Formal
Education
| Ph.D.
1984 |
Mass
Communication Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 1984 |
| M.A. |
Communication
Studies (Journalism minor), Regent University, Virginia Beach,
Va., 1981 |
| B.A. |
German
(Psychology minor), Furman University, Greenville, S.C., 1975 |
Professional
Experience
| 2001 - |
Founder and director of The Least of These, a non-profit
organization developing affordable, alternative housing
solutions for the poor |
| May 2000 |
Consultant to State Department in Sarajevo,
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Assisted Media Plan, a Bosnian media organization, develop
its commercial research capabilities |
| April
1996 |
Consultant
to State Department in Buea, Cameroon.
Evaluated the curric
ulum and programs of the Department of Journalism and Mass
Communication at the University of Buea. |
| 1990-2001 |
Coordinator
of Statistical Consulting, Institute for Research in Social
Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Supervise consulting staff; consult with faculty and
graduate students with problems in statistical analysis,
research design, and questionnaire construction.
Guide graduate student thesis and dissertation
research. Specialization
in advanced methods, including structural equation modeling,
time series designs, and analysis of media content. |
| 1989
- 1990 |
Publications
Coordinator, Institute for Research
in Social Science, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Managing editor of Social Forces.
Responsible for coordinating the production of the
journal. Implemented
computerization of the production process, from acceptance of
"electronic manuscripts" to formatting articles
using desk-top publis
hing technology to printing camera-ready output on a
high-resolution printer. |
| 1988
- 1989 |
Senior
Research Associate, Research and Evaluation Associates, Inc.
Responsible for survey instrument design, sampling
procedures, data management and analysis.
Wrote and edited reports, insuring correspondence
between analysis and conclusions. |
| 1987
- 1988 |
Research
Associate, Institute for Research in Social Science,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Responsible for coordinating state-wide Carolina Poll
including survey instrument design and implementation on
computer system, sample construction, interviewer training and
data management. Acted
as consultant to University researchers on research design,
sampling, questionnaire design and data analysis. |
| 1988,
1990 |
Visiting
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, University of North
Carolina. Taught
graduate seminars in mass communication theory and advanced
media research methods, directing advanced graduate students
in their research. |
| 1986
- 1987 |
Project
Associate, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University
of Wisconsin—Madison. Studied
the relationship between order and achievement in the American
high school. |
| 1984
- 1987 |
Research
Associate, Mass Communication Research Center, School of
Journalism and Mass Communication, University of
Wisconsin—Madison. Collaborated
on studies of communication; consulted with students and
faculty on study design and data analysis. |
| 1983
- 1987 |
Visiting
Instructor then Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and
Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin—Madison.
Taught courses in research design, evaluation research
methods, and mass communication theory and research.
Headed the school's computer technology committee.
Directed graduate student research. |
| 1981
- 1983 |
Predoctoral
Fellow, Bush Institute for Child and Family Policy, University
of North Carolina. Analyzed
policy options on the role of TV in educating preschoolers. |
| 1980
- 1983 |
Research
Assistant, School of Journalism, University of North Carolina.
Aided faculty members in their research assisting in
study design and data collection, performing data management
and analysis. |
| 1982 |
Data
Analyst and Field Supervisor, survey of the six counties in
the Research Triangle area of North Carolina for Triangle J
Council of Governments. Trained
and supervised interviewers, did data analysis, helped design
questionnaire and write final report. |
Selected
Other Work Experience
| 1988
- present |
Statistical
consultant; data analyst.
Major projects: analyses of the front-page content of USA
Today in 1989 and 1999 and annual statistical reports for
eight-state Region IV of the Headstart Program. |
| 1981 |
Survey
Staff Member, Survey of Pinehurst, North Carolina, directed by
Epley Associates. |
| 1975
- 1976 |
Editor
and Circulation Manager, The Market Place, a community
shopping guide, Danville, Virginia.
Designed and managed circulation, and later ran
publication. |
| 1971 |
Census
Taker, Community Improvement Council, Danville, Virginia.
Worked as an interviewer in a census of the city's
poverty areas. |
Publications
Gaddy, Gary D. (1999).
An Excursion Beyond Method; or, A Refutation of the Cartesian
Ipsative Syllogism on Cognition and Being, and The Disquisition of the
Truth of the Matter in the Form of an Elementary Existential
Epistemology Posited as an Olfactory Algorithm.
Journal of Irreproducible Results Jan./Feb. 44(1):28-29.
Elasy, Thomas A. and Gaddy, Gary D.
(1998). Measuring
subjective outcomes — Rethinking reliability and validity.
Journal of General Internal Medicine
13(11):757‑761.
Kirk, Julienne K., Dupuis, Robert E., Miles, Michael V.,
Gaddy, Gary D., Miranda-Massari, Jorge R., and Williams, Dennis M.
(1994). Salivary
Theophylline Monitoring: Re-Assessment and Clinical Considerations.
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring 16(1):58‑66.
Eribo, Festus, and Gaddy, Gary D. (1992). Pravda's
Coverage of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident at the Threshold of
Glasnost. The Howard Journal of Communications
3(3&4):242-252.
Gaddy, Gary D. (1988).
High School Order and High School Achievement.
American Journal of Education 96(4):496-518.
Gaddy, Gary D., and Pritchard, David.
(1986). Is
Religious Knowledge Gained From Broadcasts? Journalism Quarterly 63(4):840-844.
Gaddy, Gary D. (1986).
Television's Impact on High School Achievement.
Public Opinion Quarterly 50(3):340‑359.
