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Richard F. Doner

Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus, Emory University
Chapter Member: Georgia SSN
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Rubin's research examines nonprofit and public organizations and processes, and the intersection of education policy and social justice. Rubin was one of the founders of the grassroots group Save Our Schools NJ and chairs the board of the 501c3 nonprofit Save Our Schools NJ Community Organizing. Both organizations work to ensure that every child in NJ has access to a high quality public education. Rubin also was one of the founding members of and serves on the board of the Good Government Coalition of NJ, a nonpartisan grassroots group whose mission is to strengthen democracy by working with residents across our state to bring greater transparency, accountability, and participation to our state and local; governments.

Contributions | No Jargon Podcast | In the News | Publications

Contributions

Democrats Should Turn Their Focus to Protecting Children

Commentary,

The Business Case for Better Elections and Expanded Voting

Memo,

School Readiness and Equal Opportunity Start at Birth

  • Kirsten L. Widner
Basic Facts Brief,

How Recent Changes in Voting Laws Threaten Equal Rights in Georgia - And Beyond

  • Daniel Amsterdam
  • Jonathan Schneer
Basic Facts Brief,

Young Americans Face Clear Choices in the 2012 Elections

Basic Facts Brief,

In the News

Opinion: "‘One Emory’ Feels Futile Now," Richard F. Doner (with Pamela Scully), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 19, 2024.
Opinion: "Building Ties Across the Dinner Table," Richard F. Doner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , January 10, 2024.
Opinion: "Opinion: Multistate System Helps Secure Georgians’ Votes," Richard F. Doner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 16, 2023.
Guest on On the Media /WNYC Studios, November 4, 2022.
Opinion: "Georgia’s GOP Overhauled the State’s Election Laws in 2021 – And Critics Argue the Target Was Black Voter Turnout, Not Election Fraud Published," Richard F. Doner, The Conversation, October 20, 2022.
Opinion: "Voter Challenges Have Troubling History in Ga.," Richard F. Doner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 20, 2022.
Opinion: "Professor: Learning America’s Ugly Racial History Can Inspire, Not Scar, Our Children," Richard F. Doner, Savannah Morning News, November 17, 2021.
Opinion: "What Jeff Foxworthy (and Social Science) Can Teach Us About Voting Rights," Richard F. Doner (with Jennifer L. McCoy), The Telegraph, November 12, 2020.
Opinion: "Science under Siege," Richard F. Doner (with with Harry Findley and colleagues), The Emory Wheel, October 27, 2006.
Opinion: "Incompetence in Iraq," Richard F. Doner (with Alex Hicks), The Emory Wheel, October 20, 2006.
Interviewed in "Thai Military Overthrows Government, Declares Martial Law," PBS NewsHour, September 19, 2006.
Opinion: "Our Communities, Ourselves," Richard F. Doner (with Gregory Galant), The Emory Wheel, January 20, 2004.
Opinion: "Watching Alone," Richard F. Doner, The Emory Wheel, September 10, 2002.

Publications

"Promoting Development in the Black Belt Region: A Plan for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission," (with Charles R. Hankla, Veronica L. Womack, Gloria Bromell Tinubu, and Michael J. Rich), Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, May 2022.

Explores the recent creation of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC), the context in which it must operate, and the lessons it can learn from prior efforts. Highlights the critical role of defining and identifying distressed communities for the proper functioning of the commission, using Georgia as a critical case study. Presents a series of recommendations for the SCRC, each targeted at maximizing the commission's impact on the community and economic development throughout the region.

"The Political Challenge of Innovation in the Developing World" (with Allen Hicken and Bryan Ritchie). Review of Policy Research 26, no. 1 (2009): 151-171.
Shows how external security threats and popular mobilization influence political support for innovation.
"The Politics of Uneven Development: Thailand’s Economic Growth in Comparative Perspective" (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
Shows the ways in which variation in popular and external pressures influence politics, institutions, and economic performance.
"University-Industry Linkages and Economic Development: The Case of Thailand" (with Peter Brimble). World Development 35, no. 6 (2006): 1021-1036.
Describes and explains the weakness of ties between universities and business.
"Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective" (with Bryan Ritchie and Dan Slater). International Organization 59, no. 2 (2005).
Explains development differences between Northeast and Southeast Asia with an emphasis on external threats, popular pressures and resource endowments.
"From Silicon Valley to Singapore: Location and Competitive Advantages in the Disk Drive Industry" (with David McKendrick and Stephan Haggard) (Stanford University Press, 2000).
Uses institutional capacities and political pressures to explain the shift of hard disk drive manufacturing from the U.S. to Southeast Asia and the variation in technological capacity within Southeast Asia.