Publications and Technical Reports
Goerman, P., Meyers, M., Kephart, K., Ellis, R., Glusberg, D. Schoua-Glusberg, A, Tesfaye, C. & Engel, J. (2025). Enumerator Interactions with Limited-English-Speaking and Complex Households at the Doorstep: Findings from 2020 Census Enumerator Focus Groups. Census Website. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/evaluate/eae/2020-evaluation-enumerator-focus-groups.html
Pratt-Chapman M.L., Tennant B., Tesfaye C.L., Wheldon C.W., Nfn S., Streed C.G Jr., Tredway K., Jackson S.S.. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measures for Cancer Research: Feedback from Older Americans. LGBT Health. (2025). doi: 10.1177/23258292251362128. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40728413.
Koenig, L. J., Gelaude, D., Mizuno, Y., Spikes, P., Carter, J., Jr., White, L. S., Randall, L. A., Betley, V., & Tesfaye, C. L. (2025). HIV service use among minoritized racial and ethnic transgender and gender non-conforming youth in the U.S South: a qualitative investigation. AIDS Care, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2025.2456081
Denson, D. J., Stanley, A., Randall, L., Tesfaye, C. L., Glusberg, D., Cardo, J., King, A., Gale, B., Betley, V., Schoua-Glusberg, & Frew, P. M. (2024). Understanding preferences for visualized new and future HIV prevention products among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the southern United States: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2373803
Tennant, B. L., Tesfaye, C. L., Chansky, M. C., Lappin, B., Weinberg, J., Ritchey, M. E., MacLennan, L., & Tarver, M. E. (2024). Communicating medical device recalls: A rapid review of the literature. Patient Education and Counseling, 123, 108244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108244
Carey, J. W., Roland, K. B., Bessler, P. A., Tesfaye, C. L., & Randall, L. A. (2023, January/February). Overcoming challenges to HIV medical care-seeking and treatment among data-to-care program clients in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 34(1), 71-82. https://journals.lww.com/janac/Abstract/9900/Overcoming_Challenges_to_HIV_Medical_Care_seeking.39.aspx
Tesfaye, C. L., Mizuno, Y., Koenig, L., Wilkes, A., Gelaude, D., Carter, J., Jr., White, L. S., Spikes, P., Randall, L., Glusberg, D., Gale, B., King, A., Frew, P., & Glusberg, A. S. (2022). Utilization of HIV prevention, care, and treatment services among young men who have sex with men and transgender persons of color in the U.S. South: A qualitative analysis. AIDS Education and Prevention, 34(6). https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/aeap.2022.34.6.512. doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2022.34.6.512
Roland, K. B., Carey, J. W., Bessler, P. A., Tesfaye, C. L., Randall, L. A., Betley, V., Schoua-Glusberg, A., & Frew, P. M. (2023). Take care of their hierarchy of needs first: Strategies used by data-to-care staff to address barriers to HIV care engagement. AIDS Care, 35(5), 764-771.
Carey, J. W., Courtenay-Quirk, C., Carnes, N., Wilkes, A., Schoua-Glusberg, A., Tesfaye, C., Betley, V., Pedersen, S., Randall, L. A., & Frew, P. M. (2022). HIV testing program activities and challenges in four U.S. urban areas. AIDS Education and Prevention, 34(2).
Murphy, J., Link, M. W., Hunter Childs, E., Langer Tesfaye, C., Dean, E., Stern, M., & Harwood, P. (2014). Social media in public opinion research: Report of the AAPOR Task Force on Emerging Technologies in Public Opinion Research. AAPOR. https://www.aapor.org/AAPOR_Main/media/MainSiteFiles/AAPOR_Social_Media_Report_FNL.pdf
Link, M., Murphy, J., Buskirk, T., Hunter Childs, J., & Tesfaye, C. (in press). Mobile technologies for conducting, augmenting and potentially replacing surveys: Report of the AAPOR Task Force on Emerging Technologies in Public Opinion Research. AAPOR. https://www.aapor.org/getattachment/Education-Resources/Reports/REVISED_Mobile_Technology_Report_Final_revised10June14.pdf.aspx
White, S., & Tesfaye, C. (2014). Nearly 1.4 million high school physics students — Enrollments in AP and second-year courses up 26% even though number of graduates down in 2012–13. Physics Teacher, 52(5), 276. http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.4872405
Ivie, R., & Tesfaye, C. (2012). Women in physics: A tale of limits. Physics Today, 62(2), 47-50. https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1439
Presentations
Tesfaye, C.L. (September, 2025) “Considerations in Distress Protocol Development.” Washington DC Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (DC-AAPOR) Conference, Washington DC..
