About Our Survey Team

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Jamieson is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society. She is the author, co author or editor of twelve books including: The Press Effect: Politicians, Journalists, and the Stories That Shape the Political World (Oxford University Press, 2003) and Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You're Wrong (Basic Books, 2000), and Packaging the Presidency (Oxford University Press, 1996). Jamieson directs the National Annenberg Election Survey.

Ken Winneg

Ken Winneg is the Managing Director of the National Annenberg Election Survey, responsible for all facets of the Survey's design and execution. Before joining the Annenberg Public Policy Center, Winneg was a vice president at Penn, Schoen and Berland in New York, where he directed a variety of corporate and political strategic research projects. Before working at Penn, Schoen and Berland, Winneg was senior research manager at Chilton Research Services, where he was responsible for managing the ABC News-Washington Post surveys.

Adam Clymer

Adam Clymer serves as Political Director for NAES. One of America's most respected journalists, Clymer covered politics for four decades, most recently as Washington Correspondent for the New York Times. His highly acclaimed Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography was released in 1999.

Kate Kenski

Kate Kenski is a senior analyst at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and was a member of the NAES 2000 team. She has published widely on such topics as political communication, public opinion, gender & politics, and research methods. Kenski participates in the design, implementation, and analysis of the NAES.

Christopher Adasiewicz

Christopher Adasiewicz managed the sampling, fieldwork and data processing of the 2000 NAES as Project Director at Princeton Survey Research Associates in Washington, DC. Mr. Adasiewicz also was the lead author of the 2000 NAES codebook. For the 2004 NAES, he is a consultant to the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Mr. Adasiewicz holds a master's degree from the Annenberg School and is currently Communications Manager at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative in New York.

Dannagal Goldthwaite Young

Dannagal Goldthwaite Young is a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication. She has presented at numerous national and international political science, public opinion, and communication conferences in the areas of political satire, the psychology of humor, social trust, and civic participation. Goldthwaite will be analyzing NAES data on media use and public opinion.

Russ Tisinger

Russ Tisinger is a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication, where he is studying the influence of popular entertainment on political public opinion. Before coming to Annenberg, Russ worked for six years as a journalist in Washington DC at Congressional Quarterly magazine, the Center for Public Integrity, and the online magazine Speakout.com. Tisinger will be analyzing NAES data on media use and public opinion.

Natalie Jomini

Natalie Jomini is a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication. Her main interests are in public opinion and political communication. She received her B.A. degree in both Mass Communication and Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley. Jomini will be analyzing NAES data on media use and public opinion.