Professor
Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia
Fields: methodology, political psychology, policy sciences, Q methodology, political subjectivity, experimental design.
Professor Brown's research revolves around a central interest in subjectivity, as described most thoroughly in his Political Subjectivity. He was a founder of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity and for more than 15 years was editor of its journal, Operant Subjectivity. He was also a founder of the International Society of Political Psychology, for 10 years was Book Review Editor for its journal, Political Psychology, and served as the Society's Executive Director. He has also served as a member of the Editorial Boards of Public Opinion Quarterly, Experimental Study of Politics, Political Methodology, Journal of Melanie Klein and Object Relations, Policy Sciences, and Electronic Journal of Communication, and as contributing editor to Communication Yearbook. His methodological interests can be seen in his co-authored monograph on Experimental Design and Analysis and in courses and workshops on Q methodology recently presented in Taiwan, Essex (UK), Ankara, and Lima. Professor Brown's interest in the role of subjectivity in political and social life is manifest in articles and book chapters on topics such as political psychology, group psychology, literature, policy science, and theory and methodology. He is past editor of Policy Sciences and founding member of the Society for the Policy Sciences, and is currently at work on projects on value clarification, the quantum foundations of subjectivity, leadership, and human and animal rights, among others.
BOOKS
Durning, D.W., & Brown, S.R. (2007). Q methodology and decision making. In G, Morçöl (Ed.), Handbook of decision making (pp. 537-563). New York: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group)
Lai, J.S., Kupst, M.J., Cella, D., Brown, S.R., Peterman, A., & Goldman, S. (2007). Using Q-methodology to understand perceived fatigue reported by adolescents with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 16, 437-447.
e-mail: sbrown@kent.edu