Our Professional Staff

Directors

Shel Bockman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Management at California State University, San Bernardino, and Co-Director of the University's Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis. Professor Bockman's Ph.D. is in Sociology from Indiana University. Formerly he taught in Departments of Sociology at Purdue University, and the University of California, Riverside. Currently, he is a professor in California State University's Department of Management. His areas of expertise include research methods, demographic analysis and organizational design. Dr. Bockman has been the recipient of a Ford Foundation Urban Crisis Grant and a National Science Foundation grant. Dr. Bockman has published and presented various papers in his areas of expertise.

Barbara W. Sirotnik, Ph.D., is a Professor of Statistics and Operations Management/ Management Science at California State University, San Bernardino, and Co-Director of the University's Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis. She holds a Ph.D. in statistics, and her additional areas of expertise include operations research, information management, computer programming, and research methods. She has authored and co-authored theoretical articles in the areas of paired comparisons and contingency table analysis, and has published applied research in factor analysis. She has extensive consulting experience for agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, the Riverside County Health Department, various colleges and universities, San Bernardino City's Redevelopment Agency, and San Bernardino Department of Public Social Services.

Christen Ruiz , M.A. is Co-Director of the University's Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis. She holds a Master's Degree in Sociology with an emphasis in Applied Social Research from California State University, Fullerton. Her areas of expertise include both qualitative and quantitative research methods and design, CATI programming and management, web-based surveys, statistical analysis, report writing and presentation. She has extensive experience in a variety of research projects, including program evaluation, needs assessments, telephone and mail surveys, polls, focus groups, forecasting, and policy studies.

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