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 Sort ascending | PI/Co-PI | College | Grant Type |
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Qi | Wang | Human Development | Exploring the Role of Culture in Event Segmentation | This award funded research that led to several presentations by the authors, the publication of an article (Swallow, & Wang, accepted. Culture influences how people divide continuous sensory experience into events. Cognition.), and has been used in support of additional applications for funding. | 2015 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Brian | Wansink | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | The Impact of Social Eating Patterns on Workplace Productivity and Organizational Commitment: Initiating a Program of Firefighter Research | This field-based research yielded the most-read article in the journal, _Human Performance_ (doi: 10.1080/08959285.2015.1021049) and popular write-ups including a feature-story in _Harvard Business Review_ (December 2015 issue). | 2010 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Mildred | Warner | City and Regional Planning | State level COVID-19 Policies: Economics, Equity and Health | 2020 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Architecture Art and Planning | CCSS Grant | |
Heidi | Waterfall | Psychology | Structures of Social Interaction in Language Acquisition | 2006 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Kim | Weeden | Sociology | A New Social Indicators Framework for Measuring Trends in Inequality | 2005 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Jessica | Weeks | Government | Authoritarian Domestic Political Institutions and International Conflict | 2008 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Robert | Weiner | Government | Strategy and Sincerity in Democratic Party Systems | 2005 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Jessica Chen | Weiss | Government | Citizens and the State in Authoritarian Regimes: Comparing Mass Politics and Policy in Russia and China | The edited volume that emerged from the workshop was published this year by Oxford University Press, titled: Citizens & the State in Authoritarian Regimes: Comparing Russia & China. |
2015 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Marina | Welker | Anthropology | Ethical Technologies of Corporate Rule: A Mining Company in Postauthoritarian Indonesia | The grant contributed to my book, “Enacting the Corporation: An American Mining Firm in Postauthoritarian Indonesia” (University of California Press, 2014), which is based on two years of ethnographic research on a Denver-based mining firm and its Indonesian operation. | 2011 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Martin | Wells | Statistical Science | The Cornell Criminal Records Panel Survey (CCRPS): Sample Expansion and Linkage to Administrative Records | This grant supported participant recruitment for the CCRPS, as well as coding of administrative data. This helped us to gain funding from the Department of Labor for the development and fielding of the Wave 2 survey (EO-30278-17-60-5-36; $244,603). | 2016 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Olivia Xin | Wen | Psychology | Social Affiliation and Music-Induced Synchrony in Dance | Prior support led to 1 paper and two papers in preparation, 2 pop press pieces, 2 chaired symposia, and 3 posters (awarded the SPSP Student Poster Award (1st place). | 2016 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Elaine | Wethington | Human Development | State level COVID-19 Policies: Economics, Equity and Health | 2020 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Elaine | Wethington | Human Development, Sociology | Marriage and Re-partnering in the Second Half of Life | This project contributed to multiple papers and chapters on the potential contributions of ageism to social isolation and loneliness among older adults and its impact on health. | 2014 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology, Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Christopher | Wildeman | Policy Analysis and Management | Paternal Incarceration and Teachers’ Expectations of Students | 2014 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Christopher | Wlezien | Conference on Homogeneity and Heterogeneity in Public Opinion | This conference led to the edited volume, Who Gets Represented? (Enns and Wlezien 2011). | 2007 | fall | Co-PI | Temple University | CCSS Grant | |
Sarah E. | Wolfolds | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Employee Incentives in Microfinance Institutions:Examining the Importance of Diversification and Profit Status | The survey was included in a paper awarded the Charles H. Levine Best Conference Paper from the Public and Nonprofit Division, presented at the Academy of Management in Chicago in August 2018. Follow-up grants were awarded to continue this project, and further publications are pending. | 2016 | fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Wendy | Wolford | Development Sociology | Rethinking Development: Debating New Directions in a Time of Crisis | 2011 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Joshua | Woodard | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Farm Bill Dairy Title Milk Producer Survey in NY State | 2013 | fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Mary N. | Woods | Architecture | Unpacking the Nano: The Price of the World's Most Affordable Car | 2010 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Architecture Art and Planning | CCSS Grant | |
David | Yankelevitz | Radiology | Risk Communication and Lung Cancer Screening | Led to one conference presentation and an NIH grant proposal, which was not funded. | 2007 | fall | Co-PI | Weill Cornell Medicine | CCSS Grant |
