Warren J. Mitofsky Public Opinion Graduate Fellowship Now Accepting Applications
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is now accepting applications for the 2020 Warren J. Mitofsky Graduate Fellowship Program in Public…
New Data Provider: Colorado College State of the Rockies Project
We are excited to welcome The Colorado College State of the Rockies Project as a new Roper Center data provider. The State of the Rockies Project explores…
THE (IL)LEGITIMATE HEGEMON
Attitudes toward the U.S. in West GermanyBy Nina ObermeierAnalyzing attitudes toward the U.S. in West Germany during the Cold War provides insight into…
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Supports Small Independent News Outlets During 2020 Election Year
Small independent news organizations will have free access to the Center’s archive through November of 2020.Between now and the 2020 election, the Roper…
Pumpkin Painting Potluck
The Roper Center’s 2nd Annual Pumpkin Painting Potluck was a huge success, with some gorgeous creations. The Eye of Sauron made an appearance, as did the…
Roper Center Gets a Visit from Dr. Raymond Fink
In August the Roper Center was honored with a visit from Raymond Fink, a Cornell alumnus (Ph.D., 1956) and a pioneer in survey research. Fink worked at…
Fifty Years Since Stonewall: The Change in Public Opinion
Polls measuring that change have increased in frequency and broadened in scope, shifting focus as new debates came to the forefront of public discussion,…
2019 Mitofsky Award Winner Announced
The Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University is pleased to announce that Patricia Moy,…
Roper Center to Archive Non-Probability Polls, Other Methods
New acquisitions policy part of larger effort to increase transparency in polling research Ithaca, NY (May 2, 2019) The Board of Directors of the…
Recent Publications Using Roper Data
Interested in seeing some of the research being performed using Roper archive data? This page pulls together a broad spectrum of our member’s recent…
National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse 1971 Poll
In response to the growing prevalence of marijuana use in youth culture in the U.S., President Richard Nixon appointed the National Commission on…
Every Second: The Impact of the Incarceration Crisis on America’s Families
Major New Criminal Justice Survey ArchivedThe Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University is excited to archive survey data behind a…
Andrew Kohut Fellowship Accepting Applications
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is now accepting applications for the 2019 Andrew Kohut Fellowship Program in Public Opinion &…
Apartheid-Era South African Survey Series
South Africa in the 1980s was a country on the verge of transition. Under increasing pressure from international and domestic opponents of the apartheid…
The Louis Harris & Associates Violence Survey
The year 1968 was a particularly brutal year for political tensions, popular agitation, and violence. The dramatic events of that year included…