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Dr. Joseph Yuichi Howard

Research Topics:

Dr. Howard’s research interests concern the fields of public policy, American politics, and research methodology.  Current research efforts are focused on educational policy reform with particular interests in the policy diffusion of charter school legislation and examining the impact of school programs on college attendance rates of minority students.  Other areas of interest include the role of gender in voting behavior and the influence of constituents on the roll call behavior of members of Congress.  
 

Recent Publications:

Journals

“Hispanic College Attendance and the State of Texas GEAR UP Program” with Gregory Weiher, Noah Kaplan, and Christina Hughes.  Review of Policy Research, Vol. 23 (5), pp. 1035-1051. 2006. 
 

Technical Reports

"Texans Getting Academically Prepared: Sixth-Year Evaluation" (report to the Texas Education Agency and the U.S. Department of Education), Austin, Texas: Texas Center for Education Research. Principal author Gregory Weiher. With Christina Hughes.  2006.