- Phone:
- (812) 855-4517
- Email:
- afbowers@indiana.edu
- Research areas:
- Methods Econometrics and Data Management
- Areas of Interest:
- Survey methodology
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Education
- M.S., University of Maryland, 1998
- B.A., University of North Carolina, 1995
Courses
- SPEA V450: Introduction to Survey Research
- SPEA V550: Survey Research
Biography
Professor Ashley Clark teaches and conducts research on survey methods and serves in a lead methodologist and applied statistician role on research studies. Her primary research interests include survey error and survey operations.
Prior to joining IU in 2011, Clark spent more than 15 years directing survey operations and leading survey research studies at the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina. Clark has conducted research on attitudes toward shale gas development as part of O'Neill’s Shale Gas Working Research Group and has co-authored articles on public support for road mileage user fees with O'Neill colleagues Denvil Duncan and John Graham. She served as sampling statistician and methodological consultant for a 2013 book co-authored with O'Neill colleague Beth Gazley: What Makes High-Performing Boards: Effective Governance Practices in Member-Serving Organizations. Clark's research on nonresponse error and interviewer turnover has been presented at the American Statistical Association's Joint Statistical Meetings and the American Association for Public Opinion Research Conference.
Clark directs the Center for Survey Research, a research facility of the Office of the Vice Provost for Research. The Center provides research design and data collection services for academic, nonprofit and for-profit clients. She has authored or co-authored several technical research reports at the Center each year. She also provides pro bono research consultation to individuals, groups, and nonprofits in the local community through her survey research class and role at the Center.
Highlights
- Director, Indiana University Center for Survey Research
- Authored or co-authored 25+ technical survey reports from 2020-21
- Provided pro bono research support to 35+ nonprofit organizations and government agencies in Indiana
- Designed and co-led IU’s Best Practices in Designing and Conducting Quality Research Seminar Series
- Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Graduate Teaching Award, 2018
- Executive Committee Member, Association of Academic Survey Research Organizations, and Council of Chapters Representative, American Statistical Association
In the News
- “Indiana In-Depth: For whom the bill tolls” – The News and Tribune, February 4, 2017
- "Indiana University research finds mileage user fees for roads are broadly unpopular" – IU Newsroom, October 18, 2016
- “Indiana University research: Support for fracking grows when fees stay local” – IU Newsroom, May 17, 2016
- "SPEA study: Tolls, gas taxes most ‘tolerable’ road funding sources" –- IU Policy Briefings, July 19, 2016
- "No painless options in funding road projects" – Indy Star, September 8, 2015
- "A Strategic Board is an Effective Board" – ASAE Center, Oct. 1, 2013
- "Knowledge Corner: Board Performance Matters" – Associations Now, Oct. 1, 2013
Selected Works
“Active curation of large longitudinal surveys: A case study,” (with I. Kouper, K.L. Tucker, K. Tharp, and M.E. van Booven), Journal of eScience Librarianship, 10(3): 11 (2021)
“A comparative study of Chinese and American public perceptions of shale gas development,” (with Y. Zhang, J.A. Rupp, and J.D. Graham). Journal of Risk Research, 1-23 (2021)
“Partisanship does not tell the full story: The complexities of public opinion and fracking in the United States,” (with M H-W. Lee), Energy Research & Social Science, 70, 101686, (2020)
“How do incentives influence local public support for the siting of shale gas projects in China?” (with Y. Zhang, J.A. Rupp, and J.D. Graham), Journal of Risk Research, 23(3) 330-348 (2020)
“Public opinion toward hydraulic fracturing: The effect of beyond compliance and voluntary third-party certification,” (with M H-W Lee, J.A. Rupp, D.C. Wietelman, and J.D. Graham). Energy Policy, 128, 306-315 (2019)
“The road mileage user fee: Level, intensity, and predictors of public support,” (with D. Duncan, V. Nadella, S. Giroux, and J.D. Graham), Transport Policy, 53, 70-78 (2017)
“Searching for a tolerable tax: Public attitudes toward roadway financing alternatives,” (with D. Duncan, V. Nadella, S. Giroux and J.D. Graham), Public Finance Review, 1-23 (June 21, 2016)
“Survey quality,” (with S.E. Hansen, G. Benson, B-E Pennell, B. Duffey, M. Hu, and K. Cibelli Hibben). In Cross-Cultural Survey Guidelines (2016)
“Searching for a tolerable tax: Public attitudes toward roadway financing alternatives,” (with D. Duncan, V. Nadella, S. Giroux, and J.D. Graham), Public Finance Review, 1-23 (June 21, 2016)
“Fee disbursements and the local acceptance of unconventional gas development: Insights from Pennsylvania,” (with N.H. Paydar, J.A. Rupp, and J.D. Graham). Energy Research & Social Science, 20, 31-44 (2016)
