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Elizabeth Addonizio and David Ogle, Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University "Voting Booth Familiarity: A Proposal to Increase Voter Turnout Among 18 Year Olds"

Melissa Bass, Brandeis University, Doctoral Candidate, Political Science.

"National Service in America: Public Policy, Citizenship, and Democracy"

Lance Bennett, University of Washington

"2002 Youth Election Web Sphere"
Shelley Billig, RMC Research

"Service Learning as a Strategy for Increasing Civic Engagement Among High School Students"

Harry Boyte, University of Minnesota, Professor

"Case Study on Civic Engagement at the University of Minnesota

Nancy Burns, University of Michigan

"Learning about Politics from History: Political Generations, Democratic Engagement, and Transformative Events"
Amy Caizza and Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy Research "Bringing Young Men and Women into Politics: The Experiences and Motivations of Young Women and Men in Elected and Appointed Office"
Michelle Charles, Communications Consulting "Giving Back to the Community: African American Inner City Teens and Civic Engagement"

Zachary Coelius, Votes for Students

"Votes for Students"

David Crocker, Professor University of Maryland

"Sports groups and Civic Engagement"
Carolyn Darrow, Youth Vote Coalition "Best Practices in Nonpartisan Youth Voter Mobilization"

Thomas S. Dee, Swarthmore College Assistant Professor of Economics.

"Are there Civic Returns to Education?"

Thomas Ehrlich, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

"Political Engagement Project"
Jay Feldman, America Speaks "Does Deliberation Impact Youth Engagement?"

Dana Fisher, SIPA, Columbia University

"Civic Engagement and the Canvass"

Mary Fitzgerald, University of Maryland. Doctoral Candidate, Government and Politics.

"Alternative Voting Techniques, Mobilization, and Participation in U.S. Elections, 1972 - 1998."

Emily Francis, Student Empowerment Training Project

"Building the Student Voice: A Guide to State Student Associations"

Lewis Friedland, University of Wisconsin

"The Civic Ecology of Young People: Proposal for a Whole-Community Youth Ethnography"

Jim Gimpel, University of Maryland, Associate Professor of Government and Politics

"New Generations and the Study of Political Socialization"
Anna Greenberg, Reboot 2002 "Making the Link: Religious Communities, Religious Identity and Civic Engagement Among Young"
Roderick Hart, Sharon Jarvis, and Lisa Montoya, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation, University of Texas "The Political Participation of Working Youth: Examining Social Ties"
Paul G. Harwood, University of North Florida "America's Digital Generation: Youth, ICTs and the Impact on Civil Society"
Edward Horowitz, University of Oklahoma "The Political Socialization of Adolescents and the 2003 Baltimore Primary Election"
Shanto Iyengar and Simon Jackson, Stanford University

"Re-Connecting Youth to the Political Process: The Stanford Campaign CD Project"

Diann Cameron-Kelly, Adelphi University

"Beyond Outreach: Promoting & Sustaining Civic Engagement Among At-Risk, High Ability Persons of Color"

Mary Kirlin, California State University Sacramento

"The Role of Civic Skills in Civic Engagement"

Mary Kirlin, California State University Sacramento

"The Role of Adolescent Extra-curricular Activities in Adult Civic Engagement"

Heather Lewis-Charp, Social Policy Research Associates

"A Proposed Study of Civic Activism among Marginalized Youth"

Michael McDevitt and Spiro Kiousis, University of Colorado and Iowa State University

"Social Capital, the Public Sphere, and a Second Chance at Citizenship: An Evaluation of Kids Voting's Enduring Influence"

Sarah Melendez and Chris Toppe, Independent Sector

2002 Survey of Volunteering and Giving

Melissa R. Michelson, California State University, Fresno

"Mobilizing the Latino Vote"

Kathryn Montgomery, Center for Media Education.

"Youth as E-Citizens: The Internet and Youth Civic Engagement"
Jennifer O'Donoghue, Stanford University "Powerful Spaces: Urban Youth, Community Organizations And Democratic Action"

John A. Phillips, Yale University, Graduate Student, Political Science

"The Relationship between Secondary Education and Civic Development"

Terry Pickeral and Susan Vermeer, Education Commission of the States

"Research to Assess Citizenship Education at the National, District and School Level"
Merrill Shanks, Douglas Strand, Henry Brady, and Edward Carmines, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley "Generations, Agendas, and Participation"

Susan Sherr, Eagleton Institute

"News for a New Generation"
Lester K. Spence, Washington University, St. Louis "The St. Louis Young Citizenship Study"

Ken Stroupe, University of Virginia Center for Politics

"Political Participation: Civic Education's Missing Link?"

Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland, Professor, Human Development

"Trust in Government Related Institution and Civic Engagement Among Adolescents"

Francisco Vazquez, Sonoma State University

"Civic Engagement Among Hispanic Youth in Sonoma County"

Lynn Vavreck, UCLA

"Rocking the Vote through Public Service Announcements: The Effects of Differences in Exposure Levels"
Heather M. Voke, Georgetown University "A Conceptual Framework for Civic Education Reform"
Deborah L. Walsh and Krista Jenkins, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Center for American Women and Politics "Gender and Civic Engagement: Secondary Analysis of Survey Data"

Ray Wolfinger,
UC Berkeley, Professor, Political Science

"Between Registering and Voting: How State Laws Affect the Turnout of Young Registrants"

Janelle Wong, University of Southern California

"Getting out the Vote Among Asian Pacific American Young Adults in Los Angeles County: A Field Experiment"

Jonathan Zaff, Child Trends, Research Associate, Developmental Psychology.

"Promoting Positive Citizenship: Priming Youth for Action"