Christopher Busbin
Web Developer
Chris works with the Carolina Demography team to develop and implement useful and effective websites and web assets. A web designer and front end developer, Chris is passionate about designing products and services that support organizational goals and add value for end users.
Chris brings a fusion of interface design and software development skills to his work for a user-experience driven approach to web development. Before joining Carolina Demography and the research services IT group at the Carolina Population Center, Chris worked with start-ups at the Innovation Depot tech incubator as a developer and web consultant and created websites for a major dance studio chain.
Before beginning his career as a web developer, Chris was a professional dancer and dance sport competitor for a number of years, becoming a regional champion and national finalist in his division. He also holds a degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
A complete and accurate census count is incredibly important. The census shapes how billions of dollars in federal funding are distributed (including $43.8 billion to North Carolina), how political seats are apportioned, and how communities plan for their future residents.…
Every household that doesn’t fill out the census form online, by mail, or by phone—known as “self-response”—enters the Census Bureau’s non-response follow-up (NRFU) universe. During NRFU, the Census Bureau sends trained enumerators door-to-door to collect census responses directly. This is…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to remain physically distant from each other but has also created new opportunities for us to remain socially connected. Since UNC-Chapel Hill (UNC) closed its campus in mid-March, I (Alexis) have virtually collaborated with…