Eugene P. (Perry) Deess

Appointments

Director of Institutional Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology 2000 to Present

Senior Research Associate, Vera Institute of Justice, 1998 to 2000

Program Director, Institute for Public Policy, University of New Mexico 1997 to 1998

Education

University of California, San Diego, Sociology, Ph.D., 1997

Fulbright Scholar, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany 1993-1995

University of California, San Diego, Sociology, M.A., 1992

Swarthmore College Honors in Sociology, Political Science and History B.A., 1988

Project-Related Publications

Gastil, J. , Deess, E. P., & Weiser, P. (2002). Civic awakening in the jury room: A test of the connection between jury deliberation and political participation, Journal of Politics, 64.

Deess, E. P. (1997) Hidden Transcripts and Collective Life. Mobilization: An International Journal, 2:2.

Deess, E. P. (1998) Identifying Swing Voters: Technical Campaign Methods. Labor Center Reporter (September).

Deess, E. P. (1998) Gubernatorial Politics in New Mexico. Popular Opinion Profile, 35.

Other Publications

Deess, E. P. (1999) Victims Rights in the United States; A Comparison of Victims Rights Legislation in all 50 states. Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Deess, E. P. (1999) Prison release, The First 90 days After Extended Incarceration. National Institute of Justice.

Deess, E. P. (1995) The PDS Factor. International Community, 2:1.

Deess, E. P. (1987) Community Legal Services: a Brief History. CLS of Philadelphia.

Related Activities

• Working a political consultant for federal, state, and city elections between 1992 and 1997, I collected and analyzed voter information data from voting officials in jurisdictions across the nation.
• As Director of Institutional Research and Chair of the Committee on Student Data Quality and Management, I conduct quality control studies of all non-financial university data and conduct analyses and evaluations of the full university database.
• As a Senior Researcher at the Vera Institute of Justice, I conducted three studies of community engagement and the New York City public school system. A separate project required the review, analysis, and summary of victims’ rights legislation and regulations in all 50 states.
• I have directed large scale survey research on legal matters, as a Senior Research Associate at the Vera Institute. As a program Director at the Institute for Public Policy I have also conducted a broad array of statewide surveys. During my tenure as Director of Institutional Research I have helped develop a survey based educational evaluation project and continue to oversee survey research projects.
• As a Fulbright Scholar in 1993-1995 I studied the role of deliberation and debate in state sponsored organizations and its impact on political engagement.