SCSU Survey Staff
[Last revised 1-20-09]
Principal
Investigators
Dr. Stephen I.
Frank
Department of Political Science
304 51-B
320-308-4131
sfrank@stcloudstate.edu
ON LEAVE FROM THE
SURVEY 2008-2009
Dr. Steven C.
Wagner
Department of Political Science
301 51-B
320-308-5423
swagner@stcloudstate.edu
Dr. Michelle
Kukoleca Hammes
Department of Political Science
303 51-B
320-308-4130
mhammes@stcloudstate.edu
Dr.
David H. Robinson
Department
of Statistics and Computer Networking
Statistics
Engineering & Computing Center 237
Saint Cloud State University
320-308-2149
dhrobinson@stcloudstate.edu
Dr. Sandrine
Zerbib
Department of
Sociology and Anthropology
266 Stewart Hall
320-308-3046
sazerbib@stcloudstate.edu
The Survey’s faculty directors
are Dr. Steve Frank (SCSU Professor of Political
Science), Dr. Steven Wagner (SCSU Professor of Political
Science),Dr. David Robinson (SCSU Professor of Statistics and Computer
Networking). Dr. Michelle Kukoleca Hammes (SCSU Associate Professor of
Political Science and Dr. Sandrine Zerbibt (SCSU Assistant Professor of
Sociology). The faculty directors are members of the Midwest Association of
Public Opinion Research (M.A.P.O.R.) and the American Association of Public
Opinion Research (A.A.P.O.R.). The directors subscribe to the code of ethics of
A.A.P.O.R.
a. Stephen I. Frank
Dr. Frank holds a Doctor of Philosophy
in Political Science from Washington State University. Dr. Frank teaches courses in American
Politics, Public Opinion and Research Methods at St. Cloud State
University. Dr. Frank started the SCSU Survey in 1980,
and since has played a major role in the development, administration and
analysis of over 150 telephone surveys for local and state governments, school
districts and a variety of nonprofit agencies.
Dr. Frank has completed extensive postgraduate work in survey research
at the University
of Michigan. Dr. Frank coauthored with Dr. Wagner and
published by Harcourt
College, “We Shocked the World!” A Case Study of Jesse Ventura’s Election as
Governor of Minnesota. Revised Edition.
He also recently
published two academic book chapters: one appears in the current edition of Perspectives on Minnesota Government and
Politics and the other, co-authored with Dr. Wagner, is contained in Campaigns
and Elections, edited by Robert Watson and Colton Campbell. Dr. Frank is past chairperson of the SCSU
Department of Political Science and
recently served as President of the Minnesota Political
Science Association.
b. Steven C. Wagner ON LEAVE FROM THE SURVEY
(fall-spring 2008-2009)
Dr. Wagner holds a Doctor of Philosophy
in Political Science and a Master of
Public Administration from Northern
Illinois University. Dr. Wagner earned his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Illinois State
University. Dr. Wagner teaches courses in American
Politics and Public and Nonprofit Management at St. Cloud State
University. Dr. Wagner joined the SCSU Survey in
1997. Before coming to SCSU, Dr. Wagner
taught in Kansas
where he engaged in community-based survey research and before that was staff
researcher for the U.S. General Accounting Office. Dr. Wagner has written many papers on
taxation, and state politics and has published articles on voting behavior,
federal funding of local services and organizational decision making. Dr. Wagner, with Dr. Frank, recently
published two texts on Jesse Ventura’s election as Minnesota’s Governor and a book chapter on
the campaign. Dr. Wagner
currently serves the SCSU Department of Political
Science as its chairperson.
C. Michelle Kukoleca Hammes
Dr. Kukoleca Hammes holds a Doctor of
Philosophy in Political Science and
a Masters in Political Science from
the State University of New York at Binghamton. Dr. Kukoleca Hammes earned her Bachelor of
Arts in Political Science from Niagara University. Kr. Kukoleca Hammes’ is a comparativist with
an area focus on North America and Western Europe. Her substantive focus is representative
governmental institutions. She teaches
courses in American Government, Introduction to Ideas and Institutions, Western
European Politics, and a Capstone in Political
Science at St.
Cloud State University. Dr. Kukoleca Hammes, since joining the survey
team, is using her extensive graduate school training in political methodology
to aid in questionnaire construction and results analysis. She recently published a book chapter on Minnesota public
participation in the Fifth Edition of Perspectives on Minnesota Government
and Politics.
