Charlene J. Stainfield

Charlene is a senior data scientist at Huntington National Bank in Columbus, Ohio. She earned her Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in Political Science with a focus on American politics and political methodology. Her dissertation, “Evolving Dynamics in Public Opinion: Polling Trust, Partisan Cooperation, and Election Skepticism”, examines correlates to distrust in public opinion polls using five surveys spanning multiple decades, differential partisan attrition in Pew's American Trends Panel, and the efficacy of AI corrections on election skepticism. Her academic research interests include public opinion in the U.S. and cross-culturally, political identities, political behavior, election polling, misinformation interventions, as well as any and all things involving survey methods and measurement.

Charlene received her B.A. in Political Science with a focus in American Politics and minor in Creative Writing from the University of North Florida (UNF) in 2017. After graduating, she held the position of Senior Research Associate at the Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) at UNF. She holds an M.A. from the Ohio State University in American politics with an interdisciplinary specialization in survey research.