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About Me & Mine

Current position: Presidential Fellow
Current volunteer work: Webmaster for Miracle for Madison
Former servitude: Instructor, PRISM Sr Fellow, Dept Webmaster and Grad Rep to PRL
Alma mater: The University of Michigan
Another alma mater: The University of Chicago
Student abroad: Universita' degli Studi di Trento and Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto Fiorentino
High school: UDJHS
Jobs and Economy Advisor to Barack Obama for the 2004 Senatorial Campaign
Budget and Finance Policy Advisor to Jennifer M. Granholm for the 2002 Gubernatorial Campaign and Transition
Dad's biz: Christenson Commercial Realty
Mom's biz: Vincenza's Craft
Brother's biz: UMHS Outpatient Psychiatry and PNLH
Brother's poetry: Hopwood Award
Former humdrum journalist: The Wicker Park Voice
Former angry sports writer: The University of Chicago Maroon newspaper
Squadre preferite: La Viola e La Roma
Guaranteed Sleep-Aid: My ITV Presentation
Unofficial dance moves: Gloovie
What Google thinks of me: Dino is in external arbitration mode
Christenson Holiday Greetings: 2007 Snowball Fight, 2008 Wonderful Life
My Press: Communicating with Congress, Emails to Congress, Fellowship Announcement
My travels
My heritage
Where's My Bus? The Deuce

Departments of Political Science Rankings

Political Science Departments in North America
US News and World Report ranks OSU Poli Sci #5 in American Politics and #10 in Methodology
Additional Political Science Rankings
Hix World Rankings (2004, Political Studies Review 2: 293-313)

Political Science Musings & Fun

Gelman's Stats & Causal Inference Blog
Franklin's Political Arithmetik Blog
The Monkey Cage Blog
Jackman's Politics, Stats & Computing Blog
Pollster
Visible Primary
Swing State Project
Cinematic Introduction to Political Systems
Mixing Political Theory & Football
Fantasy Congress
Intrade Prediction Market
Polmeth Listserv
PhD Comics
xkcd Comics
Baby Got Stats (JHU Biostats)

Data Sources

ICPSR
The Ohio Political Surveys (TOPS)
Buckeye State Polls
OSU Polls
Knowledge Networks Ohio
Census Bureau
Polling Report
Pew
Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS)
Social Science Data on the Internet, UC San Diego
Political Methodology (APSA) Computing Sources
Harvard-MIT Data Center
Information Please Almanac (for basic U.S. historical data)
Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
Department of Labor Home Page
National Annenberg Election Study
Wisconsin Advertising Project
Vanderbilt TV News Archive
KU IPSR State Level Data

Reference Materials

United States Constitution
The Federalist Papers
Bartleby.com Great Books Online
American Political Development
American President
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Federal Agency Directory
Google Scholar
Historical Documents (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
Merriam-Webster Online
Reviewing a Manuscript for Publication
Scripps Lib Miller Center
WordReference.com
XE.com - The Universal Currency Converter

Statistical Materials

Gary King's Statistical Software (Clarify, Amelia...etc.)
J. Scott Long's Statistical Software (Spost and Xpost)
Scientific Software (LISREL)
QSoft (QData management)
The R Project for Statistical Computing
BUGS
Open Progressive Analytics

Surveys and Public Opinion References

National Election Studies (NES) Homepage
NES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
ISR Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods
Professor Herbert Weisberg's Website
A List of Survey Research Sites

Academic Surveys

OSU CSR
OSU CHRR
Md-Mich Joint Program
UMich SRC
The Roper Center
UNeb Gallup Center
NORC

Survey Associations

AAPOR
MAPOR
Public Opinion Q
Amstat SRMS
Nat Council State Polls
CMOR

Internet Surveys

Survey Monkey
Knowledge Networks
Harris Interactive

Sampling & Weighting

SSI
Genesys
Wesvar
Sudaan

Content Analysis

Atlas-ti
Yoshikoder
VBPro
Profiler Plus
Will Lowe's Review

News Resources

Roll Call online
New York Times online
CNN online
Washington Postonline
Columbus Dispatch online

Political Science Journals

American Political Science Review
American Journal of Political Science
Journal of Politics
Political Research Quarterly
British Journal of Political Science
American Politics Research
Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization
Legislative Studies Quarterly
Political Behavior
Political Analysis
The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics
PS: Political Science and Politics
Annual Review of Political Science
APSA's Links to Political Science Journals
Recent Issues of Political Science Journals (via Ohio State's Library System)
JSTOR

Political Science Associations

American Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association
Elections Section of APSA
Political Methodology Section of APSA
Organized Sections of the APSA

FTP & Email Accounts

FTP to OSU K Drive
Gmail
Hotmail
OSU Webmail
OSU Poli Sci Webmail
UNITN Sociologia Posta
Yahoo! Italia

Financial Aid

SBS Research Directory
FAFSA on the Web - U.S. Department of Education
Office of Student Financial Aid - The Ohio State University
U.S. Department of Education

OSU

Academic Calendar - Office of the University Registrar
Buckeye link
Office of Student Financial Aid
Ohio State University
OSU Libraries
OSU Library PoliSci Resources
OSU Recreational Sports Locations-Hours
Political Science
Renew & Record Library OSU
Student Health Services Home
Carmen

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