Slover Linett Audience Research Inc.

Slover Linett is a social research and evaluation practice that works with cultural and community organizations and major foundations across the U.S., including performing arts venues and ensembles, museums of all kinds to libraries, parks, public spaces, public media enterprises, science engagement producers, immersive experiences and placemaking projects. Founded in Chicago in 1999, the firm uses the tools of audience research, program and exhibit evaluation, and community dialogue to help changemakers increase equity and access, deepen engagement and collaborate with their communities. Our projects grapple with a wide range of questions, from programming, experience design and community needs to marketing, audience development, social impact measurement, co-creation and strategic planning. We’re empirical researchers above all, but also consultants and facilitators dedicated to justice and change; we strive to help practitioners, funders and policy leaders make culture more responsive, relevant and rewarding to more people.

Our Chicago-based team includes social scientists from disciplines such as psychology, anthropology and public policy, many with advanced degrees, and includes people with a wide variety of personal identities and experiences. We believe that only a staff with diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and a wide range of perspectives and experiences can successfully tackle the complex challenges ahead, and we aspire to help create a more inclusive cultural research field with every new hire.