SOCIAL DATA SCIENCE - Key Persons

Abraham, Katharine

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Distinguished University Professor

Antoni, Manfred

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Senior Researcher, Research Data Centre of the German Federal Employment Agency at the IAB

ManfredAntoniisagraduateofeconomicsfromtheFriedrichAlexanderUniversityofErlangen-Nuremberg(Diploma2005).SinceSeptember2005hehasbeenaresearcherattheIAB.FromOctoberthroughDecember2011hewasavisitingresearcherattheInstituteforSocialandEconomicResearch(ISER)oftheUniversityofEssexinColchester(UK).In2012hereceivedhisDoctoratefromtheFriedrich-AlexanderUniversityofErlangen-Nuremberg.

Antoun, Christopher

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Assistant Research Professor

ChrisAntounisanAssistantResearchProfessorattheCollegeofInformationStudies(iSchool)andJointPrograminSurveyMethodology(JPSM)attheUniversityofMaryland.Hisresearchfocusesonusingsmartphonestocollectpopulationdata,eitherthroughtextmessaging,mobilequestionnaires,orappsandsensors.BeforecomingtoUMD,heobtainedhisPhDinSurveyMethodologyfromtheUniversityofMichiganandwasapostdoctoralfellowattheU.S.CensusBureau.HeiscurrentlyanassociateeditorfortheJournalofSurveyStatisticsandMethodologyandamemberoftheadvisoryboardfortheInternationalPrograminSurveyandDataScience.

Babak Fotouhi

BabakFotouhijoinedtheUMDiSchoolinJanuary2020asanassistantprofessorincomputationalsocialscience.Dr.Fotouhiinvestigateshowthestructureofsocietalnetworksaffectdifferentsocialprocesses,suchaspro-socialbehavior,andhowwecanutilizethisknowledgetowardsbettersocialoutcomes.Approachinghisworkfromamathematicalandcomputationalperspective,heworkedonmodelingsocialdynamicsatHarvardUniversity,andsubsequentlyattheHumanNatureLabattheYaleInstituteforNetworkScience.Besidestherelationbetweensocialnetworksandbehavior,hisresearchincludesthecomputationalstudyofhistoricalevolutionofcultureandmeanings,andthesocialconstructionofunquestionedassumptions.Dr.Fotouhi'sresearchhasbeenpublishedinNature,NatureHumanBehavior,NetworkScience,andPhysicalReview,amongothers.

Bachan, Lauren

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Director of Research at Facebook

Boeschoten, Laura

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Assistant Professor at Utrecht University

TrentD.Buskirk,PhDistheNovakFamilyProfessorofDataScienceandtheChairoftheAppliedStatisticsandOperationsResearchDepartmentatBowlingGreenStateUniversity.HisresearchinterestsarevariedandincludeMobileandSmartphoneSurveyDesigns,methodsforcalibratingandweightingnonprobabilitysamples,andintheuseofmachinelearningmethodsforsocialandsurveysciencedesignandanalysis.PriortohispostatBGSU,TrentservedastheDirectorfortheCenterforSurveyResearchatUMASSBostonandpriortothatTrentwastheVicePresidentforStatisticsandMethodologyattheMarketingSystemsGroup(MSG)andwastenuredinthedepartmentofBiostatisticsintheSchoolofPublicHealthatSaintLouisUniversity.Dr.Buskirk'sresearchhasbeenpublishedinleadingsurvey,statisticsandhealthrelatedjournalssuchasFieldMethods,JournalofRoyalStatisticalSociety,SocialScienceComputerReview,JournalofOfficialStatistics,PreventativeMedicine,Cancer,JournalofClinicalEpidemiology,SurveyMethods:InsightsfromtheFieldandMethods,DataandAnalysis,PublicOpinionQuarterlyandtheJournalofSurveyStatisticsandMethodology.Recently,TrentservedasthePresidentoftheMidwestAssociationforPublicOpinionResearchandwasthepastConferenceChairforAAPOR.In2017TrentwasnamedFellowoftheAmericanStatisticalAssociation.WhenTrentisnotworkingorthinkingaboutsurveysormachinelearning,youcanfindhimplayingresidentprincetohistwoprincessesorplayinganactionpackedgameofpickleball!

Brian Kim

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Assistant Research Professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology

BrianKimisanAssistantResearchProfessorintheJointPrograminSurveyMethodologyandaCo-directorfortheSocialDataScienceMajorattheUniversityofMaryland.HereceivedhisPhDinStatisticsfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.Hisresearchfocusesonsocialnetworkanalysis,networksamplingmethods(particularlyrespondent-drivensampling),andpopulationsizeestimation.

Butler, Brian

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Dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences - the University of Alabama

Dr.BrianButler'sresearchandteachingfocusesondevelopingtheoriesandtechniquestoenablegroups,communities,andorganizationstoharnessthefullpotentialofnewtechnologies.Thisincludesthedesignofonlinecommunities;theuseofinformationtechnologytostrengthenlocalfoodecosystems;strategiesforleveragingpowerandpoliticstosupportorganizationaltransformationandreducesystemicbias;anddevelopmentofalternativemodelstodatagovernance.SincejoiningUMDin2012asafacultymember,Dr.ButlerhasalsoservedasDirectoroftheMasterofInformationManagement(MIM)program,DirectoroftheCenterfortheAdvancedStudyofCommunitiesandInformation(CASCI),InterimDean,SeniorAssociateDean,andco-DirectoroftheUMDSocialDataScienceCenter(SoDa).

