C. Richard Hofstetter

• Information about syllabae and an updated vita.

• Professor of Political Science
• Adjunct Professor Graduate School of Public Health
• Nasatir Hall, 119
• Phone: office: 619/5946804/6244 home: 619/2820945
• Email: rhofstet@mail.sdsu.edu

Education

• A.A. Central Oregon Community College, 1961, SocialScience
• B.A. University of Oregon, 1964, Political Science
• M.A. Indiana University, 1966, Government, Sociology
• Ph.D. Indiana University, 1967, Government, Sociology
• 1992( Black Belt), Tang Soo Do, Cho Dan, Pacific Martial Arts Foundation

Professional Background

• 1985 Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University
• 1983 Professor, Department of Political Science, San Diego State University
• 1980-1983 Professor and Chair, University of Houston
• 1978-1983 Lecturer, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State,Roslyn, Viriginia
• 1980-1982 Head, Texas Regional Affiliate State Data Center for Houston Area (charged with diffusing U.S. Census products to public and private sector users in Southeastern Texas)
• 1976-1980 Professor, San Diego State University
• 1976-1980 Director, Social Science Research Laboratory, San Diego State University
• 1974-1976 Director, Survey Research Section, Behavioral Sciences Laboratory, Ohio State University
• 1968-1976 Director, Polimetrics Laboratory, Ohio State University
• 1967-1976 Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, Ohio State University
• 1972 Lecturer, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base

Areas of Focus

• Political Communication
• Political Behavior
• Research Methods
• Survey Research Design and Applications
• Statistics
• Public Health
• Computer Applications

Selected Recent Publications

C. Richard Hofstetter with James T. Smith, Gina M. Zari, and Carolyn Huie Hofstetter, “The Political Talk Radio Experience: A Community Study,” American Review of Politics, (in press).

Patricia A. Wood, Michael S. Hurlburt, Richard L. Hough, C. Richard Hofstetter, “A Longitudinal Assessment of Family Support among Homeless Mentally Ill Participants in a Supported Housing Program,” Journal of Community Psychology, (In Press).

C. Richard Hofstetter and David Barker with James T. Smith, Gina M. Zari, Thomas A. Ingrassia, and Carolyn Huie Hofstetter, “Information, Misinformation, and Political Talk Radio,” Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 2, (June, 1999), pp. 353-36.

C. Richard Hofstetter, Thomas G. Sticht, Carolyn Huie Hofstetter,"Knowledge, Literacy and Power," Communication Research, Vol. 26, no. 1, (February, 1999), pp. 55-80.

C. Richard Hofstetter, “Political Talk Radio, Situational Involvement, and Political Mobilization,” Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 79, No. 2, (1998), pp. 273-286.

C. Richard Hofstetter & Christoper L. Gianos, Political Talk Radio: Actions Speak Louder than Words," Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Vol. 41, No. 4, (1997), pp. 501-515.

John M. Olichney, M. N. Sabbagh, C. Richard Hofstetter, D. Galasko, M. Grundman, R. Katzman, L. J. Thal, "The Impact of Apolipoprotein ,4 on Cause of Death in Alzheimer’s." Neurology, Vol. 49, July, 1997, pp. 76-81.

Samuel,William, Alford, Michael, C. Richard Hofstetter, Hansen, Lawrence, "Dementia with Lewy Bodies Versus Pure Alzheimer Disease: Differences in Cognition, Neuropathology, Cholinergic Dysfunction, and Synapse Density," Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, Vol. 56, No. 5, (May, 1997), pp. 499-508.

Blumberg, Elaine J., Hovell, Melbourne F., Werner, C. A., Kelley, Norma J., Sipan, Carol L., Burkham-Kreitner, Susan M., C. Richard Hofstetter, "Evaluating AIDS-Related Social Skills in Anglo and Latino Adolescents: Focus on Assessment," Behavior Modification, Vol. 21, No. 3, (July, 1997), pp. 281-307.

Patricia A. Wood, Michael S. Hurlbert, Richard L. Hough, and C. Richard Hofstetter, "Health Status and Functioning among the Homeless Mentally Ill: An Assessment of the Medical Outcomes Study SF-36 Scales," Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol. 20, No. 2, (1997), pp. 151-161.

Dipak K. Gupta, C. Richard Hofstetter, and Terry F. Buss, "Group Utility in the Micro Motivation of Collective Action: The Case of Membership in the AARP," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 32, (1997), pp. 301-320.

Martina Klicperova , Ivo Feierabend, and C. Richard Hofstetter, "In The Search for a Post Communist Syndrome: A Theoretical Note and Empirical Assessments," Journal of Community and Applied Psychology, Vol. 7, (1997), pp. 39-52.

William Samuel, Rachel Crowder, C. Richard Hofstetter, and Lawrence Hansen, "Neuritic Plaques in the Lewy Body Variant of Alzheimer Disease Lack Paired Helical Filaments," Neuroscience Letters, Vol. 223, 1997, pp. 73-76.

Wahlgren, Dennis R., Hovell, Melbourne F., Meltzer, Susan B., C. Richard Hofstetter, Zakarian, Joy M., "Reduction of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Asthmatic Children: A 2-Year Follow-Up," Chest, Vol. 111, No. 1, (1997), pp. 81-88.

Martina Klicperova, Ivo K. Feierabend, C. Richard Hofstetter, "Nonviolent Conflict Resolution and Civic Culture: The Case of Czechoslovakia," in Douglas P. Fry and Kaj Bjorkqvist (eds.), Cultural Variation in Conflict Resolution: Alternatives to Violence, (Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1997), pp. 173-182.

