People

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@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-8385

John Stevenson

Position title: Associate Director

Email: stevenso@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-9032

Project Directors

Nadia Assad

Credentials: M.S.

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: nassad@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-2453

Bob Cradock

Credentials: M.S.

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: rcradock@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-9885

Kenneth Croes

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: kcroes@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-6928

Kerryann DiLoreto

Credentials: M.S.

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: kdiloret@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-6598

Kelly Elver

Position title: Project Management Director

Email: kelver@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-7360

Jaime Faus

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: jfaus@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-5757

Nathan Jones

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: nrjones@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-4724

Chad Kniss

Credentials: M.S.

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: ckniss@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-4157

Vicki Lein

Credentials: M.S.

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: vlein@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-3427

Griselle Sánchez-Diettert

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: gsanchez@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-2164

Garrett Wartenweiler

Position title: Project Director

Email: gwartenw@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-3139

Margarete Wichmann

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Project Director

Email: mwichmann@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-2452

Carol Wintheiser

Position title: Project Director

Email: wintheiser@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-4388

Karen Zoladz

Credentials: M.S.

Position title: Senior Project Director

Email: zoladz@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-9866

Programmers

Brendan Day

Position title: Programmer

Email: bday@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-2285

Kate Krueger

Position title: Programmer

Email: kgolen@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-2234

Marie Nitschke

Position title: Programmer

Email: mnitschke@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-2835

Augie Salick

Position title: Programmer

Email: asalick@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-4064

Chris Schlapper

Position title: Programmer

Email: cschlapper@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-1057

Eric White

Position title: Technology Director

Email: ewhite@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-4066

Field Staff

Steve Coombs

Position title: Field Director

Email: scoombs@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-5603

Joe Degnitz

Credentials: M.S.

Position title: CATI Supervisor

Email: jdegnitz@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-2680

Tom Francis

Position title: Tracing Supervisor

Email: thfrancis@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-1883

Ben Larson

Position title: CATI Supervisor

Email: blarson8@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-0112

Cory Schmidt

Position title: CATI Supervisor

Email: ckschmidt@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-3904

Leo Schultz

Position title: Mail and Data Entry Supervisor

Email: laschultz@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-4319

Nick Schultz

Position title: Field Supervisor

Email: nschultz@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-4316

Rob Schultz

Position title: Field Supervisor

Email: rob.schultz@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-3820

Business Staff

Carrie Barrett

Position title: Business Office Manager

Email: cbarrett@ssc.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-8403

Magda Danielson

Position title: Business Office

Email: mdanielson4@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-0111

Affiliates

Nora Cate Schaeffer

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Sewell Bascom Professor of Sociology, Emerita

Email: schaeffe@ssc.wisc.edu

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

CAPI Quality Control Specialists

Paige Bartelt

Email: pjbartelt@wisc.edu

Kevin Wong

Email: wong26@wisc.edu

Diana Zarate

Email: zarate2@wisc.edu

Mail & Data Entry Shiftleaders

Andy Hanson

Email: ajhanson6@wisc.edu

Ben Hefko

Email: hefko@wisc.edu

Community Resources Study (CORES)

Rita and Jocie are Interviewers for the Community Resources Study (CORES)

Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) ILIAD project

John, Rita, and Vickie are Interviewers for the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) ILIAD 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