stainfield.2@osu.

edu
Charlene J. Stainfield 154 N Oval Hall
linkedin.com/in/charlenejstainfield Columbus, OH 43210

EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2022 - present

Master of Arts, American Politics and Survey Methodology

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2020 - 2022

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science

University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 2013 - 2017

SKILLS
Hard Skills: R, LATEX, SPSS, Qualtrics, WinCati, Voxco, Microsoft Programs, Overleaf
Soft Skills: Communication, Creativity, Detail-driven, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Self-motivation

PUBLICATIONS
Robert A. Blair, Jessica Gottlieb, Brendan Nyhan, Laura Paler, Pablo Argote, and Charlene J.
Stainfield. 2024. ”Interventions to Counter Misinformation: Lessons from the Global North and
Applications to the Global South.” Current Opinion in Psychology 55:101732.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101732

WORKING PAPERS
The Role of Elite Rhetoric and Survey Content on Polling Attitudes and Participation

Refining Public Opinion: Integrating AI into Online Surveys (with Jon Green, Oliver Gwynn,
William Minozzi, and Michael Neblo)

Attendance and Attrition in Deliberative Town Halls: A Cross-National Analysis (with Bear Brown,
Euchan Jang, Ryan Kennedy, William Minozzi, and Michael Neblo)

Issue Constraint and Educational Attainment: Re-Examining Converse Today (with Thomas J.
Wood)

Dehumanization and Group Affect: The Role of Positive Affect (with Katie Gouge and Thomas J.
Wood)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Associate Democratic Erosion Consortium
2023 - 2024
Employed by the Democratic Erosion Consortium (DEC)
• Responsible for producing two (2) evidence briefs aimed towards bridging gaps between poli-
cymakers and academics intervening to address misinformation
• Updates and modernizes evidence collection using novel scholarly tools
• Synthesizes established evidence and novel research
• Builds intervention-specific evidence database

Collaborator USAID
2022 - 2023
Employed by the Center for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG)
• Executed comprehensive literature review of recent scholarly evidence on global misinformation
interventions
• Collaborated with team members to evaluate evidence in a formal report
 • Crafted interactive table for digestible evidence consumption
• Programmed expert survey in Qualtrics

Graduate Research Associate The Ohio State University

2021 - present
Employed by the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA)
• Assists with organizing and hosting the annual Global Innovations in Democracy: Parliamen-
tary Exchange (GLIDE) in D.C.
• Organizes participant questions during execution of deliberative congressional town halls
• Collaborates on Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions
• Collaborates on survey questionnaire design
• Programs and tests surveys in Qualtrics
• Performs literature search and review

Senior Research Associate University of North Florida

2016 - 2020
Employed by the Public Opinion Research Laboratory (PORL)
• Collaborated with team members in questionnaire design, survey implementation, and inter-
viewer training
• Exported, cleaned, and transformed data sets in preparation for reports and press releases
• Coded qualitative survey responses into bespoke categories for client consumption
• Developed and introduced a template for the writing of professional reports and press releases
in line with AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative
• Updated and improved data visualization for client reports
• Monitored interviewers during survey administration and provided constructive feedback when
necessary

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant University of North Florida
2016 - 2020
Research Design for Political Scientists (POS 3733) - 2 sections

Research Analysis for Political Scientists (POS 3734) - 6 sections

Survey Research (POS 4750) - 1 section

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
”Issue Constraint and Educational Attainment: Re-Examining Converse Today” presented at MPSA
April 2023, Chicago, IL

“The First Step in Addressing Nonresponse: Investigating Distrust in Polls Using Open-Ended
Survey Responses” presented at MAPOR November 2022, Chicago, IL

“Police Violence Perception and the Effects of Interviewer Race” presented as an iPoster at APSA
September 2019, Washington D.C., Maryland

“The Role of the Census and Weighting in FDOT’s DUI Safety Awareness Campaign” presented at
NACCHO July 2019, Orlando, Florida