Callegaro, Mario

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Scientist at Google

MarioCallegaroisuserexperiencesurveyresearcheratGoogleUK,London,intheCloudPlatformUserExperienceteam(CPUX).Heworksonanysurveyrelatedprojectswithinhisorganization.Healsoconsultswithnumerousotherinternalteamsregardingsurveydesign,sampling,questionnairedesignandonlinesurveyprogrammingandimplementation.MarioholdsaM.S.andaPh.D.inSurveyResearchandMethodologyfromtheUniversityofNebraska,Lincoln.PriortojoiningGoogle,MariowasworkingassurveyresearchscientistfornowIpsosKnowledgePanelpreviouslyknownasKnowledgeNetworksKnowledgePanel.Currentresearchareas:userexperienceresearch,websurveydesign,smartphonesurveys,surveyparadata,andquestionnairedesigninwhichhehaspublishednumerouspapers,bookchaptersandconferencepresentations.Hepublished(May2014)aneditedWileybooktitledOnlinePanelResearch:ADataQualityPerspectivetogetherwithReginaldP.Baker,JelkeBethlehem,AnjaS.Göritz,JonA.KrosnickandPaulJ..Lavrakas.Marioalsocompletedabooktitled:"Websurveymethodology"withKatjaLozar-ManfredaandVasjaVehovarfromtheUniversityofLjubljana,Slovenia,publishedbySageinJune2015whichisalsoavailableasopenaccessPDFandEpubatthisSageURL:https://study.sagepub.com/web-survey-methodology

Charles Harry

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Senior Leader, Practitioner

CharlesHarryisaseniorleader,practitionerandresearcherwithover20yearsofexperienceinintelligenceandcyberoperations.HarryisthedirectoroftheCenterforGovernanceofTechnologyandSystems(GoTech)andAssociateResearchProfessorintheSchoolofPublicPolicy.HeholdsajointappointmentintheCollegeofInformationStudiesandservesastheoperationsdirectorfortheuniversity'sMarylandGlobalInitiativeforCybersecurity(MaGIC)andisaSeniorResearchAssociateattheCenterforInternationalandSecurityStudiesatMaryland(CISSM).Harry'sresearchfocusesoncategorizationandmeasurementofeffectsofcyberattackasameansofenablingpolicymakerstoassessstrategicriskandassessconsequencesofstrategiccyberattack.Hisresearchandcommentaryhasbeenfeaturedinpeerreviewedpublicationsandhasbeenreferencedinavarietyofprint,radio,andtelevisedmediaincludingWired,NPR,al-Hurra,BreakingDefense,ScientificSense,theConversation,andtheWashingtonPost.HeactivelyconsultsforarangeofprivateandpublicsectororganizationsincludingtheDepartmentofEnergy,theAdvanceLaboratoryforIntelligenceandSecurity(ARLIS),andservesaspartofBainandCompany'sexternaladvisornetwork.Harryteachesundergraduateandgraduatecoursesincyberpolicy,securitypolicy,andquantitativemethods,andhaspublishedapopularcyberpolicycourseofferedontheCourseraplatform.Harryhasalsoco-foundedaUniversityofMarylandincubatedstart-up,DecisionPointAnalytics,toassistgovernmentsandorganizationsmodelandunderstandsystemicriskintheirorganizationandsupplychains.

Ciampaglia, Giovanni Luca

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Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

GiovanniLucaCiampagliaisanassistantprofessorattheCollegeofInformationStudiesattheUniversityofMaryland.HeholdsaLaureainComputerSciencefromthe"Sapienza"UniversityofRomeandaPh.D.inComputerSciencefromtheUniversityofLugano.Heisinterestedinproblemsoriginatingfromthecollectiveinterplaybetweenpeopleandcomputingsystems,suchasinformationpropagationonsocialmedia,knowledgeproductioninonlinecommunities,andtrustworthinessincyberspace.Hisworkhasbeencoveredinmajornewsoutlets,includingtheWallStreetJournal,Wired,NPR,andCBSNews.

Conrad, Frederick

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Professor

Dr.Conradisasurveymethodologistwhoserecentworkhasfocusedonrespondents'understandingofsurveyquestions.Healsostudiesbiasesinrespondents'judgmentsaboutthefrequencyoftheirbehaviors,theeffectofautomaticprogressfeedbackonrespondents'willingnesstocontinuefillingoutaquestionnaire,andthedecisiontoparticipateinasurveyamongpotentialrespondents.

Daniel Oberski

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Associate Professor

Dever, Jill

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Senior Director, Senior Research Statistician, Division for Statistical & Data Sciences

JillA.Dever,PhD,hasbeenengagedininnovativesurveyresearchformorethan20years.Sheisrecognizedinternationallyforhercontributionstosamplingdesign,weightinganddataanalysis,aswellasforeducatingothersintheseareas.Shehasworkedonavarietyofstudiesincludingthoseassessingthecorrelatesofgoodhealthandvaccinationuse;therapypaymentmodelsforpost-acutehospitalcare;druguseandretentionintheU.S.military;smokingcessationprograms;andtheinfluenceofeducationandfamilyoncareerpaths.Herresearchexpertiseincludesdevelopmentofsoftwareforoptimizingcomplexsampledesigns;constructionofanalysisweightswithadjustmentsobtainedfromothersurveys;creationofvarianceestimatorsforcomplexstatistics;andtheevaluationofstatisticalandqualityissuesforsurveys,particularlythosewithoutadefinedprobabilisticstructure("non-probabilitysamples").

Dr. Eckman

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Principal
Researcher & Data Scientist

Dr.EckmanisaPrincipalResearchScientistspecializinginresearchintodataqualityanddatacollectionmethods.SheholdsaPhDinSurveyMethodologyfromtheUniversityofMaryland.Herresearchinterestsincludesamplingmethodsinchallengingenvironmentsandthecombinationofsurveyandotherformsofdata.Shehastaughtsamplinganddesignedsamplesaroundtheworld.Learnmoreaboutherresearchatherwebsite:http://www.stepheckman.com.

Dr. Gard

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Assistant Professor

Dr.GardisanAssistantProfessorofDevelopmentalPsychology,FacultyAffiliateinthePrograminNeuroscienceandCognitiveNeuroscience(NACS),SocialDataScienceCenter,andtheMarylandPopulationResearchCenter,andDirectoroftheGrowthAndResilienceacrossDevelopment(GARD)LabattheUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark.Togetherwithherstudentsandcollaborators,shestudieshowenvironmentaladversityandpromotivefactorsshapechildren'sbrainandbehavioraldevelopment-withaparticularfocusonhowfeaturesoftheneighborhoodcontextandtheparent-childrelationshipguideriskandresilienceprocesses.Aprominentfeatureofherworkistoincreasesociodemographicdiversityinneurobiologicalresearchbyincludinghistoricallyunder-representedgroupsinresearchdesignandimplementation.

