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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Huseyin | Topaloglu | Operations Research and Information | 2010 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing conference in 2010 at Cornell University | 2009 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell College of Engineering | CCSS Grant | |
Fabio | Trecca | Linguistics Cognitive Science and Semiotics | Using Eye-tracking to Investigate Real-Time Statistical Learning | 2021 | Spring | co-pi | Aarhus University | CCSS Grant | |
Syd | Van Morgan | Women and the State in Europe: Spring 2007 Brown Bag Speaker Series for the Institute for European Studies | 2006 | Fall | co-pi | Johns Hopkins University | CCSS Grant | ||
Liana | Victorino | A Systematic Assessment of Service Scripts in the Hospitality Industry | 2007 | Fall | co-pi | University of Victoria | CCSS Grant | ||
Lars | Vilhuber | Economics | 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 |
Sofia | Villenas | Anthropology | 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 Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Sofia | Villenas | Anthropology | 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 | |
Michael | Waldman | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Limited Rationality and the Strategic Environment: An Experimental Study | 2010 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Michael | Waldman | Johnson Graduate School of Management | Health and Early Childhood Television and Video Viewing | This exploratory effort led to the creation of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper “Positive and Negative Mental Health Consequences of Early Childhood Television Watching,” which is under review at a peer-reviewed economics journal. | 2008 | Fall | co-pi | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Maureen | Waller | Policy Analysis and Management | 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 Human Ecology | Collaborative Project | |
Maureen | Waller | Policy Analysis and Management | 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 Human Ecology | Working Group Grant | |
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 |
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 | Work Hours and Gender Inequality in Earnings Across Countries | 2021 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Jessica Chen | Weiss | Government | China's Cities: Divisions and Plans | This 5-person project team secured $340,000 in external funding and produced over a dozen publications during their 3-year project term. Research topics included the auto industry, nationalist protests, the impact of urban air pollution, China’s industrial policy, and the politics of urban services for migrant labor. |
2016-2019 | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
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 |
Howard | Welser | 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 | Ohio University | Collaborative Project | ||
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 | 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 |
Elaine | Wethington | Human Development | 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 Human Ecology | Collaborative Project | |
Charles | Whitehead | Law | 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 Law School | Collaborative Project | |
Janis | Whitlock | Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research | 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 Human Ecology | Collaborative Project | |
John | Whitman | Linguistics | Rice and Language Across Asia: Crops, Movement and Social Change | This ISS grant helped fund a major interdisciplinary conference held at Cornell, on the deep history of rice and migrations in Asia, coinciding with a co-taught class. It was partially published as a special double issue of the journal Rice (ISSN 1939-8425), 2011 | 2011 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Christopher | Wildeman | Policy Analysis and Management | The Fifth Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference- Minimizing the Collateral Damage: Interventions to Diminish the Consequences of Mass Incarceration for Children | This interdisciplinary conference, focused on impacts of parental incarceration, led to the publication of a book: Wildeman, Christopher, Anna R. Haskins and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, Eds. 2018. _When Parents Are Incarcerated: Interdisciplinary Research and Interventions to Support Children_ Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. | 2016 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Christopher | Wildeman | Policy Analysis and Management | The Causes, Consequences, and Future of Mass Incarceration in the United States | This project yielded 3 books, dozens of articles, over a million dollars in external grants, including a $450,000 award from fwd.us to study the prevalence and impact of family incarceration, and an annual speaker series including Pulitzer Prize winning author, James Forman, Jr. | 2015-2018 | co-pi | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Collaborative Project | |
Andrew | Willford | Anthropology | Rights to the Forest: Impacts of Governance Changes on Health, Nutrition and Livelihoods | 2013 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS 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 | |
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 | |
Steven | Wolf | Natural Resources | Rights to the Forest: Impacts of Governance Changes on Health, Nutrition and Livelihoods | 2013 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Steven | Wolf | Natural Resources | 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 Agriculture and Life Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
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 | |
Steve | Yale-Loehr | Law | 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 Law School | Collaborative Project | |
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 | Immersive Discrete Choice Experiments for the Analysis of Time Perceptions in Crowded Environments | 2019 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Erin | York Cornwell | Sociology | Changes in Social Contact Due to COVID-19 and Implications for Health and Well-Being of Older Adults | 2021 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Y. Connie | Yuan | Communication | Expertise Recognition in Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Groups: The Impact of Computer-Mediated and Face-to-Face Communication | This project has resulted in 5 publications examining cross-cultural dynamics in group collaboration, with a focus on expertise recognition, communication accommodation, influence processes, and language proficiency. |
2010 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life 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 | |
Jiwon | Yun | Linguistics | What are the Pieces of Language Knowledge? | 2009 | Spring | co-pi | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Vivian | Zayas | Psychology | 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 Arts and Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
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 | |
Chris | Zepeda-Millan | Children of the Undocumented: Inclusion versus Exclusion | 2013 | Spring | co-pi | Loyola Marymount University | 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 | |
Liandong | Zhang | On the Causal Effect of Income Taxes on Corporate Risk-Taking and Hedging: Evidence from State Income Tax Charges | This study won the Best Paper Award at the 2016 MIT Asia Conference in Accounting. It was published in a top-three accounting journal – the Journal of Accounting Research in 2017. It was also featured in the Atlantic. | 2015 | Spring | co-pi | University of Hong Kong | CCSS Grant | |
Malte | Ziewitz | Science and Technology Studies | 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 Arts and Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Kaspar | Zimmerman | "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 | co-pi | University of Bonn | 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 | |
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 |
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