Gaddy, Gary D., and Tanjong, Enoh. (1986). Earthquake
Coverage by the Western Press. Journal
of Communication 36(2):105‑112.
Merron, Jeff, and Gaddy, Gary D. (1986). Editorial
Endorsements: Bias in
Coverage of Ferraro's Finances. Journalism
Quarterly, 63(1):127‑137.
Gaddy, Gary D., and Pritchard, David.
(1985). When
Watching TV is like Attending Church. Journal of Communication, 36(2):105‑112.
Gaddy, Gary D. (1984).
The Power of the Religious Media:
Religious Broadcast Use and the Role of Religious Organizations
in Public Affairs. Review
of Religious Research, 25(4):289‑302.
Gaddy, Gary D. (1984).
Some Potential Causes and Consequences of the Use of Religious
Broadcasts. In David G. Bromley and Anson Shupe (eds.), New Christian
Politics. Macon,
Georgia: Mercer
University Press.
Stevenson, Robert L., and Gaddy, Gary D.
(1984). "Bad
News" and the Third World. In Robert L. Stevenson and Donald L. Shaw (eds.), Foreign
News and the New World Information Order.
Ames, Iowa: Iowa
State University Press. (Also
published in Politics of News: Third World Perspectives.
New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 1984.)
Presentations (from research not listed above)
Gaddy, Gary D., Merron, Jeff, and Meyer, Philip.
(1991). What Sells
Papers: Single-Copy Sales and the Front Page of USA Today. Southern
Association for Public Opinion Research.
Gaddy, Gary D., Merron, Jeff, Zhao, Xinshu, and Pan,
Zhongdang. (1988).
The Threat and the Promise of Television:
The Historical Impact of the Introduction of TV on Basic Skills
Achievement. Southern Association for Public Opinion Research.
Eribo, Festus, and Gaddy, Gary D. (1987). The
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: The
Implications of Pravda's Coverage for the New Soviet Press
Principle of Openness. International
Communication Association Annual Convention.
Gaddy, Gary D., and Deith, Brian. (1986). The
Historical Impact of a New Technology:
The Consequences of Television for the Print Industry. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Annual
Convention.
Tanjong,
Enoh, and Gaddy, Gary D. (1986). The
Agenda‑Setting Function of the International Mass Media:
The Case of Newsweek in Nigeria.
Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Annual
Convention.
Gaddy, Gary D., and Deith, Brian. (1985). Growth,
Stability or Decline? Mass Media and the National Economy. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Annual
Convention.
Gaddy, Gary D., and Biocca, Frank. (1984). An
Analysis of Policy Alternatives for Improving the Educational
Effectiveness of Television for Preschool Children.
International Communication Association Annual Convention.
Gaddy, Gary D., and Pritchard, David.
(1984). Vicarious
Experience and Social Participation: The Effects of Religious Broadcasting on Church Attendance.
American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual
Convention.
Gaddy, Gary D. (1983).
The Impact of Television Viewing on Academic Achievement Among
High School Students: Implications
for Policy. American
Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Convention.
Brown, Jane D., and Gaddy, Gary D. (1983). The
Impact of Social and Psychological Factors on the Relationship between
Televised Sex and Adolescent Sexuality.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Annual Convention.
Other
Research
Gaddy, Gary D., Hook, Gary, and Meyer, Philip.
(1999). USA
Today: Page One Content and Single-Copy Sales.
Report to USA Today management.
Murrelle,
Lenn, Sdao-Jarvie, Katherine, Gaddy, Gary D., and
Torres de Galvis, Yolanda. (1992).
Utility of the CAGE Questionnaire to Measure Risk
of Alcohol Problems in the General Population:
Case of the Colombian National Household Drug Survey.
Orthner, Dennis K., Zimmerman, Laura I., Bowen, Gary L.,
Gaddy, Gary D. and Bell, D. Bruce .
(1991). Development
of a Measure of Family Adaption to the Army.
Technical Report submitted to the U.S. Army Research Institute
for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Gaddy, Gary D. (1984).
Television and Scholastic Achievement:
A Study of American High School Students.
Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Gaddy, Gary D. (1983).
An Analysis of Policy Alternatives for Improving the Educational
Effectiveness of Television for Preschool Children.
Policy analysis prepared for the Bush Institute for Child and
Family Policy, UNC-CH.
Gaddy, Gary D. (1981).
The People in the Electric Church:
A Secondary Analysis of National Survey Data on the Audience of
Religious Radio and Television Broadcasts.
M.A. thesis, Regent University.
Awards
and Honors
Finalist, Association for Education in Journalism Nafziger-White
Dissertation Award, 1985.
Bush Fellowship in Child and Family Policy, 1981 - 1983.
Limited Service Assistantship, Graduate School, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982 - 1983.
Master's degree with distinction, Regent University, 1981.
Outstanding Service Award, School of Journalism, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981.
Pogue Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980 - 1982.
Academic Scholarship, Regent University, 1978 - 1980.
Bachelor's degree with distinction, Furman University, 1975.
National Merit Scholarship Finalist, 1969.
National Honor Society, 1968.
Professional
Affiliations
2001
- Founder
and director of The Least of These, a non-profit organization developing
affordable, alternative housing solutions for the poor
2002
- Public
relations coordinator for Help for the Hungry, a non-profit organization
dedicated to providing the world's hungry with the means to feed
themselves
Civic
Affiliations
1998
- Member of the Community Board for Club Nova, a
psycho-social rehabilitation clubhouse for those with severe and persistent mental illness
1999- Member of the Board of the National Alliance
for the Mentally Ill -- Orange County
References
available on request
