Missouri State University
Center For Social Sciences and Public Policy Research

Gary D. Brinker, Ph.D.

Associate Director

Dr. Brinker is CSSPPR's Associate Director and is also an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.  His Ph.D. is from Baylor University and he specializes in applied sociological research.  His research interests are currently directed at evaluations of computer assisted telephone (CATI) techniques.

He lives outside of Springfield, and has an aquarium of tropical fish at home.  When he's not at CSSPPR, chances are he's out bicycle riding, jet skiing or water skiing.  

Gary can be reached at gdb401f@missouristate.edu