So-Yeon | Yoon | Design and Environmental Analysis | The Impact of Noise and Perceived Crowding on Consumer Emotions and Repatronage Intentions in a Food Service Context: An Exploratory Study in a Real and Virtual Restaurant | 2015 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Jay | Yoon | Design and Environmental Analysis | Roles of Positive Emotions in Human-Product Interactions | 2020 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Erin | York Cornwell | Sociology | The Cornell Criminal Records Panel Survey (CCRPS): Sample Expansion and Linkage to Administrative Records | This grant supported participant recruitment for the CCRPS, as well as coding of administrative data. This helped us to gain funding from the Department of Labor for the development and fielding of the Wave 2 survey (EO-30278-17-60-5-36; $244,603). | 2016 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Y. Connie | Yuan | Communication | The Development of Social Capital and Transactive Memories Systems in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work | 2005 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Meltem | Yucel | Psychology | Effect of Gossip on Children's Well-being and Belonging | 2020 | fall | Co-PI | University of Virginia | CCSS Grant | |
Vivian | Zayas | Psychology | Effect of Gossip on Children's Well-being and Belonging | 2020 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Vivian | Zayas | Psychology | Social Affiliation and Music-Induced Synchrony in Dance | Prior support led to 1 paper and two papers in preparation, 2 pop press pieces, 2 chaired symposia, and 3 posters (awarded the SPSP Student Poster Award (1st place). | 2016 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Vivian | Zayas | Psychology | Adult Attachment: Integrating Social, Cognitive, and Neurophysiological Approaches | Prior support led to an edited book, 8 papers, 3 pop press pieces, 9 chaired symposia, and 1 NSF grant. | 2007 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Draga | Zec | Linguistics | The interaction of syntax, semantics, and prosody in Slovenian | Formed a partial underpinning of several papers, including “Getting in the first word” Glossa 2.1 2017. | 2010 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Draga | Zec | Linguistics | Support for Organizing a Workshop on Grammar Induction | 2009 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Xue | Zhang | Global Development | State level COVID-19 Policies: Economics, Equity and Health | 2020 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Nicolas | Ziebarth | Policy Analysis and Management | The Value of Mandated Sick-Pay for the U.S. | This research resulted in two peer-reviewed publications in Health Service Research and the Journal of Public Economics as well as two follow-up grants from RWJF and the Center for Equitable Growth. The findings from the JPubE publication were featured in the Healthy Families Act. | 2015 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Nicolas | Ziebarth | Policy Analysis and Management | Health Effects of Weather and Pollution: Implications for Climate Change | The research resulted in a journal publication in the top field environmental economics Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2018): "Population Health Effects and Health-Related Costs of Extreme Temperatures: Comprehensive Evidence from Germany," Journal of Environmental Economics & Management, 91: 93–117. | 2012 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Malte | Ziewitz | Science and Technology Studies | Restoring Credit: How people Understand and Interact with Credit Scoring Systems | Two papers based on 16 months of data collection for this exploratory project are currently being written up and under review, respectively. | 2017 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Ariel | Ortiz-Bobea | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Can public institutions resolve information asymmetries? Historical evidence from the French wine market | This grant led to a paper "How big is the “lemons” problem? Historical evidence from French wines" (European Economic Review, 2021) and the publication of a new historical department-level dataset of French wine production and price data for 1907–1969. |
2014 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Pierre | Mérel | Agriculture and Resource Economics | Can public institutions resolve information asymmetries? Historical evidence from the French wine market | 2014 | fall | Co-PI | UC Davis | CCSS Grant | |
Poppy | McLeod | Communication | Contributions of Undergraduate Team Experiences to Professional Preparedness | 2014 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Alicia | Orta-Ramirez | Food Science and Technology | Contributions of Undergraduate Team Experiences to Professional Preparedness | 2014 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Per | Pinstrup-Andersen | Nutritional Sciences | Strengthening the Case for Evidence-Based Policy for Development: Contextualized Causal Inference and the Importance of Mechanism | 2011 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Edward E. | Baptist | History | International Seminar for the Study of the Second Slavery | 2009 | fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ||
Rafael | Marquese | International Seminar for the Study of the Second Slavery | 2009 | fall | Co-PI | Sao Paolo | |||
Dale | Tomich | International Seminar for the Study of the Second Slavery | 2009 | fall | Co-PI | Binghamton University | |||
Zoe | Draga | Linguistics | Support for organizing a Workshop on Grammar Induction | 2009 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ||
Per | Pinstrup-Andersen | Nutritional Sciences | Strengthening the Case for Evidence-Based Policy for Development: Contextualized Causal Inference and the Importance of Mechanism | 2011 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ||
Joshua | Linn | The Employment Effects of Green Investment: the Case of Solar and Wind Electricity Generation | 2011 | fall | Co-PI | University of Maryland | |||
Yanna | Krupnikov | News Evidence and Political Behavior | 2011 | fall | Co-PI | Indiana University | |||
Jörg | Stoye | Economics | Partial Identification and Statistical Decisions: A Conference | 2011 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ||
Molly | Diesing | Linguistics | Support for Organizing a Conference: "Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas 7" | 2011 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ||
John | Forester | City and Regional Planning | Implementation Research for Global Nutrition: Opportunities for the Social Sciences at Cornell | 2011 | fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Architecture Art and Planning | ||
Mark | Constas | Applied Economics and Management | Implementation Research for Global Nutrition: Opportunities for the Social Sciences at Cornell | 2011 | fall | Co-PI | Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management |
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