Karen Clark has over 30 years of survey research experience in both the public and private sectors. She is currently a Senior Project Manager with MSU’s Office for Survey Research where her primary focus is on web-based and multi-mode data collection. In 2006, she was instrumental in developing web-based data collection capacity in OSR. Since then, she has designed, programmed, and managed hundreds of web surveys administered to tens of thousands of respondents, including overseas and in a variety of other languages.
She also has experience with cost estimation and budgeting and working with clients to develop study methodologies, data collection experiments, sampling approaches, and questionnaire design and development. She works extensively with Michigan State University central administration, academic and administrative departments, college leadership, faculty at MSU and across the United States, and non-profit organizations designing, collecting, and analyzing data on a wide range of subjects. She has been a part of the Social Norms Research Team since its inception and has been involved in conducting all of the Celebration Surveys, coordinating data collection for the American College Health Association, and the design and implementation of the NSNC U Celebrate Surveys. Karen holds degrees in English and Political Science and is a die-hard Spartan fan.
