2013 Mitofsky Award Recipients Adam Berinsky and Eric Schickler
It is with great pleasure that the Board of Directors of the Roper Center announces the winners of the 2013 Warren J. Mitofsky Award…
2014 Mitofsky Award Recipient Andrew Kohut
The Roper Center’s Board of Directors is delighted to announce the 2014 Warren Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research has been …
Public Opinion on Civil Rights: Reflections on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 blog
Likely the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ushered in a new era in American civil rights as…
2010 Mitofsky Award Recipient James A. Davis
The Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is pleased to announce that James A. Davis, Principal Investigator, emeritus, of…
2009 Mitofsky Award Recipient Robert Wuthnow
The Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is pleased to announce that Professor Robert Wuthnow of Princeton University is the…
D-Day? What's That? blog
As people all over the world observe the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy - widely considered the turning point of World War II -…
Russian Leaders blog
Stalin - Krushchev - Brezhnev Given the long history of adversarial relations between the United States and Russia/the Soviet…
2014 Gallup Data Available
Nine Gallup Organization studies conducted from January to March, 2014 are now available for download. These studies cover a wide range of topics…
The Changing Role of Women blog
A major political party has for the first time ever a woman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as the front runner for President of the United States. So much has…
U.S. Attitudes toward China Over 25 Years since Start of Tiananmen Square Protests
In April of 1989, thousands of Chinese citizens began protesting human rights conditions and government reform, which led to one of the most violent…
RARE Award Winners to Present
The two student recipients of the 2014 Roper Award for Research Experience (RARE) will present their findings at the University of Connecticut's Frontiers…
Progress Since the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill? blog
Monday, March 24, 2014 marked the 25th anniversary of one of the worst environmental disasters in America's history. The oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a…
Member Agreements Require Signatures of Top Officials
Attention Roper Center Representatives! With this year's renewal, there is a new Membership Agreement for academic institutions that requires an…
NEP Exit Polls are Back!
Access to the National Election Pool's Exit Poll collection spanning 1990 through 2010 has been restored. The new procedure to access these studies…
The Miller Lite Report on American Attitudes Toward Sports blog
How important is it that girls, and boys, participate in sports growing up? When children compete in sports, do they argue with the coaches or…
2014 RARE Award Winners
The Office of Undergraduate Research and The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Roper Award for…
Communism, Conformity, and Civil Liberties Poll blog
How soon will World War III break out? Can communists be stopped from taking over the world? Should people with dangerous ideas be allowed to speak freely…
A Brief History of Public Opinion on the Government Role in Health Care blog
In 1938, 78% of Americans advocated the federal take on responsibility for providing medical care for those unable to pay for it; 75 years later the…
1969 Gallup/Newsweek Poll of Black Americans blog
Conducted nearly five years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, this Gallup/Newsweek Poll of black Americans asks a broad range of questions on…
2013 PRRI Millennials, Religion and Abortion Survey blog
The Public Religion Research Institute "Millennials, Religion and Abortion Survey" asks Americans about various hot-button social issues, with a focus on…