Client or Primary Investigator: Brenda Longfellow, Roger A. Hornsby Associate Professor, School of Art, Art History, and Design

Project Manager: Lisa Halm-Werner

Project Start: August 27th, 2024

Services Provided: Qualtrics Programming and Reporting Support

Client or Primary Investigator: Johnson County Attorney’s Office

Project Manager: Cassidy Branch

Project Start: August 19th, 2024

Project Description: The goals of this evaluation are to conduct a rigorous and informative evaluation that will assist the Attorney’s Office in evaluating the success of the program related to the program’s goals of (1) reducing community violence and gun violence related activities, (2) increasing referrals to service providers for intervention, and (3) reducing involvement with the criminal justice system. The ISRC will work with the Attorney’s office to collect data through various modes to meet these goals.

Services Provided: Focus Group Moderation, Semi-Structured Interview, and Web Survey Support and Distribution

Client or Primary Investigator(s): Julianna Pacheco, Professor, Department of Political Science; Nicholas Salazar; Nicole Novak, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health

Project Manager: Dawn Bower

Project Start: August 6th, 2024

Project Description: The aim of the community survey is to document the political behavior, civic attitudes, and self[1]reported health outcomes of immigrant groups, especially Latina/o/x individuals, other people of color, and immigrants, living in Iowa. The study is part of a community-partnered project co-led by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) of Iowa. One purpose of the study is to inform LULAC leaders' efforts to promote civic and political engagement among Iowa Latinos.

Services Provided: Data Entry

Client or Primary Investigator: Sylvia Mikucki-Enyart, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies

Project Manager: Mike Oie

Project Start: June 25th, 2024

Services Provided: Consultation

Client or Primary Investigator: Lisa Gray, Admin Services Coordinator; CLAS Administration

Project Manager: Mike Oie

Project Start: June 24th, 2024

Services Provided: Web Survey

Client or Primary Investigator: Rachel Zimmermann Smith, Johnson County Attorney

Project Manager: Cassidy Branch

Project Start: June 21st, 2024

Services Provided: Consultation

Client or Primary Investigator: Miranda Eleazar Welbourne, Assistant Professor, Tippie College of Business

Project Manager: Dawn Bower

Project Start: May 20th, 2024

Services Provided: Transcription

Client or Primary Investigator: Mary Noonan, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Project Manager: Lisa Halm-Werner

Project Start: April 29th, 2024

Services Provided: Survey Consultation, Web Survey Programming

Client or Primary Investigator: Samantha Zuhlke, Assistant Professor, School of Planning and Public Affairs

Project Manager: Cassidy Branch

Project Start: April 17th, 2024

Project Description: This community engagement project consists of hosting listening sessions with immigrant/refugee groups to ascertain tap water concerns and sources of information within these groups. The project will produce recommendations for Polk County and the Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) to a) address drinking water behavior among these groups and b) build relationships with these communities.

Services Provided: Focus Group, Transcription, and Coding

Client or Primary Investigator: Sibani Ram

Project Manager: Mike Oie

Project Start: April 1st, 2024

Project Description: The topic of this consultation is analysis of demographic data. The consultant will perform Chi-square testing on collected data and comparative data from workforce statistics.

Services Provided: Statistical Consultation

Client or Primary Investigator: Isaac Petersen, Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Project Manager: Cassidy Branch

Project Start: March 4th, 2024

Services Provided: Incentive Management Consultation

Client or Primary Investigator: Rene Rocha, Herman J. and Eileen S. Schmidt Chair; Director, Latina/o/x Studies; Professor, Department of Political Science

Project Manager: Cassidy Branch

Project Start: February 7th, 2024

Project Description: The project seeks to understand how bureaucrats in three different agencies—The Department of Homeland Security, The Department of Justice, and The Department of Health of Human Services—responded to the Trump Administration’s 2018 immigration policy of “zero tolerance” and family separation. The projects asks if different professional backgrounds and perceptions of organizational missions affected whether bureaucrats responded by complying with mandates, expressing objections, or disobeying directives. In doing so, this project discusses the challenges of implementing a controversial policy that requires coordination across multiple federal agencies.

Services Provided: IRB Consultation

Client or Primary Investigator: Maria Emilia Schulter Silva

Project Manager: Mike Oie

Project Start: February 2nd, 2024

Project Description: The consultation will involve two different datasets: the first is concerning the sequence of touches, PPE use, and hand hygiene and the second is from PPE donning and doffing simulations. With both datasets the consultant will help with data visualization, and regression. In the sequence dataset they will look at additional advanced statistical methods.

Services Provided: Statistical Consultation

Client or Primary Investigator: Jamie Kaminski, Graduate Student, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Project Manager: Mike Oie

Project Start: March 13th, 2024

Project Description: The topic of this consultation focused on data and whether neuropsychological test scores and sub scores predict various diagnoses. First the pilot data was reviewed and the consultant provided a walkthrough doing the analysis using R. In the second part, the full study data will be analyzed and reviewed using R.

Services Provided: Statistical Consultation