Founded in 1980, Siena College is located in New York's Capital District.  The Siena College Research Institute (SCRI) began polling as a regional polling center and grew to be an important part of the political and economic discourse across the country.  Politicians, pundits, economists and the media all ask, “What did the last Siena Poll say?” When referring to statewide and national attitudes and opinions regarding economic sentiment, favorability of politicians and significant economic, political, social or cultural issues, people look to Siena.

The integrity of our data is paramount.  Dr. Don Levy, the director of the Institute, is a Sociologist and in addition to heading up the Institute for over a decade, Dr. Levy founded and served for two years as the Co-Director of the Institute for Social and Community Research (ISCR) at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and prior to that as Director of Research at the Center for Population Research (CPR) at the University of Connecticut.  Dr. Levy holds a Ph.D., in Sociology from the University of Connecticut and a B.A. from Yale University. Dr. Levy and the team at SCRI create survey instruments that are tested for validity and are unbiased. We will work with our clients to develop questions that will yield reliable results.

We are a leader in social, cultural and health research and have worked for hundreds of different types of clients throughout the years.  For the last decade, our client work has focused on health and wellbeing research. We also have also conducted studies on cyberbullying, alternative energies, participation in arts and culture, participation in sports, civic engagement, policy issues that affect New Yorkers, use and perception of organizations and services.