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 Sort descending | Semester | PI/Co-PI | College | Grant Type |
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John | Thrasher | Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy | The nature and emergence of property norms | Where do ideas of private property come from? This project will examine how territorial instincts might generate property norms through biases in cultural learning. The project will also investigate how people think about property norms, e.g., whether they are fundamentally moral or conventional. |
2022 | Spring | Co-PI | Chapman University | CCSS Grant |
Shaun | Nichols | Philosophy | The nature and emergence of property norms | Where do ideas of private property come from? This project will examine how territorial instincts might generate property norms through biases in cultural learning. The project will also investigate how people think about property norms, e.g., whether they are fundamentally moral or conventional. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Will | Hobbs | Psychology | 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 | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | 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 |
Douglas | Kriner | Government | Presidential Politics in an Era of Democratic Disruption | This conference examines how presidential politics have helped precipitate and in turn been shaped by troubling trends in democratic governance in the United States and around the world. Papers will be published in a special issue of Presidential Studies Quarterly. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Sara | Bronin | City and Regional Planning | A Historic Preservation Local Law Census: Where and Why | People interact with preservation law predominantly at the local level, through historic commissions that opine on proposed rehab projects. Yet there is neither a census of local governments that regulate historic places, nor any scholarship that ties adoption to demographic characteristics, political inclinations, and state enabling authority features. My research will identify where historic districts have been adopted and explore how rates of adoption change from state to state depending on various independent variables. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Architecture Art and Planning | CCSS Grant |
Matthew | Baron | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Real Estate Cycles and Banking Crises | This project aims to analyze the role of real estate cycles in causing banking crises by creating a new historical database of the stock returns of real estate-related firms and investment vehicles since 1870 across 17 economies. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Amanda | Domingues | Science and Technology Studies | Body of knowledge and knowledge of bodies: disciplinary reconfigurations of Archaeology | By examining two contrasting ways of doing archaeology, this project examines the connections between recent changes in archaeological practice and the ways interpretations about the past are formulated. The methods include qualitative interviews, archival work, and participant observation in Brazil and the United States. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Reah | Chiong | Nutritional Sciences | Exploring Stigma in NY's Food Assistance Landscape | Through semi-structured interviews, this qualitative study aims to explore perceptions of and experiences with stigma among NY residents who receive or are eligible for SNAP benefits. Findings will be used to develop a survey measure on stigma to examine its association with key nutrition outcomes. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | QuIRI Grant |
Carolina | Osorio Gil | Development Sociology | Story-Based Theater and Decolonial Participatory Methodologies as Capability Approach in Praxis: A Case Study with Communities Affected by Hydroelectric Dam Projects in Chiapas, Mexico and Antioquia, Colombia | Fieldwork in Antioquia, Colombia for: 1) implementing story-based participatory theater workshops for communities affected by the Hidroituango dam project in Antioquia, Colombia; and 2) conducting interviews with Colombian university faculty and PhD students in public universities in the region of affected communities. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | QuIRI Grant |
Madeline | Sterling | Internal Medicine Weill Cornell | Improving the Mental Health of Home Health Aides | 2022 | Spring | PI | Weill Cornell Medicine | Grant Writing Development Pilot Grant | |
Kathryn | Fiorella | Public and Ecosystem Health | Health and Environment | 2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | Grant Writing Development Pilot Grant | |
Sara | Bronin | City and Regional Planning | Building a National Zoning Atlas | 2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Architecture Art and Planning | Grant Writing Support Program | |
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 | |
Tristan | Ivory | International and Comparative Labor | Africa Futures Project: Socioeconomic and Geographic Mobility of Ghanaian, Kenyan, and South African Youth | 2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations | Grant Writing Support Program | |
Ricardo | Daziano | Civil and Environmental | MCA: Modeling Social Interaction Effects on Economic Choices via Graph Convolutional Networks | 2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Engineering | Grant Writing Support Program | |
Qi | Wang | Psychology | Leveraging Social Media to Facilitate Teens’ Meaning Making and Mental Health | 2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Grant Writing Support Program | |
Bryn | Rosenfeld | Government | Rallying Behavior in Response to War: Lessons from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | This study investigates the dynamics of rally-around-the-flag in a nondemocracy, drawing on evidence from Russia's war against Ukraine. |
