Public opinion research is strongest when it reflects the full range of voices and experiences that shape our communities. Join us at the AAPOR 81st Annual Conference to explore how researchers are expanding representation in public opinion research. These conversations highlight the vital role our profession plays in ensuring that every voice has the opportunity to be heard and understood.
Check out these sessions, many of which are presented on behalf of AAPOR’s Affinity Groups:
- AAPI Research & Affinity Group: The Data Gap on Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Demographics, Attitudes Toward, and Surveys of NHPIs
- BAAPOR Affinity Group: Leveraging Public Opinion Research to Understand the Attitudes and Experiences of Black Americans
- HISP-AAPOR Affinity Group: Advancing Equity and Representation in Hispanic Survey Research: Identity, Participation, and Methodological Innovation
- QUALPOR Affinity Group Panel: Qualitative Research: Fostering Engagement with Hard-to-reach & Underrepresented Participants
- Shifting Ground: LGBTQ Public Opinion, Experience, and Research Post-Election
And don’t miss these poster presentations:
- Assessing Factors Contributing to the Rise in Young Women’s LGBTQ Identification in Public Opinion Surveys
Avery Shields and Jae Grace, Survey Center on American Life - Barriers and Inequities in Mobility-of-Care: Evidence from a Stated-Preference Study of California Caregivers
Mahbuba Khatun Chowdhury and Elisa Borowski, University of California, Irvine - Beyond Bilingual: Targeted Outreach to Engage Diverse Communities
Rachel Kinder, Thomas Brassell, Randy ZuWallack, and James Dayton, ICF - Feminism, Femininity, & Boundary-Setting across Racial and Generational Divides
Brent Seaborn, Catherine Smart, and James Wartman, Tunnl Data - Gender and POWER Dynamics in Party Politics: A Comparative Analysis of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
Maclean Ninsaw Gbati, University of Ghana - Getting Hispanic Identity Right: A Survey Framework for Validating Demographic Models
Brent Seaborn and Ben Hull, Tunnl Data - Intersecting Influences: Faith, Media Consumption, and Masculinity Among Gen Z Men
Brent Seaborn, James Wartman, and Catherine Smart, Tunnl Data - Latino Politics: Migration, Assimilation, Education, Coalitional Politics, and Group Relations
Janell Contreras, CSULB - Making the Invisible Visible: Survey Methods for Representing Hidden Ideological Diversity in Religious Communities
Soojeong Kim, The University of Texas at Austin - Measuring Sociopolitical Bias in Large Language Models: Evaluating Synthetic Responses to Racial Resentment and Hostile Sexism Items
Ali Amini, Patrik Y. Wu and Javad Rajabi, American University - The Impact of Government Mentions in Survey Invitation Letters on Participation Among Vulnerable Populations
Jazmyne Sutton, Emily Jennings and Sam Genova, SSRS - Tracking the Convergence of Economic Priorities and the Erosion of National Origin Fractures in the Hispanic Electorate
Juan Francisco Wulff Gonzalez, Harvard College - Who Gets Left Behind? Predictors of Health Care Vulnerability Among U.S. Immigrants
Juniper Shelley, Northwestern University and Allyson Holbrook, University of Illinois at Chicago