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Education
University of Minnesota, Ph.D. (Applied Sociology), 1984
University of Nebraska, M.A. (Sociology), 1978
Mt. Mercy College, B.A. (Psychology), 1976
Present Appointment
Adjunct Associate Professor and Senior Research Assistant, Univ.of Iowa School of Social Work, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice, Iowa City (1993 - present)
-Duties include: Research, evaluation and project direction on variety of topics including Head Start, homelessness, disabilities, substance abuse, school and human service linkages; child welfare, placement prevention and family-centered practice projects; MIS design and ADP consulting for agencies and staff, cost-effectiveness analysis, teen pregnancy prevention, outcome measures development and analysis.
Professional Experience
Director of Research, Institute for Social & Economic Development, Iowa City, Iowa (1991 - 1993) -Project Director: Colorado Residential Child Care Study; Minnesota Families First Evaluation; Housing Feasibility Study; Patch: Community Social Work Demonstration Project; Iowa Family Development and Self-Sufficiency Evaluation, Family Resource Coalition Evaluation of Training and Technical Assistance to States Implementing the Family Support Act, Comprehensive Child Development Project; Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities: Family Life-Homes, Transportation Action Project, Participation on Policy Boards, Statewide Supported Employment Systems Change Grant Management Information Systems and Process Evaluation, Agency Strategic Planning, Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Services.
Proprietor, Human Relations Research, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia (1987 to 1990)
-Market Analyst and Director of Customer Satisfaction Surveys for BellSouth, Advanced Systems, Corporate Measurements and Financial Services;
-Manager for Minerals Management Service, Dept. of Interior Alaska OCS project
Director of Contract Research, Yale University, HRAF, New Haven, CT (1986 to 1989) -Contract Manager: Social Indicators Study for the Department of Interior,
Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region; General Administration
Sociologist, Data Tabulating Service, Inc., Atlanta (1984 to 1986)
-Market Research Project Director: Variety of product, service and
customer satisfaction surveys for large number of clients
Research Consultant, University of Minnesota, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, Minneapolis, MN (1981 - 1984)
Projects include: Transracial adoption study; SW Minnesota Regional Legal Services needs assessment survey; evaluation of Sabathani Community Center inner-city delinquency prevention program; Minnesota ACORN telephone rate impact study on, Hmong refugee employment study in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan areas
Research Fellow, Social Impact Assessment Group, and Resource Analysis Group, Energy Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (1982 to 1983)
-Research Associate: Principal researcher for Nuclear Regulatory Commission survey
of socioeconomic impacts on residents near the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
Project Assistant, March of Dimes, Nursing Turnover Research Project, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota Health Science Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1981 to 1982)
-Assistant to principal investigator on nurse turnover, burnout and absenteeism study in 16 U.S. location; and low birth-weight infant study at Univ. of Minn.Hospitals
Project Assistant, Research on Organizations and Occupations, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1979 to 1981)
-Conducted primary research on employee behavior including theft in three industry sectors: retail, manufacturing & hospitals
Research Analyst, Sentencing Guidelines Commission, State of Minnesota (1978 to 1979)
-Research Analyst on project which created guidelines for non-misdemeanor judiciary
sentencing of offenders in the State of Minnesota
Counselor, Christian Home Association (now Children’s Square), Council Bluffs (1977 to 1979)
-Youth Service Worker providing direct services to individuals, groups and families in residential treatment center for ages 12-18
Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Omaha, (1976 to 1977)-Teaching Assistant for Undergraduate Sociology
Counselor, Reality 10 (Residential Treatment Center now ASAC), Cedar Rapids (1974 to 1976)
-Supervisor providing direct services in residential substance abuse treatment
Industrial Psychologist, (Intern), Human Resources Department, Collins Radio Division, North American Rockwell/Rockwell Int'l., Cedar Rapids (Jan. - May 1976)
Major Projects: Grant Awards and Contracts
Iowa Department of Human Rights, Division of Community Action Agencies: DHHS,OCS funded scales and ladders Program Outcome Measures Project which has Created the statewide management information system and evaluation protocol for services delivered by all Community Action Programs in the State of Iowa (now popularly known as the Automated Assessment of Family Progress).
