Daniel H. Sanders, Jr., PhD.
Senior Evaluation Researcher & Statistician    

email: sandersd@reachoflouisville.com

Daniel Sanders, Jr. (father of Daniel Sanders III, REACHís Information Manager) serves REACH as Senior Evaluation Researcher. He currently spends most of his time working on the KIP and Synar evaluation projects. These are state wide substance prevention initiatives funded by a grant from the Division of Substance Abuse. Dr. Sanders has been involved in the planning and implementation, and analyzing the resulting data using a variety of statistical tools (including factor analysis and multivariate regression). From these analyses it is possible to extract useful information for future prevention efforts.

After earning a Ph.D. at U. of L., Dr. Sanders taught courses there at the undergraduate level in statistics, research methods, economics, and urban sociology. He also taught courses in the Master of Public Administration program. Earlier, he majored in philosophy at Princeton, earned a Master of Divinity degree, did social work here in Louisville, and then served as a diplomat in Ouagadougou and Zagreb. He was named Cherokee Park volunteer of the year for 2001.