Chris Antoun holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Virginia (class of 2004). For 2 years, he managed a home health care business from the ground up in Richmond, VA.  Chris has also served in the Peace Corps in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand.  He first became interested in surveys after developing a rice farming questionnaire in his Thai community. Chris earned his Master’s degree in Survey Methodology in spring 2011 at the University of Michigan.  As a PhD student, Chris will be studying the social science emphasis of the program.

Philip Amara received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.  He then went on to complete a Master of Science in Applied Statistics from Njala University College.  Philip attended the 2008 Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques as a student in the Sampling Program for Survey Statisticians.  Philip worked for nine years as a Price Statistician at Statistics Sierra Leone where in the past three years he was the Director of the Economic Statistics Division.  Philip joined the Program in Survey Methodology MS program in Fall 2010.

Danielle Battle received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Central Michigan University.  Most recently Danielle was a Research Associate at the American Institute for Research/Education Statistics Services Institute (ESSI).  She will pursue the social science emphasis in Survey Methodology MS Program.

After earning her BA in sociology from the University of North Carolina, Ashley Bowers earned a master's degree in survey methodology from the University of Maryland. She worked at the survey center at the University of North Carolina following her Masters' degree studies, and in 2004-05 worked as a research associate at Survey Research Operations. She is a third year PhD student with interests in establishment survey design and the impact of human resource management practices on survey data quality and cost.

Jessica Broome is in her third year of the Program in Survey Methodology PhD program. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from Connecticut College and an M.S. in Applied Social Research from Hunter College of the City University of New York. She worked for several years in communications research, most recently as Vice President for Measurement at MS&L, a leading public relations agency.

Kristen Cibelli received her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Following her B.A. degree, she worked in the area of international human rights. She assisted advocates in the collection, management and analysis of data about human rights abuses in countries including Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Thailand (for Burma). She returned to graduate school earning her Masters of Science degree from the Joint Program in Survey Methodology from the University of Maryland at College Park.  Kristen is currently a first year PhD student at the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and serves as a Graduate Student Research Assistant at the Institute for Social Research’s Survey Research Operations. Her research interests include cross-cultural survey research, the effect of privacy and confidentiality concerns and social desirability on measurement quality, and the application of survey methods in challenging contexts such as post conflict or post disaster and in low development countries.

Qi Dong earned his BS in mathematics in 2006 from the University of Science and Technology in Hefei, China, where he has also been a teaching assistant. Qi then joined the survey methodology program and graduated with a master's degree in 2008. Qi is in beginning his third year of the PSM PhD Program.

Shu Duan received her undergraduate degree in Sociology from the People’s University of China (Renmin University of China).  She has been a research assistant in the Program of College Students Panel Survey and for the Program of Anti-Sexual Harassment at Work.  Shu will be studying the social science emphasis of the MS program.

Fan Guo received her Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Beijing Normal University.  Fan has conducted social survey research funded by the Academic Research Foundation for Undergraduate in Beijing Normal University on the regulation of street vendors in Haifian District.  She will be studying the social science emphasis in Survey Methodology MS Program.

Mengyao Hu received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Fudan University in Shanghai, China.  In Mengyao’s undergraduate work she conducted social survey research, entitled Investigation on residents’ health conditions in coal mining area in Taiyuan.  Menyao will be studying the social science emphasis of Survey Methodology.

Azam Khan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics from the University of Cape Town. Since then he has been employed at the National Statistics Office in South Africa (Statistics South Africa). Most recently Azam was team leader of Census research projects and was part of the project team running the SADC Survey Methodology Program at Statistics South Africa. He attended the 2009 Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques and completed the Sampling Program for Survey Statisticians. Azam will pursue the statistical emphasis of the Masters Program in Survey Methodology.

Jennifer Kelley received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Oakland University.  Jennifer was a Research apprentice on the study Children’s Understanding of the Role of Psychological Labels on Biological Process Such as Growth and Happiness Lab-Cognitive and Behavioral Factors of Savoring Psychological Well-Being and Satisfaction with Life.  She will pursue the social science emphasis of the MS program.

Uiyoung Kim received her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Ewha Women’s University.  Uiyoung has been involved in the Social Survey in the Social and Welfare Statistics Division of Statistics Korea (KOSTAT).  She will be studying the social science emphasis in the Survey Methodology MS program.

Yumi Kim received her Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University and her Masters of Sport Science degree also at Sungkyunkwan University.   She has been a researcher for Brain Korea 20 (Government Project on International Sport Diplomacy & Administration.)  Yumi will be studying the social science emphasis of Survey Methodology.

Nicole Kirgis holds a bachelor's degree in social relations from James Madison College at Michigan State University, and comes to the M.S. program with more than 18 years of experience in survey research. Currently she is a Survey Director in Survey Research Operations at the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center, where she manages data collection on the National Survey of Family Growth and provides consultation on data collection operations to international researchers.

