Seltzer
Resume and Publications
SeltzerResume.pdf (pdf)
Books (hyperlinks)
2022. US Public Opinion Since the 1930s: Galluping Through History
2015. Polarization and the Presidency: From FDR to Barack Obama
2010. Getting a Cut: A Contextual Understanding of Commission Systems.
2010 Gratuity: A Contextual Understanding of Tipping Norms from the Perspective of Tipped Employees
2009 Experiencing Racism
2001 Contemporary Controversies and the American Racial Divide
1997 Sex as a Political Variable: Women as Candidates and Voters in U.S. Elections
1996 Mistakes that Social Scientists Make
1992 Race, Class and Culture: A Study in Afro-American Mass Opinion
Selected Publications (All in PDF format)
2023 White Supremacist and Racist Opinion in America 1940s–2018
2023 Understanding the Changing Demographic Basis of White Opposition on Race, 1940s-2018
2023 Public Perception of Race Relations During the Obama Era
2020 Politics and International Development in African Slums
2020 White Supremacist and Racist Opinion in America: 1940s – 2018
2020 Slum Dwellers Perspectives on Poverty: Mukuru Slum Dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya
2020 How Republican are Black Republicans, Really?
2020 Livelihoods in the Slums of Kenya: A Case Study on Perspectives of Development Professionals
2019 Whose Turf, whose Town? Race, Status, and Attitudes of Washington DC Residents toward Gentrification
2019 Public Perceptions of Race in the Obama Era
2016 Legal Standards by the Numbers: Quantifying Burdens of Proof or a Search for Fool's Gold?
2015 Same-Sex Marriage in Maryland: The Saliency of Religiosity in Determining Voter Support
2014 Same Sex Marriage in Maryland: The Saliency of Religiosity in Determining Voter Support
2013 Tracking the Source of Measurement Error
2012 Responses to Affirmative Action: Is there a Question Order Affect?
2012 Understanding the Complex Influence of Religiosity on the Race Gap in Support for Proposition 8
2012 Red, Blue, Black and Gray: Polarization and the Presidency from FDR to Barack Obama
2009 Reliability of Coding Open-Ended Responses
2007 Translation of Verbal & Attitudinal Expressions into Numeric Probabilities
2007 The Deck and the Sea: The African American Vote in the Presidential Elections of 2000 and 2004
2007 Race, Preemption, and Autonomy in the District of Columbia
2006 Scientific Jury Selection: Does It Work?
2006 Short on Confidence: Changes in Attitudes toward American Institutions and Occupations
2006 Nonresponse in Telephone Surveys: The Reporting of Outcome Measures
2005 Testing the Cosby Thesis: An Empirical Analysis...
2003 Racial Discrimination and Peremptory Challenges
2002 Conflicts in the Coalition: Challenges to Blacks and Latino Political Alliances
2001 The Paradoxes of Enclave Federalism in the District of Columbia
2000 Attitudes toward School Vouchers in the District of Columbia
1999 The Vanishing Juror: Why are There Not Enough Available Jurors?
1997 Street Vending in the District of Columbia
1996 Fair Cross-Section Challenges in Maryland: An Analysis and Proposal
1996 Police Satisfaction with Their Jobs: Arresting Officers in the District of Columbia
1995 Multiculturalism, Race and Education
1993 AIDS, Public Opinion, and Changing Correlates Over Times
1992 The Social Location of Those Holding Anti-Homosexual Attitudes
1991 Juror Honesty During the Voir Dire
1991 International Politics and Judging in Olympic Skating Events: 1968-1988
1991 Racial Differences in Coping with Job Stress: A Research Note
1991 Color Differences in the Afro-American Community and the Differences they Make
1990 Juror Ability to Recognize the Limitations of Eyewitness Identification
1989 Question Order Effects on Attitudes Toward AIDS: A Research Note
1989 Media Use and Knowledge of AIDS
1989 Growth of Islamic Fundamentalism: The Case of Palestine
1989 Race, Age, Education and Knowledge of AIDS
1989 Student-Youth Differences Among Palestinians in the West Bank
1989 The Efficacy of Educational Movies on AIDS Among College Students
1988 Knowledge of AIDS in the Black Community of the District of Columbia
1988 Political Attitudes of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
1988 Trends in Palestinian Nationalism: Moderate, Radical and Religious Alternatives
1988 Racial Differences and Intraracial Differences Among Blacks in Attitudes Toward AIDS
1987 Open-Ended v. Close-Ended Questions: A Methodological Note
1987 Comparing Scientific Attitudes of Natural and Social Scientists
1987 Black and White Perceptions of Housing Related Problems and the Policy Options they Recommend
1987 Race and Alienation: A Multidimensional Analysis
1987 The Impact of Crime Victimization and Fear of Crime on Attitudes Toward Death Penalty Defendants
1987 Juror Appraisal of Jury Service in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
1987 Juror Perceptions of Death Penalty Trials
1986 The Efficacy of Death Qualification on the Propensity of Jurors to Convict
1986 The Ku Klux Klan: Reasons for Support or Opposition Among White Respondents
1985 Media Use and Perceptions of Crime
1985 Attitudes Towards Discrimination and Affirmative Action for Minorities and Women
1985 Race and Ideology: A Research Note Measuring Liberalism and Conservatism in Black America
1984 Attitudes of Students and Residents of Washington, D.C. Toward Howard University
1983 Sponsorship Effects in an Attitudinal Survey
1981 Racism, Police Brutality and the Trial of Terrence Johnson
1979 An Analysis of the Empirical Evidence on the Origins of American Imperialism
1979 Conflicts in Consumer Coops
1979 The Development of Crisis in the United States