Dana Popky

Research Assistant, Survey Center on American Life

Dana Popky is a research assistant for the Survey Center on American Life at the American Enterprise Institute. She works with AEI senior fellow Daniel A. Cox compiling and analyzing polls on a variety of contemporary political and social issues. Before coming to AEI, Dana worked at Pew Research Center analyzing media coverage of President Biden in his first 100 days, and measuring religious restrictions around the world. She graduated from Tufts University with degrees in International Relations and Religion and a minor in Spanish. 

Recent reports

Culture and ReligionFamily, Relationships, and Social LifePolitics and Elections

Politics, Sex, and Sexuality: The Growing Gender Divide in American Life

Beatrice LeeApril 27, 20226 min read

In American society, the debate over the degree to which men and women are different continues to serve as a cultural and political flash point. While some differences between men…

Community and Civic Life

Public Places and Commercial Spaces: How Neighborhood Amenities Foster Trust and Connection in American Communities

Beatrice LeeOctober 20, 202113 min read

Acknowledgments The Survey Center on American Life of the American Enterprise Institute is grateful to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its generous support of the American…

recent blogs

Community and Civic LifeFamily, Relationships, and Social Life

Diversity and Disconnection

Beatrice LeeMarch 1, 20224 min read

American social life is undergoing momentous changes. We have fewer close friends than we used to have. More Americans are single or living by themselves. We are less apt to…

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