Dr. Sharan Sharma

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Assistant Research Professor

Dr. Sivan-Sevilla

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Assistant Professor
Social Scientist & Technologist

Dr.Sivan-Sevillaisacomparativesocialscientist&technologistwhomeasuresandtheorizesaboutthewayourinformationsocietyisgoverned.Heinvestigatesdigitalriskgovernanceoverabroadrangeofcybersecurity,privacy,discrimination,andmanipulationproblems,lookingatgovernancestructuressetbyprivateindustries,electedofficials,andbureaucrats,acrosssectorsandpoliticalsystems.Methodologically,Idoutilizeshistechnologicalbackgroundtoempiricallyinvestigateindustries(e.g.AdTech)andthreatactors(e.g.hackers&trackers),sheddinglightonbottom-upgovernancearrangements.Hecomplementssuchunderstandingwithtextanalysis,interviews,andsurveystouncoverandexplaintheoperationoftop-downpolicyregimesinthisspace,byprivateandpublicactors(e.g.cyberinsurers,certifiers,policymakers,andregulators). HisworkhasbeenpublishedorpresentedinTheJournalofPublicPolicy,JournalofRiskResearch,Policy&Internet,GeorgetownJournalofInternationalAffairs,NATO'sInternationalConferenceonCyberConflict(CyCon),andFTC'sPrivacyConference,amongothervenues.

Drechsler, Jörg

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Associate Research Professor, Institute for Employment Research

JörgDrechslerstudiedthepianoattheConservatoryofMusicAugsburg-Nurembergfrom1999to2003andbusinessadministrationfrom2001to2006attheUniversityofErlangen-Nuremberg.HejoinedtheIABin2006.Dr.DrechslerreceivedhisPhDinSocialSciencefromtheUniversityinBambergin2009andhisHabilitationinStatisticsfromtheLudwig-Maximilians-UniversitätinMunichin2015.HeisalsoanadjunctassistantprofessorintheJointPrograminSurveyMethodologyattheUniversityofMaryland.

Emily Geisen

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Senior Experience Management Scientist at Qualtrics

EmilyGeisenisaSeniorExperienceManagementScientistatQualtrics.Shespecializesindesigninguser-friendlysurveyinstrumentstoimprovedataqualityandreducerespondentburden.PriortoQualtrics,shespent15yearsatRTIInternationalwhereshemanagedRTI'scognitive/usabilitylaboratory.ShereceivedherMSinSurveyMethodologyfromtheUniversityofMichiganin2004.Shehas16yearsofexperiencedesigningmethodologicalresearchstudies,developingandevaluatingsurveyinstruments,leadingdatacollectiontasks,managingprojects,andperformingstatisticalanalysesusingSAS.Sheisleadauthorofa2017booktitledUsabilityTestingforSurveyResearch,publishedbyMorganKaufmann.Shewasthe2017-2019AmericanAssociationforPublicOpinionResearchMembershipandChapterRelationschair,the2010conferencechairfortheSouthernAssociationforPublicOpinionResearch(SAPOR),andthe2009-2011secretaryoftheSurveyResearchMethodsSectionoftheAmericanStatisticalAssociation.GeisenisoneoftheinstructorsfortherequiredCSScoursetitledQuestionnaireDesign.ShealsoteachesshortcoursesonUsabilityTestingforSurveyresearchthroughtheOdumInstitute.

Eun Kyoung Choe

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Associate Professor

EunKyoungChoeisanAssociateProfessorandDoctoralProgramDirectorintheCollegeofInformationStudiesattheUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark.HerresearchbridgesthefieldsofHuman-ComputerInteraction(HCI),HealthInformatics,andUbiquitousComputing.Withanoverarchinggoalofempoweringindividuals,herresearchcentersonexaminingmajorchallengespeoplefaceinleveragingpersonaldata,suchaspersonaldatacollectionandexploration.Morerecently,shehasbeenexploringmultimodalinteractionasameanstocollectrichpersonaldata,promotereflection,andhelppeoplediveintotheirdata.HerworkhasbeenfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundation,NationalInstitutesofHealth,andMicrosoftResearch.ShehasbeenservingontheeditorialboardsofPACMIMWUTandFoundationsandTrendsinHuman-ComputerInteraction.ShereceivedherPh.D.inInformationSciencefromtheUniversityofWashington.

Fetzer, Thomas

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Associate Professor

Hiscurrentresearchinterestsareprimarilyrelatedtotheroleofideasintheinternationalpoliticaleconomy,withaspecificfocuson(economic)nationalism,aswellastheimpactofeconomicglobalizationonsocioeconomicinequalityandprocessesofcollectiveinterestformation.Inarecentproject,Thomashasalsoexploredtheemergenceofvariousnotionsof‘economicEuropeannness'.Beyondhisownresearch,Thomasisinterestedinanumberofotherfields,includingthecomparativepoliticaleconomyoflabourandindustrialrelations,EUsocialpolicyandtheEuropeansocialmodel,thehistoryandcontemporarydevelopmentofmultinationalfirms,thepoliticsofconsumption,aswellasthebroaderareaofcontemporaryEuropeanandtransnationalhistory,inparticularwithregardtoissuesofcollectivememoryandidentity.Healsohasastronginterestinthemethodologicaldebatesabouttherelationshipbetweenhistoryandthesocialsciences.

Fey, Bob

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Senior Scientist - Westat

RobertFay,Ph.D.,has40yearsofexperienceinmultipleaspectsofsamplesurveys,includingsurveydesign,estimation,varianceestimation,imputationandanalysisofmissingdata,statisticalmodelingofdatafromcomplexsamples,andsmallareaestimation.HejoinedWestat,afterretiringfromtheU.S.CensusBureau. Dr.FayisaFellowoftheAmericanStatisticalAssociation,aFellowoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,andarecipientoftheGoldMedalAwardfromtheDepartmentofCommerceandtheRogerHerriotAwardforInnovationinFederalStatistics.Inrecognitionofhiscontributionstothefield,Dr.FayhasbeennamedaWestatSeniorStatisticalFellowandservesontheStatisticalFellowsCommittee,whichprovidesconsultationonimportantsurveystatisticsissuesandaddressesrecentadvancesinappliedstatistics.Dr.FayisaresearchprofessorintheJointPrograminSurveyMethodologyattheUniversityofMaryland.

Fotouhi, Babak

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Assistant Professor

Frauke Kreuter

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Co - Director of the Social Data Science Center

Friaz-Martinez, Vanessa

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Associate Professor

Dr.Frias-Martinez'sresearchfocusesontheuseoflarge-scaleubiquitousdatatomodeltheinterplaybetweenhumanmobilitypatternsandthebuiltenvironment.Sheisalsointerestedinhowsuchmodelscanbeusedtoaiddecisionmakersinareassuchaspoverty,naturaldisastersorsmartcities.

