Research
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Curriculum Vitae
John Gastil, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Washington331 Communications Bldg., Box 353740 Seattle, WA 98195-3740
phone: (206) 543-2660, fax: (206) 616-3762
Email: jgastil@u.washington.edu
Education
Ph.D.
Communication Arts, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1994, minor
in political psychology. Dissertation: Democratic
Citizenship and the National Issues Forums.
M.A.
Communication Arts, University
of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1991. Thesis:
Democratic deliberation: A redefinition of
the democratic process and a study of staff meetings at a co-operative
workplace, Masters Abstracts, 30-04M (1992), 1114 (University
Microfilms No.
1348177).
B.A. High Honors in Political Science (Minor in Economics), Swarthmore College, 1989. Studies focused on political theory, international politics, and economic development.
Post-Doctoral Academic
Employment
Professor,
Dept.
of
Communication, University
of
Washington,
2007-present. Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Washington, 2001-2007.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Speech Communication, University of Washington, 1998-2001. [This dept. merged with the School of Communications to form the Dept. of Communication in 2001.]
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Political Science, University of Washington, 1999-present.
Research Manager, Institute for Public Policy, University of New Mexico, 1994-1997.
Publications
Publications: Books
Gastil, J., Deess, E. P.,
Weiser, P., & Simmons, C.
(2010). The
jury
and democracy: How jury deliberation promotes civic engagement and
political
participation.
New York: Oxford
University Press.
Gastil, J.
(2010). The group
in society.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gastil, J.
(2008). Political
communication and deliberation.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gastil, J., & Levine, P. (Eds.) (2005). The
deliberative democracy handbook: Strategies for effective civic
engagement in the twenty-first century.
San Francisco, CA:
Jossey Bass.
Gastil, J. (2000). By
popular demand:
Revitalizing representative democracy through deliberative elections.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Gastil, J. (1993). Democracy
in small
groups: Participation, decision making, and communication.
Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers.
Publications:
Journal Articles (Refereed)
Gastil, J.,
Bacci, C., Dollinger, M. (2010). Is deliberation
neutral? Exploring patterns of
attitude change during "The Deliberative Polls." Journal
of Public Deliberation, 6(2).
Gastil, J., &
Xenos, M.
(2010). Of attitudes and engagement:
Clarifying the reciprocal
relationship
between civic attitudes and political participation.
Journal
of Communication, 60, 318-343.
Gastil, J., Lingle, C.J., & Dees, C. P. (2010). Deliberation
and global criminal justice: Juries in the International Criminal Court.
Ethics
& International Affairs, 24, 69-90.
Kahan, D. M., Braman, D., Cohen, G.L., Gastil, J., & Slovic, P.
(2010). Who
fears the HPV vaccine, who doesn't, and why? An
experimental study of the mechanisms of cultural cognition.
Law and Human
Behavior, 34.
Black, L.,
Leighter, J.,
& Gastil, J. (2009). Communicating trust, community, and
process in public meetings: A reflection on what close attention to
interaction can contribute to the future of public participation.
International
Journal of Public Participation,
3(2),
143-159.
Wells, C., Reedy, J., Gastil, J., & Lee, C. (2009). Information
distortion and
voting choices: Assessing the origins and effects of factual beliefs in
an
initiative election. Political Psychology, 30, 953-969.
Kahan, D. M., Braman, D., Slovic, P., Gastil,
J., &
Cohen, G. (2008). Cultural cognition of nanotechnology risk-benefit
perceptions. Nature
Nanotechnology, 3.
Available online at http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nnano.2008.341.pdf.
Gastil, J., &
Black, L.
(2008). Public deliberation as the organizing principle of political
communication research. Journal
of Public
Deliberation 4. Available at http://services.bepress.com/jpd/vol4/iss1/art3.
Gastil,
J., Black, L., Deess, E. P, & Leighter, J. (2008). From
group member to democratic citizen: How deliberating with fellow
jurors reshapes civic attitudes.
Human
Communication Research, 34,
137-169.
Gastil, J., Black, L., & Moscovitz, K.
(2008). Ideology,
attitude change, and deliberation in small face-to-face groups.
Political
Communication, 25, 23-36.
Gastil, J.,
Deess, E. P.,
Weiser, P., & Meade, J. (2008). Jury service and electoral
participation: A
test of the participation hypothesis.
