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Dr.
Ted Goertzel, Professor of Sociology (B.A. Antioch; Ph.D.
Washington University), teaches a range of sociology
and criminal justice courses, including Methods, Communications,
Political Sociology, Latin American Studies, Brazilian
Society, Sociology of Religion. He is the author of six
books, the most recent being Fernando
Henrique Cardoso: Reinventing Democracy in Brazil,
a biography of Linus
Pauling: A Life in Science and Politics, Turncoats
and True Believers: The Dynamics of Political Belief and
Disillusionment and Cradles
of Eminence Second Edition:
Childhoods of More Than Seven Hundred Famous Men and Women.
Dr.
Goertzel's research focuses of life history
across the life-span, including research on
youth and student movements, generational changes
in society, and comparative biography. He recently
published Cradles
of Eminence Second  Edition:
Childhoods of More Than Seven Hundred Famous
Men and Women, an updated edition
of a classic in the field of gifted education
that was originally published by his parents
in 1962. He reported on Cradles of Eminence
at the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Association
for Gifted children in March. He is currently
studying the childhoods of eminent entrepreneurs
and scientists, and reported on this research
in July as a keynote speaker at a conference
on
Serving
the Emotional Needs of the Gifted. Dr. Goertzel
is working on a comparative biographical study of leadership and
social change in Latin America as
a sequel to his biography of Brazilian sociologist
and former president Fernando
Henrique Cardoso. Dr. Goertzel is also
developing a propsal for a quantitative analysis
of life history data from the National Longitudinal
Survey of Youth, together with a group of
computer scientists in the Washington, D.C.
area. This proposal is designed as a test
of recent developments in intelligent data
mining.
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Dr. Goertzel has performed many community surveys under the
auspices of the Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy Research and
Public Service and the Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs.
He served as a consultant for the NJ Attorney General's office
on welfare reform issues, and is a member of the New
Jersey Work First Advisory Board.
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Papers, Presentations, and Publications |
Keynote
speaker at the Association for Gifted and Talented Education
in Polson, Montana on April 28-29, 2006. The
title of the presentation was "Cradles of Eminence Then and
Now".
"Cradles of
Eminence Then and Now," Parenting for High Potential,
June 2004, pages 5-7, 15.
"New
Jersey's Experiment in Welfare Reform," The Public
Interest, Fall 1996, pp. 72-80. With Gary Young.
"The
Politics of Welfare Reform in New Jersey," in The Politics
of Welfare Reform (Donald Norris, ed.), SAGE Publications
(with John Hart), 1995.
"Pediatric
Cancer Patients' Peer Relationships: The Impact of an Oncology
Camp Experience," The Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
9: 67-80, 1991. (with M.
Bluebond-Langner and D. Perkel).
"Children's
Knowledge of Cancer and its Treatment: The Impact of an
Oncology Camp Experience," (with M. Bluebond-Langner,
D. Perkel, K. Nelson and J. McGeary), Journal of Pediatrics
116: 207-214 (February, 1990).
Three Hundred Eminent Personalities: A Psychosocial Analysis
of the Famous (with Mildred Goertzel and Victor Goertzel).
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1978.
"Defending
New Jersey's "Family Cap" Welfare Reform in the
Courts," a paper prepared for the Eastern Sociological
Society meetings Baltimore, Maryland -
March 4, 2000.
"New
Jersey's Welfare Reform: Success or Failure?" FPR News,
Rutgers Camden Forum for Policy Research and Public Service,
Winter 1996.
"Work,
Welfare and Childbirth Among Camden Mothers: 1992-1994."
FPR News, Rutgers Camden Forum for Policy Research and Public
Service, Spring 1995.
"What
Can We Learn From the Past? Welfare and Work in Camden in
the 1970s," FPR News, Rutgers Camden Forum for Policy
Research and Public Service, Spring 1995.
"Health
Profile of Southwestern New Jersey, chapter three"
published by Health Visions, Inc.
"Follow-Up
Survey Shows Similarities and Differences in Welfare Mothers'
Attitudes," FPR News, January 1993, pp. 6-7, 11.
"Camden
Residents' Views on Employment and Welfare Reform: Preliminary
Findings from Focus Group Interviews," Rutgers Camden
Forum for Policy Research and Public Service, April 1992.
"Camden
Women's Evaluation of Planned Parenthood and other Women's
Health Care Services," Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy
Research and Public Service, 1987 (with Monika Deppen and
Lygia Haye).
"Needs
Assessment for a Masters' Program in Gerontology,"
Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy Research, 1986.
"Needs
Assessment for a Library and Community Center in Chesilhurst,"
Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy Research, 1986.
"Public
Opinion in Camden County: Results of the 1984 South Jersey
Survey," Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy Research,
1985.
"Camden
County Residents Need for, Use and Evaluation of Human Services,"
(with G. Young) Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy Research,
1983.
"The
Gender Gap: Sex, Family Income and Political Attitudes in
the 1980's," Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy Research,
1983.
"Images
of the Future and Social Attitudes of South Jersey and Philadelphia
Young Adults in 1982," (with W.J. Rosenberg) Rutgers
Camden Forum for Policy
Research, 1982.
"Camden
County Residents' Use and Evaluation of County Government
Services: A Survey Analysis," Rutgers-Camden Forum
for Policy Research, 1982 (on contract
to the Camden County Board of Freeholders).
"Human
Service Needs of the Hispanic Community in Camden County,"
Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy Research, 1981.
"Economic
Stress and Emotional Problems in Southern New Jersey,"
Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy Research, 1981.
"Human
Service Needs in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties:
A Survey Analysis," Rutgers-Camden Forum for Policy
Research, 1980.
"Human
Service needs in Burlington County: A Survey Analysis,"
published by Goertzel and Associates for the United Way
of Burlington County, 1980.
"Human
Service Needs of Two Camden County Communities," Rutgers-Camden
Forum for Policy Research,1980.
World-renowned
sociologist Fernando
Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil 1984-2002, hosted
a reception at the Presidential Residence for the Portuguese
edition of Professor Goertzel's book, Fernando Henrique
Cardoso: Reinventing
Democracy in Brazil, in November 2002.
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