Glenna Wolf

Glenna has over 30 years supporting and managing survey operations for public health and social science research projects. She is engaged in all phases of the survey cycle: creating and submitting IRB applications, developing data collection materials and moderator’s guides, hiring, training, and supervising interviewers/research assistants, recruiting respondents, conducting in-depth interviews, leading focus groups, and writing final reports. She has a passion for hearing people’s stories and learning what motivates their behavior and life choices. Ms. Wolf thrives in a collaborative work environment that leads to creative solutions for improving people’s lives and the communities in which they live. Ms. Wolf started her research career at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, and had also worked at Battelle Health & Analytics before finding her way to SDRG – the healthiest work environment one could ask for.

Education:

• Bachelor of science, written communications, Easten Michigan University (1989)
• Join Program in Survey Methodology (University of Michigan)
  • The Psychology of Survey Responses: Implications for Questionnaire Design (January 2007)
  • Web Survey Design and Web Survey Implementation (July 2006)

Professional Interests:

• Evaluation of prevention programs through survey research
• Qualitative methods – in depth interviews and focus groups
• Questionnaire design
• New survey methods

Favorite Quote or Mantra:

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Beuller