Gautschi, Thomas

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Chairman in Sociological Methodology

ThomasGautschiholdstheChairinSociologicalMethodologysinceFallSemester2009.Hismainresearchinterestscombineformaltheory(rationalchoice,gametheory,networks)withlaboratoryexperimentstobetterunderstandtheformationandmaintenanceoftrustortheformationandtransformationofexchangenetworks.Heisalsointerestedinmethodologicalquestions(statisticalmodels)andsurveyresearch(e.g.,effectsofdistortedsex-ratiosinGermany).Ingeneral,hisresearchislocatedineconomicsociology. ThomasGautschicurrentlyisthespeakeroftheSchoolofSociologyaswellastheDeanofStudentAffairsattheSchoolofSocialSciences.HealsoisthespeakeroftheDGS(DeutscheGesellschaftfürSoziologie)sectiononModelBuildingandSimulation.HepreviouslyheldpositionsattheUniversityofBern,UtrechtUniversity,andtheUniversityofEindhoven.

Geisen, Emily

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Odum Instructor and Senior Experience Management Scientist, Qualtrics

Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia

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Assistant Professor at the College of Information Studies

Harry, Charles

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Associate Research Professor, School of Public Policy and College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Heeringa, Steven

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Senior Research Scientist

StevenG.HeeringaisaSeniorResearchScientistattheUniversityofMichiganInstituteforSocialResearch(ISR).HeisamemberoftheFacultyoftheUniversityofMichiganPrograminSurveyMethodsandtheJointPrograminSurveyMethodology.HeisaFellowoftheAmericanStatisticalAssociationandelectedmemberoftheInternationalStatisticalInstitute.Heistheauthorofmanypublicationsonstatisticaldesignandsamplingmethodsforresearchinthefieldsofpublichealthandthesocialsciences.HeistheleadauthorofAppliedSurveyDataAnalysis(Chapman&Hall,2010),acomprehensivenewtextonmethodsforthestatisticalanalysisofcomplexsamplesurveydata.Stevehasover37yearsofstatisticalsamplingexperienceinthedevelopmentoftheSRCNationalSampledesign,aswellasresearchdesignsforISR'smajorlongitudinalandcross-sectionalsurveyprograms.Since1985Stevehascollaboratedextensivelywithscientificcolleaguesinthedesignandconductofmajorstudiesinaging,psychiatricepidemiologyandphysicalandmentalhealth.HehasbeenateacherofsurveysamplingandstatisticalmethodstoU.S.andinternationalstudentsandhasservedasasampledesignconsultanttoawidevarietyofinternationalresearchprogramsbasedincountriessuchasRussia,theUkraine,Uzbekistan,Kazakhstan,India,Nepal,China,Egypt,Iran,theUnitedArabEmirates,Qatar,SouthAfricaandChile.

Izsak, Katherine

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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Katherine(Kate)overseestheiSchool'sfivedegreeprogramsandoverallcurriculum.DuringKate'stenure,theCollegehasgeneratedandmaintaineda300%increaseinitsstudentbodyanddoubleditsacademicstaff.Kateisapplyingherbroadexperienceineducationalpolicyandacademicadministrationtothedevelopmentofnewdegreeprogramsininnovativeareasofinformationscience,includinginformationdesign,socialdatascience,gamingandmediaanalytics,datajournalism,libraryleadership,andsmartandconnectedcommunities.KatealsoteachesintheCollegeandholdsafacultyaffiliationwiththeUMDDepartmentofAnthropology.Herteachingandresearchinterestsfocusonthestudyofdisastersandcommunityresilience,andshehasfurtherteachinginterestsinpedagogyandinstructionaldesign. PriortojoiningtheUMDiSchool,KateservedasUMD'sUndergraduateandGraduateDirectorforTerrorismStudiesandastheEducationDirectorforUMD'sNationalConsortiumfortheStudyofTerrorismandResponsestoTerrorism.ShehasalsoheldpositionswithUMD'sCollegeofBehavioralandSocialSciencesandCenterfortheAdvancedStudyofLanguage(CASL).Shehasover15yearsofexperienceinteachingandresearchininterdisciplinarysocialsciences.

James Lepkowski

JamesLepkowskiisasurveymethodologistattheInstituteforSocialResearchwherehedirectstheSummerInstituteinSurveyResearchTechniques.HehasbeenonthefacultyofBiostatisticsandtheInstituteforSocialResearchsince1982,conductingresearchonsurveysamplingandestimationaswellasteachingcoursesonsampling,surveys,andrelatedtopics.

Jessica Vitak

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Associate Professor

JessicaVitakisanassociateprofessorintheCollegeofInformationStudiesandanaffiliateprofessorintheCommunicationDepartmentattheUniversityofMaryland.Herresearchevaluatestheprivacyandethicalimplicationsofbigdata,theinternetofthings,andother"smart"technologies.Sheseekstounderstandhowprivacyconcernsplayaroleintechnologyadoptionanduse,andshedevelopstoolsandresourcestohelpchildrenandadultsmakemoreinformeddecisionswhenusingtechnologyandsharingsensitivedata.

Jill A. Dever

Joseph Sakshaug

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Distinguished Researcher, Deputy Head of Research, and Head of the Data Collection

JosephSakshaugisdistinguishedresearcher,deputyheadofresearch,andheadoftheDataCollectionandDataIntegrationUnitintheStatisticalMethodsResearchDepartmentattheIAB.HeisalsouniversityprofessorofstatisticsattheSchoolofMathematics,ComputerScience,andStatisticsattheLMUMunich(Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätMünchen)andhonoraryfullprofessorattheSchoolofSocialSciencesattheUniversityofMannheim.Previously,hewasassociateprofessor(seniorlecturer)inSocialStatisticsattheUniversityofManchester(UK),andassistantprofessor(juniorprofessor)ofStatisticsandSocialScienceMethodologyattheUniversityofMannheim(Germany).MrSakshaugreceivedhisMScandPhDinSurveyMethodologyfromtheUniversityofMichigan-AnnArbor,andhisBAinMathematicsfromtheUniversityofWashington-Seattle.From2011to2013,hewasanAlexandervonHumboldtpostdoctoralresearchfellowattheIABandtheLMUMunich.HeisalsoafacultymemberintheInternationalPrograminSurveyandDataScience,andanadjunctresearchassistantprofessorattheSurveyResearchCenteroftheInstituteforSocialResearchattheUniversityofMichigan.Hisresearchfocusesondataqualityissuesincomplexsurveys,theintegrationofmultipledatasources,andempiricalresearchmethods.