Evaluation of Phase II Healthy Start Initiative: Evaluation of the Des Moines Healthy Start Phase II initiative administered through Visiting Nurse Services of Des Moines. This is a 5 year evaluation of a the 5 million dollar project to identify and intervene for those at risk of infant mortality. The evaluation is both formative and summative and evaluates three basic Maternal Child Health models: facilitating services and outreach, case management, and consortia building.
Evaluation of Iowa’s System of Early Intervention Services: Evaluation of Iowa’s system of service provision for children either at-risk or with disabilities. This is a 27 month evaluation of processes and outcomes associated with the development of a collaboration among governmental and non-profit agencies. The lead agency for the collaboration is the Department of Education, the lead agency for the evaluation is the University of Iowa School of Social Work, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice.
Evaluation of the Iowa Family Preservation and Support Services Program: Evaluation of outcomes and processes of the statewide implementation of the FP/FS program to promote family stability through prevention and protection of children under the authority of the1993 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
Johnson County DeCategorization Project: Development of an outcomes-driven evaluation tool and process through which the evaluation could be successfully implemented to guide and monitor the effetiveness of child welfare services delivered in Johnson County Iowa.
Abstinence Only Education Evaluation: Evaluation of the Iowa Department of Public Health program of abstinence only education in the public schools funded by Section 510 of Title V (Maternal and Child Health Block Grant) of the Social Security Act establishing a separate program for abstinence education.
Evaluation of the Implementation of the Connecticut Family Preservation and Support Services Program: Statewide evaluation of the collaborative processes developed through the 1993 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. The FP/FS program in Connecticut was designed to promote family stability through prevention and protection of children through development of five regional community collaboratives and one statewide Parent Resource Group.
Evaluation of the Iowa Parent/Child Visit Pilot Project: Statewide evaluation of a system of services for reunification of children placed out of home. This pilot project was designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of more frequent contacts utilizing natural settings to promote family stability through protection of children and successful reunification.
National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice: Collaboration among University of Iowa, Family Resource Coalition, and National Indian Child Welfare Association to provide training, technical assistance and evaluation research for the Family Support and Family Preservation Program in cooperation with the Children’s Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services.
State of Colorado, Department of Social Services: Residential child care facility study of State foster care and residential placement facilities and services.
State of Minnesota, Department of Human Services: Evaluation of Minnesota's Families First out-of-home placement prevention program.
U.S. Department of Education; Statewide Supported Employment Systems Change Grant: evaluation of Iowa's supported employment program and management of statewide supported employment MIS.
Rural Opportunities, Inc.: Farm Labor Housing Feasibility Study in Iowa, Michigan and Indiana.
U.S. Dept. of Education, University of Iowa and Cedar Rapids Foundation: "Patch" Decategorization ("Decat") Implementation transferring technology from British social service delivery model to Linn County, Iowa Department of Human Services.
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Charles Stuart Mott Foundation and Mansfield Charitable Foundation: evaluation of State of Iowa Family Development and Self-Sufficiency (FaDSS) program.
Family Resource Coalition: evaluation of training and technical support to states implementing the Family Support Act of 1988 (PL 100-485).
Governor's Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities: participation on public policy boards advocacy project for individuals with disabilities.
Governor's Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities: transportation action planning project developing regional transportation for individuals with disabilities.
Mid-Iowa Community Action Agency, (MICA): ethnographic study of the comprehensive child development program in five rural Iowa counties.
Governor's Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities: evaluation of Iowa Department of Human Services, Family-Life Home Program.
BellSouth Corporate Measurements: corporate customer satisfaction tracking studies: 1985 to 1991. Projects begun with BellSouth Advanced Systems, Inc., continuing for Southern Bell Services, and South Central Bell under parent BellSouth Corporate Measurements.
