Senior Research Analyst Christine Filer, Ph.D., has extensive experience in social science research. Her responsibilities at Langer Research encompass project management, questionnaire design, methodology, fieldwork oversight, data analysis and report writing across a range of projects. She holds a doctorate in communication with a minor in government and public policy from the University of Arizona.
Filer’s recent work includes midterm exit poll analysis for ABC News and qualitative research tapping into Texas public school teachers’ experiences, joys and frustrations with the teaching profession. She’s also directed national survey studies measuring attitudes on topics such as sports superstardom, sexual harassment and educational technology.
Prior to joining Langer research, Filer was responsible for managing the University of Arizona’s lab for a multi-year, multi-university IARPA-funded project that developed and evaluated two video games to teach intelligence agents to recognize and mitigate six different cognitive biases. Filer has also assisted research funded by the National Science Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and received multiple research grants for her own projects.
She is the co-author of seven publications in peer-reviewed journals, four book chapters in edited volumes, and more than two dozen national and international conference presentations. Filer is an active member of AAPOR.