Cook County Community Survey

Loyola University Chicago

People

The Cook County Community Survey is a collaborative effort that brings together faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students to shed new light on the attitudes and behaviors of residents of Cook County.

Principal Investigators
Dana Garbarski
Dana Garbarski (Sociology)
Dana Garbarski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Director of the University Core Curriculum at Loyola University Chicago. As a sociologist, Dana's research goals are to examine and inform the valid and reliable collection of survey data on health and well-being, with an intersectional focus on dimensions of race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and sexuality. Her work has been published in several journals in the fields of sociology, public opinion, survey research, and health. You can read more about Dr. Garbarski's research here.
David Doherty
David Doherty (Political Science)
Professor Doherty joined the faculty at Loyola in 2011 after completing a three year post-doc at Yale University. His research uses surveys and experimental methods to explore questions about mass and elite behavior. Doherty's book, Small Power: How Local Parties Shape Elections, was published by Oxford University Press in 2022. You can read more about Dr. Doherty's research here.
Student Participants (Annual Class)
2025
Student Participants (2021-2024 Surveys)

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

For information about the Cook County Community Survey, please contact Dana Garbarski or David Doherty.