Tesfaye, C.L. Panel member (May, 2025) “Look Who’s Talking: Professional, Fake and Synthetic Participants in Qualitative Research and Survey Panels.” American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 80th Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Tesfaye, C.L. (May, 2025) “Cross-Cultural AIthon. Can AI Ever Be Sensitive Enough?”. American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 80th Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Tesfaye, C.L. (May, 2025) “Disclosure of Suicidal Ideation in Research Interviews: Stigma, Nuance and Training Considerations.” American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 80th Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Tesfaye, C. L., Thomas, J., Brooks, J., Cupito, A., Floyd, C., Ellis, K., Williams, Z., McGuire, J., & Bacon County Community Health Project Participants. (2024, May). Lessons in effective community engagement and trust building from a Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Project. American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 79th Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Koenig, L., Gelaude, D., Mizuno, Y., Spikes, P., Carter, J., White, L., Randall, L., Betley, V., and Tesfaye, C.L. (2023, November). HIV prevention service use among racial and ethnic minority transgender youth in the U.S. South: A qualitative inquiry (poster presentation). American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA.
Tesfaye, C., Engel, J., and Glusberg, D. (2022, May). Providing effective feedback to maintain quality and consistency in a qualitative interviewing team (paper). AAPOR 76th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Tesfaye, C., and Engel, J. (2020, May). Do you have anything else to add? Exploring the value of final catch-all questions in qualitative in-depth interviews (panel presentation presenter). AAPOR, Virtual.
Carnes, N, & Tesfaye, C. (2019, November). Syringe service programs serving rural pwid: Client perceptions of staff and services, effects of injection drug use, and community needs (Paper). American Public Health Association (APHA), 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo, Virtual.
Tesfaye, C. (2019, May). Unpacking the role of the interview guide in the research conversation (paper presenter). AAPOR, Toronto, ON.
Gall, E., Betley, V., Carnes, N., Carey, J., Pedersen, S., Wilkes, A., and Tesfaye, C. (2019, March). Addressing HIV across borders: A case study of Washington, D.C.’s multijurisdictional initiative to improve regional HIV service infrastructure (paper). National HIV Prevention Conference., Atlanta, GA.
Tesfaye, C., Engel, J., Schoua Glusberg, A., Randall, L., Frew, P., Betley, V., & Gall, E. (2018, November). Efforts to surmount barriers to care in New Orleans: An in-depth look at disparities, challenges, and successes (Roundtable presenter). 2018 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, San Diego, CA.
Betley, V., Gall, E., Pedersen, S., Carnes, N., Carey, J., Schoua-Glusberg, A., and Tesfaye, C. (2018, November). Entry for all: Lessons learned for HIV prevention from the District of Columbia’s test-to-treat model (poster). APHA 2018 Annual Meeting and Expo, San Diego, CA.
Schoua-Glusberg, A., Glusberg, D., Tesfaye, C., Betley, V., Gall, E., Randall, L., and Frew, P. (2018, November). Efforts to surmount barriers to treatment and care in Miami: An in-depth look at disparities, challenges and successes (roundtable). APHA 2018 Annual Meeting and Expo., San Diego, CA.
Randall, L., Schoua-Glusberg, A., Tesfaye, C., Betley, V., Gall, E., and Frew, P. (2018, November). Efforts to surmount barriers to HIV treatment and care in Houston: An in-depth look at disparities, challenges and successes (roundtable). APHA 2018, Annual Meeting and Expo., San Diego, CA.
Schoua-Glusberg, A., Corado, D., and Tesfaye, C. (2018, May). Web survey design for Spanish monolinguals: Effects of visual cues on task mastery. AAPOR, Denver, CO.
Schoua-Glusberg, A,, and Tesfaye, C. (2018). Training translators for a multi country study: Lessons learned (paper). CSDI Workshop, Limerick, Ireland.
Langer Tesfaye, C., and Kurmlavage, V. (2016, May). An exploration of the relationship between usability testing and data verification (paper). Paper presented at the AAPOR 71st Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
Libman, A., Tesfaye, C., and Levy, J. (2016, May). The best of both worlds: Utilizing best practices from web and survey design (poster). AAPOR, Austin, TX.
Jarava, C., and Tesfaye, C. (2016, May). Language negotiation on a bilingual (English/Spanish) telephone survey in the U.S. (paper presenter). AAPOR, Austin, TX.
Christian, L., Langer Tesfaye, C., Wells, T., and Harm, D. (2015, May). Evaluating visual design elements for data collection and panelist engagement (paper). Paper presented at the AAPOR 70th Annual Conference, Hollywood, FL.
Tesfaye, C., and Harm, D. (2015, May). Understanding paralinguistic and linguistic strategies in research interviews (paper presenter). AAPOR, Hollywood, FL.
Pold, J., Tesfaye, C., and Norris, T. (2015, May). Potential applications of text analytics and math based coding strategies for write-in responses (paper). AAPOR, Hollywood, FL.
Tesfaye, C. (2014, May). Can a survey of U.S. high schools be replaced or reduced through web searches? The successes and complications of an experimental strategy (paper presenter). AAPOR, Anaheim, CA.
Tesfaye, C. (2013, September). Rethinking digital democracy (poster presenter). International Conference on Social Media and Society, Nova Scotia, CA.
Tesfaye, C. (2011, November). Is there a greater analytic potential for open-ended survey questions? A comparison of analytic strategies (paper presenter). MAPOR, Chicago, IL.
Tesfaye, C. (2010, May). The global survey of physicists: Challenges and lessons learned from an evolving multilingual multinational survey effort (paper presenter). AAPOR, Chicago, IL.
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