Work at the Census Bureau

I work in respondent research, meaning I test survey items for business surveys to improve them. I really value working in a collaborative environment, having an impact on survey design, and representing respondents. My work is mixed methods, but I focus mostly on qualitative data collection. I’ve worked on the following surveys:

  • Annual Integrated Economic Survey: AIES represents the integration of seven annual business surveys into one holistic survey.

  • Business Trends and Outlook Survey: BTOS was created after the Business Pulse Survey, a short business survey where companies answer for the past two weeks on economic trends.

  • Annual Business Survey: ABS collects data on economic and demographic trends of businesses and owners each year.

  • Juvenile Residential Facility Census/Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement: JRFC/CJRP collects data on youth in residential placement.

  • American Community Survey: The ACS is an annual household collection on the American population, housing, and workforce

I have some of the following responsibilities:

  • Coordination of an experiment to improve the internet instrument of the ACS, including supporting mobile response.

  • Design of protocols to collect data testing survey items.

  • Literature review of specific topics, like nonresponse or sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures.

  • Recruitment of participants.

  • Data collection including cognitive interviewing, debriefing interviews, and usability testing.

  • Unmoderated data collection.

  • Analysis, synthesis, and presentation of findings and recommendations.

  • Serving on the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Equitable Data​: Disability Data Interagency Working Group​, specifically in the Community Engagement Stream. Led Subject Matter Expert interviews.

  • Participation on the Historically Undercounted Populations (HUP) group, including finding the subcommittees on SOGI measures and economic HUPs.

  • Served as project manager and supervisor.

Work at the Census Bureau

I work in respondent research, meaning I test survey items for business surveys to improve them. I really value working in a collaborative environment, having an impact on survey design, and representing respondents. My work is mixed methods, but I focus mostly on qualitative data collection. I’ve worked on the following surveys:

  • Annual Integrated Economic Survey: AIES represents the integration of seven annual business surveys into one holistic survey.

  • Business Trends and Outlook Survey: BTOS was created after the Business Pulse Survey, a short business survey where companies answer for the past two weeks on economic trends.

  • Annual Business Survey: ABS collects data on economic and demographic trends of businesses and owners each year.

  • Juvenile Residential Facility Census/Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement: JRFC/CJRP collects data on youth in residential placement.

  • American Community Survey: The ACS is an annual household collection on the American population, housing, and workforce

I have some of the following responsibilities:

  • Design of protocols to collect data testing survey items.

  • Literature review of specific topics, like nonresponse or sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures.

  • Recruitment of participants.

  • Data collection including cognitive interviewing, debriefing interviews, and usability testing.

  • Unmoderated data collection.

  • Analysis, synthesis, and presentation of findings and recommendations.

  • Serving on the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Equitable Data​: Disability Data Interagency Working Group​, specifically in the Community Engagement Stream. Led Subject Matter Expert interviews.

  • Participation on the Historically Undercounted Populations (HUP) group, including finding the subcommittees on SOGI measures and economic HUPs.

  • Served as project manager and supervisor.