Michelle Ruddick

Overview

Michelle Ruddick is a Vice President for Survey Management and Design and a survey methodologist with more than 20 years of experience in all phases of survey research, including survey operations design and innovation, methods research, and management. She has directed several important studies on a wide variety of research topics, including commercial energy consumption and adult literacy, and contributed methodological and operational expertise to several others.

Her recent project management experience focused on multimode data collection, including an innovative combination of online data collection, telephone interviews, and video interviews using computer-assisted video interviewing (CAVI). She also plays a significant role in the practice’s business development efforts.

Ruddick is involved in corporate efforts to assess and implement IT innovations and technology as well as facilitate interactions with field staff.

Education

• MS, Survey Methodology, University of Maryland
• BA, Sociology, University of Virginia