Welcome

With a dedicated, professional staff and faculty, The Burruss Institute is known for creating and maintaining large, high-quality datasets, and providing a wide range of technical assistance in a broad range of policy areas to nonprofit organizations and governmental entities at various levels.

The Institute maintains a core of faculty, administrative faculty and staff. Additional Institute staff members serve in a variety of positions funded by grants and contracts from federal, state, and local governments as well as nonprofit agencies. The Telephone Survey Lab maintains a professional staff of telephone interviewers and supervisors who serve on a part-time basis.

In order to address the various research needs of clients, the Institute often draws on faculty expertise. Faculty members are contracted to work on individual projects, or provide technical and administrative support services to complete their research.

Institute staff members have experience in research design, survey construction, methodology, technical and statistical analyses, and teaching and training.