Journal
of Politics, 70, 1-16.
Hickerson, A.,
&
Gastil, J. (2008). Assessing the difference critique of
deliberation:
Gender, emotion,
and the jury experience. Communication
Theory, 18,
281-303.
Kelshaw,
T., & Gastil, J. (2008). When
citizens and officeholders meet
(Part
2):
Variations in the key elements of public meetings.
International Journal of Public Participation 2(1).
Kahan, D.,
Braman, D.,
Gastil, J., & Slovic, P. (2007). Culture
and identity-protective cognition:
Explaining the white-male effect in risk perception.
Journal
of Empirical Legal Studies, 4,
465-505.
Kelshaw,
T., & Gastil, J. (2007). When
citizens and officeholders meet:
Variations
in the key elements of public meetings.
International Journal of Public Participation, 1(2).
Gastil, J.,
Burkhalter, S.,
& Black, L. (2007). Do juries deliberate? A study of
deliberation,
individual difference, and group member satisfaction at a municipal
courthouse.
Small Group
Research, 38,
337-359.
Gastil, J. (2006). How balanced
discussion
shapes knowledge, public perceptions, and attitudes: A case study of
deliberation on the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Journal of Public
Deliberation, 2.
Gall, A., & Gastil, J. (2006). The magic of Raymond
Burr: How jury orientation prepares citizens for jury service.
Court Manager,
21:2, 27-31.
Gastil, J., &
Weiser,
P. (2006). Jury service as an
invitation to citizenship: Assessing the civic value of
institutionalized
deliberation. Policy Studies Journal,
34,
605-627.
Mansbridge, J., Hartz-Karp, J.,
Amengual, M,
& Gastil, J. (2006). Norms
of deliberation: An inductive study.
Journal of Public Deliberation, 2.
Moy, P., & Gastil, J. (2006). Discussion networks, media use, and
deliberative conversation.
Political Communication, 23,
443-460.
Sager, K., & Gastil, J. (2006). The origins and
consequences of consensus decision making: A test of the social
consensus
model. Southern Communication Journal,
71,
1-24.
Warnick, B., Xenos, M., Endres, D., & Gastil, J. (2005). Effects
of
campaign-to-user and text-based interactivity in political candidate
campaign websites. Journal
of Computer-Mediated Communication,
10(3).
Forehand, M., Gastil, J., & Smith, M. A. (2004). Endorsements
as voting cues: Heuristic and systematic processing in initiative
elections. Journal
of Applied Social Psychology,
34,
2215-2234.
Gastil, J. (2004). Adult
civic education through the National Issues Forums: A study of how
adults develop civic skills and dispositions through public deliberation.
Adult Education Quarterly,
54,
308-328.
Burkhalter, S., Gastil, J.,
& Kelshaw, T. (2002).
A conceptual definition and theoretical model of public deliberation in
small face-to-face groups. Communication
Theory, 12,
398-422.
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,
585-595.
Gastil, J., Jenkins-Smith, H., St. Clair, G. (2002). Beyond
green chiles
and coyotes: The
changing shape of New Mexico's political-cultural regions from 1967 to
1997. New
Mexico Historical Review, 77,
173-195.
Sager, K. L., & Gastil, J. (2002). Exploring
the
psychological
foundations of democratic group deliberation: Personality factors,
confirming interaction, and democratic decision making.
Communication
Research Reports, 19, 56-65.
Gastil, J. (2000). Thinking,
drinking, and driving: Application of the theory of reasoned action to
DWI prevention. Journal
of Applied Social Psychology.
Gastil, J. (2000). The political
beliefs and orientations of people with disabilities.
Social
Science Quarterly, 81,
588-603.
Gastil, J., & Dillard, J. P. (1999). The
aims, methods, and
effects of
deliberative civic education through the National Issues Forums.
Communication
Education, 48,
179-182.
Gastil, J., & Dillard, J. P. (1999). Increasing political
sophistication
through public deliberation. Political
Communication, 16,
3-23.
Sager, K., & Gastil, J. (1999). Reaching
consensus
on consensus: A
study of the relationships between individual decision-making styles
and use of the consensus decision-rule.
Communication Quarterly,
47,
67-79.
Gastil, J. (1994). A
definition and
illustration of democratic leadership.
Human Relations,
47,
953-975.
