Mariel McKone Leonard
USA
Doctor of Sociology (Dr.rer.soc.)
University of Mannheim
Dr. Mariel McKone Leonard is a survey methodologist and evaluation consultant with over a decade of experience. She specializes in methods of sampling and recruiting small, rare, and vulnerable populations, as well as conducting research within sensitive contexts. Previously, she was a post-doctoral researcher at the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) where she supported projects improving representation within samples of populations affected by racism via an array of probability and non-probability sampling methods. Doctor of Sociology (Dr.rer.soc.)
University of Mannheim
Dr. Leonard studied political science at the College of William and Mary and Georgetown University. In 2020, she received her doctorate from the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim. Her dissertation focused on measurement error in identification of honor killings worldwide; work from her dissertation has been referenced as evidence by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in the United Kingdom. Prior to moving to Germany, Dr. Leonard worked at Westat, supporting the design and testing of surveys.
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Dr. Mariel McKone Leonard
Sociology
m.leonard[at]berlin.bard.edu