2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Maureen | Waller | Brooks School of Public Policy, Sociology | Driver's License Suspensions, Legal Debt, and the Reproduction of Inequality | 2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Grant Writing Development Pilot Grant | |
Peter | Rich | Brooks School of Public Policy, Sociology | Hidden Black-White Disparities in the Pursuit of Educational Opportunity | 2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Grant Writing Development Pilot 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 | |
Erika | Abbott | Sociology | The Modified Child Tax Credit and Social Recognition among American Families | Using qualitative semi-structured interviews, this project is an investigation into the destigmatization process families may face via monthly cash benefits as a part of the new expanded Child Tax Credit. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Jeanne | Coffin-Schmitt | Natural Resources | Self-provisioning fishing in the urban Great Lakes | How do urban and immigrant fishers and anglers in upstate New York use fish from the Great Lakes? By understanding fish uses and perceived risks and benefits of consumption among urban immigrants, I will illuminate the needs of groups under-represented in fishery management and fish consumption policies. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Megan | Sawey | Communication | (Re)Defining Deception in Sugar Dating: An Exploration of Digital Scam Culture | This project will expand our understanding of online romance scams and broader internet fraud by investigating a.) the varied ways deception is constructed in sugar relationship discourses and practices, and b.) the varied roles of digital platforms in defining, aiding, and/or preventing interpersonal deception. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Amelia | Greiner Safi | Public and Ecosystem Health | Expanding the Understanding of Black Experiences with Gynecologic Cancer | Gynecologic cancers are understudied in general, especially Black experiences of such cancers. This engaged research brings together oncologists, researchers, survivors, quality improvement entities. Our focus groups with Black gynecologic cancer survivors aim to identify possible factors at various stages (i.e., diagnosis, treatment) that might inform future interventions to address disparities in survival. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | QuIRI Grant |
Angel | Escamilla García | Einaudi Center for International Studies | Transit Migration in Mexico After the Covid-19 Pandemic: New Policies, New migrants but Same Precarity | This research will investigate the impact that the COVID-19 has had on migrant minors on transit through Mexico to the United States. The researcher will explore how violence and precariousness against children have been exacerbated during the 2020 global pandemic. |
2022 | Spring | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | QuIRI Grant | |
Angela | Odoms-Young | Nutritional Sciences | Examining dietary disparities in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: Implications for Lowering Cardiovascular Risk in African American Children | 2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Grant Writing Development Fellow | |
Qi | Wang | Psychology | Leveraging Social Media to Facilitate Meaning Making and Post-Pandemic Mental Health in Teens | 2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Grant Writing Development Fellow | |
Laura | Pinheiro | Internal Medicine Weill Cornell | Short and long-term influences of structural racism on cardiovascular outcomes among cancer survivors. | 2022 | Spring | PI | Weill Cornell Medicine | Grant Writing Development Fellow | |
Ivan | Rudik | Applied Economics and Management | Spatial and Sectoral Targeting of Climate Policy | Efficient real world climate policy must be heterogeneous across countries and industries. I will quantify the efficient distribution of carbon taxes and adaptation finance subsidies across the world. These estimates will inform policymakers where financing and capital should be directed to combat climate change. |
20222023 | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Pauline | Leung | Brooks School of Public Policy | The Effects of Work and Financial Assistance Policies on Child Outcomes: Long-Term Evidence from Welfare Reform Experiments | We examine the long-term effects of welfare-to-work policies by following up on five randomized experiments conducted in the nineties. We link the experimental data to a rich array of datasets held at the U.S. Census Bureau to understand the comprehensive economic and demographic impacts on welfare recipients and their children over a time horizon spanning more than 20 years. |
20222023 | PI | Faculty Fellows Program | ||
Devon | Proudfoot | Human Resource Studies | Culture, Social Class, and Experience of Positive Stereotypes | The proposed research will investigate how positive stereotypes impact stereotyped group members’ well-being and motivation. Specifically, I will examine how two factors—cultural models of selfhood and social class—intersect with stereotype content to shape stereotyped group members’ experience of positive stereotypes. |
20222023 | PI | Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Janet | Loebach | Human Centered Design | Designing developmentally-supportive play environments: Testing and refinement of an outdoor playspace audit tool | The proposed work will contribute to the development of a validated outdoor playspace audit tool. Through this initial mixed-methods testing and preliminary validation of a draft tool at 6-8 pilot sites the work will support the final refinement, testing, and publication of this valuable research and design tool. |
