PROFESSOR JON KROSNICK
Lab Director
Jon is a social psychologist who does research on attitude formation, changes, and effects, on the psychology of political behavior, and on current survey research methods. He is the Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and (by courtesy) Psychology. At Stanford, besides his professorships, he directs the Political Psychology Research Group and the Summer Institute in Political Psychology.
BO MACINNIS, PhD
Lecturer
Bo MacInnis is a Ph.D. economist from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research focuses on climate change and survey research methods. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication, and regularly collaborates with Jon on climate change research.
Researcher, SOM Institute, University of Gothenburg, and PPRG Team Member
Sebastian earned his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His main research interest is in survey methodology and is working with Jon as a postdoc within the Replication Project.
Post Doc
Lauren earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology at Stanford University. She is interested in public communication about political issues, motivated reasoning, and public distrust in opinion polls.
MATTHEW BERENT, PhD
PPRG Team Member
Mattew Berent earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology at The Ohio State University. He runs his own consulting firm and worked with Jon on survey question design and voting behavior. His research interests include human-computer interactions and consumer data.
MATTHEW DeBELL, PhD
Director of Stanford Operations, American National Election Studies, PPRG Team Member
Matthew DeBell earned his Ph.D. in government at Georgetown University. DeBell has been Director of Operations for the American National Election Studies since 2006. His research areas include questionnaire design and public opinion.
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
 TAYLOR ORTH Taylor is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Stanford. Her research interests include families, relationships, gender, demography, and public opinion. |
 ADINA ABELES
Adina is a Ph.D. student concentrating in political communication. Her research interests include public attitudes, beliefs and behaviors about global warming and other partisan environmental issues. |
 SAMY SEKAR Samantha (Samy) Sekar is a Ph.D. student in the interdisciplinary environment and resources program and a David and Lucille Packard Foundation Fellow. She researches how to estimate public opinion at state and local levels, so that public opinion data is more relevant for policymakers.
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CATHERINE CHENCURRENT GRADUATE & UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
 KAREN KUROSAWA Karen is a junior interested in public policy and ethics. She is interested in comparative politics and international trade. Karen is a writer for the news section of the Stanford Daily and also enjoys food writing. She spends her free time volunteering for events related to arts and culture. |
 DANIEL IBELING Daniel is a junior majoring in economics. He is interested in the intersection between policy and labor economics. He spends his free time traveling, going to art museums, and playing poker. |
 ZECHENG WANG Zecheng is a sophomore majoring in political science. He wants to explore the intersection between political economy and data science within his major, while branching out into other social science endeavors at large. During his free time, he enjoys spending time with friends, watching TV shows, and visiting interesting places. |
 CASS KRAMER Cass is a freshman at Stanford looking to study politics and history. He also has broader interests in ethics, political philosophy, and economics theory. In his free time, he enjoys reading novels, camping, and hiking. |
 MICHEAL BROWN Micheal is a freshman interested in economics and political science, with a keen interest in international trade policy and tax policy. Micheal is involved in the Stanford Black Student Union, Stanford Economics Association, and Stanford in Government. He spends his free time watching Netflix, playing tennis, and having engaging conversations. |
 LUCAS SIMOES Lucas is a freshman at Stanford pursuing a major in economics with a focus on finance and minor international relations. He likes to spend his time outside the lab keeping up to date with events in the financial sector and playing his bass guitar. |
SARAH GULLER Sarah is freshman interested in politics, economics, and policy-making. She is involved with Stanford Women in Business and is a member of the Public Policy Forum committee of Stanford in Government. In her free time, Sarah enjoys painting, traveling abroad, and experiencing new cuisines. |
MICHAELA KEEFE Michaela is a junior at Stanford studying political science and communications. She is especially interested in political psychology, political economies and development, and the ethics of political elections. Michaela is a member of the Stanford Women’s Varsity Volleyball team and enjoys hiking and traveling in her free time. |
 JESSICA GONZALES Jessica Gonzales is a freshman pursuing a major in political science, with an interest in psychology, philosophy and international relations. Jessica is currently involved with the Senate Associate Program, Stanford in Government, and the Frosh Service Liaison program, where she works on dorm-wide service projects in the community with an emphasis on sustainability. In her free time, she enjoys editing, cross-stitching, visiting museums, and attending Stanford sponsored political events. |
THERESA NELSON Theresa is a freshman who is double majoring in Public Policy and Spanish. One day she hopes to attend law school and pursue a job in politics or government. Some of her passions include gender equity activism and service, particularly with the Special Needs community. In her free time she loves being outdoors, reading, exploring new places, making friends, and eating. |
LENA HAN Lena is a freshman interested in politics, art, and economics; she loves exploring unconventional intersections between these three subjects. In her free time, she enjoys playing piano, listening to podcasts, and discussing controversial opinions.
