SPGA Research

The FDU Poll

Public Affairs Lecture Series

PALS Program: September to November 2024

Faculty Colloquia

Upcoming
- Apr. 9, 2025, “The Use of AI in Strategic Human Resources” Hossein Hakimpour
- Mar. 12, 2025, “How Large-Scale Social Events Change Employees’ Attitudes and Behaviors,” Reza Khoee, Ph.D.
- Feb. 12, 2025, “Can Women’s Groups Transform Maternal Health?” Abiola Adeniyi, Ph.D.
- Dec. 11, 2024, “Key Policies of the New Administration,” the Honorable Jon Corzine,
- Nov. 13, 2024, “Compassion in the Curriculum, Benjamin Rifkin, Ph.D.
- Oct. 9, 2024, “Quiet Quitting” Connie Bygrave, Ph.D.
- Sep. 11 2024, “Pre-Election Polling for the 2024 Presidential Election,” Dan Cassino, Ph.D. Executive Director, FDU Poll (formerly FDU’s PublicMind)
Recent
- Faculty Colloquia, 2020 to date

Segregation/Integration Project

The Segregation/Integration Project is a multi-year investigation of Residential Segregation in New Jersey. The investigation takes several approaches:

Generating original research in project-based undergraduate and graduate Policy Research classes.
Undertaking probability studies of public opinion in Newark, in New Jersey and nationally of perceptions of diversity.
Presenting workshops, giving conference papers, and publishing.

Thanks to PSEG which has partially funded this project.

Members

Dan Cassino, Madelyn Ferrans, Paulette Laubsch, Dale Russakoff, Peter Shapiro, Peter Woolley, Angela Xakoli

Media Citations

Fairleigh Dickinson University students say New Jersey’s residential …

Segregated N.J., a look at how race still divides us – nj.com

NJ’s Blue State Status Does Not Inhibit Segregation in Schools

Public Polling

 Joint Rutgers-Eagleton/FDU Poll: Most New Jerseyans Perceive No School …

Blacks in Newark Want More Diversity in Schools

Published Papers

Ferrans, M., & Woolley, P. (2024). Investigating Residential Segregation Through Project-Based Teaching and Learning. College Teaching, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2024.2352764

Conference Papers

Peter Woolley, Dan Cassino, Rick Thigpen, “Residential Segregation and Perceptions of Diversity” at the Annual Conference of the American Assoc. of Public Opinion Research. May 2023.

Peter J. Woolley, Paulette Laubsch, Dan Cassino, “Political Efficacy and Local Perceptions of Segregation,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, March 18-22, 2022.

Peter J. Woolley, Dan Cassino, “Do You See What I See: Local Attitudes Toward Integration and Segregation” at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Public Opinion Research (SAPOR), Oct. 14, 2021.

Peter J. Woolley and Dan Cassino, “Pre-and Post-Floyd Measures of Public Opinion” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research AAPOR, May 11, 2021.

Peter J. Woolley, Madelyn Ferrans, Paulette Laubsch, “Public Perception and Reality in School Segregation” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Public Administration. March 2021.

Peter J. Woolley, Dale Russakoff, Paulette Laubsch, Peter Shapiro, “Public Perception and Reality of New School Segregation,” for the annual meeting of MPSA, Chicago, IL. April 2020.

Workshops

Peter Woolley, M. Ferrans, “Investigating Residential Segregation: Joining Community Engagement and Experiential Learning” at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Los Angeles, CA. Sept. 2, 2023.

Peter Woolley, M. Ferrans, A. Xakoli, “Investigating Residential Segregation: Joining Community Engagement and Experiential Learning” at the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Baltimore, MD. Feb 10-12, 2023.