People

Co-PI Brian Schaffner, Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts University, helps to manage the project, coordinates participation from teams, develops online tools to make the data more accessible, and works to design the Common Content questionnaire. 

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Co-PI Stephen Ansolabehere, Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government, Harvard University, developed the concept and plan for the Cooperative Election Study. He integrates the activities of the various teams and leads the development of the content. 

Co-PI Jeremy C. Pope has been a professor of political science in the BYU political science department since 2004. In 2023, he joined the CES team as Co-Principal Investigator. He is also a Faculty Fellow at the Wheatley Institution and a Senior Scholar with the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy.

Shih is the Senior Projects Manager at YouGov and manages YouGov's political research projects. Shih has experience conducting healthcare, academic and multinational market research studies. Shih has been involved with the Cooperative Election Study since 2008 and works closely with clients advising on questionnaire design and set up. She earned a B.S. in Cognitive Science with a minor in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Associate Co-PI Lisa Argyle has been an assistant professor of political science in the BYU political science department since 2018. In 2023, she joined the CES team as Associated Co-Principal Investigator. She studies interpersonal political persuasion and how people talk about politics in their everyday lives. She is also interested in Computational Social Sciences.

Associate Co-PI Michael Barber is associate professor of political science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy. In 2023, he joined the CES team as Co-Principal Investigator. and associate principal investigator for the Cooperative Congressional Survey.  His research focuses on the causes and consequences of ideological polarization in American politics - among both elected officials and the public.