Melissa Herrmann, President
Melissa began her career at Chilton Research Services, working on polling for ABC News and The Washington Post as well as a vast array of other social science researchers and government agencies. She then moved on and began a social science research practice at ICR, which has grown into Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). As President of SSRS, Melissa is responsible for the successful design and execution of all research endeavors. Her areas of expertise include overall project design, questionnaire development, complex sampling design, weighting, and creating usable deliverables. An active member of AAPOR (American Association of Public Opinion Research), Melissa is on the Education Committee and chairs the subcommittee responsible for conference short courses. Melissa received her BA from Rutgers College, double majoring in Psychology and Journalism/Mass Media. She received her MA from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. In her personal life, she is the proud mother of two great kids who fill every spare minute not spent working.Professional Associations:
AAPOR, DCAAPOR, NYAAPOR, NJAAPOR, and PAAPOR
APSA (American Political Science Association)
ASA (American Statistical Association)
Publications:
"John M. Benson and Melissa J. Herrmann, "End-of-Life Care," in Robert Blendon, Mollyann Brodie, John Benson, and Drew E. Altman, American Public Opinion and Health Care (Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming 2010), Chapter 13."
"Physicians' Views of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law - A Poll." New England Journal of Medicine, 361 (19), pp. e39(1-6); November 5, 2009. (Gillian K. SteelFisher, Robert J. Blendon, Tara Sussman, John M. Connolly, John M. Benson, and Melissa J. Herrmann).
"Public Response to Community Mitigation Measures for Pandemic Influenza." Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14 (5), pp.778-786; May 2008. (Robert J. Blendon, Lisa M. Koonin, John M. Benson, Martin S. Cetron, William E. Pollard, Elizabeth W. Mitchell, Kathleen J. Weldon, and Melissa J. Herrmann).
"Disparities in Physician Care: Experiences and Perceptions of a Multi-Ethnic America." Health Affairs, 27 (2), pp. 507-517; March/April 2008. (Robert J. Blendon, Tami Buhr, Elaine F. Cassidy, Debra J. Perez, Tara Sussman, John M. Benson, and Melissa J. Herrmann).
"Disparities in Health: Perspectives of a Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Racial America." Health Affairs, 26 (5), pp. 1437-1447; September/October 2007. (Robert J. Blendon, Tami Buhr, Elaine F. Cassidy, Debra J. Perez, Kelly A. Hunt, Channtal Fleischfresser, John M. Benson, and Melissa J. Herrmann).
"Gambling, Government, and God, Revisited." Public Opinion Pros, 2 (10), http://www.publicopinionpros.com/features/2006/nov/benson.asp. November 2006. (John M. Benson, Tina M. Reigel, and Melissa J. Herrmann)
"Interviewing in the Face of Disaster: Conducting a Survey of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees." Public Opinion Pros, 2 (9), http://www.publicopinionpros.com/from_field/2006/oct/herrmann.asp. October 2006. (Melissa J. Herrmann, Mollyann Brodie, Rich Morin, Robert Blendon, and John Benson)
"The American Public and the Terri Schiavo Case." Archives of Internal Medicine, 165 (22), pp. 2580-2584; December 2005. (Robert J. Blendon, John M. Benson, and Melissa J. Herrmann)
"Four Calls or Less: A Dispositional Model of Preelection Polls." Public Opinion Pros, http://www.publicopinionpros.com/from_field/2006/jan/dutwinicr.asp. December, 2005. (David Dutwin and Melissa Herrmann)
"Latinos and Political Party Identification." Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 27 (2), pp. 135-160; 2005. (David Dutwin, Mollyann Brodie, Melissa Herrmann, and Rebecca Levin)
"What's In a Name? Sampling Latinos by Surname." Public Opinion Pros, http://www.publicopinionpros.com/from_field/2004/nov/dutwin_herm_1.htm. November 18, 2004, (David Dutwin and Melissa Herrmann)
"The Public and the Smallpox Threat." New England Journal of Medicine, 348 (5), pp. 426-432; January 30, 2003. (Robert J. Blendon, Catherine M. DesRoches, John M. Benson, Melissa J. Herrmann, Kalahn Taylor-Clark, and Kathleen J. Weldon)
"The Impact of Anthrax Attacks on the American Public." Medscape General Medicine, 4 (2); http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/430197; April 17, 2002. (Robert J. Blendon, John M. Benson, Catherine M. DesRoches, William E. Pollard, Claudia Parvanta, and Melissa J. Herrmann)
"Views of Practicing Physicians and the Public on Medical Errors." New England Journal of Medicine, 347 (24), pp.1933-1940; http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/24/1933; December 12, 2002. (Robert J. Blendon, Catherine M. DesRoches, Mollyann Brodie, John M. Benson, Allison B. Rosen, Eric Schneider, Drew E. Altman, Kinga Zapert, Melissa J. Herrmann, and Anne E. Steffenson)
"Gambling, Governments and God." Public Perspective, 13 (1), pp. 34-37; January/February 2002. (John M. Benson, Tina M. Reigel, and Melissa J. Herrmann)
"Americans' Health Priorities: Curing Cancer and Controlling Costs," Health Affairs. November/December 2001. (Robert J Blendon, Kimberly Scoles, Catherine DesRoches, John T Young, Melissa J Herrmann, Jennifer L Schmidt, and Minah Kim)
"Managing Privacy Managers," The Public Perspective. November/December 2001. (Melissa J. Herrmann)
"Americans' Health Priorities Revisited after September 11." Health Affairs, web exclusive, November 13, 2001. (Robert J. Blendon, Kimberly Scoles, Catherine DesRoches, John Young, Melissa Herrmann, Jennifer Schmidt, and Minah Kim)
"Consumers' Assessment of the Food Safety Problem for Means Prepared at Home and Reactions to Food Safety Labeling," Journal of Food Products Marketing. 6 (4), 2001. (Brian Roe, Mario F. Teisl, Alan S. Levy, Kevin Boyle, Mark L. Messonnier, T. Lynn Riggs, Melissa J. Herrmann, Felicia M. Newman)
"...If We Live That Long in Earthly Form, Waiting for the Apocalypse," The Public Perspective. February/March 1999. (John M. Benson and Melissa J. Herrmann)
"Right to Die or Right to Life? The Public on Assisted Suicide," The Public Perspective. June/July 1999. (John M. Benson and Melissa J. Herrmann)
