Silvo Lenart, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Education
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook (1990)
M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook (1988)
B.A., Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (1978)

Silvo Lenart has been teaching with the Division of Political Science since 2005, specializing in political communication (Political Propaganda, Politics of the Media) and quantitative research (Research Methods in Political Science). His doctoral training and many years of academic research/teaching has focused on public opinion, political psychology, media influences, and voting behavior.

Sil works full time directing advanced analytics and quantitative modeling with Zanthus, an IT-focused market research company in downtown Portland. Before his career in the private sector, Sil was assistant professor at Purdue University from 1990-97, where he taught applied methods and statistics in the doctoral program. His research has appeared in the Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and several other professional journals. He is the author of Shaping Political Attitudes: The Impact of Interpersonal Communication and Mass Media (Sage Publications, 1994).

Selected Publications

Silvo Lenart (1997). "Naming Names in a Midwestern Town: The Salience of Democratic Presidential Hopefuls in Early 1992," Political Behavior, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Dec.), 365-382.

Stephen K. Medvic and Silvo Lenart (1996). "The Influence of Political Consultants in the 1992 Congressional Elections," Legislative Studies Quarterly XXII:61-77.

Joan K. Buschman and Silvo Lenart (1996). " 'I Am Not a Feminist, but...': College Women, Feminism, and Negative Experiences", Political Psychology, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Mar), 59-75.