“Pre-Election Polling and the Effects of Interviewer Partisanship” presented at AAPOR May 2019,
Toronto, Canada
 “Initial Findings in Pre-Election Polling and the Effects of Interviewer Partisanship” presented at
IABD April 2019, Jacksonville, Florida

EXTERNAL HONORS & AWARDS

MAPOR Graduate Student Fellow, 2022 ($250)
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention, 2022
AASRO Tarnai Scholarship, 2020 ($500)

INTERNAL HONORS & AWARDS

The Ohio State Distinguished University Fellowship, 2020-2021, 2024-2025 (tuition + $26,316 stipend)
University of North Florida Lever Transformational Learning Opportunity Scholarship, 2017 ($3,750)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer, Public Opinion Quarterly, 2024-
Reviewer, Political Communication, 2024-
Chair, Women in Political Science (WIPS), OSU, 2022-2023
2nd Year Representative, Graduate Studies Committee, OSU, 2021-2022
Undergraduate Facilitator, Honors College First Year Colloquium, UNF, 2014-2017

SELECTED TECHNICAL REPORTS

Interventions to Counter Misinformation: Lessons from the Global North and Applications to the
Global South, 2023. Robert A. Blair, Jessica Gottlieb, Brendan Nyhan, Laura Paler, Pablo Argote,
& Charlene J. Stainfield. Prepared for the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID).

Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Media Survey. Michael Binder, Andrew Hopkins, Charlene
Stainfield, & Kathlina Brady. Prepared for the Florida Department of Transportation. (2018 Report,
2019 Report, 2020 Report)

Click It or Ticket (CIOT) Media Survey. Michael Binder, Andrew Hopkins, Charlene Stainfield,
& Kathlina Brady. Prepared for the Florida Department of Transportation. (2018 Report, 2019
Report)

Motorcycle Safety Media Survey. Michael Binder, Andrew Hopkins, Charlene Stainfield, & Kathlina
Brady. Prepared for the Florida Department of Transportation. (2018 Report, 2019 Report)

Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Media Survey and Evaluation. Michael Binder, Andrew Hopkins,
Charlene Stainfield, Kathlina Brady, & Eva Matthews. Prepared for the Florida Department of
Transportation. (2019 Awareness Survey, 2019 Program Evaluation)

North Florida Association of Realtors Jacksonville Survey, 2019. Michael M. Binder, Andrew C.
Hopkins, Charlene Stainfield. Prepared for the The Northeast Florida Association of Realtors.

Duval County Arts and Culture Survey, 2019. Michael M. Binder, Andrew C. Hopkins, Charlene
Stainfield, Kathlina Brady, & Eva Matthews. Prepared for the Duval County Tourist Development
Council.

Putnam County Community Values Survey: Family Life Education and Comprehensive Health Ser-
vices for Secondary Students, 2018. Michael Binder, Andrew Hopkins, Charlene Stainfield. Prepared
for the University of South Florida Healthy Schools Project.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Biennial Community Survey, 2018 Michael Binder, Andrew Hopkins, &
Charlene Stainfield. Prepared for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Airport Service Quality Survey, 2018. Michael Binder, Andrew Hopkins, & Charlene Stainfield.
Prepared for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority.
 Jacksonville Jazz Festival Annual Economic Impact Study. Michael Binder, Andrew Hopkins, Char-
lene Stainfield, & Kathlina Brady. Prepared for the City of Jacksonville. (2018 Report, 2019 Report)

Residential Foreclosures and Gender Discrepancies, 2018. Michael M. Binder, Andrew Hopkins,
Charlene Stainfield, Kathlina Brady, & Honesty Eddins. Prepared for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid.

REFERENCES
1. Thomas J. Wood - Dissertation Committee Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science
at the Ohio State University, wood.1080@osu.edu
2. Michael A. Neblo - Professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) Philosophy, Communication,
and Public Policy at the Ohio State University & Founding Director of IDEA, neblo.1@osu.edu
3. Brendan J. Nyhan - Collaborator and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor at Dartmouth
College, brendan.j.nyhan@dartmouth.edu