BellSouth Financial Services: financial needs assessment survey of corporate customers in nine states.
Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service: Alaska outer-continental shelf social indicators study tracking social and economic impacts of off-shore oil leasing on Native Alaskan villages.
Data Tabulating Service: project director on variety of contract studies, e.g., lecturer and methodological consultant on market research topics such IRS Bribery Awareness, National Banking Survey of CEO's, AMA Physician Survey, Telephone Banking Survey, Cellular Phone Studies.
Southeast Minnesota Regional Legal Services: methodologist for priority setting and needs assessment survey of SMRLS clientele.
Minnesota Association of Community Organizations: analysis and dissemination of information related to the impact of the AT&T breakup on low income and minority constituents.
Delinquency/Pre-delinquency Evaluation Project: designed and conducted the evaluation of a Twin Cities community center program designed to intervene in the delinquency problem in a high-crime area in Minneapolis. The evaluation sought factors associated with delinquency in the area and evaluated methods being used for intervention.
Transracial Adoption Project: longitudinal study assessing the impact of transracial adoptions on family functioning in the United States. Study begun by Rita Simon at the University of Illinois and continued through the American University in Washington DC.
Doctoral Dissertation: design, development and empirical test of the social impact of technology under conditions of uncertainty and stress due to technological disaster. Social impacts were assessed based on data provided by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission through the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. LISREL was employed to assess the appropriateness of a theoretical model developed from salient cross-disciplinary scientific literature.
Social Impacts Assessment Group and Resource Analysis Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, "Social and Psychological Impacts of the Accident at TMI": projects included modeling of evacuation behavior from the Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania area during the accident of 1979, as well as an overall impact assessment documenting the effects of the accident on stress levels, family disruption and community impacts. Factors which mediate these effects were examined to determine the process by which impacts occur and explore possible mitigation strategies.
Hmong Refugee Project: research project concentrating on organizational and community response to the employment problems of Southeast Asian refugees. Interviews were conducted with representatives from among 25 organizations employing Hmong refugees in the Twin Cities area.
University of Minnesota Health Science Center, School of Nursing, Nursing Turnover Research Project: development of causal models explaining three employee withdrawal behaviors: turnover, burnout, and absenteeism. Models were tested using LISREL, a specialized computer program for the analysis of causal models. A national sample of nurses in neonatal care units served as study subjects. Project funding was provided by the March of Dimes and the Maternal and Child Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Research on Organizations and Occupations, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Sociology: multi-method approach (i.e., quantitative and qualitative) examining the causes, consequences, and correlates of employee theft and other crimes committed within the private sector. Results were reported by A.P. and U.S. News and World Report and were originally provided to the National Institute of Justice under contract with LEAA.
Sentencing Guidelines Commission: research for the legislature of the State of Minnesota on model of criminal sentencing reform (i.e., guidelines). The research effort included both descriptive and proscriptive analyses of sentencing and resulted in the development of a legislatively-mandated sentencing guidelines matrix for non-misdemeanor offenses.
Master's Thesis: Designed and conducted social psychological experiment testing hypotheses contained from literature in attribution theory. Assessment of relative impact of factors which influence judgment about others' behavior (praise v. blame) were examined. Results were presented to the Midwest Sociological Society at the annual meetings in April 1981.
Publications (Reports/Journal Articles/Book Chapters, Monographs)
Richardson, Brad; Hall, James; Spears, Julie Anna, Weeks, Jennifer
forthcoming Gender differences in Skills Training for Prevention of Substance Abuse. Journal of
Childhood and Adolescent Substance Abuse.
Hall, James; Richardson, Brad; Spears, Julie; Grinstead, Dan
forthcoming PALS Prevention Training in Groups for Teen Drug Abuse. Research on Social Work Practice. Special Issue: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Symposium for the Empirical Foundations of Group Work.
