ICPSR Membership Testimonials
Read what faculty, staff, researchers, and students have to say about the benefits of ICPSR membership.
Soyoung Kwon
“One thing I really value about working with ICPSR data is that it gives researchers and students access to high-quality, well-documented datasets that would otherwise be difficult to obtain. I have especially appreciated being able to use large national datasets to study health, mental health, and social inequality.”
Soyoung Kwon, University of Texas at Dallas
Courtney Bell
“I have a vivid memory of being in the council meeting room talking about how to do large-scale video data collection and archiving with experts from around the world. ICPSR is always at the leading edge of social science research.”
Courtney Bell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Maria Schweer-Collins
“I appreciate that ICPSR and the NACJD data archive help democratize access to data generated through public funds. One of my favorite parts of the archiving process was thinking through how to organize and document these complex data so that researchers outside of my lab could use them effectively. It was a great learning experience, and I was fortunate to work with an excellent team in my lab and at ICPSR who provided guidance on improving both the data and its documentation.”
Maria Schweer-Collins, Iowa State University
Cecelia Lasley
“The level of detail in the ICPSR datasets and their codebooks make them amazing teaching and research tools.”
Cecelia Lasley, Tufts University
Sarah Young
“My favorite part of working with ICPSR is the incredible amount of knowledge and experience the ICPSR staff provide, while also being super approachable, collaborative and accessible.”
Sarah Young, Carnegie Mellon
Paula Lackey
“ICPSR is a great place because of the longstanding dedication to supporting the responsible reuse of research data.”
Paula Lackey, Carleton College
Stephen Chen
“I have used ICPSR datasets for several statistics classes during my coursework. ICPSR is an amazing place to find open datasets, which is especially critical for graduate students who often do not have access to their own data.”
Steven Chen, Temple University
Madison Golden
“The 2025 biennial meeting ‘summer camp’ has to be my favorite memory thus far. I so enjoyed meeting so many staff at ICPSR in person (they are as awesome as you’d imagine!) and other representatives to nerd out about data together for a few days. It was such a welcoming environment and I cherished the opportunity to connect with like minded data-lovers from across the country.”
Madison Golden, University of Utah
Kaylee Alexander
“The folks at ICPSR were so supportive in helping us find ways to tie into their own programming and engage our students. We ended up having an ICPSR orientation session as the first event of the series and it was exciting to see how excited our attendees were about working with ICPSR datasets.”
Kaylee Alexander, University of Utah
“An incredible resource for researchers, reporters, and anyone else who needs access to information!”
ICPSR member
“ICPSR does a fabulous job connecting us with the rich data resources that are available to our researchers.”
ICPSR member
“I have benefited greatly, in both my research and teaching, from ICPSR. It is an invaluable resource in the social sciences.”
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