Past Roper Fellow Award Winners

The Burns “Bud” Roper Fellow Award is named for the late Burns “Bud” Roper who provided a substantial bequest in his will to endow the Roper Award fund. Roper Fellows are people who work in any sector of survey research or public opinion research, who work in relatively isolated settings, and who are in the early stages of their careers. They receive financial assistance to help them attend the AAPOR Annual Conference and/or participate in conference short courses; most are first-time conference attendees.

 

Nomination details

2025 – Ali Amini, American University, Ryan Brady, Bully Pulpit International, Hannah Borenstein, DHM Research, Nicole Cabrera, Reveal Global Consulting, Xinyi Chen, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Leni Doehrmann, Baldwin Wallace University, Meagan Doll, Minnesota Journalism Center, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Abby Foy, Ipsos Public Affairs, Mithila Guha, Department of Marketing and Business Analytics, Lucas College and Graduate School of Business, San José State University, Jared Gumbs, SSRS, Manel Hanafi, SSRS, Muhammad Hassan Bin Afzal, Department of Political Science and Public Service, The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Lilian Huang, NORC at the University of Chicago, Callie Johnson, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Sarah Kahl, Ipsos Public Affairs, Tylar Kist, American Academy of Pediatrics, Stefanie Laudolff, Community Research Institute at Baldwin Wallace University, Dominique McDonald, EVITARUS, Evan McKee
David Martin, Rutgers Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, Presley Moreno, EVITARUS, Hannah Murrow, NORC at the University of Chicago, Cassidy Nelson, Oregon Values and Beliefs Center (OVBC), P. Linh Nguyen, French Institute for Demographic Research (INED), Maclean Ninsaw Gbati, University of Ghana, Red Paulin, City Connects at Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children at Boston College, Konrad Powell, Iowa State University – Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology, Survey Research Services Unit, Jacob Raymond, The Harris Poll, Nathan Reece, European Social Survey ERIC, Robert Rodriguez, The Institute for Social Research at Sacramento State University, Zyaire Shih, Center for Emerging Democracies, International Institute, University of Michigan, Adam Stefkovics, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Junyan Tian, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Xinran Wang, EVITARUS, Michelle Witlock, Burson

2024 – John Collins, University of Mannheim, Becca Gordon, Mathematica, James McClure, Mathematica Policy, Anna Marsten, Mathematica, Macy Miller, Mathematica

2023 – Jessica Roman, Rutgers’ Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling

2022 – Anna-Carolina Haensch, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Alexander Hollister, Mathematica, Melike Sarac, Hacettepe University Institue of Population Studies, Mariel Leonard, German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)

2021 – Tugba Adali, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Nathan Browning, Kiaer Research, Beyza Buyuker, University of Illinois Chicago, Lello Guluma, Mathematica Policy Research, Jan Höhne, University of Duisburg-Essen, Mark Owens, University of Texas at Tyler, Dixi M. Paglinawan-Modoc, Independent Survey Statistician, Alexandra Saunders, Mathematica Policy Research, Alexander Wenz, University of Mannheim, Xinyue Zhang, SurveyMonkey

2020 – Arundati Dandapani, Generation1.ca, Jennifer Acosta, Mathematica, Aleksandra Wec, Mathematica, Alexander Wenz, University of Mannheim, Priya Bajaj, Mathematica, Yanqin Lu, Bowling Green State University, Gary Lerner, Abt Associates

2019 – Eva Aizpurua, Trinity College Dublin, Suman Mathur, Health District of Northern Larimer County, Andrew Pickett, University of South Dakota, Ruben Bach, University of Mannheim, Marieke Haan, University of Groningen, Candace Bright, East Tennessee State University

2018 – Fiyin Adesina, JUST Capital, Ana Lucia Cordova-Cazar, Universidad san Francisco de Quito, Victoria Hoverman, Westat, Jordan Klein, Abt Associates Inc, Jenny Nguyen, Decision Information Resources, Alexandra Saunders, Mathematica Policy Research

2017 – Audris Campbell, Gallup, Kerry Driscoll, Claritas, Kristin Dwan, NORC at the University of Chicago, Kyle Endres, Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology, Dana Garbarski, Loyola University, Bevin Mory, Mathematica, Jocelyn Reynolds, Oppenheim Research, Luis Sanchez-Conde, Civis Analytics

2016 – Daniel Herda, Ashley Koning, Monica Reyna, Eike Mark Rinke, Malaena Taylor, Kelsey White

2015 – Christopher Becker, Andrew Hurwitz, Lisa Johns, Morgan Jones, Nicole Lee, Katie Morrison, Jack Pold, Nicolas Ruther

2014 – Laura Davidson, Farrah Graham, Samara Klar, Amanda Skaff

2013 – Matthew Courser, Brian Harnisch, Ashley Kirzinger, Ashley Kopack Klein, Daniel Weston II, Matthew Wilson

2012 – Matthew Anderson, Wojciech Jablonski, Su Li, Jessie Kemmick Pintor, Christopher Werner, Lindsay Wood

2011 – Michel Boudreaux, Emanuel Gregory Boussios, Laran Despain, Vincent Palozzi, Orin Puniello, Tim Sanders, Ana Slavec, Josh Tobias, Ryan Tully, Rebecca Weiner

2010 – Philip Brenner, Jennifer Boldry, David Flores, Colleen McClain, Lori Shelby, Frank Samson, Casey Tesfaye

2009 – Patrick Faust, Kija Greenseid, Kasey Hoy, Natalie Jackson, Kien T. Le, Alexandre Morin Chasse, Adam Slater, Raquel af Ursin

2008 – Cengiz Erisen, Karene Gamino, Catherine Hoegeman, Timothy MacKinnon, Jennifer Pevar, Deborah Rexrode, Julian Stein

2007 – Abdoulaye Diop, Jaime Liesmann, Julie Pacer, Daniel Schneider, Sara Showen, Alexander Tahk, Rui Wang

2006 – Elizabeth Erichsen, Kristy Michaud, David Palmer, Erike Young, Jeanette Ziegenfuss

2005 – Steven Barkan, Kelly N. Foster, HeyKyung Koh, Neil Malhotra, David Wilson