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James H. Finkelstein

James H. Finkelstein
Professor and Vice Dean

Publications & Research
Arizona English Language Learner Cost Study, with Julie Davis Bell, Greta Durr, Mark Fermanich, Steve Smith and Judity Wilde, National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver Colorado, March 2005.

“Sesno Reports,” GMU Executive Producer, a joint production of George Mason University,
Washington Educational Television Association (WETA a PBS affiliate), and Washington
Post Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), 8 monthly specials to be aired in 2004 beginning
February 24, 2004.

“Gridlock,” GMU Executive Producer, aired on WETA, October 2003.

“Academics on Board: University Presidents as Corporate Directors,” and Nancy P.
Goldschmidt, Academe, pp. 33-37, volume 87, Number 5, September-October 2001.

“University Presidents as Corporate Directors: Serving What Interests?” and Nancy
Goldschmidt, Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Sacramento,
2000.

“Research Methods: Narrative, Holistic, Naturalistic and Mixed,” chair, American
Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2000.

“Interruptive Research Paradigms: Ethnography, Community and Transformation,”
discussant, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal,
1999.

“Corporate Interests of University President,” and Nancy P. Goldschmidt, American
Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, 1999.

“Governance in the Metropolis: Policy Opportunities and Pitfalls,” with Paul M.A. Baker, "Proceedings of New Challenges of Public Administration: The Virtual Democracy,”
(published as Die Regierbarkeit in derr virtuellen Metropole, Mvglichkeiten und
Fallgruben die Politik; in: Neue Herausforderungen die vffentliche Verwaltung) Rolf Homann, ed., Schloss Hofen-Zentrum fur Wissenschaft und Weiterbildung, Bregenz
(Austria), 1999.

“Cyberspace and the Future of Public Administration,” conference on New Challenges of Public Administration: The Virtual Democracy, Schloss Hofen-Zentrum fur Wissenschaft und Weiterbildung, Bregenz (Austria), 1998.

“Making Sense of the University and Everyday Life: Closing Report,” with Thomas
Bernold and Rudolf A. Treumann, Institute Kurt Bosch, Sion (Switzerland) 1998.

The Institute of Public Policy Annual Review: 1997-98, George Mason University, 1998.

“Reflections on Scientific Objectivity,” Emergence, Entropy and the Creative
Universe
, Thomas Bernold, ed., Swiss Science Council, 1997.

“The Evaluation of Teaching in the United States,” literature review prepared for Benesse Corporation, Tokyo, 1997 (proprietary).

“Evaluation of Teaching in Leading American Colleges and Universities,” and Nancy Goldschmidt, final report prepared for Benesse Corporation, Tokyo, 1997 (proprietary).

“The Forum: Everyday Life in Cyberspace–Interviews with Erich Bloch, Sherry Turkle, Takeo Shuzui and Jim Clark, Deutsche Telekom 1996 Annual Report, 1997.

“Curriculum Models: Today and Yesterday,” discussant, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1997.

“The Accumulation of Information as the Net Gain of Evolution,” Institut Universitaire Kurt
Bosch, Sion (Switzerland), 1997.

“Make Sense of the Universe and Everyday Life,” with Thomas Bernold and Rudolf A.
Treumann, Final Report of the Workshop: Emergence, Entropy and the Creative
Universe, Institut Universitaire Kurt Bosch, Sion (Switzerland), 1997.

“The Performance Support Revolution: Opportunities & Barriers at the Internal Revenue
Service–Analysis & Design Report,” with Redeen & Associates, USDA/GA IAA Task
Order 970711-1, Washington, 1997.

“Performance Support and the Internal Revenue Service: Strategic Planning Process
Guide,” with Redeen & Associates, USDA/GA IAA Task Order 970711-1, Washington,
1997.

“Performance Support and the Internal Revenue Service: Electronic Performance
Support System Strategic Plan,” with Redeen & Associates, USDA/GA IAA TaskOrder
970711-1, Washington, 1997.

“Using Wireless Technologies to Connect Our Schools,” invited panelist, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, 1996.

“The Forum: From the Global Village to the Telecommunity–Interviews with Francis Fukuyama, Louis Gerstner, John Gibbons, Esther Dyson, and Lester Thurow, Deutsche Telekom 1995 Annual Report, 1996.

“Program Evaluation and Policy Issues, “ discussant, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1995.

“Computers, Technology and Their Social and Academic Contexts in School, “ sessions chair, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1995.

“Teachers as Researchers: Implementation and Evaluation of a Model for Action Research to Improve Practice,” respondent, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Annual Meeting, Washington, 1995.

“The Forum: Teleworking–Interviews with Bill Gates, John Seely Brown, Nicholas Negroponte, Neil Postman and Shoshana Zuboff,” Deutsche Telekom 1994 Annual Report, 1995.