Welcome to Ron Francisco's home page

Research Interests:

"I do research on protest and coercion. Since I use dynamic models, I also work to collect valid interval data on protest and coercion, as well as collective action. We code and upload protest and coercion data in 28 European countries from 1980 through 1995 for every day. You will now find data on historical civil wars as well."

~ Ron Francisco.    

Education

University of Wisconsin, 1966-1968

University of Vienna, Austria, 1968-1969

University of Wisconsin, 1969-1970, B.A.

University of Illinois, 1970-1972, A.M.

Free University of Berlin, Germany, 1972-1973

University of Illinois, 1977, Ph.D.

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Kansas, 1974-1980

Assistant Professor of Soviet and East European Studies, University of Kansas, 1976-1980

Associate Professor of Political Science and Russian and East European Studies, University of Kansas, 1980-1993

Professor of Political Science and Russian and East European Studies, University of Kansas, 1994-

Chair, Political Science & Director, Division of Government, 1994-1998

Fellowships, Honors and Grants

Fulbright Fellowship, Berlin, 1972-1973

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship, 1973-1974

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Institute for the Study of World Politics, 1978

Designated "Outstanding Educator" by Torch Chapter of Mortar Board, 1975-1976, 1984-1985, and 1994-1995.

H. Bernerd Fink Award for Outstanding Classroom Teaching, 1978

W.T. Kemper Teaching Fellowship Award, 1999

University of Kansas General Research Fund grants, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000 and 2004.

University of Kansas, Center for International Studies Faculty Research Seminar grants, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994.

DAAD Study Grant (Germany), 1989

Subcontract to National Science Foundation grant SES 90-25130 (Data Development in International Relations), Philip A. Schrodt, P.I., and Deborah J. Gerner, 1991-1993.

National Science Foundation grant SBR-9631229, “New Methods of Collecting Data on Domestic Conflict,” $50,000, 1996-1997

Best dataset award (European Protest and Coercion), Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science Association, September 2007.

Faculty Service Award, Center of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, September 2009.

DAAD Conference Grant (with Edith Clowes), $4,000. September 2009. 

The latest version of Finance for Academics (PDF)