Search our database of all past CCSS grantees, fellows, collaborative projects, and working group grants.
First Name | Last Name | Department / School Sort ascending | Project Title | Abstract/Impact Statement | Year | Semester | PI/Co-PI | College | Grant Type |
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Ben | Ho | School of Hotel Administration | Novelty and Popularity in Markets for News | 2009 | Spring | 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 | |
Howard | Chong | School of Hotel Administration | Disentangling the building from behavior in residential energy efficiency | 2011 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Arturs | Kalnins | School of Hotel Administration | The Diversification of Small Business Entrepreneurs: Form and Effects | 2007 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Renata | Kosova | School of Hotel Administration | Agglomeration, Product Differentiation, and Firm Entry | 2009 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
William | Block | Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research | Linking Public & Private Food Assistance Through Admin. Data | 2020 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell Research Division | CCSS Grant | |
William | Block | Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research | Cyber-Boosting African Social Science: Exporting the Cornell College of Computing and Information Science Experience | 2012 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell Research Division | CCSS Grant | |
Esta | Bigler | Labor and Employment Law | Law and Social Sciences Conference: Increasing Inclusion/Reducing Discrimination: What Works | Based on peer reviews, nine papers from the conference were published in a 2016 special issue of the ILR Review, Inequality in the Workplace. Collectively, the papers have received over 300 citations to date. | 2014 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations | CCSS Grant |
Esta R. | Bigler | Labor and Employment Law | 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 School of Industrial and Labor Relations | CCSS Grant |
Esta | Bigler | Labor and Employment Law | Law and Social Sciences: Using Theory and Research on Discrimination in Title VII Class Action Litigation | The talks given at this conference affected a publication co-authored by Tolbert in 2012 and also laid the foundation for a 2014 conference that resulted in the special issue of ILR Review. Based on peer reviews, nine papers from the conference were published in a 2016 special issue of the ILR Review, Inequality in the Workplace. Collectively, the papers have received over 300 citations to date. |
2007 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations | CCSS Grant |
Sarah | Giroux | Development Sociology | Cyber-Boosting African Social Science: Exporting the Cornell College of Computing and Information Science Experience | 2012 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Jason | Con | Development Sociology | Refiguring Village Studies: New Approaches to Agrarian Change in South Asia | 2011 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Douglas | Gurak | Development Sociology | Immigration: Settlement, Integration and Membership | This project resulted in over a million dollars in external funding and about 100 publications, including 9 books. Research topics include immigration law, new immigrant destinations, immigration and employment, the history of asylum seekers, immigration in the US as a Christian nation, and immigrant integration. | 2010-2013 | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Rachel | Bezner Kerr | Development Sociology | Food, Agroecology, Justice, and Well-being Conference | 2017 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Charles | Geisler | 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 | |
Rachel | Bezner Kerr | Development Sociology | First Conference/Workshop: Ecological Learning Collaboratory for Food, Healing, and Spatial Justice | 2018 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Charles | Geisler | Development Sociology | Rethinking Development in an Age of Climate Change | 2010 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Charles | Geisler | Development Sociology | 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 | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Charles | Geisler | Development Sociology | Building a Sociology of Displacement | 2005 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Neema | Kudva | Development Sociology | First Conference/Workshop: Ecological Learning Collaboratory for Food, Healing, and Spatial Justice | 2018 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Mary Jo | Dudley | Development Sociology | Youth, Identities, and Transnational Flows | The grant supported (1) collaboration with Mexican NGO in Chiapas, (2) creation of educational materials for local farmworkers on rights, on COVID awareness, (3) publication of various professional articles by co-PIs, often in collaboration with students and community members. | 2010 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Shelley | Feldman | Development Sociology | Rethinking Development in an Age of Climate Change | 2010 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
