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Michelle Poris, Ph.D.

Serves as Smarty Pants’ Quant Savant, a name truly fitting for our resident doctor
Leads custom and syndicated quantitative research initiatives at Smarty Pants
Has nearly 20 years of research experience, including over 12 years of designing and executing business-building research for many of the world’s largest corporations
Prior to joining Smarty Pants, was the Senior Director of Quantitative Research at Just Kid Inc., where she spent six years building and leading the firm’s quantitative research practice
Served as a Director at Yankelovich, managing the Yankelovich Youth MONITOR – a tracking study of kids’ attitudes and values
Studied issues of child care and work-personal life balance at the non-profit Families and Work Institute
Is equally comfortable presenting research to senior executives, conference participants, and academic audiences
Was an invited speaker at the White House Conference on Generation Y: “Exploring the Digital Generation”
Participated in a panel on youth sports with Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner at the Arena Football League/Sports Illustrated for Kids Youth Sports Huddle
Earned a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University…uh, can we say smarty pants!?

Fun Facts about Michelle

Lives in Connecticut in a house full of boys (her husband and two sons, age 8 and 3)
Loves to read, with a special place in her heart for middle-grade and teen fiction. Recent favorites include the Hunger Games series, When You Reach Me, Jellicoe Road, and anything by John Green, but her all-time favorite is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Harbors a not-so-secret dream to write her own children’s books
Has rekindled a love for Star Wars, now that she lives and breathes it with her 7- year-old
Can’t handle any pet larger than a fish
Is fighting a losing battle against weeds in an ongoing effort to maintain an organic vegetable garden
Has three favorite places in the world, besides home: Australia (where she studied abroad while in college), Italy (where she honeymooned 10 years ago), and South Korea (where her younger son was born)

Michelle's Album

At the White House!

Ready to climb!

With Kurt Warner

Downtime with the SP girls