Director

Asian Studies and Russian and East European Studies Programs

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2049

TEL: (850) 644-7304
FAX: (850) 562-9611

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION AND MEDIA
  mass media
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  elections; political culture; political participation, public opinion
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  comparative and cross-cultural studies; cultural and social change

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Political Science, Florida State University, 1971-present.

IN JAPAN: 1974-75 - fellowship; 1963-67 - employment.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Politics in Japan (with Richardson) (Little, Brown, 1984); Electoral Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies: Realignment or Dealignment? (with Dalton et al.) (Princeton University Press, 1984); The Japanese Voter (with Richardson et al.) (Yale University Press, 1991); Political Opposition and Local Politics in Japan (with Krauss et al.) (Princeton University Press, 1980).