Survey methodologist · Cross-cultural research pioneer · Professor Emeritus, UIC
Over thirty-five years studying how people understand and answer survey questions - with a focus on measurement, nonresponse, and the cultural context behind every response. Currently Senior Research Fellow at NORC and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Tim has spent his career on a deceptively simple question: how do we ask better questions - and get answers we can trust - across very different communities and cultures?
Tim has been a leader through his research on numerous topics, including those that have led to improved surveys of culturally diverse populations, and through his efforts to advance transparency in survey research.
We are better scholars, better researchers, and kinder colleagues because of the example set by Tim.
Co-authored with Eric Welch, this SciOPS survey details the increase in self-censorship and career anxiety among U.S. academic scientists in response to recent science policies.
Self-censorship, more stress, tougher recruiting – we asked US researchers how the Trump administration’s science policies have affected them. Featured in The Conversation.
Using 23 years of longitudinal follow-up data from university employees, higher baseline workplace sexual harassment scores were predictive of chronic disease incidence. Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 16(2).