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FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University. |
Survey Scientist – Growth, Facebook, Menlo Park, CA |
Senior Vice President, Marketing Sciences, Ipsos Marketing, Cincinnati, Ohio |
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego |
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Associate Professor, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York. |
The Strategy Team, Columbus, Ohio. |
Associate Professor, Departments of Public Administration and Psychology, The University of Illinois at Chicago. |
Vice President of Litigation Research, The Strategy Team, Columbus, Ohio. |
Research Psychologist, The Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. |
Founder, LearnRig, Charleston, South Carolina |
Director, Strategic Analytics Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, Ohio. |
Professor of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom |
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University |
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Texas-Austin |
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Union College, Schenectady,New York |
Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, New York University |
Associate Professor of Environmental Politics, University of California, Santa Barbara |
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Assistant Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin |
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, University of Michigan |
Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois |
Design Researcher at Microsoft |
Associate Professor of Psychology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas |
LAURA DIONNE Data Manager, Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University |
Attorney at Durie Tangri, San Francisco, California |
Professor of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
Associate Professor of Psychology, Bates College |
Research Scientist, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Columbus, Ohio |
PhD candidate in the Department of Communication at Stanford |
Associate Professor of Communication, University at Buffalo |
Senior Research Scientist at Ubisoft, San Francisco, California |
Assistant Professor,Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University |
Data Scientist/ Research Manager at Apple |
Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago |
Vice President, Methodology, Survey Monkey, Palo Alto, California |
Ph.D. Candidate in Political Communication, Stanford University |
Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, Stanford University |
Attorney at Special Counsel, Washington D.C. |
Senior Researcher, Education Program, American Institutes for Research, Washington D.C |
Vice President for Public Affairs Research, The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, Chicago, Illinois |
Assistant Professor of Research at Institute of Policy Research, Northwestern University |
Market Research Statistics Specialist at Apple |
Assistant Professor of Political Communication, University of Amsterdam |
JENNIFER GARST Executive Director at Story County Community Foundation, Ames, IA |
Post-doctoral Fellow, Woodrow Wilson School, Georgetown University |
Executive Vice President Rhodes Wellness College |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University |
Coordinator of Research Programs Survey Research Laboratory |
Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel |
Head of Onsite Customer Journey/ Data-driven Merchandising, Zalando |
YAO CHIA CHUANG Taiwan National University, Taipei, Taiwan |
Senior Design Methodologist, Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC |
FAN LI |
Marketing and UX Consultant, ArchPatent.com |
Assistant Vice President-R&D,Farmers Insurance |
ANNABELL SUH PhD candidate in the Department of Communication at Stanford |
LORI GAUTHIER Director of Marketing Research at Zendesk |
PhD candidate in the Department of Communication at Stanford |
ANDREW PEARLMUTTER Stanford Graduate School of Business Student |
AHRA CHO Student in Harvard Law School |
Visiting Scholar, University of California, Davis, Head of Methodology Lab, Quantrics |
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AMANDA MCLEAN Stanford University, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law |
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ALICE KATHMANDU Graduate School of Education at Stanford |
IRVING J. CULPEPPER |
Faculty, School of Psychology, Walden University |
JAMES ASHENHURST |
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PHILIP J. CORNET |
KATHERINE A. KOST