Gastil, J. (1994). A
meta-analytic
review of the productivity and satisfaction of democratic and
autocratic leadership. Small
Group Research, 25,
384-410.
Gastil, J. (1993). Identifying
obstacles to small group democracy.
Small Group Research,
24,
5-27.
Gastil, J. (1992). A
definition of
small group democracy. Small
Group Research, 23,
278-301.
Gastil, J. (1992). Undemocratic
discourse: A review of theory and research on political discourse.
Discourse
& Society, 3,
469-500.
Gastil, J. (1992). Why
we
believe in democracy: Testing theories of attitude functions and
democracy. Journal
of Applied Social Psychology,
22,
423-450.
Gastil, J. (1990). Generic
pronouns
and sexist language: The oxymoronic character of masculine generics.
Sex Roles,
23,
629-643.
Publications: Invited
Journal Articles
Deess, p., & Gastil, J. (2009). How
jury service makes us into
better citizens. The Jury
Expert, 21. Gastil, J., Reedy, J., Braman, D., & Kahan, D. M. (2008).Deliberation across the cultural divide: Assessing the potential for reconciling conflicting cultural orientations to reproductive technology. George Washington Law Review, 76, 1772-1797.
Gastil, J., Reedy, J., & Wells, C. (2007). When good voters make bad policies: Assessing and improving the deliberative quality of initiative elections. University of Colorado Law Review, 78, 1435-1488.
Gastil, J., Smith, M. A., & Simmons, C. (2001).There’s more than one way to legislate: An integration of representative, direct, and deliberative approaches to democratic governance. University of Colorado Law Review, 72, 1005-1028.
Publications: Book
Chapters (Excluding Reprtints)
Black, L., Burkhalter, S., Gastil, J., and Stromer-Galley, J. (in
press). Methods
for analyzing and measuring group deliberation.
In L. Holbert
(ed.), Sourcebook
of Political
communication research: Methods, measures, and analytical techniques.
New York: Routledge.Gastil, J. (in press). Group communication ethics. In S. May, G. Cheney, and D. Munshi (Eds.), Engaging with Impact: Targets and Indicators For Successful Community Engagement by Ontario's Local Health Integration Networks (pp. 15-27). Toronto, Ontario: MASS LBP.
Gastil, J. (2009). A comprehensive approach to evaluating deliberative public engagement. In MASS LBP (ed.), Engaging with Impact: Targets and Indicators For Successful Community Engagement by Ontario's Local Health Integration Networks (pp. 15-27). Toronto, Ontario: MASS LBP.
Gastil, J. (2008). Cultivating deliberative development: Public deliberation as a means of improving local, state, and federal governance. In Thomas Jacobson (ed.), Governance reform under real-world conditions: Citizens, stakeholders, and voice (pp. 303-316). New York: World Bank Communication and Governance Accountability Program.
Gastil, J. (2006). Promoviendo el desarollo de una cultura cívica deliberante: El valor potencial de la deliberación pública para la gestión municipal en Mexico. In Leticia Santin and Andrew Selee (eds.), Participación ciudadana y deliberación pública en gobiernos locales (pp. 67-88). Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center. [Translated titles, “Cultivating a deliberative civic culture: The potential value of public deliberation for Mexican municipal governance” in Democracy, citizenship, and public deliberation in local governments.]
Gastil, J. (2005). Communication
as deliberation: A non-deliberative polemic on communication theory.
In Shepherd, G. J., St. John, J., & Striphas, T. (eds.) Communication
As . . . : Stances on Theory
(pp. 164-173). Thousand Oaks, CA:
SAGE.
Gastil, J., & Keith, W.
(2005). A nation that (sometimes) likes
to talk: A brief history of public deliberation in the United States.
In J. Gastil & P. Levine (Eds.). The
deliberative democracy handbook:
Strategies for effective civic
engagement in the twenty-first century.
San Francisco, CA:
Jossey Bass.
Gastil, J., & Levine,
P. (2005). Preface. In J. Gastil & P.
Levine (Eds.). The
deliberative democracy handbook: Strategies for effective civic
engagement in the twenty-first century.
San Francisco, CA:
Jossey Bass.
Levine, P., Fung, A, &
Gastil, J. (2005). Future directions for
public deliberation. In J. Gastil & P. Levine (Eds.). The
deliberative democracy handbook: Strategies for effective civic
engagement in the twenty-first century.
