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Cross-cultural and multilingual research affinity group

We are AAPOR members who are professional practitioners, government researchers, university faculty members, and students.

Mission: Connect AAPOR researchers and leaders to facilitate a regular dialogue about improved methods, measurement, and research & publication opportunities.

Vision: Cultivate an environment where cross-cultural and multilingual research is visible and important to all survey and public opinion researchers.

2022 AAPOR conference: Data, Language, Diversity and conference 3MC sessions
2021 AAPOR conference: Inclusive Language and Practice in Cross-Cultural and Multilingual Research and virtual conference 3MC sessions.
2020 AAPOR conference: Introduction to Survey Translation and Assessment Panel and virtual conference 3MC sessions
2019 AAPOR conference: cross-cultural and multilingual research
2022 communication issue
2017 communication issue
Inaugural communication issue (June 2016)
WAPOR news: 2018 Special issue on questionnaire translation. Many contributors are affinity group collaborators, including the special issue co-editors Dorothée Behr and Mandy Sha.
2017 June issue of Survey Practice. This issue is dedicated to cross-cultural and multilingual research and is guest-edited by Mandy Sha. The articles highlight current issues and practical guidance on questionnaire pretesting, research participation among racial and ethnic minorities, and non-English language Web survey design and testing. The authors are part of the cross-cultural and multilingual research affinity group and represent various organizations, sectors, tenure in the profession, and demographics of AAPOR membership. Read Editor-in-Chief's introduction here.
AAPOR Diversity news (August 2017): Cross-cultural and multilingual research affinity group

Our informal motto: We can do it! We can do more! We can do more together!

For more information, contact:
Mandy Sha ([email protected])
Patricia Goerman, U.S. Census Bureau ([email protected])
Alisú Schoua-Glusberg, Research Support Services ([email protected])