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Jennifer Dykema is the H.I. Romnes Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of the University of Wisconsin Survey Center (UWSC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds affiliate positions at the Center for Demography and Ecology, the Social and Administrative Sciences Division of the School of Pharmacy, the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, and the Center for Financial Security.
Dr. Dykema earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004, following an M.S. in Sociology from the same institution. She received her B.A. in psychology and sociology from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining UW-Madison, she worked at the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center.
Her research focuses on survey methodology, specifically identifying sources of error in standardized measurements and developing methods to reduce those errors. Dr. Dykema's work examines three main areas: interviewer-respondent interaction, questionnaire design, and methods to increase response rates. As Faculty Director of UWSC, she oversees methodological research addressing critical issues such as response rates, nonresponse bias, field procedures' impact on costs, and design decisions' consequences on data quality. Recent projects include studying incentive combinations to improve response, examining straightlining behavior across survey modes, optimizing household addressing in postal surveys, and comparing data quality between agree-disagree and construct-specific questions.
Dr. Dykema's publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on advancing survey methodology. Her work shows increasing attention to mixed-mode surveys, medical research participation, and sociodemographic variations in survey responses, while maintaining a strong foundation in cognitive aspects of survey responding and measurement error reduction.
- AAPOR Student Paper Award (2005)
- H.I. Romnes Professorship (prestigious faculty award at UW-Madison)
Dr. Dykema has secured extramural funding from NSF and NIH for her research. Her current NSF-funded project examines barriers and facilitators to participating in medical research among underrepresented groups. As Faculty Director of UWSC, she oversees numerous methodological experiments addressing survey implementation challenges. She teaches graduate courses in survey methods, including Soc 751 Survey Methods for Social Research and Soc 752 Measurement and Questionnaires for Survey Research.
Dr. Dykema directs the University of Wisconsin Survey Center, a major research facility conducting surveys across various domains. She is highly active in the survey research community, having served as 2017 Annual Conference Chair and Executive Council member (2015-2017) for the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). She also contributed to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) by chairing the committee that launched their "Methods and Substance" webinar series.
