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Moira Fagan, Senior Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dorene Asare-Marfo, Senior Panel Manager<\/em>
Peter Bell, Associate Director, Design and UX<\/em>
Janakee Chavda, Associate Digital Producer<\/em>
Laura Clancy, Research Analyst<\/em>
Shifra Dayak, Editorial Specialist<\/em>
Jonathan Evans, Senior Researcher<\/em>
Sneha Gubbala, Research Analyst<\/em>
Sofia Hernandez Ramones, Research Analyst<\/em>
Carolyn Lau, International Research Methodologist<\/em>
Gar Meng Leong, Communications Manager<\/em>
Kirsten Lesage, Research Associate<\/em>
Jordan Lippert, Research Analyst<\/em>
Ashley Loprete, Communications Associate<\/em>
John Carlo Mandapat, Information Graphics Designer<\/em>
William Miner, Research Analyst<\/em>
Patrick Moynihan, Associate Director, International Research Methods<\/em>
Georgina Pizzolitto, Research Methodologist<\/em>
Dana Popky, Associate Panel Manager<\/em>
Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research<\/em>
Andrew Prozorovsky, Research Assistant<\/em>
Meera Ramshankar, Principal Program Coordinator<\/em>
Jonathan Schulman, Research Associate<\/em>
Laura Silver, Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research<\/em>
Sofi Sinozich, International Research Methodologist<\/em>
David Tully, Senior Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"