Survey Methodologists, Statisticians, and Data Scientists are in high demand!  A 2018 survey of Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science alumni indicates that job titles go beyond "Survey Methodologist" or "Survey and Data Scientist".  Our alumni are Statisticians, Survey Scientists, Sampling Statisticians, Analysts and Data Scientists to name a few titles.   Nearly 100% of MPSDS graduates are employed and they are accepting positions in exciting places.

Our alumni are working at places like Pew Research, Survey Monkey, US Census Bureau, Qualtrics, UCLA, Market Strategies International, University of Manchester, Research Triangle Institute, Uber, Boston Children's Hospital, NORC at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan Survey Research Center and the University of Nebraska. 

Doctoral Alumni

 

Student Name	Year of Graduation	Dissertation Committee Chair	Dissertation Title	Current employer
Shiyu Zhang	2023	James Wagner and Brady West	Combining Adaptive Survey Design with Post-Survey Weighting Adjustment	University of Michigan/Institute for Social Research
Ai Rene Ong	2022	Michael Elliott and Sunghee Lee	Measuring Network Size and Recruitment Productivity in Respondent Driven Sampling	American Institutes for Research
Fernanda Alvarado Leiton	2021	Sunghee Lee and Rachel Davis	Using Balanced Scales to Address Acquiescent Response Style	Universidad de Costa Rica
Ali Rafei	2021	Michael Elliott	Robust and Efficient Bayesian Inference for Large-scale Non-probability Samples	Meta
Huiying Yan	2020	Fred Conrad	Memory Bookmarking: Using In Situ Information to Promote Recall in Online Data Collection	Facebook
Brian Wells	2020	Steven Heeringa and James Lepkowski	Non-observation of Recurrent Biomeasures Collected in Longitudinal Panel Surveys	NORC
Roberto Mellipilan	2019	Steven Heeringa and James Lepkowski	Careless Survey Respondents: Approaches to Identify and Reduce their Negative Impacts on Survey Estimates	Universidad del Desarrollo
Sharan Sharma	2018	Mike Elliott	Paradata, Interviewing Quality, and Interviewer Effects	University of Maryland, College Park
Felicitas Mittereder	2018	Brady West	Predicting and Preventing Breakoff in Web Surveys	Meta
Mengyao Hu	2018	Sunghee Lee and Jacqui Smith	Anchoring Vignettes for Health Comparisons: The Validity of a Multidimensional IRT Model Approach and Design Improvements Using Visual Vignettes	University of Michigan/Institute for Social Research
Kristen Cibelli	2017	Fred Conrad	The Effects of Respondent Commitment and Feedback on Response Quality in Online Surveys	National Center for Health Statistics
ShinJung (Julia) Lee	2017	T.E Raghunathan and Steven Heeringa	Adaptive Design to Adjust for Unit Nonresponse Using an External Micro-level Benchmark
Jack Chen	2016	Michael Elliott	Using LASSO to Calibrate Nonprobability Samples Using Probability Samples	Amazon
Chris Antoun	2015	Fred Conrad	Mobile Web Surveys: a First Look at Measurement, Nonresponse, and Coverage Errors	University of Maryland, College Park
Mingnan Liu	2015	Fred Conrad and Sunghee Lee	Response Style of Rating Scales: The Effects of Data Collection Mode, Scale Format, and Acculturation	Facebook
Raphael Nishimura	2015	James Lepkowski	Substitutions of Nonresponding Units in Probability Sampling	University of Michigan/Institute for Social Research
Hanzhi Zhou	2014	T.E Raghunathan and Mike Elliott	Accounting for Complex Sample Designs in Multiple Imputation Using the Finite Population Bayesian Bootstrap	Mathematica Policy Research
Mahmoud Elkasabi	2013	Jim Lepkowski and Steve Heeringa	Joint Calibration Estimator for Dual Frame Surveys	ICF International
Tuba Suzer-Gurtekin	2013	Steve Heeringa and Rick Valliant	Investigating the Bias of Alternative Statistical Inference Methods in Mixed-Mode Surveys	University of Michigan/Institute for Social Research
Chan Zhang	2013	Fred Conrad	Satisficing in Web Surveys:  Implications for data quality and strategies for reduction	Zhejiang University, College of Media and International Culture
Jessica Broome	2012	Fred Conrad	Vocal Characteristics, Speech and Behavior of Telephone Interviewers	Southpaw Insights
Qi Dong	2012	T.E. Raghunathan and Mike Elliott	Combining Information from Multiple Complex Surveys	Meta
Zeina Mneimneh	2012	Mike Elliott and Steve Heeringa	Interview Privacy and Social Conformity Effects on Socially Desirable Reporting Behavior:  Importance of Cultural, Individual, Question, Design and Implementation Factors	Meta
Brady West	2011	James Lepkowski and Frauke Kreuter	The Error Properties of Interviewer Observations and their Implications for Nonresponse Adjustment of Survey Estimates	University of Michigan/Institute for Social Research
Joe Sakshaug	2011	T.E. Raghunathan	Synthetic Data Generation for Small Area Estimation	Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Courtney Kennedy	2010	Michael Traugott	Nonresponse and Measurement Error in Mobile Phone Surveys	Pew Research Center
Rachel Levenstein	2010	Jim Lepkowski	Nonresponse and measurement error in mixed mode designs	Zencity
Matthew Jans	2010	Fred Conrad and Jim Lepkowski	Verbal Paradata and Survey Error: Respondent Speech, Voice, and Question-Answering Behavior can Predict Income Item Nonresponse	National Center for Health Statistics
Emilia Peytcheva	2008	Norbert Schwarz	Language of Administration as a Source of measurement Error: Implications for surveys of Immigrants and cross-cultural survey research	RTI International
James Wagner	2008	T.E. Raghunathan	Adaptive Survey Design to Reduce Nonresponse Bias	University of Michigan/Institute for Social Research
Mandi Yu	2008	T.E. Raghunathan	Disclosure Risk Assessments and Control	National Cancer Institute
Sonja Ziniel	2008	Norbert Schwarz	Cognitive Aging and Survey Measurement	University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado
Kristen Olson	2007	Bob Groves	An Investigation of the Nonresponse – Measurement Error Nexus	University of Nebraska
Andy Peytchev	2007	Mick Couper	Participation Decisions and Measurement Error in Web Surveys	RTI International

 

Masters Alumni

 

2023 Alumni

• Michael Glasper
• Liqi Hu
• Anqi Liu
• Mark Nathin
• Aaron Nesbitt
• Junhui Qian
• Huaman Sun
• Jiangxue Wang
• Xinran Wang
• Weining Xu
• Jiazhi Yang
• Yang Yu
• Chuzhu Zhong

2022 Alumni

• Adam Kaderabek
• Jiaxi Li
• Robert Schultz
• Chendi Zhao

2021 Alumni

• Abdelaziz Adawe
• Jesus Arrue Buendia
• RJ Batas
• Curtiss Engstrom
• Jiangzhou Fu
• Kaan Cem Ketenci 
• Thanyada Kongpreu
• Boya Li
• Mao Li
• Xuefei Li
• Junhan Tang
• Tianheao Wang
• Ziheng Zhang

2020 Alumni

• Kallan Larsen
• Lingxi Li
• Yixi Li
• Ruixuan Li
• Rebecca Oh
• Ilse Paniagua
• Deji Suolang
• Zeping Tao

2019 Alumni

• Chen Chen
• Ang Li
• Wenshan Yu

2018 Alumni

• Melissa Armendáriz
• Katherine Blackburn
• Hao-Chun Cheng
• Shaohua Dong
• Wenyi He
• Ali Rafei
• Iago Santos Muraro
• Javier Torres Ivelic
• Hani Zainulbhai
• Xinyu Zhang

2017 Alumni

• Piotr Dworak
• Garrett (Wolf) Gremel
• Qianyin Huang
• Carolyn Lau
• Ai Rene Ong
• Stephanie Stern
• Zewei Zong

2016 Alumni

• Maura Bardos 
• Will Chan
• Jennifer Durow
• Rachel LeClere
• Yimeng Ma
• Alex McMillan
• Stacy Pancrantz
• Martha Rozsi
• Yi Wang
• Emma White

2015 Alumni

• Saram Han
• Brian Hunscher
• Colleen McClain
• Michael Sadowsky
• Ji Qi
• Zhe Wang

2014 Alumni

• Daniel Guzman
• Lirui He
• Qiaoxian Hu
• Dan Li
• Carlos Macuada
• Edmundo Roberto Melipillan
• Andie Schwanz
• Joy Wilke
• Michael Zeddies
• Mengmeng Zhang

2013 Alumni

• Mengyao Hu
• Yumi Kim
• Yuyang Liang
• Jane Park
• Yichen Wang
• Huiying Yan
• Yuan Zhang

2012 Alumni

• Philip Amara
• Danielle Battle
• Shu Duan
• Fan Guo
• Azam Khan
• Jennifer Kelley
• Uiyoung Kim

2011 Alumni

• Chris Antoun
• Emily Blasczyk
• Kelly Burmeister
• Boyang Chai
• Nuttirudee Charoernuk
• Ben Duffey
• Veysel Elgin
• Marci Schalk
• Mario Strauss
• Dave Vannette
• Zaoli Zhang

2010 Alumni

• Debanjana Datta
• Amy Faucher
• Jiaojiao Li
• Yuchieh Lin
• Brian Madden
• Hanyu Sun
• Kuang Tuang Chen

2009 Alumni

• Donnalee Grey-Farquharson
• Huiliang Hao
• Chan Zhang*
• DanDan Zhang

2008 Alumni

• Marie Clay
• Qi Dong*
• Marie Komanecky
• John LaFrance
• Tein-Huan Lin
• Rachel Orlowski
• Julie Pacer
• Erica Zawacki

2007 Alumni

• Frost Hubbard
• Patty LeBaron
• Christina Lien
• Zeina Mneimneh*
• Joe Sakshaug*
• Zeynep Suzer-Gurtekin*

2006 Alumni

• Ashley Amaya
• Erin Ferrell
• Turknur Hamsici
• Geon Lee
• Sungwoo Lim
• Kathleen Santos
• Julie Sweetman
• Anthony Tamusuza
• Rui Wang
• Jenefer Willem

2005 Alumni

• Masahiko Aida
• Julie deJong
• Heather Gatny
• Daniel Harrington
• Michelle Park
• Girogina Piani
• Jennifer Sinibaldi
• Maudrene Tan
• Paolo von Nuremburg

2003 Alumni

• Emily McFarlane
• Noppodan Kannika

 

*Have earned both MS and PhD from the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology

Additional Program in Survey Methodology Alumni

Pam Campanelli

Rachel Casper

Mick Couper

Sue Ellen Hansen

Darby Miller Steiger