Jörg Drechsler

Katharine G. Abraham

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Distinguished University Professor

KatharineG.AbrahamisaDistinguishedUniversityProfessor.HerpublishedresearchincludespapersontheworkandretirementdecisionsofolderAmericans;howgovernmentpoliciesaffectemployers'choicesconcerningemploymentandhoursoverthebusinesscycle;theeffectsoffinancialaidonthedecisiontoattendcollege;discrepanciesinalternativemeasuresofemployment,wagesandhours;andthemeasurementofeconomicactivity.SheservedasCommissioneroftheBureauofLaborStatisticsfrom1993through2001andasaMemberofthePresident'sCouncilofEconomicAdvisersfrom2011through2013.AbrahamcurrentlyservesonstandingacademicadvisorycommitteesconvenedbytheCongressionalBudgetOffice,BureauofEconomicAnalysis,andFederalReserveBankofChicago.SheisaResearchAssociateoftheNationalBureauofEconomicResearchandaResearchFellowoftheIZA,amemberoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,aDistinguishedFellowoftheAmericanEconomicAssociation,andanelectedFellowoftheAmericanStatisticalAssociationandoftheSocietyofLaborEconomists.AbrahamreceivedherPh.D.ineconomicsfromHarvardUniversityin1982andherB.S.ineconomicsfromIowaStateUniversityin1976.

Kathleen Stewart

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Professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences

KathleenStewartisProfessorintheDepartmentofGeographicalSciencesandDirectoroftheCenterforGeospatialInformationScience.Sheworksintheareaofgeographicinformationsciencewithaparticularfocusongeospatialdynamics.Sheisinterestedinmobilityandspatialaccess,ofteninabiggeospatialdatacontextandusingapproachesthatlieintheexpandingfieldofspatialdatascience.Sheinvestigatesmovementandmobilityforanumberofdifferentapplicationdomains,forexample,healthandtransportationwheremovementpatternsorbehaviorsandspatialaccessarekeytopics.Sheisalsointerestedinmodelinggeospatialsemanticsincludinggeospatialontologiesandtheirroleforlocation-basedapplications,andspatiotemporalinformationretrieval,i.e.,computationalmethodsforautomaticallyacquiringmeaningfulspace-timeinformationfromtextsources.Sheteachesintheareasofspatiotemporaldatamodeling,geographicdatabasedesign,geovisualizationandcartography,andfundamentalsofgeographicinformationscience.AttheUniversityofMaryland,Dr.StewartisamemberofthePrograminOncologyattheUniversityofMarylandMarleneandStewartGreenebaumComprehensiveCancerCenterandalsocollaborateswithresearchersattheCenterforVaccineDevelopmentandGlobalHealth,theCenterforSubstanceAbuseResearch,theMarylandTransportationInstitute,theSchoolofPublicHealth,andtheSocialDataScienceCenteramongothers.HerresearchissupportedinpartbygrantsfromtheNationalInstitutesofHealth,theNationalScienceFoundation,theFederalHighwayAdministration,andMarylandDepartmentofNaturalResourcesamongotherorganizations.

Katie Shilton

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Associate Professor in the College of Information Studies

KatieShiltonisanassociateprofessorintheCollegeofInformationStudiesattheUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark,andleadstheEthics&ValuesinDesign(EViD)Lab.Herresearchexploresethicsandpolicyforthedesignofinformationtechnologies.SheisthePIofthePERVADEproject,amulti-campuscollaborationfocusedonbigdataresearchethics.Otherprojectsincludedevelopingprivacy-sensitivesearchforemailcollections;analyzingethicalculturesincomputersecurityresearch;andbuildingtoolstofacilitateethicsdiscussionsinmobileapplicationdevelopment.

Keusch, Florian

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Professor of Statistics and Methodology

IamProfessorofStatisticsandMethodology(interim)intheDepartmentofSociologyattheUniversityofMannheimandAdjunctAssistantProfessorintheJointPrograminSurveyMethodology(JPSM)attheUniversityofMaryland.IamaffiliatedwiththeMannheimCentreforEuropeanSocialResearch(MZES),theCollaborativeResearchCenterSFB884"PoliticalEconomyofReforms",andtheMannheimCenterforDataScience,aswellastheSocialDataScienceCenter(SoDa)attheUniversityofMaryland.IamcurrentlytheAcademicDirectoroftheMannheimMasterofAppliedDataScience&Measurement. IreceivedmyPhDinSocialandEconomicSciences(Dr.rer.soc.oec.)fromWU,ViennaUniversityofEconomicsandBusiness,Austria,in2011.BeforejoiningtheUniversityofMannheimandJPSM,IwasSeniorResearcherattheInternationalPrograminSurveyandDataScienceandPost-doctoralResearchFellowatthePrograminSurveyMethodologyattheUniversityofMichigan'sInstituteforSocialResearch. Inmyresearch,Idevelop,implement,andassessmodernmethodsofcollectingdataforthebehavioralandsocialsciences.Inparticular,Iaminterestedinhowtojointlycollectself-reports(usuallyvia(mobile)websurveys)andpassivemeasurementfromsmartphoneandwearablesensors,onlineanddevicelogfiles,Internetsearchqueries,andotherdigitaltracestobetterstudyresearchquestionsonmigration,employment,andinequality.Feelfreetobrowsethroughmypublicationsandcontactmeifyouareinterestedincollaboratingorifyoudohaveanyquestions.

