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Announcing the Summer 2023 CJLS/SBS RISE Summer Research Assistantships

May 2, 2023 Student Achievements

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Images of the six CJLS / SBS RISE 2023 Summer Research Assistantship mentors and mentees
Sherell Jeudi '25 and Bridgette Davis; Luke Niemiec '25 and Ah Ram Lee; Bel Corder '25 and Seth Goldman

 

The Center for Justice, Law, and Societies (CJLS) and SBS RISE are excited to announce their research assistants and faculty mentors for the second annual CJLS/SBS RISE Summer Research Assistantship for summer 2023.  This initiative allows faculty members to mentor students from the SBS RISE community on research projects, an important high-impact practice that can provide students with valuable skills for graduate school and employment. 

Through a competitive process, faculty members were selected to serve as mentors, while students were selected to work with them.  Students will receive routine mentoring sessions with their faculty mentor, and research skills training through the Institute for Social Science Research, and a $5000 summer stipend, courtesy of a generous donation from two of our SBS alumni. 

Participants in this summer’s initiative, along with research projects, are:

Sherell Jeudi, political science '25, and Bridgette Davis, public policy

This research project aims to understand the burdens associated with obtaining need-based financial aid and/or student loan debt relief, how these burdens can be reduced, and to explore participant’s experiences of power, privilege, and the politicization of their efforts to obtain a college degree and secure debt cancellation benefits for which they are eligible. 

Luke Niemiec, public policy '25, and Ah Ram Lee, journalism

This research project is to develop foundational research on effective communication strategies for older adults who are crucial but the most neglected public. Even though the number of older has been increasing in this rapidly aging world, there has been a little research on how to effectively communicate with them.

Bel Corder, political science & psychology '25, and Seth Goldman, communication & Commonwealth Honors College

This project examines the nature and consequences of news coverage of racial population projections that continue to chart fast-rising racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S. In contrast to prior studies that have focused narrowly on news framing of Whites and consequent effects on White anxiety, this project will use an upcoming Census release in summer 2023 to document the full range of news frames around racial projections – about the changing demographics of Black, Latinx, Asian, multiracial, and White Americans.

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Email: fgriffinfenn [at] umass [dot] edu
Phone: (413) 577-4052

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