Director of the Survey Research Center University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research | Ann Arbor, Michigan Pam Davis-Kean has been selected as the Director of the Survey Research Center (SRC). Davis-Kean is a Professor of Psychology, a Research Professor in the Survey Research Center and Research Center for Group Dynamics, and a Faculty Associate of ICPSR.Davis-Kean brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role. Her research examines the various pathways that socioeconomic status (SES) of parents relates to the outcomes of their children. Her primary focus is on parental educational attainment and how it can influence the structure of the home environment and changes in cognitive outcomes in individuals throughout childhood, adolescence, and the transition to adulthood. She started her career at the University of Michigan at SRC as a Research Investigator with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics where she was hired to create and manage the Child Development Supplement.Davis-Kean has held multiple administrative roles on campus, including the Associate Director of the Center for Human Growth and Development (CHGD), the Associate Director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), and currently the Area Chair of Developmental Psychology. She has also founded and directed two Interdisciplinary Centers at ISR (Center for the Analyses of Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood-CAPCA and the Population, Neurodevelopment, and Genetics Center-PNG).John Muckle led this search with Kahn Lee, Karson Freeman and Kira Hamilton.