San Francisco, CA:
Jossey Bass.
Gastil, J. (1997). A
definition and
illustration of democratic leadership.
In K. Grant (Ed.), Leadership
(pp. 155-178). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (reprint of earlier
article)
Gastil, J. (1994). An
appraisal
and revision of the constructivist research program.
In B. Burleson
(Ed.), Communication Yearbook
18 (pp. 83-104). Newbury Park,
CA: Sage.
Jenkins-Smith, H., Gastil, J.,
Palier, J., Silva, C., & Stevens,
L. (1994). A
cognitive filtering model of the perceived risk of environmental hazards.
In R. Bhada, A. Ghassemi, & T. J. Ward (Eds.), Waste
management: From risk to remediation,
Vol. 1 (pp. 53-72).
Albuquerque, NM: ECM Press.
Publications: Short Essays and Book Reviews
Gastil, J. (in press).
Appreciating and understanding the jury as a societal accomplishment
[Review of American
Juries: The Verdict, by Neil
Vidmar and Valerie Hans]. Small
Group Research.
Gastil, J. (in press). Group communication ethics. In S. May, G.
Cheney, and D. Munshi (Eds.), ICA
handbook of communication ethics.
New York: Routledge/LEA.
Gastil, J. (2009). Group communication theories. In S. Littlejohn and
K. Foss (Eds.), Encyclopedia of
communication theory (pp.
455-460). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gastil, J. (2009). Deliberative democracy theory. In S. Littlejohn and
K. Foss (Eds.), Encyclopedia of
communication theory (pp.
299-301). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gastil, J., & Burkhalter, S. (2008). Group decision making,
political. In L. L. Kaid and C. Holtz-Bacha (Eds.), Encyclopedia of political
communication
(pp. 287-290). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gastil, J. (2009). Spirito e prassi della deliberazione. (The spirit
and practice of deliberative democracy.) Deliberativo, 112
(March/April),
69-73.
Gastil, J. (2007). [Review of Saving
democracy: A plan for real representation in America
by Kevin
O'Leary.] Perspectives
on Politics, 5,
645-646.
Gastil, J. (2007). [Review of Hearing
the other side: Deliberative versus participatory democracy,
by
Diana C. Mutz.] Journal of
Communication, 57, 174-175.
Gastil, J. (2007). [Review of How
voters decide: Information processing during election campaigns,
by Richard R. Lau and David P. Redlawsk.] Political Science
Quarterly, 122,
330-331.
Gastil, J. (2007). Public scholarship, graduate education, and the
research university. Higher
Education Exchange 2007,
4-11. Dayton, OH: Kettering
Foundation
Press.
Gastil, J., Kahan, D., & Braman, D. (2006, March/April). Ending polarization: The good news
about the culture
wars. Boston Review.
Gastil, J. (2006). Getting’ Wiki with it.
Political
Communication Report 16(2).
Gastil, J. (2006). [Review of For
the many or the few: The initiative, public policy, and
American democracy,
by John G. Matsusaka]. Public
Opinion Quarterly,
70,
127-130.
Booher, David E., and forty-five co-authors, including Gastil, J.
(2005). A call to scholars from the collaborative democracy
network. National
Civic Review, 94(3),
64-67.
Gastil, J. (2004). [Review of Talking
it through: Puzzles of American democracy,
by Robert W.
Bennett]. Perspectives
on Political
Science, 2, 131-132.
Gastil, J. (2003). [Review of Politicians
don’t pander: Political manipulation and the loss of
democratic
responsiveness, by Lawrence
R. Jacobs and Robert Y. Shapiro]. Contemporary
Sociology, 32,
222-223.
Gastil, J. (2001). [Review of
Citizen
competence and democratic
institutions, by Stephen L.
Elkin and Karol E. Soltan]. Public
Opinion Quarterly, 65,
139-141.
Gastil, J. (2000). Face-to-face
citizen deliberation: A luxury or
necessity? Political
Communication, 17,
357-361.
Gastil, J. (1992, August). Queries
on the Quaker peace testimony. Friends'
Journal, 14-15.
Gastil, J., & Sapiro,
V. (1992). Theory
development in political psychology, or the play's the thing.
Political
Psychology, 13,
129-131.Gastil, J. (1991, Summer). A
call for democratic leadership. Kettering
Review, 1-3.