Kim, Brian

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Assistant Research Professor, JPSM Co - Director, Social Data Science Major

Kreuter, Frauke

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Professor and SoDa Co - Director

ProfessorFraukeKreuterisCo-DirectoroftheSocialDataScienceCenterandfacultymemberintheJointPrograminSurveyMethodologyattheUniversityofMaryland,USA;andProfessorofStatisticsandDataScienceattheLudwig-Maximilians-UniversityofMunich.SheisanelectedfellowoftheAmericanStatisticalAssociationandthe2020recipientoftheWarrenMitofskyInnovatorsAwardoftheAmericanAssociationforPublicOpinionResearch.InadditiontoheracademicworkDr.KreuteristheFounderoftheInternationalProgramforSurveyandDataScience,developedinresponsetotheincreasingdemandfromresearchersandpractitionersfortheappropriatemethodsandrighttoolstofaceachangingdataenvironment;Co-FounderoftheColeridgeInitiative,whosegoalistoacceleratedata-drivenresearchandpolicyaroundhumanbeingsandtheirinteractionsforprogrammanagement,policydevelopment,andscholarlypurposesbyenablingefficient,effective,andsecureaccesstosensitivedataaboutsocietyandtheeconomy.coleridgeinitiative.org;andCo-FounderoftheGermanlanguagepodcastDigDeep.

Küchenhoff, Helmut

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Professor - Ludwig - Maximilians - Universität Munich

Lahiri, Partha

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Director, Joint Program in Survey Methodology ( JPSM )

ParthaLahiriisaProfessorintheJointPrograminSurveyMethodology(JPSM)andintheDepartmentofMathematicsattheUniversityofMaryland,CollegeParkandanAdjunctResearchProfessoroftheInstituteofSocialResearch,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor.PriortojoiningtheUniversityofMaryland,CollegeParkin2002,heheldanappointmentastheMiltonMohrDistinguishedProfessorofStatisticsattheUniversityofNebraska-Lincoln.Hehasservedonanumberofadvisorycommitteesandpanels,includingtheU.S.CensusAdvisorycommitteeandU.S.NationalAcademyofSciencespanel.OvertheyearsheadvisedvariouslocalandinternationalorganizationssuchastheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgram,WorldBank,andtheGallupOrganization.HehasbeenanassociateeditorofSurveyMethodologyandtheJournaloftheAmericanStatisticalAssociation.HeisaFellowoftheAmericanStatisticalAssociationandtheInstituteofMathematicalStatisticsandanelectedmemberoftheInternationalStatisticalInstitute.

Lepkowski, James

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Professor Emeritus, Biostatistics, School of Public Health

Li, Yan

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Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Dr.YanLiisinterestedincombiningherbackgroundincomputersciences,geneticandsurveymethodologywithherresearchexperiencewithNationalCancerInstitutetodevelopstatisticalmethodsforefficientlydesigningandanalyzingcomplexsamplesinabiomedicalsetting.Particularly,herinterestsincludeimprovingpopulationrepresentativenessofnonprobabilitysamples,healthdisparityanalyses,geneticassociationusingcase-control,cohortandcross-sectionalstudiesandsurveyswithcomplexdesigns.

Louiqa Raschid

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Professor at the University of Maryland

LouiqaRaschidisaprofessorattheUniversityofMarylandwheresheholdsappointmentsintheSmithSchoolofBusiness,theInstituteofAdvancedComputerStudies(UMIACS)andtheDepartmentofComputerScience.SheisamemberoftheComputationalLinguisticsandInformationProcessing(CLIP)Lab,theDatabaseGroupandtheCenterforBioinformaticsandComputationalBiology.

Manfred Antoni

Mario Callegaro

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Experience Survey Researcher

Munzert, Simon

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Assistant Professor of Data Science and Public Policy at Hertie School of Governance

IamanassistantprofessorofdatascienceandpublicpolicyattheHertieSchoolinBerlin.Myresearchfocusesonpublicopinion,attitudeformationinthedigitalage,andtheuseofonlinedatainsocialresearch.Iuseexperimentalmethods,onlinedata,andinnovativemeasurementstrategiestostudyhowpeopleactandthink,politically.FindmyCVhere.

Nishimura, Raphael

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Director of Sampling Operations at the Survey Research Operations in the Survey Research Center

RaphaelNishimuraistheDirectorofSamplingOperationsinSurveyResearchOperations.Hehasbeenworkingwithsamplingandsurveystatisticsforovertenyears.HeholdsaPhDinsurveymethodologyfromtheUniversityofMichiganandabachelor'sdegreeinstatisticsfromtheUniversityofSÃ£oPaulo.Hismainresearchinterestincludessamplingmethods,surveynonresponseandadaptive/responsivedesigns.HeisalsothedirectoroftheSamplingProgramforSurveyStatisticiansoftheSRCSummerInstituteforSurveyResearchTechniques.

Oates, Sarah

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Professor Senior Scholar

Oberski, Daniel

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Associate Professor in Data Science, Methodology and Statistics - Utrecht University

DanielOberskiexternallinkisanAssociateProfessorinDataScience,MethodologyandStatistics.HeobtainedhisPhDinTilburgandhasalreadybeenavisitingprofessorinMaryland.In2014,hereceivedaVenigrantforresearchintothequestionhowhumanbehaviourcanbemeasuredwithscientificresearch.

Paletz, Susannah

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Associate Professor

SusannahPaletzreceivedherPhDinsocial/personalitypsychologyfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Inearly2004shejoinedNASAAmesResearchCenterasacivilservantResearchPsychologist,firstintheDistributedTeamDecisionMakingLaboratory(2004-2006)andthenintheHuman-ComputerInteraction(HCI)Group(2006-2008).From2008to2013,Paletzwasgrant-fundedattheUniversityofPittsburgh,whereshestudiedsocialandcognitiveaspectsofteamprocesses.PaletzjoinedtheUniversityofMarylandCenterforAdvancedStudyofLanguage(CASL)asanAssociateResearchScientistin2013(promotedtoResearchScientistin2017).ShejoinedtheiSchoolasaResearchProfessorin2019,andin2021becameanAssociateProfessor.Sheusesavarietyofresearchmethods,analyzingdatafromsurveys,experiments,interviews,archives,socialmedia,audio,andvideo.

Partha Lahiri

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Professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology

Philip Piety

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Learning Scientist

PhilipPietyisaLearningScientistwhosupportsundergraduateandgraduateprogramsthroughteachingandresearch.HebeganattheiSchoolin2014andhasalsotaughtattheSmithSchoolofBusinessatMarylandandJohnsHopkinsSchoolofEducation.AfteracareerinthetechnologyfieldwithOracleandIBM,hereturnedtocollegeasanadulttoearnaBSinInformationSystemsandComputerSciencefromtheUniversityofMaryland'sUniversityCollege. Someofthecoursesheteachesinvolvetechnologyinfrastructuresandarchitectureaswellasorganizations,management,andteamwork.Healsoworkswithandhaswrittenabouteducationaldatatechnologiesandlearninganalytics/educationdatascience.HeisthedirectoroftheMarylandEducationDigitalInfrastructuresandAnalyticsLab.Heisastrongproponentofproject-basedlearningandusingmethodstodevelopuniqueprojectswithhisstudents.

