Recent Projects
SDSU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Violence
2019 and 2017 | Associate Vice President, Administration, SDSU
SSRL was contracted by SDSU administrators to implement and analyze both the 2019 and 2017 SDSU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Violence. Results are used by administrators to drive programming and messaging efforts. SSRL's Cathy Cirina-Chiu and Dipthi Battapadi were part of a panel (along with SDSU's Dr. Brian H. Spitzberg and Dr. Emilio Ulloa) that discussed results from the 2019 survey at the 25th San Diego International Virtual Summit on Violence, Abuse & Trauma Across the Lifespan.
Read the reports by the SSRL: 2017 | 2019
Evaluation of YMCA’s 2017 Summer, Weekend, and Outdoor Education Camps
2019 | YMCA of San Diego County
Since 2010, we have worked with administrators at the YMCA Camps programs to assess
camper satisfaction with the camp experience and facilities, and to determine whether
or not camps were achieving desired knowledge and behavioral outcomes. Our reports
provide feedback to the staff, update stakeholders, and allow administrators to make
informed decisions about programming.
Evaluation of the Video Remote Interpreting Pilot Program in Three California Courts
2017 – 2018 | Judicial Council of California/Dr. Sheldon Zhang
SSRL collaborated with Dr. Sheldon Zhang on a two-year evaluation of the pilot implementation
of video remote interpreting in California. This pilot project was implemented in
six courtrooms located in Sacramento, Merced, and Ventura. This project included data
collected via multiple stakeholder surveys, in-court observations of interpreted events,
and client-provided administrative data. SSRL designed the evaluation plan and all
data collection instruments conducted all on-site observations, analyzed all data,
and drafted the final report.
Evaluation of LASSD’s In-Home Support Services Pro Bono Project
2018 | Legal Aid Society of San Diego
In 2016, the Legal Aid Society of San Diego was awarded a grant to engage more lawyers
in pro bono service and address challenges in their pro bono delivery system. SSRL
worked with LASSD to evaluate both the process and the outcomes of this pilot project.
Data collection included on-site observations, surveys of both litigants and attorneys,
and interviews with key informants. This evaluation helped LASSD determine that the
program successfully achieved its primary goals, and provided actionable feedback
to LASSD.
Validation of Pretrial Assessment
Evaluation of Inmate Classification and Case Management Systems
2017 | Imperial County Sheriff’s Office
In 2017, we worked with Chief Jamie Clayton and her staff at the El Centro jail to
help update and validate their procedures for pretrial assessment, inmate classification,
and case management. We analyzed institutional data, conducted site visits and in-depth
interviews with key informants, and established a working partnership to support ICSO
in their efforts to implement current evidence-based practices in these areas.
Past clients include:
- Associated Students
- Athletics
- Aztec Shops
- College of Arts and Letters
- College of Engineering
- Department of English and Comparative Literature
- Division of Business and Financial Affairs
- Division of Student Affairs
- Ecological Reserve Field Stations
- Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias
- Interwork Institute
- KPBS
- L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Office of the President
- Office of the Provost
- Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Research Foundation
- School of Communication
- School of Social Work
- Social Policy Institute, School of Social Work
- Student Health Services
- City of National City
- City of San Diego, Planning Department
- Environmental Health Coalition
- Family Health Centers of San Diego
- First 5
- Harder+Co Community Research
- La Mesa Spring Valley School District
- Planned Parenthood of San Diego, Riverside and Imperial Counties
- Public Health Foundation Enterprises / CDC Quarantine Station San Diego
- San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
- San Diego County
- Department of Environmental Health
- Department of Health Services
- Office of Education
- Policy Panel on Youth Access to Alcohol
- Water Authority
- San Diego Prevention Research Center
- San Diego Unified School District
- SAY San Diego
- Tarik Khamisa Foundation
- Tierrasanta Project
- UCSD School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
- University of California, San Diego
- University of San Diego-Center for Applied Social Research
- YMCA of San Diego County
- Association of Bioethics Programs
- Betsy Jacobson & Associates
- California Faculty Association
- Evalcorp
- Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, Inc.
- The Hansen Summer Institute on Leadership and International Cooperation
- The Office of the Chancellor, California State University
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
- Woodside Elementary School District