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 NORC Civic Health & Elections Project, a nonpartisan, 50-state study of more than 85,000 registered voters, publicly available immediately after the election. He also 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, as well as the National Recreational Boating Safety Survey, which provides data to help optimize boating safety and security programs.

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’s recent work focuses on the experiences of parents of young children. In 2026, he led a national survey of parents of young children to explore the needs and preferences of that group when it comes to child care. He also led a survey of parents in New York City, which provided data to the City to help inform the implementation of their universal child care program.

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.