Philip Resnik

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Professor

PhilipResnikholdsajointappointmentasProfessorintheUniversityofMarylandInstituteforAdvancedComputerStudiesandtheDepartmentofLinguistics,andanAffiliateProfessorappointmentinComputerScience.Heearnedhisbachelor'sdegreeinComputerScienceatHarvardin1987,andhisPh.D.inComputerandInformationScienceatUniversityofPennsylvaniain1993,andjoinedtheUniversityofMarylandfacultyin1996.HisindustryexperiencepriortoenteringacademiaincludestimeinR&DatBoltBeranekandNewman,IBMT.J.WatsonResearchCenter,andSunMicrosystemsLaboratories.Resnik'sresearchfocusesoncomputationalmodelingoflanguagethatbringstogetherlinguisticknowledge,domainexpertise,anddata-drivenmachinelearningmethods,withanemphasisonapplicationsincomputationalsocialscienceaswellasexperienceinmultilingualtextanalysisandmachinetranslation,andscientificinterestsincomputationalcognitiveneuroscience.Heholdstwopatentsandhasauthoredorco-authoredmorethan100peer-reviewedarticlesandconferencepapers.AtvarioustimeshisworkhasbeenhighlightedinNewsweek,TheEconomist,NewScientist,andonNationalPublicRadio,andhehasbeenarepeatorganizerandpanelistatSXSWInteractive.Outsideacademia,Resnikwasatechnicalco-founderofCodeRyte(clinicalnaturallanguageprocessing,acquiredin2012by3MHealthInformationSystems),andisanadvisortoConverseon(socialstrategyandanalytics),FiscalNote(machinelearningandanalyticsforgovernmentrelations),andSoloSegment(websitesearchandcontentoptimization).

Piety, Phil

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Senior Lecturer and Director, Maryland Education Digital Infrastructures ( MEDI ) Lab

Raphael Nishimura

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Director of Sampling Operations in Survey Research Operations

Resnik, Philip

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Professor, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and Department of LInguistics, University of Maryland

Richard Valliant

RichardValliantreceivedaPhDinbiostatisticsfromJohnsHopkinsUniversity.Hiscurrentresearchinterestsincludetheuseofmodelsinsurveyestimation,sampledesignproblems,andanalysisofcomplexsurveydata.Hehasover35yearsofpracticalsurveyexperience,includingworkontheConsumerPriceIndex,ProducerPriceIndex,andothersurveysthatsupplysomeofthenation'simportanteconomicindicators.HeisafellowoftheAmericanStatisticalAssociationandhasservedontheeditorialboardsofthreestatisticaljournals.

Rob Wells

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Associate Professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism

RobWellsisanassociateprofessoratthePhilipMerrillCollegeofJournalismattheUniversityofMaryland,whereheteachesreportinganddatajournalism.Between2016-2021,WellstaughtattheSchoolofJournalismandStrategicMediaattheUniversityofArkansas,wherehewasassociateprofessorandledthegraduateprogram.HeistheauthorofTheInsider:HowtheKiplingerNewsletterBridgedWashingtonandWallStreet(UniversityofMassachusettsPress,2022).TheInsiderwontheRayHiebertHistoryofJournalismEndowedAward,UniversityofMaryland,PhilipMerrillCollegeofJournalismin2023.HealsoistheauthorofTheEnforcers:HowLittleKnownTradeReportersExposedtheKeatingFiveandAdvancedBusinessJournalism(UniversityofIllinoisPress,2019),whichisanextensionofhisdoctoralresearchwhichexaminesinvestigativebusinessjournalismandtheinfluenceofthetradepress.In2016,heearnedadoctorateinJournalismStudiesattheUniversityofMarylandPhilipMerrillCollegeofJournalism.In2013,heearnedaMasterofArtsinLiberalStudiesatSt.John'sCollegeinAnnapolis;heholdsaBachelorofArtsinGovernmentfromCaliforniaStateUniversity,Sacramento.Priortohisacademiccareer,WellswasBureauChiefofDowJonesNewswiresinWashington,D.C.andthenDeputyBureauChiefofTheWallStreetJournalWashingtonbureau;hehasalsoreportedforBloombergNews,TheAssociatedPressandnewspapersinCalifornia.

Robert Fay

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Fellow of the American Statistical Association

Romano-Bergstrom, Jennifer

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Researcher and Manager at Google
Staff UX Researcher and Manager at Google

Sakshaug, Joseph

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Professor - Ludwig - Maximilians - Universität München

Sharma, Sharan

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Assistant Research Professor

Dr.SharanSharmaisanAssistantResearchProfessorwithappointmentsinthedepartmentsofSociologyandtheJointPrograminSurveyMethodology.Hisresearchinterestsincludecross-culturalmethodology,interviewereffects,interviewer-respondentinteraction,surveyfalsification,paradata,andmodelingcomplexsurveydata.Hismanagementinterestslieintheplanningandimplementationoflarge-scalecomplexsurveys;morespecifically,inorganizationdevelopment,capacityandcapabilitybuildingindevelopingcountries,andprocessmanagement. Dr.Sharmahasclosetotwodecadesofexperienceintheprivatesector,mostrecentlyasSeniorVicePresidentforTAMIndia(aKantar-Nielsenjointventure)whereheheldresponsibilitiesspanningresearch,businessdevelopment,andcorporateaffairs.

Shilton, Katie

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Associate Professor

Stanley Presser

StanleyPresserisinterestedintheinterfacebetweensocialpsychologyandsurveymeasurement.Hisresearchfocusesonquestionnairedesignandtesting,theaccuracyofsurveyresponses,nonresponse,andethicalissuesstemmingfromtheuseofhumansubjects.HisbooksincludeQuestionsandAnswersinAttitudeSurveys(withHowardSchuman),SurveyQuestions(withJeanConverse),andMethodsforTestingandEvaluatingSurveyQuestionnaires(chiefeditor).Inadditiontobeingprofessorofsociology,heteachesintheJointPrograminSurveyMethodology,whichhefoundedin1992withcolleaguesattheUniversityofMichiganandWestat,Inc.HehasservedaseditorofPublicOpinionQuarterly,waspresidentoftheAmericanAssociationforPublicOpinionResearch,andisanelectedfellowoftheAmericanStatisticalAssociation.PresserwasdirectoroftheMarylandSurveyResearchCenterfrom1989to2000.

