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Dan has more than 10 years of experience analyzing and reporting on survey data.

Dan is a senior research director with the Public Affairs & Media Research department. During his tenure, he has worked on dozens of projects, including many with The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. He has experience with questionnaire development, data management, data review, analysis, and reporting on a wide variety of survey projects of varying complexities.

Dan specializes in data delivery for large, high-profile surveys. He currently leads the data delivery for the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting & Wildlife Associated Recreation, which provides important data on participation and expenditures related to these outdoor activities. From 2018 to 2024, Dan led the data management and data delivery for AP VoteCast, a groundbreaking election survey that allowed for more precise measures of voters’ opinions. VoteCast surveys included more than 120,000 interviews conducted in the week before the election and involved rapid, continuous data delivery on Election Night for use in news coverage nationwide.

Communicating survey findings to a wider audience has been a hallmark of Dan’s tenure at NORC. A recent example is the 2024 Los Angeles Times/NORC Poll on LGBTQ+ Communities, which updated a 1985 LA Times study to track how attitudes in the United States have changed toward gay and lesbian people. He has also served as project manager on The Long-Term Care Poll, a series of surveys conducted by The AP-NORC Center from 2013 to 2023 that explore issues related to aging in America.

Dan holds a MA in Political Science from The George Washington University. Prior to joining NORC, he worked at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy.

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Expertise

Education

MA

George Washington University

BA

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Project Contributions

AP VoteCast

More accurate insights into voters and the issues they care about

Client:

The Associated Press

Survey of Fishing, Hunting & Wildlife-Associated Recreation

Streamlining, economizing, and increasing the reach of a venerable national survey

Client:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

The Long-Term Care Poll

A series of studies on long-term care and aging in America

Client:

The SCAN Foundation

Publications

Research Library & Findings