Hall, James; Richardson, Brad; et al.
forthcoming Using the POSIT to Identify Substance Abuse Risk Factors Among Rural
Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Substance Abuse.
Richardson, Brad; Sheehy, Alfred; Landsman, Miriam; Mannes, Marc
1997 Implementation of the Connecticut Family Preservation and Support Services
Program. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa School of Social Work, National
Resource Center for Family Centered Practice. Monograph No. 1997-971b
Richardson, Brad & Landsman, Miriam
1996 Evaluating a Model of Head Start and Other Concurrent Interventions in Poverty and Homelessness. Partnerships among Researchers, Practitioners and Policymakers. Proceedings of Head Start’s Third National Research Conference. Washington, DC: Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Dept. of Health and Human Services, with Columbia School of Public Health.
Richardson, Brad B and Landsman, Miriam J.
1996 Head Start Outcomes for Homeless Families and Children: Evaluation of the HACAP Homeless Head Start Demonstration Project. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice.
Nelson, K., Landsman, M., Tyler, M., Richardson, B.
1996 Length of Service and Cost-Effectiveness in Three Intensive Family Service Programs. The Prevention Report (Fall) #2. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa School of Social Work, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice.
Hall, J.; Richardson, B.; Landsman, M.; Tyler, M.; Spears, J.; McRoberts, J.
1996 Evaluation of the Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Project for Adolescents/Juvenile Justice. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa, Iowa Consortium
for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation.
Nelson, K., Landsman, M., Tyler, M., Richardson, B.
1996 Final Report: Length of Service and Cost-Effectiveness in Three Intensive Family Service Programs. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa School of Social Work, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice.
Richardson, Brad B. and Landsman, Miriam J.
1996 Community Response to Homelessness: An Evaluation of HACAP’s Transitional Housing Program. The Prevention Report (Spring) #1. Iowa City, IA: Univ. of Iowa, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice.
Richardson, Brad B. and Landsman, Miriam J.
1996 Community Response to Homelessness: Evaluation of the HACAP Transitional Housing Program. Iowa City: University of Iowa, School of Social Work, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice and Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois, Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
Hall, James; Grinstead, Dan; Richardson, Brad
1995 Evaluation of Project FASST. Iowa City: University of Iowa, School of Social Work, Iowa Consortium for Substance Research and Evaluation.
Landsman, M. L., Richardson, Brad B., Tyler, Margaret; and Hall, James
1995 Evaluation of Day Treatment for Drug Abuse with Adolescents, and Juvenile Offenders. In "What We Have Learned from Critical Populations Demonstration
Programs." Washington, D.C.: National Institute on Drug Abuse, CSAT, Critical
Populations Branch.
Richardson, Brad B. et al.
1995 Cost Effectiveness of Family Based Services. The Prevention Report (Spring) #1.
Iowa City, IA: Univ. of Iowa, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice.
Richardson, Brad B. (contributor)
1995 Using the POSIT to Identify Substance Use Risk Factors among Rural Adolescents. Submitted: International Journal of the Addictions.
Hall, James, and Brad Richardson
1995 A Model for Mitigating the Social Impacts of Disaster. Submitted: Journal of Social Service Research.
Richardson, Brad B. et al.
1994 Cost Effectiveness of Family Based Services. Monograph.
Iowa City, IA: Univ. of Iowa, National Resource Center on Family Based Services.
Hall, James, and Brad B. Richardson
1994 Evaluation of Outreach Iowa! A Disaster Mental Health and Crisis Intervention Training Program. Des Moines, IA: Iowa Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Developmental Disabilities, Bureau of Community Services.
Richardson, Brad B.
1994 Reasonable Efforts: Working Toward A Common Understanding. Des Moines, IA:
Department of Human Services, Des Moines Region.
Landsman, M., Richardson, Brad B., et al.
1993 An Evaluation of Families First of Minnesota.
St. Paul, MN: Department of Human Services, Children's Services Division, Family Preservation Unit.
