Education
Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University

B.A., Mathematics and Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Biography
Dr. Armor is a Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, where he teaches graduate courses in multivariate statistics, culture and policy, social theory and policy, and program evaluation.  From 2002 to 2005 Dr. Armor served as Director of the PhD Program in Public Policy. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he also served on the faculty as Assistant and Associate Professor from 1965 to 1972.

Following a Visiting Professorship at UCLA from 1972 to 1973, Dr. Armor joined the Rand Corporation as a Senior Social Scientist, where he conducted research on substance abuse, education, health, and military manpower policy from 1973 to 1982.  He was a candidate for Congress in 1982, and in 1985 he was elected to the Los Angeles Board of Education. From 1986 to 1989 Dr. Armor was Principal Deputy and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel.  He has conducted research and written widely in the general area of social policy, with special emphasis on education, civil rights and military manpower issues.  Between 1999 and 2005 he served on several National Academy of Science committees studying various issues in military recruiting.

He has consulted on and testified as an expert witness in more than 40 school desegregation and educational adequacy cases.

Areas of Research

• Education Policy
• Military Manpower
• Family Policy
• Welfare Policy
• Civil Rights/Race Relations Policy (Desegregation, Affirmative Action)
• Methodology (Statistical Analysis, Survey Design)