Stapleton, Laura M.

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Interim Dean and Professor

DrStapletonisinterestedintheanalysisofadministrativedataandsurveydataobtainedundercomplexsamplingdesigns,multilevellatentvariablemodels,testsofmediationwithinamultilevelframework

Steven G. Heeringa

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Senior Research Scientist at the University of Michigan Institute for Soci

Stewart, Kathleen E.

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Director
Professor

Susannah Paletz

Sweet, Tracy

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Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Maryland

TracySweetisanAssociateProfessorintheMeasurement,StatisticsandEvaluationprogramintheDepartmentofHumanDevelopmentandQuantitativeMethodology.Herresearchfocusesonmethodsforsocialnetworkanalysiswithparticularfocusonmultilevelsocialnetworkmodels.Recentprojectsincludenetworkinterferenceandmissingdata.SheservesastheAssociateDirectorofResearchforUMCPfortheMarylandLongitudinalDataSystemCenterandcurrentlyoverseeingprojectsonapplyingdatascienceandstatisticalmethodsonlarge-scaleeducationaldata.Finally,Dr.Sweetiscommittedtoimprovingdiversityinthefieldsofstatisticsandquantitativemethodology.SheservesontheDEIcommitteeforherdepartmentandtheCollege'sCouncilonRacialEquityandJustice,andisinterestedinexploringhowraceandethnicityisanalyzedinquantitativemethods.ShecompletedherPh.D.inStatisticsatCarnegieMellonUniversityandM.A.inMathematicsatMorganStateUniversity.

Thomas Gautschi - Chairman

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Chairman

Ting Yan

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Research Assistant Professor in the Survey Methodology Program

TingYanisaResearchAssistantProfessorintheSurveyMethodologyProgram.ShereceivedherPh.D.fromtheJointPrograminSurveyMethodologyin2005.Shecompletedherpost-doctoraltrainingattheInstituteforSocialResearch,UniversityofMichigan.ShehadworkedatNORCattheUniversityofChicagoasaSeniorSurveyMethodologistbeforejoiningtheSurveyMethodologyProgram.

Tracy Sweet

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Associate Professor in the Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation

Traunmüller

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Professor of Political Science and Empirical Democracy Research in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim.

IamaProfessorofPoliticalScienceandEmpiricalDemocracyResearchintheSchoolofSocialSciencesattheUniversityofMannheim.IamalsoaffiliatedwiththeInstituteofEmpirical-AnalyticalResearch(InFER)andtheResearchInstituteSocialCohesion(RISC)atGoetheUniversityFrankfurt.Previously,IheldpositionsattheGraduateSchoolofEconomicsandSocialSciences(GESS)inMannheim,GoetheUniversityFrankfurt,theUniversityofEssex,theMannheimCentreforEuropeanSocialResearch(MZES)aswellastheuniversitiesofBerneandKonstanz.Istudythesocio-structuralandpsycho-culturalrequisitesofdemocracywithastrongfocusonproblemsofsocialcohesionandconflict.Mycurrentresearchinvolvesthepoliticsoffreespeechandcensorship,citizens'preferencesformigrationpolicy,therural-urbanpoliticaldivideandthecivicconsequencesofwartimesexualviolence.Ialsohaveakeeninterestinquantitativepoliticalmethodology,includingBayesianmethods,datavisualizationandsurveyexperiments.MyworkhasbeenpublishedinBritishJournalofPoliticalScience,ComparativePoliticalStudies,PoliticalAnalysis,andSociologicalMethods&Research,amongothers.

Trent D. Buskirk

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Chairman of the Applied Statistics and Operations Research Department
Professor of Data Science

Valliant, Richard

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Research Professor Emeritus, ISR and JPSM, University of Maryland

Walejko, Gina K.

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Senior User Experience Researcher at Google

Wayne Lutters

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Professor and Associate Dean

WayneLuttersisaProfessorandAssociateDeanforStrategicInitiativesintheCollegeofInformationStudiesattheUniversityofMaryland.Wayne'sresearchinterestsareatthenexusofcomputer-supportedcooperativework(CSCW),cyberinfrastructure,andsocialinformatics.HespecializesinfieldstudiesofIT-mediatedwork,fromasocio-technicalperspective,tobetterinformthedesignandevaluationofcollaborativesystems.Recentprojectshavefocusedonthehuman-sideofinformationinfrastructure,especiallyfordistributedscientificteams.HehasservedasaProgramDirectorforHuman-CenteredComputingattheNationalScienceFoundation.HeearnedhisM.S.andPh.D.inInformationandComputerSciencefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine.

Wells, Rob

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Associate Professor, Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

Williams, Jody D.

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Executive Director - SoDa

Winter, Susan

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Associate Dean of Research

Dr.Winterstudiestheco-evolutionoftechnologyandworkpractices,andtheorganizationofwork.Shehasrecentlyfocusedonethicalissuessurroundingcivictechnologiesandsmartcities,thesocialandorganizationalchallengesofdatareuse,andcollaborationamonginformationworkersandscientistsactingwithinhighlyinstitutionalizedsociotechnicalsystems.Shehaspublishedover70refereedarticlesinjournals,conferenceproceedings,andeditedbooks.HerworkhasbeensupportedbytheU.S.NationalScienceFoundationandbytheInstituteofMuseumandLibraryServices.ShewaspreviouslyaScienceAdvisorintheDirectorateforSocialBehavioralandEconomicSciences,aProgramDirector,andActingDeputyDirectoroftheOfficeofCyberinfrastructureattheNationalScienceFoundationsupportingdistributed,interdisciplinaryscientificcollaborationforcomplexdata-drivenandcomputationalscience.ShereceivedherPhDfromtheUniversityofArizona,herMAfromtheClaremontGraduateUniversity,andherBAfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.

Yan, Ting

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Associate Director, Senior Survey Methodologist, Adjunct Research Assistant