20222023 | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Will | Hobbs | Human Development | The Effects of Changes in Personal, Societal, and Political Contexts on Well-Being and Everyday Activities: Design and analysis of open-ended surveys | This project will study open-ended survey data for tracking and explaining well-being before and after major personal and societal changes. It will construct and validate measures of well-being using replicable artificial intelligence and create multiple measures from a single open-ended response to increase cost-effectiveness. |
20222023 | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Landon | Schnabel | Sociology | Does Elite Philanthropy Legitimate Plutocracy? | This project examines whether, how, and the extent to which elite philanthropy legitimates rising inequality and plutocracy. It (1) develops measures of support for plutocracy, (2) establishes overall support for plutocracy, (3) determines effects of philanthropy on support for plutocracy, (4) tests mechanisms, and (5) identifies implications. |
20222023 | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Laura | Niemi | Psychology | The Psychological Science of Morality | This research program uses the methods of psychological science to develop a multilevel model of moral judgment and decision-making, and applies moral psychology findings to address challenging social issues. |
20222023 | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Jerel | Ezell | Africana Studies and Research Center | The Water Justice League: Generating and Sustaining Water and Climate Resilience on Onondaga Lake through Citizen Science | The Water Justice League is a 4-week culturally tailored intervention and Community-Based Participatory Research Project that will assess and build water and climate change literacy and resilience in Onondaga Nation and generate ideas and pathways for sustainable business development and spiritual reprieve on Lake Onondaga. |
20222023 | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Timothy | Ravis | Global Development | The Tectonics of Power: Earth, Energy, and State in Indonesia | This research examines the history of and contemporary struggles over geothermal energy in Indonesia, which has the most geothermal energy in the world. I illuminate the configurations through which state, society, capital, and science cooperate—and struggle—over energy resources and the value they offer. |
2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Katherine | Sender | Communication | Queer Eye goes global: Understanding local audiences’ reception of transnational LGBTQ television | As Netflix has expanded television streaming around the world, I focus on audiences of Queer Eye to explore the transnational export of LGBTQ content beyond the US. The QuIRI grant will be used to compensate focus group participants in Brazil, China, Spain, and the US. |
2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Troy | Richardson | Communication | Indigenous Seed Reclamation in the Carolina and Virginia Piedmont | Indigenous farmers in the southeastern US have are regularly left out of discussions of land based practices in Indigenous Studies. This research seeks to amplify the personal experiences, motivations and aspirations of these farmers and their work with heritage and other varieties of corn. |
2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Roger | Figueroa | Nutritional Sciences | Evaluating the Impact of a Modified Community-Supported Agriculture Program at an Urban Food Pantry for low-income parent-child dyads | 2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Grant Writing Development Fellow | |
Peter | Rich | Brooks School of Public Policy, Sociology | Driver's license suspensions, legal debt, and the reproduction of inequality | 2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Grant Writing Development Fellow | |
Maureen | Waller | Brooks School of Public Policy, Sociology | Driver's license suspensions, legal debt, and the reproduction of inequality | 2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Grant Writing Development Fellow | |
Gen | Meredith | Public and Ecosystem Health | Impact of cross-system collaboration and community health worker models on preventative service use in Northern Appalachia | 2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | Grant Writing Development Fellow | |
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 | |
Laura | Bellows | Nutritional Sciences | Digital platform for mothers of young children to address obesity promoting behaviors | 2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Grant Writing Development Pilot 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 | |
Yun-chien | Chang | Law | Empirical Legal Studies in the Sinophone Region | This conference, titled Empirical Legal Studies in the Sinophone Region, brings together legal scholars doing quantitative works from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. The data used in the 20 presentations describe the functioning of the legal systems in the Chinese-speaking region. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell Law School | 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 |
Carlos | Lopez-Ortiz | City and Regional Planning | Moving up or down the ladder? Disentangling the effects of slum upgrading on social mobility in Global South cities | How do adult residents’ experiences of intergenerational social mobility differ between upgraded and non-upgraded slums in Global South cities? Using semi-structured interviews, I will explore how physical transformations in upgraded and non-upgraded slums in Bogota and Nairobi relate to their residents’ social mobility experiences. |
2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Architecture Art and Planning | QuIRI Grant |
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