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Larry A. Hembroff, Ph.D.
Larry Hembroff, Ph.D., (Sociology, Washington State University,
1978) joined the MSU faculty in 1987 after nine years in the Sociology
Department of Radford University in Virginia. A year later, he was
asked to establish and develop the Office for Survey Research, which
then launched its first telephone survey in early 1989.
He oversees the methodological approaches of OSR at all phases,
including sampling designs, training, questionnaire development,
data collection, data processing and analysis.
He has published several monographs, and numerous research articles
in such journals as Social Psychology Quarterly, Social Forces,
the American Journal of Sociology, and others. He has authored or
co-authored dozens of research reports over a wide range of topics
for foundations, state and county government agencies, municipalities,
and university administrative offices. And, he has authored numerous
briefing papers based on the State of the State Surveys. Beyond
research for clients, he has an on-going interest in and has conducted
a variety of experiments exploring survey methodology.
In 2002, he received the Outstanding Supervisor Award, based on
nominations by OSR staff. In 2003, he received the Distinguished
Academic Specialist Award from MSU. Larry is available at (517)
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Clark
Karen Clark is the Senior Project Manager at OSR. Since the late
1980s she has worked on research projects of various types, including
IPSSR’s State of the State Survey, Random Digit Dial (RDD)
statewide surveys, family issues, and BRFS related projects. She
has extensive training with OSR's Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing
(CATI) system and Computer Assisted Survey Execution System (CASES)
software and with several statistical and database packages. She
annually manages and programs over 20 telephone, mail, and data
entry projects, and has taken the lead in developing IPPSR's web
survey capability. As the primary CASES programmer, she works with
the University of California at Berkley, which develops the software,
by testing new versions, troubleshooting problems, and making sure
that the data-entry, interview, and coding instruments work properly.
Karen is available at (517) 353-1764 and clarkk@msu.edu. |
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Lerena Cunningham
Ms. Cunningham is the data entry operator at OSR. She is responsible
for assembling advance letter mailings for telephone surveys, questionnaires
and incentives for mailed surveys, for data entry of mailed questionnaires,
and for coding open-ended responses in some telephone surveys. She
has been with OSR since May 2001. Ms. Cunningham is available at
(517) 353-1762 or cunni161@msu.edu. |
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Nathaniel Ehrlich, Ph.D.
Nat Ehrlich, Ph.D. came to IPPSR in 2003 as a Survey Research
Specialist. He has authored more than a dozen papers in survey research
methodology and statistics, and has conducted survey research on business
leaders, elected officials, university students, persons with disabilities,
and adults who have been in foster care.
Prior to his involvement in survey research, Nat taught psychology
at the University of Michigan and City College, City University of
New York, and conducted research in a wide variety of topics, including
forensic psychiatry, animal behavior, and mathematical modeling of
human learning and performance. He is available at (517) 353-2639
and Nathaniel.Ehrlich@ssc.msu.edu.
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Jill Hardy
Jill Hardy serves as project manager at OSR. Current projects
include working with the the PRAMS project and PROST-QA, a multi-year
panel study. She comes to OSR with over 10 years experience in project
and personnel management. As a graduate student in MSU’s Department
of Horticulture, Jill has been involved with various types of survey
research since 1998 and authored several journal articles in that
field. She holds a degree in Biology. She has training and education
in business marketing management and research. Jill is available
at (517) 353-1765 and hardyjil@msu.edu.
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Debra Rusz, M.A.
Ms. Rusz is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at MSU. She holds degrees
in Wildlife Management and Environmental Sociology. She has worked
at OSR for six years and has worked as a data and project manager
for the MBRFS for the past four. Her primary assignment is managing
the MBRFS and other BRFS-type surveys such as the Osteoporosis/Arthritis,
and the Cancer surveys. She also manages the PRAMS project and has
played key project management and data management roles on hundreds
of other OSR projects, including the childhood immunization surveys.
She has also been involved in statistical analysis and report writing
for clients. Debra is available at (517) 353-1766 and ruszdebr@msu.edu. |
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Linda Stork
Linda Stork is OSR ’s Director of Survey Operations. She joined the OSR staff in 2007 after 20 years experience in national field and telephone surveys. At OSR, Ms. Stork is responsible for recruiting and training interviewers and supervisors, ensuring the use and development of survey research best practices, and directing and monitoring day-to-day data collection activities of OSR’s Survey Research Lab. She began her career at the University of California at Berkeley’s Survey Research Center. Prior to joining MSU, Ms. Stork worked with other highly regarded research organizations, including Wilder Research, the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), RAND, Westat and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. She has experience designing survey instruments, developing training programs and managing large and small telephone and face-to-face surveys. Ms. Stork has recruited, trained and managed interviewing staffs for health, labor, environmental, education and other public policy surveys, many requiring multicultural sensitivities and bilingual interviewers. Linda is available at (517) 432-0847 and linda.stork@ssc.msu.edu.
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