Jacek Kraszewski will join the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on January 1, 2015. Jacek has a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a concentration in …
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Wave 1 of the CalYOUTH Study Final Youth Report Released
In 2012, the UWSC conducted 727 in-person interviews with 17-year olds in foster care across the state of California, achieving a 95.3% response rate.The UWSC will be following up with these youth at age 19 …
UWSC welcomes Nadia Assad as a project director
Nadia Assad joined the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on November 1, 2014. Nadia has a Master’s degree in Sociology from the UW-Madison, and has taught and lectured at both …
UWSC welcomes Rob Schultz as a programmer
Rob Schultz joined the UW Survey Center IT team as a programmer on November 1, 2014. Rob has many years of experience working with the field operations group at UWSC. He started as a CATI …
UWSC welcomes Dr. Margarete Wichmann as a project director
Dr. Margarete Wichmann joined the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on October 1, 2014. Margarete has recently completed her Ph.D in Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and …
UWSC welcomes Marie Nitschke as a database administrator and web programmer
Marie Nitschke joined the UW Survey Center as a database administrator and web programmer in August, 2014. Prior to joining UWSC Marie was an analyst at Tetra Tech, Inc., where she worked on all facets …
UWSC staff participate in the 39th annual conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR)
UWSC staff will present papers at the annual meeting of the 2014 conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) in Chicago, Illinois on November 21-22 (staff names appear in bold). One paper …
UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Alumni Surveys
WSC contacted over 8,000 UW-Madison L&S Alumni to participate in a mixed mode web/mail survey regarding their opinions about their time at UW-Madison, and their current career status as alumni.
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Microbiome Pilot
UWSC conducted a series of focus groups, then launched a pilot effort to collect human microbiome samples, drinking water samples and tests, and a self-administered questionnaire from a subset of Graduate and Sibling participants and their spouses or partners for the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS).
National Academies Press releases report, Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault
A panel assembled by the National Research Council’s Committee on National Statistics has released a study that reviews issues in measuring rape and sexual assault. The panel, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) …