Roper Center Publishes New Guide to Transparency & Disclosure
A Commitment to Transparency Since the birth of polling, the field has embraced transparency as a core value. Early commercial pollsters openly…
Scott Keeter to Receive 2026 Mitofsky Award
The Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University is pleased to announce that Scott Keeter, Senior Survey…
New Pioneers of Polling Recognized
Philip E. Converse and Jean G. McDonnell Converse were pioneering scholars who helped shape the modern study of public opinion, survey research, and…
Call for Nominations: The Roper Center’s 2026 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research
An annual award of The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University The Roper Center’s Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in…
From the African People: Development and Democratic Will
By: Duke MwedziThe introduction of a new presidential administration has brought with it a flurry of executive orders. Among them was an order “…
Roper Center announces 2025 student scholars advancing public opinion research
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, located at Cornell University, has named the recipients of its 2025 summer student scholarships,…
Edelman and Lenski Receive 2025 Mitofsky Award
Edelman and Lenski’s decades of innovation in exit polling have transformed how the public understands elections in the U.S. and around the world. Their…
Roper Welcomes Stanley Greenberg Papers and Polling Collection
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is proud to announce the arrival of the Greenberg Papers — a major new collection of political polling that…
Announcing our newest inductee in our Pioneers of Polling collection, Toshio Yatsushiro! Learn more about Yatsushiro’s incredible life and contributions to the field of opinion research here:
Toshio Yatsushiro, Ph.D. (1917–2015) was born in Hawaii to Japanese immigrant parents. He had a long career that spanned sociology and anthropology in…
AAPOR Announces Nancy J. Belden as the Recipient of the 2024 Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement
AAPOR Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement is the Association’s lifetime achievement award and is given for an outstanding contribution to…
Roper Center Board of Directors Announces Winner of 2024 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research
The Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University is pleased to announce Michael Traugott, Professor Emeritus…
Diane Colasanto Announced as the Recipient of the 2023 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research
The Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University is pleased to announce Diane Colasanto as the recipient of…
A New Era for the Roper Center at Cornell
Since the Roper Center moved to Cornell University in 2015, I have had the incredible honor of serving as the Center’s executive director. My connection…
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…
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…
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 &…
2017 Mitofsky Award Winner Howard Schuman
Howard Schuman (PhD, Sociology, Harvard University; MS, Psychology, Trinity College; and A.B., Philosophy, Antioch College) is a distinguished and…
2016 Mitofsky Award Winner James Stimson
The Roper Center Board of Directors is proud to announce that noted public opinion scholar, author, and mentor James Stimson is the recipient of the 2016…
2015 Mitofsky Award Recipient Daniel Yankelovich
Roper Center Board of Directors is proud to present the 2015 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for excellence in public opinion research to Daniel Yankelovich…
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…