ShinJung Julia Lee comes to the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology from the biostatistics unit of the Cancer Center at the University of Michigan Health System, where her responsibilities have included design of data collection instruments and statistical analysis. She has earned degrees from the China Medical College (Taiwan), and from the University of California at Los Angeles. She will have a statistical emphasis in the program.

Yuyang Liang received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications at Peking University.  Yuyang worked for the Institute of Social Science Survey as an undergraduate researcher.   Yuyang will pursue the statistical emphasis of Survey Methodology. 

Mingnan Liu received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Japanese and Bachelor of Law degree in Sociology from Peking University in Beijing, China.  He then went on to complete his Master of Science degree in Sociology at Purdue University. Mingnan has been a teaching assistant in the Sociology department at Purdue University. As a PhD student in the program, he will focus on the social science aspects of survey methodology.

Before coming to Michigan, Zeina Mneimneh completed her bachelor's degree in environmental health in 1998 and her master's in public health in 2000, both from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. She then worked for five years as head of the research team in one of the nongovernmental organizations in Beirut. During her work, she led the World Mental Health project in Lebanon and became one of the international collaborator in the World Mental health Surveys. Zeina then joined the survey methodology program and graduated with a master's degree in 2007. She is now in her second year of the PSM PhD Program and hopes to develop her interest in adaptive survey design.

Raphael Nishimura comes to the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology after graduating in Statistics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He worked for four years as a survey statistician in Ipsos Public Affairs, a private social research company. Raphael also attended the 2008 Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques as a student in the Sampling Program for Survey Statisticians. As a PhD student, he will be studying the statistical emphasis of the program.

Jane Park received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biopsych & Cog. Science from the University of Michigan.  Most recently Jane has worked on the University of Michigan campus as a campus information assistant. Jane will pursue the social science emphasis in the program.

Joseph Sakshaug is a recent graduate of the Master's program at PSM. Prior to coming to Michigan, he completed a BA at University of Washington, in mathematics. As a PhD student in the program, he is interested in studying statistical and social science aspects of survey methodology.

Zeynep Suzer-Gurtekin earned her master's degree in survey methodology here at the Program for Survey Methodology. Before coming to Michigan, she completed an MBA at Western Michigan University. Recently she has worked for the CFI Group in Ann Arbor.

Yichen Wang received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications at the University of China.  Yichen just recently worked as an intern at Taylor Nelson Sofres in China.  Ms. Wang will be studying the social science with marketing research emphasis of Survey Methodology. 

Brady T. West is entering his fourth year in the PhD program of the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology (MPSM), and also serves as a Lead Statistician at the Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR) on the Ann Arbor campus. He received an MA in Applied Statistics from the U-M Statistics Department in 2002, being recognized as an Outstanding First-year Applied Masters student, and a BS in Statistics with Highest Honors and Highest Distinction from the U-M Statistics Department in 2001. His current research interests include measurement error in auxiliary variables, survey nonresponse, interviewer variance, and multilevel regression models for clustered and longitudinal data. He is the lead author of a book comparing different statistical software packages in terms of their mixed modeling procedures (Linear Mixed Models: A Practical Guide using Statistical Software, Chapman Hall/CRC Press, 2007), and he is a co-author of a second book entitled Applied Survey Data Analysis (with Steven Heeringa and Pat Berglund), which was published by Chapman Hall in April 2010.

Huiying Yan received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, China.  Huiying recently worked as a Research Assistant for the "Exploring Research on the Post Nine-year Compulsory Education for Migrant Workers' Children in China" project, sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Education.  Ms.Yan also worked as an intern in Ogilvy Public Relations, where she assisted in marketing consulting for Intel Corporation in 2010.  She will be studying the social science with marketing research emphasis in the program.

Chan Zhang completed her master's degree from the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology in 2009, and is continuing on in the Program in pursuit of her doctorate. Her research interests include web panel design, and post-survey adjustment for noncoverage and nonresponse error.

Yuan Zhang received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics at Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, China.  Yuan worked as a Research Assistant for the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University.  She became interested in survey methodology after she participated in the China Health and Retirement Study as a survey manager.  Ms. Zhang will be studying the statistical science emphasis in the program.

Hanzhi Zhou earned her bachelor's degree in statistics, with an emphasis on economic analysis, from Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing. During her undergraduate program, she interned at the Bank of China, in the loans and sales department. After completing her studies at Capital University, she came to Michigan State University, where the graduated in 2009 with a master's degree in statistics. While there she became interested in survey research, and worked on several survey projects for the Center for Statistical Training and Consulting. As a PhD student in the program, she intends to focus on the statistical aspects of survey methodology.