Education

I earned my PhD in Survey Research and Methodology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2011. As a survey methodologist, I am skilled in the design and administration of surveys and the analysis of survey data.

Professional Experience

I am currently an independent survey methodologist and statistical analyst. Since 2015, I have been working with a small team of sociologists and policy researchers to develop a survey measure of transportation insecurity. Between 2020 and 2021, I was an advisor to several large-scale evaluation projects in Nebraska. Betwen 2015 and 2020, I partnered with Polco, the developer of an online civic engagement platform, to provide guidance on questionnaire design and data collection methods to local municipalities throughout the United States.

As a survey researcher at Mathematica (formerly Mathematica Policy Research), I contributed to the questionnaire design and data collection methods for surveys of program participants (e.g., those receiving unemployment benefits or in-home primary care). To make better use of my data analysis skills, I moved to the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research, first working on separate studies of adolescent physical activity and drug use and then as an assistant research scientist with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (the world’s longest-running household panel survey), where I joined a team navigating the development and introduction of an online survey response option.

As a graduate student, I worked at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center (PPC). Notably, the City of Lincoln contracted with the PPC on citizen surveys, including a recurring city-wide survey about the biannual city budget cycle.