Education
- University of Chicago: Ph.D., M.A. in Political Science. Major Fields: International and Comparative, Methodology and Political Communication.
- Cornell University: B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Theta of New York. Major Fields: Government and English Literature
Academic Positions
- Director, Global Studies Program; Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
- Professor, Department of Political Science; Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
- Guest Professor, Institut für Publizistik; University of Mainz. Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
Teaching
Courses Taught
- POL 100: Introduction to American Politics
- POL 102: Understanding Politics
- POL 202: The Political System: Theories and Themes
- POL 210: Public Opinion
- POL 230: Methods of Political Analysis
- POL 295: Presidential Election Poll
- POL 305: Political Parties and Elections
- POL 306: Political Film
- POL 307: Political Communication
- POL 312: Congressional Politics
- POL 313: American Presidency
- POL 450: Senior Seminar in Political Science
- GLS 218: Global Political Film
- BHP 100: Great Ideas I
- BHP 150: Great Ideas II
- BHP 201: Age of Shakespeare
- BHP 225: Politics and the Literary Form
- BHP 320: Politics and Philosophy of the 1960s
- MCS 110: Race, Class and Gender
Scholarship
Academic Fellowships and Grants
- Fulbright Scholar—Advanced International Studies at the Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway.
- Fulbright Visiting Chair, University of Heidelberg.
- Fulbright Visiting Chair, Athens and Thessaloniki.
- Fulbright Scholar – University of Ulster Policy Studies Award. Belfast, UK.
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. Institut für Publizistik, University of Mainz.
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach; Federal Republic of Germany.
- Ford Foundation Grant for Difficult Dialogues, conducting deliberative teleconference discussions between Rider University students and students at the American University in Cairo (with Roberta Fiske-Rusciano).
- Kettering Foundation Grant to study results of deliberative teleconference discussions between Rider University students and students at the American University in Cairo (with Roberta Fiske-Rusciano and Ibrahim Saleh).
- Kettering Foundation Grant to study comparative results of deliberative discussions and survey responses on the United States’ role in the world.
- National Science Foundation Grant for Dissertation Research.
Books
- Rusciano, F. L. 2023. Opening the Global Mind. Manuscript in progress.
- Rusciano, F. L. and Mendilow, J. 2023. Money, Political Trust, and COVID-19: USA and Australia. Manuscript in progress, under contract for Lexington Press.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2016. World Opinion and the Northern Ireland Peace Process. (London: Palgrave-MacMillan).
- Rusciano, F. L. 2008: Instructor’s Manual for Comparative Politics Today. Almond, et. al. (New York: Longman Publishers).
- Rusciano, F. L. 2006. Global Rage after the Cold War. (New York: Palgrave publishers).
- Rusciano, F. L. 1998. World Opinion and the Emerging International Order (Westport: Praeger Publishers)
- Rusciano, F. L. 1989. Isolation and Paradox: Defining "the Public" in Modern Political Analysis. (Westport: Greenwood Press).
Refereed Articles
- Rusciano, F. L., Fiske-Rusciano, R. F., and Harvey, L. 2023. “Perspectives on World Opinion Regarding the January 6, 2021 United States Uprising.” The Journal of Communication and Media Studies. Under revise and resubmit for the journal.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2023. “Citizen and Elite Perceptions of Corruption: Insights into the Global Opinion Process.” New Global Studies. Forthcoming.
- Rusciano, F. L. November 16, 2018. “The Roots of Global Rage.” Morgenbladet. Oslo, Norway.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2018. “How Can Global Learning Promote a Positive Nationalism?” Trends and Insights. September: 1-4.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2014. “Globalizing the Curriculum: How to Incorporate a Global Perspective into Your Courses.” Liberal Education. Summer 2014, Vol. 100, No. 3.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2014: “’Surfing Alone’: The Relationships among Internet Communities, Public Opinion, Anomie, and Civic Participation.” Studies in the Sociology of Science. Vol. 5, No. 3, 2014, pp. 1-8.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2013: “World Opinion on Corruption.” Studies of Changing Societies: Corruption Study. Volume 2(8) 2013.
Book Chapters
- Rusciano, F. L. 2021. “Populism and the Corruption of Pluralist Governance Structures.” In Populism and Corruption: The Other Side of the Coin. Jonathan Mendilow and Éric Phélippeau, eds. London: Edwin Elgar. Pp. 37-56.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2021. “Why ‘Birth of a Nation’ (1915) is Still Relevant to American Politics.” In Understanding Race, Class and Gender in the United States, ed. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano. Rowman and Littlefield Press.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2019, "Machiavelli, Elite Theory, and the State of Exception: The Corruptions of Populism." Jonathan Mendilow and Eric Phellipeau, Political Corruption in a World in Transition (Madrid and New York, Verv, 2019).
