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Name:
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Michael Hout, Ph.D.
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Title: |
Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
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Voting Machines
Position: |
No Stated Position
to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?"
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Reasoning: |
No position found as of 8/23/2006
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Credibility
Ranking: |
VIP/Organization/Other
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories
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Involvement: |
- 1988-present - Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
- 1988-1991 - Chair, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
- Board Member - American Sociological Association Council (1997-2001); International Sociological Association Research Committee on Stratification and Mobility (President - 1998-2002, Executive Board - 1989-1994); Sociological Research Association (2001-2006)
- Editorial Board - Sociology of Education (2001-2004), Annual Review of Sociology (2004-present), American Sociological Review (1995-1998), and Research in Stratification and Mobility (1989-1994)
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Education: |
- Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University, 1976
- M.A., Sociology, Indiana University, 1973
- B.A., Sociology and History, University of Pittsburgh, 1972
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Relevant Affiliations/Honors: |
- 2003 - Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- 2000 - Distinguished Graduate Alumnus, Indiana University
- 1997 - Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1996 - Clifford C. Clogg Memorial Award, Population Association of America
- 1989 - Elected to Sociological Research Association
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Contact Info: |
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Other: |
Select publications include:
- "The Effect of Electronic Voting Machines on Change in Support for Bush in the 2004 Florida Elections," available at the Verified Voting Foundation website, 2004
- "Classes, Unions, and Realignment of U.S. Presidential Voting, 1952-1992," pages 114-130 in The End of Class Politics, 1999
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