David | Brown | Development Sociology | The State of Upstate New York Conference: Resiliency, Partnerships and Innovation | 2011 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Parfait | Eloundou-Enyegue | Development Sociology | Cyber-Boosting African Social Science: Exporting the Cornell College of Computing and Information Science Experience | 2012 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Shelley | Feldman | Development Sociology | Precarious Lives, Desired Futures: Reimagining Lives and Livelihoods | 2014 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Shelley | Feldman | Development Sociology | Refiguring Village Studies: New Approaches to Agrarian Change in South Asia | 2011 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Shelley | Feldman | Development Sociology | Accumulating Insecurity, Securing Accumulation: A Conference on Militarizing Everyday Life | 2008 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Shelley | Feldman | Development Sociology | Building a Sociology of Displacement | 2005 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Joe | Francis | Development Sociology | Rural Schools: Planning and Decision Making in Times of Fiscal Stress | 2009 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Wendy | Wolford | Development Sociology | 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 | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
John | Sipple | Development Sociology | Enhancing the Community Impact of School-Based Health Centers in Rural New York | The ISS grant provided the necessary support to secure a data agreement between the Bassett (NY Healthcare system and Cornell’s CRADIC system. We are now analyzing nearly 4 million records over 7 years to measure the impact of SBHCs on the healthcare behavior of residents in five counties. We recently secured a Federal Hatch grant to continue our analyses in partnership with Bassett. | 2016 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Jenny | Goldstein | Development Sociology | Pandemics and human-environment interactions: Land use change as a driver of coronavirus and influenza outbreaks in Asia | 2021 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant | |
Lindy | Williams | Development Sociology | The Evolving Family: Family Processes, Contexts, and the Life Course of Children | This research project was instrumental in the founding and development of the Cornell Population Center. The Cornell Population Center is an university-wide intellectual hub for demographic research and training at Cornell University. | 2004-2007 | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Fouad | Makki | Development Sociology | Rethinking Development in an Age of Climate Change | 2010 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
John | Zinda | Development Sociology | Cross-Cutting Risk Responses: Flood Risk in COVID-19 Context | This fellowship facilitated analytical work and advanced methodological training, as of January 2022 yielding one journal article (Different Hazards, Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York Residents), two manuscripts in progress, and a grant proposal in preparation. |
2018 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS 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 |
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 | |
John | Zinda | Development Sociology | Apples, Livelihoods, Landscapes: The Role of Perennial Crops in China’s Rural Transformations | During the course of this fellowship, Zinda advanced ongoing work on livelihoods and landscape change in China as well as analyses of original survey data on risk perceptions and preparedness actions surrounding flooding and COVID-19 in upstate New York. Four articles based on this work are in varying stages of composition and peer review. |
2020-2021 | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Philip | McMichael | Development Sociology | Embedded Neo-Liberalism in the Gear of Social Change: A Comparative-Historical Analysis | Assisted grad student lab on local manifestations of neoliberalism, resulting in an edited book, Contesting Development. Critical Struggles for Social Change (Routledge, 2010). |
2007 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life 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 | |
Emily | Hillenbrand | Development Sociology | Engaging Men in Shifting Masculinities in Burundi | 2021 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant | |
Philip | McMichael | Development Sociology | Conference Proposal: The World Food Crisis: Event of Conjuncture? (April 3-4, 2008) | Assisted on-campus two-day Conference on food crisis in 2008, with keynote from London, and other prominent agrifood scholars. | 2008 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Kendra | Kintzi | Development Sociology | Glittering Metropolis: Renewable Energy, Smart Grids, and Life beyond Oil in Jordan | 2021 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant | |
Wendy | Wolford | Development Sociology | The Social Life of Land Workshop | 2019 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Philip | McMichael | Development Sociology | Rethinking Development in an Age of Climate Change | 2010 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
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 | |
Fatma | Baytar | Fiber Science and Apparel Design | Decoding tacit knowledge in apparel product development | 2020 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Geri | Gay | Communication, Information 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 Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell College of Computing and Information Science | Collaborative Project | |
Natalie | Bazarova | Communication | Disclosure and Well-Being in the Digital World | This fellowship has resulted in a new line of work on bystander interventions conducted with a novel experimental simulation platform developed in Prof. Bazarova's Social Media Lab. This led to several new publications in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. |
2015 - 2016 | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Geri | Gay | Communication | Developing Computational Support for Frame Reflection | This project synthesizes concepts from political science and computational linguistics to guide the development of tools valuable for their capacity to promote critical thinking about how controversial issues are variously framed by different parties. |
2011 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
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