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Matt DeBell recognized with Robert M. Worcester Award

His award-winning paper, “Measuring Political Knowledge and Not Search Proficiency in Online Surveys,” addresses the problem of respondents’ cheating on political knowledge questions.

Carolyn Ybarra recognized for promoting diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging

Ybarra was the first staff member to receive the H&S Dean's Award of Merit for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

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Stanford researchers awarded major NSF grant to study 2024 election

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IRiSS names 2022 RA Interns of the Year

For the 2021–22 academic year, Stanford researchers have recognized four outstanding Interns of the Year from three participating community colleges. Stanford and IRiSS are grateful to everyone who contributed to last year's research.

Shanto Iyengar and team win major NSF grant to study 2024 election

The National Science Foundation awarded $14 million to a multi-university team including Stanford, the University of Michigan, Duke, and the University of Texas at Austin to continue advancing the work of the

IRiSS welcomes its 2022 Dissertation Fellows

Congratulations to IRiSS's ninth cohort of Dissertation Fellows! Follow the links below to learn more about each Fellow's research.

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