Search our database of all past CCSS grantees, fellows, collaborative projects, and working group grants.
First Name | Last Name | Department / School | Project Title | Abstract/Impact Statement | Year | Semester | PI/Co-PI Sort ascending | College | Grant Type |
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Gayatri | Menon | Development Sociology | Accumulating Insecurity, Securing Accumulation: A Conference on Militarizing Everyday Life | 2008 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Katherine | Miller | Communication | Prosocial Behaviors in the Digital Age | This team has generated over $900,000 in grants and 45 publications thus far, including 1 book. Research topics include the Social Media TestDrive project, fact-checking dynamics on Reddit, diverse participation in online education, underestimating others' willingness to help, and encouraging bystander interventions on social media. | 2018-2021 | co-pi | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Bineet | Mishra | Economics | Production Networks under Uncertainty | 2021 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Bjoern | Mitzinneck | Creating Change from Within or Building an Alternative? The Role of Intermediaries in Developing Local Food Systems | 2019 | Spring | co-pi | University of Groningen | CCSS Grant | ||
Francesca | Molinari | Economics | Estimating Risk Preferences with Limited Consideration | 2018 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Stephen | Morgan | Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility | This project produced over 14 million dollars in external funding and 169 publications, including 6 books. Research topics included poverty traps, food insecurity, malnutrition, educational attainment, rural poverty in the US, the socioeconomic dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa, and overseas research. | 2008-2011 | co-pi | Johns Hopkins University | Collaborative Project | ||
Paul | Nadasdy | Anthropology, American Indian and Indigenous Studies | Contested Global Landscapes: Property, Governance, Economy and Livelihoods on the Ground | The 7 project fellows produced over 1.6 million dollars in external funding, a vibrant book series with Cornell University Press, and 77 publications. Research topics included global land deals, the neoliberal agri-food regime, First Nation formation in the Yukon, envirotechnical disasters, and migration and labor. | 2012-2015 | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Michael | Neblo | The coevolution of individuals and their social settings: A multi-site longitudinal study | 2010 | Fall | co-pi | Ohio State University | CCSS Grant | ||
Jeremy | Nemeth | Perceptions of “Publicness” in NYC’s Privately Owned Public Spaces | The funding ultimately resulted in a peer-reviewed publication. |
2009 | Fall | co-pi | University of Colorado | CCSS Grant | |
Shaun | Nichols | Philosophy | Revising Anti-Vaccination Beliefs During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic | 2020 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Shaun | Nichols | Philosophy | The Moral Psychology of Public Life: An Interdisciplinary Conference | 2019 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Jeff | Niederdeppe | Communication | Consumer Understanding of Information on OTC Product and Rx Drug Advertisements: A Pilot Study | 2016 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Laura | Niemi | Psychology | The Moral Psychology of Public Life: An Interdisciplinary Conference | 2019 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Kristoffer | Nimark | Economics | Production Networks under Uncertainty | 2021 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Kathleen | O'Connor | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Getting Connected: Social Science in the Age of Networks | This project garnered a record-breaking 22 million in external funding, including Michael Macy’s 2 million NSF project on large semi-structured datasets (2005). In addition, Jon Kleinberg and David Easley created a highly-subscribed, interdisciplinary course, which continues to launch the next generation of networks scholars. | 2005-2008 | co-pi | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | Collaborative Project | |
Timothy | O'Donnell | What are the Pieces of Language Knowledge? | 2009 | Spring | co-pi | Harvard, McGill University | CCSS Grant | ||
Ted | O'Donoghue | Economics | Age and Intertemporal Choice Among Aversive Experiences | This pilot study resulted in an external grant (R21 AG043741 NIH/NIA. “Age Differences in Preferences for and Responses to Temporal Sequences” and multiple journal publications. | 2011 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Andrew | Ofstehage | Development Sociology | The Social Life of Land Workshop | 2019 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Christine | Olson | Nutritional Sciences | Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility | This project produced over 14 million dollars in external funding and 169 publications, including 6 books. Research topics included poverty traps, food insecurity, malnutrition, educational attainment, rural poverty in the US, the socioeconomic dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa, and overseas research. | 2008-2011 | co-pi | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Anthony | Ong | Human Development | Reducing the adverse effects of prenatal maternal stress on child neurodevelopment in low-income African-American sample | 2021 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Emily | Owens | Judgment, Decision Making, and Social Behavior | This 12-person project procured about 10 million dollars in funding and produced a record number of 256 publications, including 5 books and 225 peer-reviewed articles on the neuroscience of risk, adult attachment, the decision-making of judges and juries, behavioral economics, happiness metrics, and political representation. | 2009-2012 | co-pi | University of Pennsylvania | Collaborative Project | ||
Vaghlea | Palashi | Information Science | Articulating South Asian Feminist Visions for Technology | Funding supported fieldwork with South Asian feminist organizations leading to the design of a new research project on caste and computing. Results presented at two conferences and informed interventions related to caste in the inclusion program of a major technology firm in India. | 2017 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Eleonora | Patacchini | Economics | Machine Learning for Prediction of Tax Evasion | 2021 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Richard | Patterson | Policy Analysis and Management | Modeling College Choice: The Role of Preferences and Constraints in Producing Disparities in College Attendance Outcomes | 2012 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Adam | Pearson | Psychology | Effect of Perceived Economic Inequality on Sustainability and Collective Action | This research contributed to a first-authored publication in Climatic Change for graduate student, Julia Davydova: “Illuminating the link between perceived threat and control over climate change: the role of attributions for causation and mitigation” (Davydova, Pearson, Ballew, & Schuldt, 2018) | 2015 | Spring | co-pi | Pomona College | CCSS Grant |
Adam | Pearson | Social Science Symposium on Climate Change | 2019 | Fall | co-pi | Pomona College | CCSS Grant | ||
Krista | Perreira | Social Medicine | Occupational Quality and Health | This group has advanced pilot phase research for a project on the occupational health of Latino workers. The goal is to obtain NIH funding to add a module to the Hispanic Community Health Study that can help shed light on risk factors over time. | 2019 | co-pi | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Working Group Grant | |
Stefan | Pichler | US Sick Pay Mandates: Coverage and Welfare Effects | 2020 | Spring | co-pi | ETH Zurich | CCSS Grant | ||
Karl | Pillemer | Human Development | Chronic Pain, Stress, and Resilience in Later Adulthood | Led to one journal publication, one book chapter, and a conference presentation. | 2007 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Karl | Pillemer | Human Development | Grandparent-Grandchild Interactions in Custodial Grandparent Families | This funding supported a study of 60 families in which a grandparent was raising their teenaged grandchild. This study ultimately resulted in a book, titled “You’ve Always Been There for Me”, which explores the unique strengths and needs of such families. | 2008 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Trevor | Pinch | Science and Technology Studies | Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship | This project garnered over 2 million in funding, produced over 100 publications on topics including entrepreneurial team evolution; creativity evaluation; intellectual property rights; and scholarly originality. It was a catalyst for the Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship LLM degree and the undergraduate Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor. | 2013-2016 | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Trevor | Pinch | Science and Technology Studies | Qualitative Methods Working Group | The Qualitative Methods Working Group brought together social science faculty and researchers from around the campus who are teaching, employing, and developing qualitative research methods. The working group has grown to become the Qualitative & Interpretive Research Institute under the CCSS. | 2019 | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Working Group Grant | |
Eva | Pressman | Effect of Maternal Choline Intake on Neurocognitive Development in Infants | We found that a higher maternal choline intake during the last trimester improved infant processing speed across the first year of life. “Maternal choline supplementation during the third trimester of pregnancy improves infant information processing speed: a randomized, double-blind, controlled feeding study. FASEB J. 2018;32(4):2172-2180” | 2008 | Spring | co-pi | University of Rochester | CCSS Grant | |
Joseph | Price | Economics | How Does New Medical Information Affect the Use of High-Risk Procedures? | 2007 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Joseph | Price | Consequences of Teen and Early Fatherhood | 2009 | Spring | co-pi | Brigham Young University | CCSS Grant | ||
