Call for Proposals
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research invites paper proposals for a panel featuring underutilized data from the archive for next year’s Social…
Roper Fellowships Now Accepting Applications
Each year the Roper Center funds two fellows, the Mitofsky Fellow Graduate Assistantship and the Andrew Kohut Fellowship. Students enrolled at Cornell are…
Using Historical Survey Data on Military Base Closures to Understand Public Support for Prison Closures
By Jacob HarrisAs a consequence of the prison boom that nearly tripled the number of prisons in the U.S. between 1970-2006, many states have begun paring…
The Microfoundations of (Non-)Redistribution in Colombia
By Vincent MauroWhy do some democracies remain so highly unequal? Existing political science literature equips us with surprisingly few theoretical tools…
Abortion in Argentina: Years in the Making?
By Emily B. Jackson1. 2015-2020: Ni Una Menos and the legalization of abortionIn 2015, a feminist movement emerged in Argentina under the mantle Ni…
Wording Effects on Differences in Support for Socialist Programs
By Genevieve RichardsAmericans dislike government plans, dislike the loss of private industry, but support an expanded Medicare for All. The phenomenon of…
The Roper Center Reflects On 20 Years Of Polling Since 9/11
By Jonathon P. Schuldt Interim Executive Director, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Associate Professor of Communication, Cornell University…
Reflecting on the Juneteenth Holiday
Before the U.S. Congress' recent passing of legislation to President Biden for final approval, Cornell University chose to acknowledge Juneteenth with a…
2021 Mitofsky Award Announcement
The Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University is pleased to announce Lawrence D. Bobo, Dean of Social…
The Purdue Opinion Panel Polls of American Teenagers
In the early 1940s, Purdue University Professor of Education and Psychology and Director of the Division of Educational Reference Hermann Henry…
W. E. B. Du Bois and "The Philadelphia Negro"
Though public opinion research owes a strong debt to commercial marketing techniques, the field remains deeply connected to the settlement house movement…
New U.S. State Collection Available at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
The Roper Center at Cornell University is proud to announce a new initiative to make questions from U.S. state-level polls available in the Roper iPoll…
Kohut Fellowship in Public Opinion & Survey Research Now Accepting Applications
The Andrew Kohut Fellowship in Public Opinion & Survey Research honors the memory of Andrew Kohut and his numerous contributions to the science…
Polling and Democracy, The Road Ahead
While some consider public opinion polls critical to democratic accountability, others question the ability of today’s pollsters to accurately reflect the…
Call for Nominations: 2021 Warren J. Mitofsky Award
Call for Nominations: An annual award of The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University, The Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence…