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 | College Sort descending | Grant Type |
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Matthew | Baron | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Unions and the Postwar European "Economic Miracle" | Campello and Baron digitized and translated financial statements for 950 German firms and 300 Swedish firms over the period 1948-1965, building a database similar to Compustat. They also assembled a database on wages, productivity, and patents for German firms by industries and counties. |
2017 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Ori | Heffetz | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Limited Rationality and the Strategic Environment: An Experimental Study | 2010 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Matthew | Baron | Johnson Graduate School of Management | "Too-big-to-fail" and Historical Banking Crises | This grant has led a new publicly-available historical database of global financial crises since 1870 and two papers: ìBanking Crises Without Panicsî (_Quarterly Journal of Economics_, 2020) and a new working paper. |
2018 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Matthew | Baron | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Mortgage and Corporate Debt in the U.S. Great Depression | This project gathers data on individual U.S. firms and municipalities in the 1920s to assess the extent to which corporate and mortgage debt issuance and real estate construction helped precipitate the banking crises of the Great Depression. |
2020 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Christopher B. | Barrett | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Targeting and Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | This small grant generated multiple peer-reviewed articles, in for example World Bank Economic Review, World Development, Economic & Political Weekly. |
2012 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Christopher B. | Barrett | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Avoiding and Escaping Persistent Poverty | This grant seeded work that ultimately led to 9 journal articles, 1 book, and >$3 mn in external funding. |
2006 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Chekitan | Dev | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Team Diversity and Financial Decision Making | This project lead to a publication in the Review of Behavioral Finance. Bogan et al. (2013) _Team Gender Diversity and Investment Decision Making Behavior_ Review of Behavioral Finance. 5 (2), 134-152. | 2009 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Chekitan | Dev | School of Hotel Administration | A Multimethod and Longitudinal Explanation of Diversity and Firm Performance | 2019 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Miguel | Gomez | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Developing a Longitudinal Database of Smallholder Coffee Growers to Assess Impacts of Participation in Specialty Markets | This multidisciplinary project allowed to rigorously measure levels of shade in sustainable coffee systems that allow growers to maximize profits, published as “Thee Economics and Ecology of Shade-grown Coffee: A Model to Incentivize Shade and Bird Conservation” in Ecological Economics (Hernandez et al. 2019) | 2015 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Brian | Dillon | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Network Expansion and Firm Growth in Tanzania | 2019 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Laura | Niemi | Applied Economics and Management, Psychology | Civility as a contextualized social psychological phenomenon | 2021 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Kevin | Kniffin | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Teamwork, Leadership, and Convergence Skills as Avenues for Success for STEM Doctoral Students and Programs | 2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Grant Writing Support Program | |
Ned | Augenblick | Can Subjects Play Equilibria of Purified Games? | This study examined why subjects fail to play mixed-strategy equilibria in zero-sum games, calling into question prior research which suggests that experimental subjects do not follow the predictions of game theory and cannot bring the skills and heuristics used in real‐life economies into the laboratory. |
2011 | Spring | Co-PI | University of California Berkeley | CCSS Grant | |
Xóchitl | Bada | Latin American and Latino Studies | Portable Rights for Migrant Workers: Bringing the Sending State Back Into the Local | As international migration continues to rise, countries of origin have played an increasing role in engaging their emigrants; however, we know little about how they are being held accountable for the services offered to their diasporas. To fill the gap, this book analyzes on-the-ground, transnational defense of migrant labor rights.
