The Research Services staff includes seven social scientists with backgrounds in sociology, demography, survey research, program evaluation, and psychology. The staff conducts research to support church policy development and to help in planning, development, and evaluation of programs and resources. They have expertise in survey research, program evaluation, needs assessment, focus groups, data analysis and congregational studies.

Jack Marcum
Coordinator
Jack manages the office and its work, as well as directing individual projects, including the Presbyterian Panel, a quarterly national survey of representative samples of more than 3,000 Presbyterian members, elders, and ministers.

Jack Marcum
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Deborah A. Bruce
Associate Research Manager
Designs and conducts research projects including the U.S. Congregational Life Survey; schedules Research Services projects; edits surveys, reports, and resources; and manages the Research Services office.

Deborah A. Bruce
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Susan King
Administrative Assistant
Susan is responsible for large survey mailings, managing databases, coding returned surveys and printing USCLS reports.

Susan King
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Becki Moody
Administrative Assistant
Responsible for large survey mailings, managing the databases, and formatting surveys and Presbyterian Panel summaries and reports.

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Christy Riggs
Administrative Assistant
Christy is responsible for large survey mailings, managing databases, coding returned surveys and printing USCLS reports.

Christy Riggs
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Ida Smith-Williams
Associate for Research & Information
Ida does all the data analysis for Research Services, maintains the program area's databases, and performs statistical analyses runs.

Ida Smith-Williams
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