Staff Bios

John Whaley

John Whaley is a vice president with Hart Research and is well versed in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. His diverse set of political, labor, corporate, foundation, non-profit and government clients includes the DSCC, AFL-CIO, the Coca-Cola Company, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Center for American Progress, and the University of California system.

Prior to rejoining Hart Research in 2010, John spent three years as a senior VP at American Environics (AE), a California-based strategic research firm combining traditional polling methods with in-depth techniques in cognitive linguistics and political psychology. While at AE, John served as overall project director and played the lead analytical role on research efforts for AARP, the Open Society Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson and Ford Foundations.

John first joined Hart Research in 2003 after receiving his doctorate in Political Science from American University, where he has taught a course on research design and methodology for six years. His dissertation focused on corruption in Congress, a project for which John conducted in-depth interviews with more than 40 current and former Members of Congress as well as scores of other ethics experts.

A native Californian, John received his B.A. in political science from UC Berkeley in 1989.