His dissertation (written under the direction of Robert T. Golembiewski) used Lawrence Kolhberg's moral development protocol to operationalize Chester Barnard's "zone of indifference" in organizations.
While living in Alabama, Jack Rabin became interested in developing an oral history of the civil rights movement.
Nixon; Clifford and Virginia Durr; Johnnie Carr and many other friends and associates of Martin Luther King, Jr. involved in the Montgomery bus boycott.
Moreover, he befriended the officers of the Alabama Department of Public Safety that conducted surveillance of activities including the Selma to Montgomery March.
These relationships allowed him to accumulate a unique collection of photos, interviews and other documents that he eventually donated to Penn State University.