Using the Curriculum Vita to Study the Career Paths of Scientists and Engineers: An Exploratory Assessment James S. Dietz Ivan Chompalov Barry Bozeman Eliesh O’Neil Lane and Jongwon Park Research Value Mapping Program School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology GCATT Building, Room 120 250 14 th Street, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30318-0490 http://rvm.pp.gatech.edu gt7631a@prism.gatech.edu June 26, 2000 A version of this paper was presented at the American Evaluation Association meeting in Orlando, FL, November 4, 1999.