Research

Active areas of research

Network scale-up methods for social surveys

Key papers:

• Laga, I., Kunke, J. P., McCormick, T. H., and Niu, X. (2025), “Estimating and Correct- ing Degree Ratio Bias in the Network Scale-up Method,” Sociological Methods & Research, doi:10.1177/00491241251364233.
• Kunke, J. P., Laga, I., Niu, X., and McCormick, T. H. (2024), “Comparing the Robustness of Simple Network Scale-Up Method Estimators,” Sociological Methodology, 54(2):385–403, doi:10.1177/00811750241242791.
• Kunke, J. P., Visokay, A., and McCormick, T. H. (2023), “Respondent-driven sampling: An overview in the context of human trafficking,” CHANCE, 36, 15–21, doi:10.1080/09332480.2023.2290949.

Spatial network models, particularly for freshwater fish

Key papers:

• Kunke, J. P., Olden, J. D., and McCormick, T. H. (2025), “Scalable Spatial Stream Network (S3N) Models,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.12398.

Software: S3N

Time series analysis for monitoring estuary restoration

Paper in progress; upcoming talk at the 2026 Coastal & Estuarine Summit. This work is a collaboration with Michelle Totman, soil scientist for the Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip, WA.