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FORMER VISITING PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
HENNING SILBER University of Goettingen |
University of Gothenburg |
University of Goettingen |
Harvard University |
FORMER VISITING SCHOLARS/POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS/RESEARCH STAFF
Research Fellow, City University of London |
Freelance Methodologist |
LAURA DIONNE (formerly Laura Lowe) Data Manager, Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University |
Certified Nurse Practitioner, Optima Behavioral Health |
Coordinator of Research Programs Survey Research Laboratory |
SARAH L. BULLOCH, Ph.D. Research Fellow in Social Sciences, University of Southampton |
Assistant Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University |
Professor of Political Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
Researcher, European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations, Utrecht University |
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Yeshiva University |
Studies Director, Lund University |
Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan |
TESS HEINTZE Director, Profile Group, Knowledge Networks |
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FORMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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Adam Ting Ahnviet Nguyen Aimee Trujillo Aldric Ulep Alex Lee Alex Monahan Alice Cheung Ali Romero Allison Dencker Althea Wallop Alyse Long Amanda Shull Amber Farrell Amy Stanonik Andrew Hanson Andrew Keaveney Andy Nyugen Angela Bash Anh Doan Anne Pipathsouk Annie Coonan Autumn Carter Bana Hatzey Betsy Harris Bo Dwyer Bobby Gyesi Brent Hite Brian Lam Britanny Arboleda Brookes Hammock Bryan Johnson Carey Schwartz Caroline Galindo Catherine Fisher Chia Xiong Chris Messmer Christina Sepe Christopher Middleton Chuong Phan Conan Liu Cue Orr Daniel Agness Daniel Blocksom Daniela Gonzalez Dante Williams David Kay Deborah Oh Dena Rogers Denise Klaus Dia Velasco Dora Duru Dustin Dienhart Ebony Carroll Elaine Albertson Eleanor Walker Elizabeth Fredland Terrell Edwards |
Ellen Cerf Emily Chen Emily Macinnis Enoch Jaeger Erica Adams Erin Pontell Esther Yoon Eva Jellison Eyal Ophir Fayona James Felicia Cote Gabriella Levikow Gena Eddy Gillian Bach Glenn Yamada Graham Bazell Greg Robinson Hassan Karaouni Hector Santa-Cruz Hillary Wilson Hiyabel Tewoldmedhi Huey Tran Ibrahim Bharmal Ifath Casillas Issa Yousif Jack Herrera Jacob Randolph Jade Wang Jakia Waller James Hancock Janelle Cornwall Jasmin Kamruddin Jason Scott Jelani Munroe Jen Ying Zhen Ang Jenilee Deal Jeremy Cook Jeremy Liggett Jerry Lee Jessica Romero Jessica Six Jessy Klima Jinu Hwang Joe Sexton Jon Murray Jonathan Bentley Joniece Williams Joseph Wu Josh Harder Joy Baskin Juanita Wright Julia Kho Julia Purcell Julie Lein Justin Lin Kaitlin Haladay Alex Hou |
Kameela Majied Karl Schmidt Katherine Krem Katie Gera Kavya Shankar Keenan Kelly Kellsey Beal Kelly Hernandez Kelsey Neufeld Kenji Hata Kevin Beane Kimberly Dokes Konnie Toth Kue Chang Kyle Abraham Lance Cidre LaRena Woods Laura Dionne Laura Hodapp Laura McCully Lesley White Leslie Mercado Lezley Kijowski Lilly Wolfson Linden Moot Lindsay Rosston Liz Quinlan Lucy Gibbs Luis Negrete Mac Abruzzo Mai El-Sadany Mariam Yao Mario Suntanu Marissa Lopez Mark Carrington Mary Elizabeth Ho Mary McCann Maya Balaknshnan Meghan McCall Melody Alonzo Meredith Manda Michael Tichy Michelle Hunnicutt Moiead Charawi Molly Wallace Monica Adibe Monika Cooley Monique Flemming Monique Murphy Mrinalini Raina Natasha Kim Neil Heldman Nikki Obel Noelle Spring Onish Etkins Pa Nhia Vang Darius Namzi |
Patricia Ho Patricia Nowak Peggy Caldwell Petar Penkov Peter Tu Rachel Linn Rachel Riddle Ravenna Armstrong Rebecca Orosco Regina Owens Regina Sutch Rob Krummen Robert Hudson Roger Davis Roger Yang Roger Yang Saamon Legoski Sam Larson Sam Storey Samia El Baroudy Sarah Campbell Sarah De La Garza Sarina Morgan Soriano-Taylor Schelli Cavenaugh Schen Diggs Shanta Adwoa Annan Shiela Holstein Son Tran Sondra Crayton Sonia Jones Stephanie Grey Stephen Quinonez Steve Zhang Sukhi Samra Susie Choi Tammy Luo Tashiko White Taylor Sihavong Tisha Lavette Chisholm Tom Herby Tracey Moffo Traci Adair Tracy Vu Trey Whiteman Vang Xiong Vonn Javier Wendy Smith Wesley Ford Xavier Fields Yibai Shu Yo-Yo Shuang Chen Zak Whittington Jamie Rodriguez Shelly Wang Gillian Dee Rachael Ku
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PPRG Summer
2017
From left to right: Nikki Obel, Lindsay Rosston, Marissa Lopez, Meredith Manda, Ali Romero, Xavier Fields, Emily MacInnis, Sebastian Lundmark, Dr. Jon Krosnick, and Katherine Krem