{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-26T23:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survey.studentsurvey.org\/index.php\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T01:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:53:17","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/texascollegesurvey.org\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Texas College Survey of Substance Use is an example of what can be accomplished by integrating public policy objectives with academic research. The survey is sponsored by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and has been facilitated by the staff of the Public Service And Administration (PSAA) at Texas A&M University since its inception in 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, PSAA also administers for HHSC the Texas School Survey of Drug and Alcohol Use<\/a>, an annual collection of self-reported tobacco, alcohol, inhalant, and substance (both licit and illicit) use data from students throughout the state of Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Public Service And Administration (PSAA) is an academic research organization conducting public policy research on a variety of social, economic, and civil issues. PSAA staff conduct grant and contract research at the international, national, state, and local levels. The following PSAA staff members are responsible for the Texas College Survey of Substance Use<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trey Marchbanks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.P. \u201cTrey\u201d Marchbanks III, Ph.D., is an Associate Research Scientist at PSAA, and is the Principal Investigator for the Texas College Survey of Substance Use<\/em>. Dr. Marchbanks has significant methodological expertise and specializes in using advanced statistical techniques to answer public policy questions. He has been involved in many surveys involving students, teachers and school staff. His work on education policy has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post<\/em> and Austin American-Statesman<\/em> and on NPR<\/em> and CNN<\/em>. He has also presented his work at the United Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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