme Des Nations Unies,"
Division for Social Policy and Development, United Nations Headquarters, New
York, New York, July 17-19, 1995. Consultant with the United Nations Youth Unit,
1998-1999.
Research Report and Proposal, "Giving Voice to Youth: International Surveys of
Youth and a
Global Research Proposal," with Margaret M. Braungart. Prepared for the United
Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy
and Development for the UN Study "The Global Situation of Youth: Trends and
Prospects 2000," United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY, June 1998 (Contract
Agreement No. 2753), pp. 1-75. See Background Information, "United Nations
Report on Global Situation of Youth Shows Changing Trends," World Conference of
Ministers Responsible for Youth, Lisbon, Portugal, August 8-12, 1998:
<http://www.un.org> (Search: Braungart).
Consultant, "Cultural Wheel Documentary Series" Project, Moxie Firecracker
Films, New York, New York, June 5, 2003.