Gastil, J. (1991). Bringing the
war into the classroom. Speech
Communication Teacher, 5(4),
1-2.
Gastil, J. (1990). An
appeal for constructive dialogue.
Latin American Perspectives,
17,
138.
Gastil, J. (1990). The
history of democracy [Review of
Democracy and its critics]. The
Democratic Communique, 9(2),
17.
Publications: Op-Eds and Letters
Gastil, J. (2007, July 26). Jury
duty in Japan. New York Times.
Gastil, J. (2007, October 22). Government
by the people. Seattle Times.
Gastil, J. (2006, July 16). Parting
the Cascade curtain: Rethinking the
state's cultural fault line. Seattle
Times, Sunday editorial
section.
Gastil, J., & Crosby, N. (2006, November 26). Taking
the
initiative. Seattle Times,
Sunday editorial section.
Gastil, J., & Crosby, N. (2005, August/September). Hey, Washingtonians: Show some
initiative! Washington Law &
Politics, 14.
Gastil, J. (2004, December 21). How
you play the recount game. Seattle
Times.
Gastil, J., & Crosby, N. (2004, November 18). Lessons from a Canadian experiment in
democracy. Seattle Times.
Gastil, J., & Crosby, N. (2003, November 6). Voters need more
reliable information. Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
Gastil, J. (1996, September
11). The law of negativity. Weekly
Alibi.
Gastil, J. (1989, November).
Quakers lead way in same-sex marriage.
New
York Times, 22E.
Publications: Research Reports
A selection of reports written by John Gastil with the assistance of other staff at the Institute for Public Policy (Albuquerque, NM).
(1997). New Mexico Technology Assistance Program report on New Mexicans with disabilities.
(1994-1997). Quarterly Profiles 25-34. Ten consecutive brief reports on survey data regarding elections and issues in New Mexico and the nation. Available issues: 1995 (Accuracy and Biases of Electoral Polls) and 1996 (New Mexicans and the "deliberative public").
(1996). Working Paper on the integration of U.S. government agency programs with the National Issues Forums. Assessed the potential for government agencies to adopt a deliberative discussion format in their education outreach and public involvement programs.
(1996). Through New Mexican eyes: How citizens view the University of New Mexico. Analyzed the ways in which New Mexicans perceive the University of New Mexico's academic performance, admissions standards, and budgetary priorities.
(1996). A Narrative Summary of the September 1996 Focus Groups on WIPP. In addition to providing insight on public attitudes toward WIPP, this report demonstrated the potential for interactive focus groups, wherein policy experts and activists engage in q uestion-and-answer sessions with focus group participants, then participants deliberate upon a policy issue.
(1996). The unfolding WIPP debate in New Mexico: A survey of public attitudes toward science, the EPA, and WIPP. Analyzed the results of a telephone survey on public attitudes toward WIPP and showed how public perceptions of science and the government influence their attitudes toward government projects that involve (1994-1996).
(1995). Understanding public deliberation. Both a philosophical and empirical study of public deliberation. Reviewed pertinent analytic and psychological writings on group decision making and analyzed an on-line forum on political reform and a face-to-fac e forum on juvenile violence.
(1995). Understanding public reaction to the foreign spent nuclear fuel return program: 1994-1995. Analyzed panel public opinion data on the transport of foreign spent nuclear fuel through respondents' communities.
(1995). UNM faculty and staff perceptions of the University. Summarized results of a survey on how University of New Mexico employees views their jobs and the University.
(1995). 1994 Report on public perceptions of the Los Alamos National Laboratories. Examined the role of environmentalism in shaping perceptions of LANL.
(1994). 1994 Vocational rehabilitation needs assessment of New Mexicans with disabilities. Examined the demographics, experiences, and attitudes of New Mexicans with physical and mental disabilities.
Publications: Reports Prepared
for the Kettering
Foundation (Dayton,
OH).
(2002). What does it mean to deliberate? A study of the meaning of deliberation in academic journals and the on-line publications of membership associations. (co-authored with Todd Kelshaw)
(2000). Public meetings: A sampler of deliberative forums that bring officeholders and citizens together. (co-authored with Todd Kelshaw)
(1994). Democratic education and the National Issues Forums.
Reports Prepared for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization People's Participation Program:
(1994). Common problems in small group
decision making.
