Letter from the President
Hello SAPOR members and friends,
I’ve had the pleasure of volunteering my time to support this chapter for over 3 years now and have enjoyed every minute of it! The outgoing board members will surely be missed however many of them are staying involved in assisting SAPOR behind the scenes. In fact, our awesome past President Tamara Terry is sticking around to participate in SAPOR activities and she was just elected to the National AAPOR Executive Committee. Ms. Terry is now The Associate Membership and Chapter Relations Chair. This has a term of office of one-year at the end of which she shall become the Chairperson of the committee chiefly responsible for membership recruitment and retention strategy, oversight on the development of member benefits and services, relations with local and regional AAPOR Chapters and membership analytics. Please join us in congratulating Tamara and supporting her in her new role...
Meet Your Executive Board
Angelique Uglow
President
Reconnaissance Market Research – ReconMR
135 S. Guadalupe St
San Marcos, TX 78640
512-757-8116
Valrie Horton
Vice President
Abt Associates
Central Park West
5001 S. Miami Blvd.
Suite 210
Durham, NC 27703
919-317-3707
Jessica Williams
Conference Chair
RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Rd
RTP, NC 27709
919-541-6558
Michelle Vrudhula
Vice Conference Chair
Reconnaissance Market Research – ReconMR
135 S. Guadalupe St
San Marcos, TX 78640
512-757-8102
www.reconmr.com
Logan Tice
Secretary-Treasurer
RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Rd
RTP, NC 27709
919-485-1497
Kurt Johnson
Associate Secretary-Treasurer
RTI International
5265 Capital Blvd
Raleigh NC 27616
919-926-6515
Shane Trahan
Website and Communications Committee Chair  
RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Rd 
RTP, NC 27709 
919-541-5848 
Tamara Terry
Past President
Associate Membership and Chapter Relations Chair (AAPOR)
RTI International
5265 Capital Blvd
Raleigh NC 27616
919-926-6560
Success- The 2017 SAPOR Conference
The 2017 SAPOR Conference was held this past October in Raleigh, NC and we are pleased to report that it was another success! With 25 paper presentations, 2 days of sessions, a Diversity & Inclusivity Panel, 94 attendees, the National AAPOR President as key note, and strong sponsorship, the board surpassed its expectations and goals for the conference... Read More
COMING SOON...AAPOR in Denver, CO
New Member and All Chapter Welcome Reception
Wednesday, May 16, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Touching base with colleagues and old friends is what this party is all about! Sponsor, exhibitor, first-time attendee or old hand, this is your opportunity to start the conference on the right foot. Balance the intensity of AAPOR educational sessions with the satisfaction of meeting colleagues who share your interests. Take a moment to visit your chapter colleagues and share insights from what you’ve learned. A light dinner of “chef tastings” food stations will sustain your evening. Please come out and support SAPOR!

PAPOR Thursday Evening Networking Event
Thursday, May 17, 8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Join AAPOR colleagues @ The VIEWHOUSE for a complimentary evening of camaraderie, networking, photo booth, DJ, Karaoke, games with prizes, great food and fun. SAPOR is proud to be one of the many chapter sponsors for this event. More details to follow as the conference gets closer.  
Presenting at AAPOR?
We are!!!

Kurt Johnson, Valrie Horton and Tamara Terry will be presenting at AAPOR's national conference.

If you will be too, drop us a line, we'd be thrilled to share your research in an upcoming newsletter.
Review of 2017 and Plans for 2018 Conference 
As the Executive Committee starts planning for the 2018 conference we reflect on last year’s conference in hopes to improve and continue providing an engaging and educational experience for our SAPOR members. One could easily ask, how do we top the 2017 SAPOR conference which included more than 90 attendees, six presentation sessions, a Diversity and Inclusion Panel, and keynote address from the 2017-2018 AAPOR President himself, Dr. Timothy Johnson. The Diversity and Inclusion Panel included Dr. Robert A. Wortham, North Carolina Center University’s Associate Dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Dr. Anna Sandoval Girón, Research Sociologist at the U.S. Census Bureau, Bucky Fairfax, Senior Vice President of Strategic Talent Management at RTI International, and Gracie Johnson-Lopez, President and Principal Consultant of Diversity and HR Solutions. Read More
SAPOR Members on the Measure of Everyday Life
Brian Southwell as the host of the radio program The Measure of Everyday Life took time to speak to two of the SAPOR members attending the annual conference this year in Raleigh. The topic, related to the topic of our conference, was how we talk to each other about controversial issues. Karl Feld and Kristin Pondel of the research organization GFK shared their experiences with surveying on reproductive rights and other sensitive topics. The discussion focused on a national survey from data collected for the Center on Reproductive Rights. The interview included a valuable discussion on the framing, formatting and administration of accurately asking about controversial concepts. You can find this interview and archived recordings from the program at measureradio.libsyn.com.