Education
In mathematics and a Doctor of Philosophy in political science from Indiana University in 1976.
In mathematics and a Doctor of Philosophy in political science from Indiana University in 1976.
On August 1, 2013, he announced that he was leaving his job as professor at Pennsylvania State University to become a full-time consultant. Schrodt is currently a senior research scientist at the statistical consulting firm Parus Analytical Systems. Schrodt received an Master of Arts He worked at Northwestern University for 12 years, then at Kansas University for 21 years, and at Pennsylvania State University for 4 years, before leaving academia for a private sector job with Parus Analytical Systems.
Schrodt"s work has largely been focused on automated coding of event data for political news.
In 2000, he created the Textual Analysis by Augmeted Replacement Instructions (TABARI) software in 2000 that improved on the KEDS. He developed the Conflict and Mediation Event Observations (CAMEO) data coding framework along with Deborah J. Gerner and others The TABARI software could automatically code event data according to the CAMEO framework.
A modification of TABARI, called JABARI-Neuro-linguistic programming, was used for the Integrated Conflict Early Warning System (ICEWS) database by Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories. TABARI and CAMEO are also used for event coding for the Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone, that Schrodt co-created with Kalev Leetaru and others
Logistic regression models created by Schrodt were also successfully incorporated into the predictive algorithms used by Lockheed Martin for ICEWS.
Schrodt"s academic work as well as his views (including those expressed in his academic work and in his blog posts) are frequently referenced by other blogs about data science and predictive analytics in political science, such as Jay Ulfelder"s blog, the Predictive Heuristics blog, and Bad Hessian.
He has also been referenced in Foreign Policy articles