Longtime UWSC client, Dr. Mark Courtney, with the University of Chicago Chapin Hall has released a new site exploring the data collected from the Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth, also known as the Midwest Young Adult (MYA) Study while it was administered by the UWSC in the early 2000s.
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UWSC’s Jordyn Jenjak Awarded 2022 Alfred Reschke Award for Academic Excellence in Sociology
Please join us in congratulating UWSC Shift Leader & CAR student Jordyn Jenjak for winning the 2022 Alfred Reschke Award for Academic Excellence in Sociology. The scholarship award honors the late Alfred Reschke, a former student and assistant in the Sociology Department at UW-Madison and supports outstanding undergraduate students in the Department of Sociology at UW-Madison.
UWSC Senior Programmer, Brendan Day awarded 2022 “Unsung Hero” IT Recognition Award
Brendan’s work encompasses all modes of data collection and touches every department at UWSC. His creation and support of the Project Operations Database (POD), management of the online ASM elections, and development and maintenance of numerous custom applications (among many other achievements) has played a critical role in making UWSC the successful organization it is today.
Dr. Carol Roan and Dr. Michal Engelman talk about the UWSC-administered Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Take a look (and a listen) to Dr. Carol Roan and Dr. Michal Engelman talking about the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. We are honored to continue our work on this landmark study.
John Stevenson, UWSC Associate Director Wins the 2022 John M. Kennedy Achievement Award, Named 2022-2023 AASRO President
Please join us in congratulating our UWSC Associate Director, John Stevenson! John was awarded the 2022 John M. Kennedy Achievement award by the Association of Academic Survey Research Organizations (AASRO). Additionally, John was named the 2022-2023 AASRO President, where he will direct AASRO activities and preside over meetings.
UWSC Senior Project Director Ken Croes to Moderate QUALPOR Learning Bursts Panel on Online Focus Groups
UWSC Senior Project Director Ken Croes will moderate a panel on online focus groups for QUALPOR, the qualitative affinity group of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR).
Cold, Hard E-Cash: Distributing Survey Participation Incentives through Mobile Pay Applications
In recent years, the rising popularity of online surveys has led to a new set of challenges for survey researchers, particularly as it concerns the distribution of survey participation incentives. Traditionally, respondents receive monetary incentives via direct mail in the form of cash or check, but this approach poses a problem for members of online samples, whose residential addresses may not be available.
La Follette Policy Poll – exploring Wisconsinites’ points of view
The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs has released the results of the La Follette Policy Poll. The results of the poll help to explore Wisconsinites’ attitudes about policy issues at both the …
UWSC Faculty Director, Dr. Jennifer Dykema, Secures New Federal Grants from NICHD
Principal Investigator, Lawrence Berger, and UWSC Faculty Director and Co-Investigator, Jennifer Dykema, have been awarded NICHD R01 for their work “Improving Data Collection of Debt and Financial Strain to Assess Health Impacts of Economic Insecurity.”
Featured Artist – CLEAN (Campus Leaders for Energy Action Now)
The UWSC Art Gallery is currently featuring a new mural collection created by CLEAN (Campus Leaders for Energy Action Now), a coalition of student organizations, students, and community members dedicated to committing the University of Wisconsin – Madison to 100% clean energy by 2035.