The UW Survey Center retains an excellent, highly trained project staff including project directors, programmers, field staff, and business staff, who ensure that every project moves smoothly from inception to completion.
Center Directors
Jennifer Dykema
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Faculty Director, Associate Professor of Sociology
Email:
dykema
Phone: (608) 262-8385
Project Directors
Nadia Assad
Credentials: M.S.
Position title: Senior Project Director
Email:
nassad
Phone: (608) 890-2453
Jacob Boelter
Credentials: M.P.A.
Position title: Project Director
Email:
jtboelter
Phone: (608) 265-5404
Bob Cradock
Credentials: M.S.
Position title: Senior Project Director
Email:
rcradock
Phone: (608) 265-9885
Kenneth Croes
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Senior Project Director
Email:
kcroes
Phone: 608-261-1561
Kerryann DiLoreto
Credentials: M.S.
Position title: Senior Project Director
Email:
kdiloret
Phone: (608) 265-6598
Andrew Forslund
Position title: Assistant Project Director
Email:
aforslund
Phone: (608) 265-4600
Nathan Jones
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Senior Project Director
Email:
nrjones
Phone: (608) 890-4724
Chad Kniss
Credentials: M.S.
Position title: Senior Project Director
Email:
ckniss
Phone: (608) 262-4157
Griselle Sánchez-Diettert
Position title: Senior Project Director
Email:
gsanchez
Phone: (608) 262-2164
Garrett Wartenweiler
Position title: Project Director
Email:
gwartenw
Phone: (608) 263-3139
Margarete Wichmann
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Senior Project Director
Email:
mwichmann
Phone: (608) 890-2452
Carol Wintheiser
Position title: Project Director
Email:
wintheiser
Phone: (608) 890-4388
Karen Zoladz
Credentials: M.A.
Position title: Director of Project Management
Email:
zoladz
Phone: (608) 265-9866
Programmers
Field Staff
Leo Schultz
Position title: Mail and Data Entry Supervisor
Email:
laschultz
Phone: (608) 890-4319
Business Staff
Carrie Barrett
Position title: Business Office Manager
Email:
cbarrett
Phone: (608) 262-8403
Affiliates
Rosie Bae
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Data and Analytics Lead, Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA)
Email:
rosie.bae
Nora Cate Schaeffer
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Sewell Bascom Professor of Sociology, Emerita
Email:
schaeffe
James Yonker
Credentials: Ph.D., M.P.H.
Position title: Director of the Office of Strategic Diversity Planning and Research, Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA)
Email:
james.yonker
Shiftleading Staff
Shift Leaders at work
The University of Wisconsin Survey Center retains a highly trained and professional interviewing staff. Before hiring an interviewer the UWSC conducts a personal interview, thoroughly checks the candidate's references, performs a mock interview, and administers a typing competency test. Only those who perform well in all areas are considered for the interviewing position. Besides a multi-day training period immediately after hiring, all interviewers attend study-specific briefings before a new project begins to ensure the interviewer is well prepared to deal with issues and answer questions from respondents pertaining to the study when they call. Interviewers are also monitored monthly by a Shift Leader to ensure high quality data collection.
Shift Leaders are generally promoted from the current interviewing staff and represent the best skills in communication, supervision,interviewing, instructing, and motivating. Shift leaders are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Survey Center as well as maintaining a highly positive and professional work environment.
CATI Shiftleaders
Rebekah Bonin
Email:
rrbonin
Andrew Fox
Email:
amfox5
Abram Hopp
Email:
ajhopp
Hannah Kennedy
Email:
hlkennedy
Ady Phillips
Email:
ajphillips7
Joanna Wilson
Email:
jcwilson8
Field Operations Shiftleaders
Milwaukee Area Family Finances Study (MAFFS)
Amy, Ariel, Brenda, Christina H, Christina W, Emma, Laurie, Martha, Noel, Ronita, Shannon, Toni, and Virginia are Interviewers for the Milwaukee Area Family Finances Study (MAFFS).
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) ILIAD project
John, Rita, Vickie, Sarah, Julie, Christina, Jill, Hannah, and Jeremy are Interviewers for the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) ILIAD project.
Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) project
John, Rita, Virginia, Martha, Erin, Thomas, Nancy, and Kanika are Interviewers for the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) project.
Steering (Executive) Committee
Responsibilities of the Steering Committee:
- Provide policy direction for the Center Provide budgetary oversight
- Conduct search for Director; recommend candidate for Director to the Dean Review annual report of the Director
- Advise the Director and Associate Directors on policy and operational issues
- Participate in the Center’s strategic planning
- Promote the position of the Center throughout the University
- Participate in Center’s efforts to secure external funding
- Promote the interests of the Center within and outside the UW-Madison
Betty Chewning
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Professor, Social and Administrative Sciences Division - School of Pharmacy
J. Michael Collins
Credentials: MPP, Ph.D.
Position title: Assistant Professor - Department of Consumer Science, Faculty Director - Center for Financial Security
Jennifer Dykema
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Faculty Director, Associate Professor of Sociology
Mari Palta
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Professor, Departments of Population Health Sciences & Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Stephanie Robert
Credentials: MSW, Ph.D.
Position title: Professor; Director - School of Social Work
Nora Cate Schaeffer
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Sewell Bascom Professor of Sociology, Emerita
Michael Wagner
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Professor - School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Director of Graduate Studies