ISSR Social Science Research Scholars Program: Current Scholar Biographies
ISSR awarded fellowships to twelve social science faculty for the 2012-13 academic year. They will form two groups, one led by Jennifer Lundquist (Sociology) and Susan Newton (Center for Public Policy & Administration) and the other led by Charli Carpenter (Political Science) and Mary Fechner (Office of Research Development).
ISSR Scholar Cohort 2012-13
Ryan Acton
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Sociology
Proposal: Models and Methods for the Study of Balance in Large-Scale Social Networks
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Whitney Battle-Baptiste
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Anthropology
Proposal: Heritage and Archaeology at the W. E. B. Du Bois Homesite, Great Barrington, MA Read More...
Enobong Hannah Branch
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Sociology
Proposal: Increasing Family Complexity, Increasing Inequality among Mothers, Examining Variations between Black and White Single Mothers across the Earning Distribution Using Quantile Regression (with Caroline Hanley, College of William and Mary) Read More...
Michelle Budig
Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Sociology
Proposal: Work-Family Policy and Cross-National Patterns of Entrepreneurship: How Policies Shape Gender Differences in Self-Employment Participation and Earnings Read More...
Bruce A. Desmarais
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Political Science
Proposal: The Government Communication Networks Project Read More...
Martha Fuentes-Bautista
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Communication
Proposal: Can Technological and Democratic Innovations Measure Up? Examining the Relations Between Community Cyber-Infrastructure and Local Governance Structures Read More...
Elisabeth M. Hamin
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Proposal: Sustainable Adaptive Gradients in the Coastal Environment: Reconceptualizing the Role of Infrastructure in Resilience Read More...
Fidan Kurtulus
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Economics
Proposal: Measuring the Impact of Affirmative Action on the Employment and Occupational Advancement of Minorities and Women in the United States: A Historical Perspective Read More...
Rahsaan Maxwell
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Political Science
Proposal: Majority-Minority Boundaries in Europe Read More...
Marta Murray-Close
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Economics
Proposal: Dual-Career Location Constraints and the Choice to Live Apart: Is Committed Non-Cohabitation a Long-Term Solution or a Short-Term Band-Aid?" Read More...
Ventura Perez
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Anthropology
Proposal: Archaeology of Violence Read More...
Robert L. Ryan
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Proposal: Understanding the Relationship between Urban Greenspace and Human Well-Being in Boston’s Inner-Core Communities Read More...