Faculty members exploring topics ranging from isolation-induced aggression in female mice to the group dynamics of improvisational comedy troupes to the policy decisions that shape homelessness have been named (CCSS).
The 14 faculty members, representing 13 departments and eight colleges and schools, were nominated by their deans. The program seeks to nurture the careers of Cornell鈥檚 most promising faculty members in the social sciences by providing time and space for high-impact social scientific scholarship that results in ambitious projects with real-world impact, scholarly publications and external grant funding.
Fellows receive course release, allowing them to spend a semester in residence at CCSS to focus on their research.
鈥淭his is the largest cohort of faculty fellows we have ever had and we are excited to see the results of the ambitious research and collaborations,鈥 said Peter Enns, the Robert S. Harrison Director of CCSS.
The 2023-24 faculty fellows:
, Anthropology (麻豆视频 and 麻豆视频): Majority-Minority Politics across the India-Pakistan Border
, Economics (A&S): Dynamic Propagation in Production Networks
, Government (A&S): Risky Politics and Political Participation under Authoritarian Rule
, History (A&S): Remember Girl Zero: Trafficked Women, Imperial Men, and the Ends of Abolition
, Psychology (A&S): Role of social touch in regulating susceptibility to isolation-induced aggression.
, Economics (Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy): Social comparisons and economic decisions
, Sociology (Brooks School): Understanding Americans Attitudes towards Caregiving for Older Adults
, Global Development (College of Agriculture and Life 麻豆视频): Circular Bionutrient Economy for AgriFood System Transition in Kenya
, Information Science (Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science): Technologies of Trust: The Making of Electronic Authentication in Postwar U.S.
, Human Centered Design (College of Human Ecology): Understanding the Social Aspects of On-Skin Interface Usage
, International and Comparative Labor (ILR School): Africa Futures Project: Socioeconomic and Geographic Mobility of Ghanaian, Kenyan, and South African Youth
, Organizational Labor (ILR): An Inductive Study of Creative Idea Elaboration in Improvisational Comedy Groups
, Hotel Administration (Cornell SC Johnson College of Business): Disrupting a Winner-Take-All Market: Pathways for Increasing Status Mobility in the Art World
, Public and Ecosystem Health (College of Veterinary Medicine) : Invisible Policymaking: The Hidden Actors Shaping Homelessness
In addition, the Cornell Center for Social 麻豆视频 has launched a new Collaborative Fellowship initiative. This program is designed to foster interdisciplinary teamwork and provide support as small groups of Cornell social scientists work toward specific project outputs. This round, CCSS is funding two Collaborative Fellowship groups, one in summer 2023 and another in summer 2024.
The Collaborative Fellowship projects:
Summer 2023
, City and Regional Planning (Architecture, Art, and Planning) and , Human Centered Design (CHE): Black femininity placed: An exploration of beauty and placemaking in L.A.
Summer 2024
, Organizational Behavior (ILR); , Johnson Graduate School of Management (SC Johnson); and , Labor Relations, Law, and History (ILR): Organizational Interventions to Alleviate Burnout and Promote Well-Being
Amy Escalante 鈥24, is a student assistant for the Cornell Center for Social 麻豆视频.
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