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2021 | Spring | Co-PI | University of Illinois | CCSS Grant |
Netta | Barak-Corren | Law | The Effects on Children of Equality Rules for Religious Placement Agencies | Through triangulating in-depth interviews, original datasets, and national archive data on child placement outcomes, this comprehensive analysis will explore the question, are children harmed when child placement agencies close their doors rather than follow anti-discrimination rules that violate their religious beliefs? |
2021 | Spring | Co-PI | Hebrew University | CCSS Grant |
Rene | Kizilcec | Information Science | Content & Impact of Diversity Statements in Course Syllabi | 2020 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant | |
Cristian | Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil | Information Science | Improving Online Discourse Through Conversational Modeling | The CCSS fellowship allowed me to assimilate a new qualitative dimension into my (traditionally quantitative) research. This enabled a mixed-methods study of proactive moderation practices and of the potential for algorithmic support in multiple online discussion platforms and has (so far) led to a CSCW publication in the PACM HCI journal. |
2020-2021 | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Lillian | Lee | Computer Science | The Verbal End: Interactions Between Computational Textual Analysis and the Social Sciences | Lee has received multiple society honors (AAAI Fellow, 2013, ACL Fellow, 2017, ACM Fellow 2018) citing contributions to computational social science; the 2008 ISS Fellowship was the first formal encouragement for her to start along this path. | 2008-2009 | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Solon | Barocas | Information Science | Algorithms, Big Data, and Inequality | This project has produced over $927,000 in external grants and 39 publications thus far. Research topics include algorithmic management among cultural workers, agency of data subjects, estimation of causal effects from data for counterfactual fairness and comparing compliance procedures and research proposals for non-discrimination in statistical models. | 2018-2021 | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Collaborative Project | |
Jon | Kleinberg | Computer Science | 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 Computing and Information Science | Collaborative Project | |
Rene | Kizilcec | Information Science | 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 Computing and Information Science | Collaborative Project | |
Malte | Jung | Information Science | Comparative Assessment of Intra-Personal and Inter-Personal Emotion Regulation in Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Surgery | 2015 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant | |
Steven | Jackson | Information Science | Comparative Assessment of Intra-Personal and Inter-Personal Emotion Regulation in Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Surgery | 2015 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant | |
Solon | Barocas | Information Science | Prediction in Practice: Understanding High-Stakes Human Encounters with Artificial Intelligence | This grant supported expenses for an invitational workshop held at Cornell Tech between AI practitioners and scholars researching public sector algorithms. The outcomes of the workshop will be reflected in Stanford University's AI100 report in 2021. | 2018 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Daniel | Cosley | Information Science | Supporting Communities of Memory and Reminiscence | This was a workshop grant that brought together researchers ranging from gerontology to computer science to probe the impact of social media on self-understanding and life stories, leading to several new collaborations between participants and research directions for future work. | 2009 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Nicola | Dell | 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 |
Dan | Cosley | Information Science | Identifying, Modeling, and Visualizing Disclosure of Personal Information in Social Media | Cosley's 2013 fellowship contributed to a $1.2 million NSF grant with Natalie Bazarova and Janis Whitlock that produced many well-cited publications around communication, relationships, mental health, design, and privacy in social media, helping several PhD students and postdocs launch successful research careers. | 2012-2013 | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Brennan | Antone | Information Science | Social Onboarding for LLMs: Examining Communication and Social Support Around Generative AI Use. | Generative AI chatbots (e.g., ChatGPT) require skill to use effectively. We consider how social learning (human-human interaction) can shape how people approach Generative AI. Through interviews and observation of chatbot use in social conditions, we explore how people learn to prompt and apply AI tools. |
2024 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
David | Mimno | Information Science | Text as Data Conference | The 12th annual New Directions in Analyzing Text as Data (TADA) meeting will take place at Cornell Tech. TADA is the premiere venue for computational social science work involving documents, social media, and other text. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Karen | Levy | Information Science | Prediction in Practice: Understanding High-Stakes Human Encounters with Artificial Intelligence | This grant supported expenses for an invitational workshop held at Cornell Tech between AI practitioners and scholars researching public sector algorithms. The outcomes of the workshop will be reflected in Stanford University's AI100 report in 2021. | 2018 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Malte | Jung | Information Science | Social Onboarding for LLMs: Examining Communication and Social Support Around Generative AI Use. | Generative AI chatbots (e.g., ChatGPT) require skill to use effectively. We consider how social learning (human-human interaction) can shape how people approach Generative AI. Through interviews and observation of chatbot use in social conditions, we explore how people learn to prompt and apply AI tools.