- Rusciano, F. L. 2019. “World Opinion, Country Identity, and Country Images: Some Reflections.” In Bridging Disciplinary Perspectives of Country Image, Reputation, Brand, and Identity, ed. Diana Ingenhoff, Candace White, Alexander Buhmann, and Spiro Kiousis. Routledge Press.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2016. “Are Democracies Less Corrupt than Other Systems?” In Jonathan Mendilow and Ilan Pelig, eds. Corruption & Governmental Legitimacy: A Twentieth-First Perspective.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2014. “Corruption in World Opinion” in Corruption in the Contemporary World: Theory, Practice, and Hotspots. Jonathan Mendilow and Ilan Pelig, eds. Lanham: Lexington Books. 2014. Pp. 27-46.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2012. World Public Opinion.” The Spiral of Silence, ed. Wolfgang Donsbach, Charles Salmon, and Yariv Tsfati. New York: Routledge. Pp. 179-186.
Selected Guest Lectures
- Rusciano, F. L. 2018. “Can International Law Save us from War (1)?” Nobel Peace Center. Oslo, Norway. Podcast at https://player.fm/series/nobel-peace-center/can-international-law-save-us-from-war-part-13.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2018. “Can International Law save us from War (2)?” Nobel Institute. Oslo, Norway. Podcast at https://player.fm/series/nobel-peace-center/can-international-law-save-us-from-war-part-23-lecture-by-frank-rusciano.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2012. “Introducing World Opinion.” Invited presentation at Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
- Rusciano, F. L. and Xia, Yuan. 2008. “Lost in the Spider Web: Citizen Powerlessness in the New Media Information Era.” The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University, Boston, MA. (With Yuan Xia).
- Rusciano, F. L. 2007. “Consciousness beyond Nations: The Emergence of the ‘Imagined International Community’.” Workshop on Collective Memory and Collective Knowledge in a Global Age. London School of Economics. London, England.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2005: Presenter, Georgetown University Symposium: International Communication and Conflict. Georgetown University. 28 August 2005.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2004. Participant, roundtable discussion on “America’s Role in the World”, the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace, Washington, D. C. Sponsored by the Kettering Foundation.
Biographical Profiles
- 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009: Profiled in Who’s Who in America.
- 1996, 1999: Profiled in Who's Who in the East.
- 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005: Profiled in Who's Who in American Education.
Selected Papers
- Rusciano, F. L. Brogan, Michael, and Boyle, Josephine. 2015. “What Defines Democracy?—Public and Elite Perceptions of Democratic Norms and Structures.” Paper presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research; Hollywood, Florida; May 114-17, 2015.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2015. “The Dynamics of Changes in Corruption Measures over Time.” Paper presented at the International Political Science Conference; Aix en Provence, France.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2016. “Simulation, Simulacrum, and Seduction: Political Communication and the Strategic Defense Initiative.” Paper presented at the International Studies Association. Atlanta, Georgia.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2012. ”Elite and Citizen Perceptions of Corruption: The Global Corruption Barometer vs. the Corruption Perceptions Index.” Paper presented at the International Political Science Conference; Paris France.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2012: “International’s Index of Corruption and Global Survey Results.” Proceedings of the International Political Science Association. Madrid, Spain.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2007: “Deconstructing "Fremdbild": Factors Affecting the United States' Image in the World in 44 Countries.” Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association. Chicago, Illinois.
- Rusciano, F. L. 2003: “Surfing Alone: The Relationships Among Internet Communities, Public Opinion, Anomie, and Civic Participation.” Paper presented at a pre-conference Symposium on the Communication and Civic Participation. The Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania. August 2003.
Value
- Promotion and Tenure Committee Member for 10 years
- AAUP Executive Counsel, Secretary
- AAUP Executive Council, Treasurer
- LASCAP Chair and Member
- Co-designer of Global Studies program
- Director, Global Studies Program, 2000-present
- Chair, Political Science, 1998-2004
- Designer of Assessment plan for Global Studies
- Co-designer of Assessment plan for Political Science
- Member, Core Revision Committee
- Member, International Education Committee Member
- Fulbright Student Selection Committee
- Advisor, Political Science Honor Society
- Advisor, College Democrats
- Arranged Memorandum of Understanding linking
- Promotion and Tenure representative seven times
- Author, Departmental Program Quality Assessment
- Designed faculty research symposium
- Member, Quantitative Research Initiative
- Presented at three faculty development workshops