Grants and Appointments: Research
Gastil, J. (2009). Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
(Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences: jointly
funded by Political Science Program and the Decision, Risk and
Management Sciences Program, NSF Award #0908554: “SGER: Assessing
the Deliberative Quality and Impact of the Australian Citizens and
Online Parliaments”).
The grant will be used to study the
efficacy of mixing online and face-to-face deliberative processes in
the Australian Citizens and Online Parliaments ($96,980).Kahan, D., Cohen, J., Gastil, J. & Slovic, P. (2006). Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation (Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences: Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program, NSF Award #0621840). Requested funding to conduct experiments on how culture and deliberation shape attitudes. ($282,975).
Gastil, J. (2004). Principal Investigator, University of Washington Royalty Research Fund. The grant was used to study the effect of jury participation on electoral turnout in ten counties across the United States ($35,642).
Gastil, J., Deess, E. P., & Weiser, P. (2003). Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation (Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences: Law and Social Science Program, NSF Award #0318513: "Jury Deliberation and Civic Engagement"). Funding to conduct a longitudinal panel survey examining how jury deliberation changes jurors’ subsequent political attitudes and behaviors. ($176,494).
Kahan, D., & Gastil, J. (2003). Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation (Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences: Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program, NSF Award #0242106: "Gun Control and the Cultural Theory of Risk"). Funding to study political culture and public deliberation on gun control in the United States. ($399,964).
Gastil, J. (2001). Principal Investigator, Kettering Foundation research contract. During 2001, I will explore how the term “deliberation” is being used in popular, foundation, and academic publications. I will also study its meaning and use in one or more particular cases, to see how the term has affected these organizations’ activities ($20,000).
Gastil, J. (1999). Principal Investigator, Kettering Foundation research contract. During 2000, I will examine cases in which elected officials and government agencies have actively promoted public deliberation on substantive issues. ($12,058)
Gastil, J. (1999). Principal Investigator, University of Washington Royalty Research Scholar Fund. During 1999-2000, the grant will be used to study the effect of small group deliberation on ideological constraint ($15,193).
Gastil, J. (1998). Visiting Scholar at the Kettering Foundation. Spent two months at the Foundation completing a book manuscript on political representation and public deliberation ($6,244).
Jenkins-Smith, H., & Gastil, J. (1997). Co-Principal Investigator, New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department. Conducted a series of six public meetings on long-range transportation planning in New Mexico ($70,000).
Jenkins-Smith, H., & Gastil, J. (1997). Co-Principal Investigator, New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Study of the rehabilitation needs and service uses of New Mexicans with disabilities ($57,380).
Gastil, J. (1994). Consultant, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO). Wrote training manual on democratic group facilitation for agricultural co-operative agents working in Africa and Asia ($2,000).
Gastil, J. (1992). Research Consultant, Kettering Foundation. Politics in America. ($700)
Gastil, J. (1992). Researcher, Kettering Foundation. The effects of the National Issues Forums on participants' political communication attitudes and behaviors. ($26,500)
Gastil, J. (1991). Robert G. Chollar Summer Research Assistant, Kettering Foundation. Democratic leadership: A conceptual synthesis of theory and research on democratic and participatory leadership. ($2000)
Gastil, J. (1988). National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Grant. The Meaning of Independence in Cameroon and Nigeria. ($900)
Grants and Appointments:
Teaching
Gastil, J., & Wilkerson, J. (2005). Project funding from the
University of Washington Technology Gap Innovation Fund to adapt Election
Day and
LegSim for the Advanced
Placement high school classroom ($49,986).
Wilkerson, J., & Gastil, J. (2003). Project funding from the William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation to complete the development of two simulation games, LegSim and Election Day. The funding also will be used to design a marketing plan for these games and to set up the University of Washington Educational Simulation Institute, a permanent organization that will promote the use of computer simulation games in college, high school, and middle school ($51,361).
Gastil, J. (2002). Project funding from the Washington Research Foundation to aid the continued development of Election Day, a piece of educational software that simulates elections in the United States. The funding covered the cost of software and book purchases, technical support, and professional consulting ($10,000).
Gastil, J. (2000). Project funding from the Simpson Center for the Humanities. These funds covered the cost of purchasing photo-CDs for use in developing Election Day, a piece of educational software that simulates elections in the United States ($600).