Richardson, B., et al.
1993 Evaluation of Training and Technical Support to States Implementing the Family Support Act of 1988 (FSA, PL 100-485). Chicago, IL: Family Resource Coalition.
Richardson, B. (contributor)
1992 Residential Child Care Facility Study.
Denver, CO: State of Colorado, Department of Social Services.
Richardson, Brad B., John Sorensen, and E. Jon Soderstrom
1987 Explaining the Social and Psychological Impacts of a Nuclear Power Plant Accident. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol 17.
Jorgensen, J., R. McCleary, S. McNabb, B. Richardson
1987 Alaska OCS Social Indicators System: Secondary Data and Key Informant Summary for Schedule A Communities. Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, TM-SI87-2.
Richardson, Brad B., and Mike Dailey
1985 Caveats Regarding Sample Size Estimation.
Sources, Vol. 4, No. 1.
Sorensen, John and Brad B. Richardson
1984 Risk and Uncertainty as Determinants of Human Response in Emergencies. Society for Risk Analysis: Proceedings of the Annual Conference (1984, Knoxville).
Richardson, Brad B.
1984 Social Response to Technological Disaster: The Accident at Three Mile Island.
Ann Arbor: University Microfilms.
Richardson, Bradley (contributor)
1983 Theft By Employees. In R. Hollinger and J. Clark.
Lexington: Lexington Books.
Hendricks, Glen L. and Brad B. Richardson
1982 Hmong in the Workplace. In Downing, Bruce T. and Douglas
P. Olney (ed.) The Hmong in the West (Pp. 387-401).
Minneapolis: Center for Urban and Regional Affairs.
Richardson, Bradley (contributor)
1982 Causal Model for Nurse Turnover in NICU's. Final Report
to Maternal Child Health and the March of Dimes Foundation.
Hendricks, Glenn L. and Brad B. Richardson
1982 Hmong in the Workplace. Minneapolis: CURA Reporter.
Richardson, Bradley B. (contributor)
1981 Theft By Employees in Work Organizations. Minneapolis:
University of Minnesota, Dept. of Sociology.
Richardson, Brad B.
1978 How We Judge Others: The Attribution of Responsibility.
Omaha: University of Nebraska-Omaha, M.A. Thesis.
Major Presentations
Richardson, Brad et al.
1998 Balancing Continuity and Change. New Orleans, LA: National Meeting of States
on the Federal Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Program. New Orleans, LA: June 10 - 13.
Richardson, Brad
1998 Using Outcome Measures to Promote and Improve Your Program.
The Many Faces of Family Support: Creating a Culture of Community Responsibility. Bi-annual Family Resource Coalition of America Conference.
Chicago, IL: April 29 - May 2.
Hall, James A., Landsman, Miriam, Richardson, Brad
1997 Day Treatment for Drug Abuse with Adolescent Juvenile Offenders. Criminal and
Juvenile Justice Symposium of the 43rd Annual Program Meeting of the Council
on Social Work Education.
Hall, James; Richardson, Brad; Grinstead, Dan; Fortney, Mark
1996 Skills Training in Groups for Prevention of Substance Abuse with Rural
Adolescents: Final Results. 12th Annual Symposium for the Empirical Foundations
of Group Work. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Mich: Oct. 23 - 24, 1996.
Richardson, Brad & Landsman, Miriam
1996 Evaluating a Model of Head Start and Other Concurrent Interventions in Poverty and Homelessness. Partnerships among Researchers, Practitioners and Policymakers. Head
Start’s Third National Research Conference. Washington, DC: June 20 - 23, 1996
Richardson, Brad
1996 Tax Supported Institutions: Programs for Homeless Families and the Case Against
Juvenile Detention. St Paul’s Methodist Church. Cedar Rapids, IA: June 9, 1996.