Jeffrey | Prince | Economics | Getting Connected: Social Science in the Age of Networks | This project garnered a record-breaking 22 million in external funding, including Michael Macy’s 2 million NSF project on large semi-structured datasets (2005). In addition, Jon Kleinberg and David Easley created a highly-subscribed, interdisciplinary course, which continues to launch the next generation of networks scholars. | 2005-2008 | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Sara | Pritchard | Science and Technology Studies | Contested Global Landscapes: Property, Governance, Economy and Livelihoods on the Ground | The 7 project fellows produced over 1.6 million dollars in external funding, a vibrant book series with Cornell University Press, and 77 publications. Research topics included global land deals, the neoliberal agri-food regime, First Nation formation in the Yukon, envirotechnical disasters, and migration and labor. | 2012-2015 | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Kunyuan | Qiao | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise | 2021 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Pedro | Rabelo Erber | Romance Studies | Collaborative Documentation of the Endangered Language Bororo | 2018 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Jeffrey | Rachlinski | Law | Judgment, Decision Making, and Social Behavior | This 12-person project procured about 10 million dollars in funding and produced a record number of 256 publications, including 5 books and 225 peer-reviewed articles on the neuroscience of risk, adult attachment, the decision-making of judges and juries, behavioral economics, happiness metrics, and political representation. | 2009-2012 | co-pi | Cornell Law School | Collaborative Project | |
Justin | Rao | Can Subjects Play Equilibria of Purified Games? | 2011 | Spring | co-pi | Yahoo Research | CCSS Grant | ||
Morten | Ravn | The Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Tax Policy Changes | 2009 | Spring | co-pi | University of London | CCSS Grant | ||
Cary | Reid | Chronic Pain, Stress, and Resilience in Later Adulthood | Led to one journal publication, one book chapter, and a conference presentation. | 2007 | Spring | co-pi | Weill Cornell Medicine | CCSS Grant | |
Kristina | Rennekamp | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Novel Statistical Methods for Experimental Research Learning Group | This group brought Andrew Hayes to campus for a conditional process analysis workshop attended by faculty and PhD students. The methods from the workshop have been utilized in at least 3 publications, thus far. | 2019 | co-pi | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | Working Group Grant | |
Valerie | Reyna | Human Development | How Does New Medical Information Affect the Use of High-Risk Procedures? | 2007 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Valerie | Reyna | Human Development | Judgment, Decision Making, and Social Behavior | This 12-person project procured about 10 million dollars in funding and produced a record number of 256 publications, including 5 books and 225 peer-reviewed articles on the neuroscience of risk, adult attachment, the decision-making of judges and juries, behavioral economics, happiness metrics, and political representation. | 2009-2012 | co-pi | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Collaborative Project | |
Celene | Reynolds | Organizational Behavior | Sex Discrimination and Title IX Enforcement in the Academy | 2021 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations | CCSS Grant | |
Troy | Richardson | American Indian and Indigenous Studies | Beyond Diversity: Re-Situating Pluralism | This workshop added and integrated perspectives drawn from ecological systems into the socio-cultural context that defines pluralism, the objectives being: articulation of an enriched concept of pluralism; identification of new and integrated areas of research; and development of a strategy for further research. |
2008 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Bradley | Rickard | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Estimating the Impact of Alternative Canopy Management Practices on White Wine Purchase Decisions | Led to a publication in the Journal of Agricultural Economics entitled the Consumer Valuation of Environmentally Friendly Production Practices in Wines considering Asymmetric Information and Sensory Effects, with B. Rickard and J. Taber, 2013. The research results were used extensively in Extension presentations in New York State. | 2010 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Susan | Riha | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Beyond Diversity: Re-Situating Pluralism | This workshop added and integrated perspectives drawn from ecological systems into the socio-cultural context that defines pluralism, the objectives being: articulation of an enriched concept of pluralism; identification of new and integrated areas of research; and development of a strategy for further research. |
2008 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Engineering | CCSS Grant |
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