Faces of ICPSR: Robert Choate

What is your ICPSR Job Title?

Lead Data Curator

What is a favorite memory or instance you have working at ICPSR? What makes ICPSR a great place to work?

Giving a presentation about ICPSR to graduate students at my alma mater (the University of Northern Colorado). I got to represent ICPSR while giving back to the program that helped prepare me for getting hired by ICPSR.

Where are you from?

Loveland, CO

What is your favorite part of your job?

Seeing data I worked on being used in the real world or being used in some type of report or publication.

How long have you worked here?

17 years

What do you do when not at work?

Cross fit, read, invest in real estate, cook, and thinking about how I can top last year’s ugly Christmas sweater.

What have you read/viewed/listened to/etc. recently?

Castle. I just finished re-reading the books and re-watching the t.v. series.

What might surprise us about you?

I took a break during my undergrad program to spend 2 years serving as a missionary for my church.

Anything else that you’d like to share with us?

Despite growing up in Colorado I grew up a fan of Michigan football. So to get to work for the university I grew up cheering for is a special treat.

Photo captions (left to right, top to bottom): Sitting in the UM locker room on a tour of the Big House, Holding a baby alligator after a swamp boat tour outside of Orlando, Cheering on Michigan at the 2023 Big 10 Championshp game.

Thanks, Robert!