Brian Kisida
University of Arkansas
228 South College Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: (479) 575-6345
bkisida@uark.edu
Brian Kisida is a Research Associate in the Department of Education Reform at the
University of Arkansas. Mr. Kisida provides technical and analytic support for both the
School Choice Demonstration Project, a national research team preparing to conduct an
independent longitudinal multi-method evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice
Program, and the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program impact evaluation led by Dr.
Patrick Wolf. He has special responsibilities in the areas of survey design, administration,
and quantitative analysis. Mr. Kisida has previously served as an Instructor in the
Department of Political Science at the University of Arkansas. He has also worked at
The Arkansas Poll, designing and implementing both national and state-level
questionnaires. His areas of interest include American politics, political behavior, public
administration, public law, and normative political theory. His research interests are
focused on the how education, political learning, and information levels interact with
civic participation, civic values, and public policy outcomes. Mr. Kisida received his
B.A.(’04, Phi Beta Kappa) and M.A. (’06) in Political Science from the University of
Arkansas.
EDUCATION
 M.A., Political Science, University of Arkansas, 2006
 B.A., Political Science, University of Arkansas, 2004
Phi Beta Kappa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Associate Analytic support for the School Choice Demonstration Project,
conducting a longitudinal evaluation of the Milwaukee
Parental Choice Program, and the DC Opportunity
Scholarship Program Longitudinal Impact Evaluation, August
2006-present.
Instructor
Department of Political Science, Fulbright College of Arts and
Sciences, University of Arkansas, (Spring/Summer/Fall 2005,
Spring 2006). Taught courses in American National
Government.
Research Assistant Research Assistant to The Arkansas Poll, University of
Arkansas, (Summer/Fall 2005). Co-designing and
implementing national comparative questionnaire related to
survey research at the state level.
Content Editor
Research, development, and monitoring of the content for the
“Recent Developments in Administrative Law” webpage for
the Section on Public Law and Administration (SPLA) of the
American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), 2005
Teaching Assistant Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas,
(Spring 2004). Tasks included course prep and research, test
grading, paper grading, lecture.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Selected for Phi Beta Kappa, 2004
Prestage-Cook Award, presented by the Southern Political Science Association, 2006.
Competitive Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Waiver, Department of Political
Science, University of Arkansas (August, 2004 to May, 2006).
University Of Arkansas Retirement Association Scholarship, 2002-2005.
Winner, First Amendment Essay Contest, sponsored by the
University of Arkansas in conjunction with the Freedom Forum.
PUBLICATIONS
Brian Kisida, “Information Effects, Political Learning, and Partisan Screens During the
War in Iraq, 2003-2004.” Submitted to the American Journal of Political Science,
July 2006, under review.
Brian Kisida, Janine A. Parry, and Ronald E. Langley. “The State of State Polls.”
Submitted to State Politics and Policy Quarterly, March 2006, currently under
revision.
Brian Kisida, “George C. Wallace and the Arkansas Election of 1968.” Submitted to the
Arkansas Historical Quarterly, currently under revision.
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
“Information Effects, Political Learning, and Partisan Screens during the War in Iraq,
2003-2004” by Brian Kisida, paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2007.
“The State of State Polling Projects” by Brian Kisida and Janine A. Parry, paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association,
Atlanta, Georgia, January 2006.
SERVICE
Campus Association of Freethought, University of Arkansas, Event Coordinator/Public
Relations, 2003-2005.
Progressive Student Association, University of Arkansas, Event Coordinator, Media
Outreach, 2005.
Vice-President, Mill Creek Neighborhood Association, 2002- present.