ASRC's Partnerships in Research  

Northampton County ProJeCt For People Organization, March 2003 through October 2005. Longitudinal program evaluation of the Easton Area Middle School Success Program in the Easton Area School District. The first year of the program evaluation began in the 2002-2003 academic year. The 2004-2005 EMSSP evaluation concluded in October 2005.

Organizational Resources Counselors Worldwide (ORC.WW), New York , New York. September 2003. Focused on instrumentation and statistically analyzed primary and secondary surveys used to assess and compare level one management and line managers in largest corporations worldwide in ORC’s Global Talent Management (GTM) Project.

Northampton County ProJeCt For People Organization, March 2003 through August 2003. Program evaluation of the Make Your M.A.R.K. Pilot Program in the Easton Area School District. Also funded in 2003-2004.

Boy Scouts of America, Minsi Trails Council, March 2003 through August 2003. Program evaluation of the Adult Leader Training and Scout Retention Programs of seven Eastern Pennsylvania BSA districts.

Northampton County Communities That Care Organization. January 2003 through September 2004. Program evaluation of the Adopt-A-Class mentoring program in the Easton Area School District; a longitudinal assessment study.

Lehigh University, Integrated Product Development (IPD) Program. August 2002 through March 2004. Independent Program evaluation of IPD’s Department of Labor-funded demonstration project titled “A Demonstration Project Linking Academic Entrepreneurial Courses with Dislocated and New Entrant Workers for Self Employment and New Company Start-ups.” This longitudinal program evaluation concluded in March 2004.

Bethlehem Housing Authority, Bethlehem, PA. June 2002 through September 2002. Designed and implemented a day care needs assessment survey to assist in decision-making to introduce a new day care facility for families.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Allentown, PA. July 2001 to January 2002. Evaluation study on energy deregulation examining four years of choice by PPL Utilities’ Customers. Focus was on awareness, understanding, attitudes, expectations, actions & information sources, survey of residential customers, survey of low-income customers and comparisons with pre-pilot study survey. This study included two additional sub-studies on anticipated responses to future rate policy changes and demand side management-response.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton Housing Authorities, Lehigh County, PA. November 2001 through January 2002. Designed and implemented quantitative studies of resident perceptions of crime and safety vis-à-vis the Federal Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP) under the auspices of HUD’s local Housing Authorities. Separate studies have been undertaken in Allentown (1999, 2000 and 2001), Bethlehem (2000 and 2001) and Easton (2001) over the past three years.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Allentown, PA. August 2001 through October 2001. Worked with the Social Research Corporation to conduct focus groups to address customer understanding, awareness and attitudes of PPL Electric Utilities’ Electric Choice Program. We also sought to ascertain expectations and planned actions regarding two future choice related issues: Demand side response/management and Elimination of rate caps.

Alzheimer’s Association in Washington, D.C. September 2000 to August 2001. Worked with the Social Research Corporation on a quantitative and qualitative national study, commissioned by the Alzheimer’s Association in Washington , D.C. and a major pharmaceutical company. Measured the instrumental dimensions of informal care to seniors with Alzheimer’s Disease and estimated the financial cost nationwide to families and other informal care providers that is associated with this condition. Involved in survey development, sampling, conducted and analyzed focus groups, and linked primary data with available secondary data on Alzheimer’s Disease.

Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Texas. June 2001 to August 2001. Worked with the Social Research Corporation to assist the Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Texas to conduct and analyze two dozen national qualitative studies (mainly focus groups) to develop educational programs for teens regarding epilepsy. Gathered information was passed onto the National Office to better understand how teens in our communities view epilepsy.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Allentown, PA. July 2000 through December 2000. Worked with the Social Research Corporation conducted eight focus groups on residential customers to solicit feedback on several forms of educational material prepared by PPL and one by the PUC to better understand customers' perceptions of these electric choice publications.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Allentown, PA. March 2000 through June 2000. Worked with the Social Research Corporation to conduct four focus groups to solicit feedback on “competitive default supplier” policy (CDS). The goal was to better understand customers’ perceptions of, and beliefs about, this new policy.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Allentown, PA. March 1999 through January 2000. Worked with the Social Research Corporation to conduct focus groups throughout the state to evaluate responses to energy deregulation policy.

ABACUS Custom Research, Emmaus, PA. August 1998 to October 1998. Worked with ABACUS Custom Research to conduct an RKS residential customer survey, provide cross-tabular analysis, customer profile development, segmentation (Chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detector or CHAID) modeling and analysis, and develop the final report.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Allentown, PA. June 1997 to September 1997. Worked with Social Research Corporation to determine customers’ perceptions and awareness of PP&L’s customers regarding deregulation affecting the purchase of electric generation; the choices of, and effects on, individual households and small businesses; and PP&L’s outreach and educational efforts about the Customer Choice Program.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Allentown, PA. November 1996 to April 1997. Worked with the Social Research Corporation to conduct agency-based process interviews to evaluate PPL’s Community Partnership Program (CPP); $2.4 million in community grants for community revitalization, small business starts, and affordable housing. The focus was on the PPL CPP’s broader social and economic effects.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Allentown, PA. September 1995 to December 1997. Worked with the Social Research Corporation to evaluate PP&L’s Customer Choice Pilot Program, including focus group evaluations of the Pilot Educational Program and of a sample of Non-Pilot Participants.

Organizational Resources Counselors (ORC) and Simmons Associates, New York, NY. October 1995 to July 1996. Designed a multidimensional diversity training instrument, factor analyzed instrument data across industries served by ORC-Simmons, Inc., and determined the construct validity of the resulting instrument.

TV Guide, Radnor , PA. January 1996 to March 1996. Conducted a qualitative assessment of TV Guide customers across four U.S. cities to determine customer preferences and pricing thresholds.

TV Guide, Radnor , PA. October 1994 to August 1995. Quantitative report based on secondary data from the 1995 TV Guide Subscriber Study. Segmentation models also were developed to further address project objectives.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Allentown, PA. December 1987 to June 1988. Research consultant for the Winter Relief Assistance Program (WRAP) study. Designed the WRAP study using a four-post design along with the Social Research Corporation to examine the interactive effects of energy conservation services on energy usage behaviors and attitudes of program participants.