Russos, Stergios, Hovell, Melbourne F., Keating, Kristen J., Jones, Jennifer A., Burkham-Kreitner, Susan M., Slymen, Donald J., Hofstetter, C.Richard, Rubin, Budd. "Clinician Compliance with Primary Prevention of Tobacco Use: The Impact of Social Contingencies, Preventive Medicine, Vol. 26, (1997), pp. 44-52.

Thomas G. Sticht, C. Richard Hofstetter, and Carolyn H. Hofstetter, "Assessing Adult Literacy by Telephone," Journal of Literacy Research, Vol. 28, No. 4, (1996), pp. 525-559.

Hovell, Melbourne F., Slymen, Donald J., Keating, Kristen J., Jones, Jennifer A., Burkhan-Kreitner, Susan, C. Richard Hofstetter, Noel, David, Rubin, Bud, "Tobacco Use Prevalence and Correlates among Adolescents in a Clinician-Initiated Tobacco Prevention Trial in California, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol. 50, No. 3, (1996), pp. 340-346.

Terry F. Buss, W. R. Gillanders, C. Richard Hofstetter, "Urban/Rural Elderly Health Status Differences: The Dichotomy Re-examined," Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Vol. 8, No. 4, (1996), pp. 7-24.

Hovell, Melbourne F., Slymen, Donald J., Jones, Jennifer A., C. Richard Hofstetter, Burkhan-Kreitner, Susan, Conway, Terry L., Rubin, Bud, Noel, David, "An Adolescent Tobacco-Use Prevention Trial in Orthodontic Offices, American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 86, no. 12, (1996), pp. 1760-1766.

Martina Klicperova, Ivo K. Feierabend, C. Richard Hofstetter, Brunon Synak, and Csaba Beres, "Civic Virtues in the Transitional Period: Illustrations from East/Central Europe," Psychologický ústav AV „R, Bulletin PsÚ. ro…. 1, … 2 (1996).

Martina Klicperová with Ivo K. Feierabend and C. Richard Hofstetter, Peaceful Conflict Resolution in Czechoslovakia, Psychologický ústav AV „R, Bulletin PsÚ. ro…. 1, … 2 (1995). Ivo K. Feierabend and C. Richard Hofstetter, with Martina Klicperová "The Czechoslovak Nonviolent Conflict Resolution: A Perspective on Democracy and Peace," Part II, pp. 32-46.

Theodore C. Morrison, C. Richard Hofstetter, and Melbourne F. Hovell,“Firearms Ownership and Safety Practices: A Random Digit Dial Survey of San Diego Residents,” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 11, No. 6, (1995), pp. 364-370.

John M. Olichney, Lawrence A. Hansen, Douglas Galasco, T. Saitoh, C. Richard Hofstetter, Robert Katzman, Leon J. Thal, "The Apolipoprotein ,4 Allele Is Associated with Increased Neuritic Plaques and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy In Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Variant," Neurology, Vol. 47, 1996, pp. 190-196.

John M. Olichney, Lawrence A. Hansen, Douglas Galasco, T. Saitoh, C. Richard Hofstetter, Robert Katzman, Leon J. Thal, "The Apolipoprotein ,4 Allele Promotes Amyloid Deposition in Cerebral Blood Vessels and Brain in Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Variant," American Academy of Neurology Scientific Program, 1995 (Abstract).

John M. Olichney, Lawrence A. Hansen, C. Richard Hofstetter, Michael Grundman, Robert Katzman, Leon J. Thal, "Cerebral Infarction in Alzheimer's Disease Is Associated with Severe Amyloid Angiopathy and Hypertension," Archives of Neurology, Vol. 52, (July, 1995), pp. 702-708.

Barbara Fisher, Melbourne Hovell, C. Richard Hofstetter, and Richard Hough,“Risks Associated with Long-Term Homelessness among Women: Battery, Rape and HIV Infection,” International Journal of Health Services, Vol 25, No. 2, (1995), pp. 351-369.

C. Richard Hofstetter, Carolyn J. Huie, Ivo K. Feierabend, and Martina Klicperova, "PÍístup 'Policy Science' K Ěešentí Problémç ve Spole…nosti," ("Policy Science Approach in Solving Societal Problems,") „eskoslovenská Psychologíe, Vol. 34, No. 3, (1995), pp. 247-258.

C. Richard Hofstetter, Melbourne F. Hovell, Myers, C. Arthur, Elaine J. Bloomberg, Carol L. Sipan, Toshiyuki Yuasa, Kreitner, Susan M., "Patterns of Communication about AIDS Risk Factors among Hispanic and Anglo Adolescents," American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 11, No. 4, (1995), pp. 231-237.

C. Richard Hofstetter, Melbourne F. Hovell, James F. Sallis, Joy M. Zacharian, Heidi Beirich, Mary M. Mulvihill, Kristin Keating, Jennifer Emerson, "Exposure to Sports Mass Media and Physical Activity Characteristics among Ethnically Diverse Adolescents," Medicine, Exercise, Nutrition and Health, Vol. 4, No. 4, (1995), pp. 234-242.

Robert Quinlivan, Richard Hough, Areta Crowell, Charlonna Beach, C. Richard Hofstetter, Ken Kenworthy, "Intensive Case Management: Implications for Planning, Service Delivery, and Costs," Psychiatric Services, Vol. 46, No. 4, (April, 1995), pp. 365-371.

John M. Olichney, C. Richard Hofstetter, Douglas Galasko, Leon J. Thal, Robert Katzman, "Death Certificate Reporting of Dementia and Mortality in an Alzheimer's Disease Reasearch Center Cohort," Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 43, (1995), pp. 890-893.

Terry F. Buss, Csaba Beres, C. Richard Hofstetter, Alice Pomidor, and Laszlo Gulachi, "Health Status Among Elderly Hungarians and Americans," Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Vol. 9, (1994), 301-322.

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