Richardson, Brad
1996 Technical Assistance on Outcome Measurement for the Family Preservation and
Family Support Services Program. Department of Health and Human Services, Region V Chicago, IL: June 5, 1996.
Richardson, Brad & Landsman, Miriam
1996 Evaluating a Model of Head Start and Other Concurrent Interventions in Poverty and Homelessness. National Head Start Association Annual Training Conference. New Orleans, LA, March 27-30.
Richardson, Brad B.
1994 "Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Family Based Services" with K. Nelson and M. Tyler
"Does Length of Service Matter?" National Association for Family Based Services,
Empowering Families Conference,"Seizing the Opportunities." Boston, MA, Dec. 7- 10.
Landsman, M. & Brad Richardson
1994 "Nuts and Bolts of Program Evaluation," presented at "A New Beginning...Preserving and Strengthening Families," Administration for Children and Families Conference,
Overland Park, KS, March 1-3, 1994.
Richardson, Brad B., Bolden, Jacqueline
1993 "Influence of Government Policy on Achieving Integrated Community Work,"
presented at Conference on Severe Developmental Disabilities, Winnipeg, Canada,
October 14-15., 1993.
Else, John F., Brad B. Richardson, Cathryn Potter
1992 Results of the Residential Child Care Facility Study. State of Colorado, testimony before the Joint Budget Committee, Colorado State Legislature.
Richardson, Brad B.
1985 Marketing Sociology in the Private or Nonprofit Sectors. Presentation to the Georgia Sociological Society, Jekyll Island, October, 1985.
Richardson, Brad B.
1985 Applied Science in Organizational Settings. Paper presented to the meeting of the Georgia Health Planners Association.
Hendricks, Glenn L. and Brad B. Richardson
1982 Hmong in the Workplace. Paper presented at the annual Southeast Asian Studies Conference (Minneapolis, MN).
Richardson, Brad B.
1981 Factors Affecting the Attribution Process. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society (Minneapolis, MN).
Raiche, J.J., B.B. Richardson, and D.B. Zander
1980 The Qualitative-Quantitative Debate: A Strategy for Complementary Research Methods. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (Denver, CO).
Smith, D., and B. Richardson
1976 Work Productivity Among Drug Abuse Counselors. Paper
presented at the annual Iowa Sociological Association (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Professional Memberships
National Association on Family Based Services
Rehabilitation Services Administration, Region VII review committee, Dept of Ed. National Association of Social Workers
National Head Start Association
Other Affiliations
Member, Child Welfare Work Group, Iowa Department of Human Services (1997 to present)
Member, Abstinence-only Evaluation Committee, Iowa Dept. of Public Health (1997-present)
Grant Reviewer, U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Rehabilitation Services Administration
(1992 to present)
Consultant and Reviewer, Head Start Bureau, Admin. on Children, Youth and Families
(1996 to present)
Reviewer, Prevention Report (1995 - present)
Reviewer, International Journal of Business and Marketing (1984 -1991)
Consultant, Iowa Department of Human Services, (Welfare Reform Initiative Planning, 1993)
Teaching Experience
Criminology and Deviant Behavior (Minneapolis; University
of Minnesota, Instructor)
Introduction to Sociology (Minnesota: University of Minnesota, and Omaha: University of Nebraska, Teaching Assistant)
Teaching Sociology at the College Level (Minneapolis;
University of Minnesota, req. course for academic Ph.D.)
Computer Applications to Social Science Data (Atlanta;
DTS, Inc., Trainer)
Applied Statistics (Atlanta; DTS, Inc., Trainer) Microcomputing: Spreadsheets, Wordprocessing, and
Statistical Packages (Atlanta; Human Relations Research, Training Consultant)
Social Problems (Atlanta; Georgia State University, Adjunct Associate Prof.) Spreadsheets (Hamilton Business College, Instructor)
Microcomputer Concepts (Hamilton Business College, Instructor)
Introduction to Social Work Research (University of Iowa, Adjunct Assoc. Prof.)