George Alter is Research Professor Emeritus in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. His research integrates theory and methods from demography, economics, and family history with historical sources to understand demographic behaviors in the past. From 2007 to 2016 Alter was Director of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research,… Continue reading Alter,George Charles
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Jekielek,Susan M
Dr. Jekielek directs operations of ICPSR’s Education and Child Care Data Archives. While at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, she oversaw a portfolio of early care and education research grants, and worked with agencies across the government to track and improve measurement of child and family well-being in national surveys. She also… Continue reading Jekielek,Susan M
Ken Sylvester
Dr. Sylvester studies demographic and socioeconomic behavior in relation to environmental change. A historian by training, Sylvester uses census microdata, geo-spatial data, multivariate and simulation methods to study human-environment relationships, adaptive behavior, agrarian society and environmental impacts, mainly in western North America. Sylvester serves as PI and co-investigator on several awards (NIH, NSF, and SSHRC),… Continue reading Ken Sylvester
Joseph Alexander
J. Trent Alexander is the Associate Director of ICPSR and the Jerome M. Clubb Collegiate Research Professor in the Institute for Social Research. Alexander is a historical demographer and builds social science data infrastructure. He is currently leading the Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage Project (joint with Katie Genadek) and Data Sharing for Demographic Research.… Continue reading Joseph Alexander
Hoelter,Lynette F
Lynette Hoelter is an associate archivist at ICPSR and a research affiliate of the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. At ICPSR, she is involved in projects related to quantitative reasoning and statistical literacy, especially within the undergraduate social science curriculum. Lynette is also Principal Investigator of a project to preserve and disseminate… Continue reading Hoelter,Lynette F
Owen-Smith,Jason D
Jason Owen-Smith is a sociologist who examines how science, commerce, and the law cohere and conflict in contemporary societies and economies. Together with collaborators, Jason works on projects that examine the dynamics of high-technology industries, the public value of the research university, and the network organization of surgical care. He seeks to understand how organizations, institutions, and networks… Continue reading Owen-Smith,Jason D
Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi
Dirgha J. Ghimire is a social demographer and Research Professor at the Population Studies Center, as well as a Faculty Associate at the Survey Research Center within the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. He also serves as Executive Director of the Institute for Social and Environmental Research Nepal (ISER-N) in Chitwan, Nepal. Dr.… Continue reading Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi
Conrad,Frederick G
Dr. Conrad is a survey methodologist whose recent work has focused on respondents’ understanding of survey questions. He also studies biases in respondents’ judgments about the frequency of their behaviors, the effect of automatic progress feedback on respondents’ willingness to continue filling out a questionnaire, and the decision to participate in a survey among potential… Continue reading Conrad,Frederick G
Pamela Davis-Kean
Dr. Davis-Kean’s research continues to evolve as she seeks the various pathways that socio-economic status (SES) of parents relates to the outcomes of their children. Davis-Kean’s primary focus is on parental educational attainment and how it can influence the development of the home environment throughout childhood, adolescence, and the transition to adulthood. Achievement is the… Continue reading Pamela Davis-Kean
Weir,David R
Dr. Weir is a Research Professor in the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research and Director of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). He has led the transformation of the HRS into a world-leading biosocial survey combining its traditional excellence as a longitudinal survey with direct biological measures of health, genetics, linked… Continue reading Weir,David R