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2024 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Aditya | Vashistha | Information Science | Combating Global Health Misinformation via Community-Engaged Research | 2024 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Grant Writing Support Program | |
Martin | Wells | Statistical Science | Algorithms, Big Data, and Inequality | This project has produced over $927,000 in external grants and 39 publications thus far. Research topics include algorithmic management among cultural workers, agency of data subjects, estimation of causal effects from data for counterfactual fairness and comparing compliance procedures and research proposals for non-discrimination in statistical models. | 2018-2021 | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Collaborative Project | |
Ian | Lundberg | Information Science | Economic volatility and the changing the U.S. population age structure | 2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Grant Writing Development Fellow | |
Aditya | Vashistha | Information Science | Making AI Explainable to Community Health Workers in Rural India | AI-driven diagnostic applications are increasingly deployed to support low-skilled community health workers (CHWs) in hard-to-reach communities. This work aims to examine how CHWs in rural settings engage with AI explanations and what they need to know to safely operate such systems in high-stakes healthcare contexts. |
2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Gili | Vidan | Information Science | Technologies of Trust: The Making of Electronic Authentication in Postwar United States | This book traces technical attempts to solve the problems of trust and authentication over the past seven decades in the US. It argues that the digital transformation of objects such as checks, signatures, and coins constituted a fundamental shift in the nature of public trust. |
2023-2024 | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Cristobal | Cheyre | Information Science | How Race and Gender Stereotypes Impact Crowdfunding Outcome | We study how racial discrimination and gender roles stereotypes influence crowdfunding campaigns’ outcomes. We focus on outcomes experienced by Black female founders and how their chances of success change as product complexity and targeted market vary. Our results will inform policy and platform design interventions. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Anthonia | Carter | Information Science | How Race and Gender Stereotypes Impact Crowdfunding Outcome | We study how racial discrimination and gender roles stereotypes influence crowdfunding campaigns’ outcomes. We focus on outcomes experienced by Black female founders and how their chances of success change as product complexity and targeted market vary. Our results will inform policy and platform design interventions. |
2023 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Aditya | Vashistha | Information Science | Use of AI-driven malnutrition diagnosis technology among community health workers in rural India | 2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Grant Writing Development Pilot Grant | |
Karen | Levy | Information Science | Data Driven: Truckers and the New Workplace Surveillance | The time and resources of the CCSS Fellowship enabled me to make significant progress on a book manuscript (Data Driven: Truckers and the New Workplace Surveillance). I also became a New America National Fellow and worked on several journal articles related to technology, automation, and social life. | 2018-2019 | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Ian | Lundberg | Information Science | Data-Adaptive Experiments to Discover Discrimination in Context | In what context is discrimination most severe? Using an experimental approach that updates treatment assignment rules as information is learned, this study will discover the contexts in which human decision-makers make especially discriminatory pairwise choices. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Joy | Ming | Information Science | Visibilizing Work: Collecting In-Depth Narratives of Home Care Workers for Advocacy | Home care workers (HCWs) are essential but vulnerable workers—a lot of their difficult working conditions and out-of-scope contributions are rendered invisible. My project collects and aggregates data and stories of HCWs to develop a comprehensive narrative to reduce wage theft and advocate for fairer wages. |
2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | QuIRI Grant |
Penny | Stewart | Information Science | Critical perspectives on the qualitative study of computational and information systems | 2021 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | QuIRI Working Group Grant | |
Phoebe | Sengers | Information Science | Intervening in American Families' Busyness: Marrying Anthropological Understanding with IT Design | This research on new methods to research busyness was published as "Reworking the Gaps between Design and Ethnography" in the CHI 2017 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. | 2011 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant |
Rene | Kizilcec | Information Science | How University Status Impacts the Stigma Attached to Online Degrees | 2021 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | CCSS Grant | |
Fernando | Delgado | Information Science | Critical perspectives on the qualitative study of computational and information systems | 2021 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | QuIRI Working Group Grant | |
Madiha | Choksi | Information Science | Critical perspectives on the qualitative study of computational and information systems | 2021 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | QuIRI Working Group Grant | |
A. Feder | Cooper | Computer Science | Critical perspectives on the qualitative study of computational and information systems | 2021 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | QuIRI Working Group Grant | |
Gili | Vidan | Information Science | Critical perspectives on the qualitative study of computational and information systems | 2021 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | QuIRI Working Group Grant | |
Matthew | Wilkens | Information Science | Machine learning for online medical support communities | 2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Grant Writing Development Fellow |
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