D. David H. Robinson
Dr. Robinson holds
a Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics and a Masters in Statistics from the University of Iowa.
Dr. Robinson earned his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Henderson State University. At St.
Cloud State University, Dr. Robinson teaches courses
in survey planning and contingency tables, statistical methods for the social
sciences, probability and computer simulation, and other statistical
applications. Since coming to SCSU in
1985 and before that time, Dr. Robinson has served as statistical consultant
for numerous statistical analyses of survey results. He has coauthored a book on computer
simulation and analysis, and has published articles in the areas of
nonparametric statistics, multivariate statistics, analysis of baseball
statistics, and statistical analysis of computer network performance. Dr. Robinson recently served as chairperson
for the SCSU Department of Statistics and Computer Networking.
E. Sandrine
Zerbib
Dr. Zerbib holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from
the University of California Irvine and a Masters in Sociology from both
California State University-Fullerton and University of Paris 10-Nanterre
(France). Dr. Zerbib’s ongoing research focuses on issues of immigration,
sexuality and citizenship. Dr. Zerbib’s
current research analyzes the effect of domestic partnership laws on gay
bi-national couples leaving in France.
She is currently collaborating with Dr. Downey on belly dance
performance and gender politics. She teaches courses in Research Methods,
Sociology of Gender, Immigration and Citizenship, and Advanced Research Methods
PICTURE SECTION NEEDS REDOING
PICTURES OF SH 324 (NEW LARGER LAB FALL, 2007) SEMESTER DINNER AND RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM
OLD LAB SH 324
Directors
presenting at SCSU student undergraduate student research colloquium
Directors at every semester student director
dinner
Student Lab
DIRECTORS/Supervisor [spring, 2009]
LEAD DIRECTOR
Ms. Renee Helm, 4th Year Student, Public Administration Major with
Mathematics Minor, St. Joseph, Minnesota
(leaves at end of spring semester)
ASSISTANT LEAD DIRECTORS
Mr.
Trevor Lynch, 4th Year
Student, Political Science Major, History and Marketing Minor, Maplewood,
Minnesota
Mr. Craig Barthel, 4th Year Student,
Political Science major with Public Administration minor, Albertville,
Minnesota
Survey Lab Student Directors
Ms. Heidi Nelson, 4th Year student, Political Science and History
Majors, New Hope, MN (leaves at end of spring semester)
Mr.
Birat Krishna Thapa, 2nd Year Student, Political Science Major with
International Relations Minor, Saint Cloud MN
Mr.
Derrek Lee Helmin, 3rd Year
Student, Political Science and Economics Major, Foley, MN
Mr. Frederico Saucedo, 3rd Year
Student, Statistics Major, Eagan, MN
Mr. Chris Schoenberg, 4th Year
Student, Psychology Major and minor in Statistics, St. Cloud, MN
Ms. Oumou Sissoko, Graduate Student, MBA,
Mali, W. Africa
Ms. Maria Vasil'yeva, Graduate Student PNI,
Kotkozero, Russia
Ms. Kaelynn
M Kampa, 3rd Year Student, Public Administration Major, Rice, MN.
Mr.
Keith Karsten 4th Year Student, B.E.S. Statistics and Human
Physiology, Hanover, MN.
student Technical Consultant
Mr. Justin Rassier,
4th Year Student, Computer Science Major,
St. Joseph , Minnesota
DIRECTORS WHO LEFT AT END OF SPRING, 2008 FOR
GRADUATION, INTERNSHIPS, ETC.
Mr.
Mike Loehlein, 5th year Student, Economics and International Relations Double
Major, St Joseph Minnesota
Mr. Luke Hofstad, 4th
Year Student, Political Science, International Relations minor, Andover, MN
Ms.
Rhonda Otteson, 5th year Political Science, Wilmar, MN
Mr. Will Floersheim,
3rd Year Student, Political Science and Social Studies Education
Major, Little Falls, Minnesota
Ms. Diane Fournier, Graduate Student Master
of Science degree, specializing in Mathematics and Statistics Education (fall
semester only)
Ms. Hadiza Galadima 4th
Year
Student, Statistics with emphasis in Actuarial Science and minor in
Mathematics. , St Cloud, MN
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