Grants

Current Grants

ISSR Faculty Fellow
David Cort (sociology)
Institute for Social Science Research, UMass Amherst
2017-2018

Fulbright Core
David Cort (sociology)
Department of State
2018

Identifying Mechanisms of Peer Influence on Youth Weight-Related Behaviors
James Kitts Principal Investigator (sociology), Mark Pachucki (sociology), Krista Gile (statistics), Lindiwe Sibeko (nutrition), and John R. Sirard (kinesiology)
National Institutes of Health
2016–2022

Reaching Out to and Collaborating with Asian American Communities in the Pioneer Valley
C.N. Le (sociology), Richard Chu (history), and Krishna Poudel (community health education)
Center for Racial Justice and Urban Affairs, UMass Amherst
2017

Parenthood and the Gender Wage Gap
Joya Misra (sociology and public policy), Marta Murray-Close (U.S. Census)
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
2016–2017

Faculty Workload & Rewards
Joya Misra (sociology and public policy), KerryAnn O'Meara (University of Maryland), Elizabeth Beise (University of Maryland), and Audrey Jaeger (NC State)
National Science Foundation
2015–2020

Worksite Social Connections and Food Choice: Identifying Opportunities for Obesity Prevention
Mark Pachucki, Co-Investigator (sociology) with Doug Levy (Massachusetts General Hospital)
National Institutes of Health
2016–2018

Promoting Employee Health Through the Worksite Food Environment
Mark Pachucki, Co-Investigator (sociology) with Anne Thorndike (Massachusetts General Hospital)
National Institutes of Health
2015–2020

Contents and Contexts of Cyberfullying: An Epidemiologic Study using Electronic Detection and Social Network Analysis
Anthony Paik, Principal Investigator (sociology), Marizen Ramirez, Shelly Campos, Octav Chipara, Padmini Srinivasan, Cori Peek-Asa, and Karen Heimer
University of Iowa
2014–2017

Building an Interdisciplinary Equal Employment Opportunity Research Network and Data Capacity
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (sociology), M.V. Lee Badgett (economics), and Fridan Kurtulus (economics)
National Science Foundation
2013–2018

Collaborative Research: The Organizational Production of Earnings Inequalities: A Comparative Project Using LEEP Data
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (sociology)
National Science Foundation
2015–2018

Past Grants

The Politics of Professional Change
Steven Boutcher (sociology)
Office of Research Development (FRG)
2015

The Rise of Insecure Work and the Persistence and/or Abatement of Durable Inequality
Enobong (Anna) Branch (sociology)
National Science Foundation
2014–2016

Cross-national Differences in Gendered Self-Employment Participation and Earnings: The Role of Work-Family Policy and Cultural Contexts
Michelle Budig (sociology)
National Science Foundation
2014–2016

Union Contracts and the Negotiation of Work Hours and Schedules
Dan Clawson (sociology), Naomi Gerstel (sociology)
National Science Foundation
2012–2014

Families Go to College: Sustaining Inequality?
Naomi Gerstel (sociology)
Spencer Foundation
2015–2016

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Lecturer Faculty Group Mellon Mutual Mentoring Team Grant
C.N. Le (sociology)
Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development, UMass Amherst
2015–2016

Editorship of Gender and Society
Joya Misra (sociology and public policy)
2011–2015

Prayers of Healing and Supplication: Islam and the Struggle for “Pure” Faith
Fareen Parvez (sociology)
Social Science Research Council
2012–2014

Examining Changes in Network Configuration and Composition with Health-Related Behaviors of American Adults
Mark Pachucki, Principal Investigator of pilot study (sociology)
Sub-contract award to UMass, National Institute of Health/ National Institute of Aging
2015–2016

Collaborative Research: Women in Science and the Technology Policy
Laurel Smith-Doerr (sociology)
National Science Foundation
2012–2016

Collaborative Research: The Social Organization of Collaboration in the Chemical Sciences
Laurel Smith-Doerr (sociology)
National Science Foundation
2011–2016

Anneliese Maier Research Award. Collaboration Award to Promote the Internationalisation of the Humanities & Social Sciences in Germany
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (sociology)
Von Humboldt Foundation
2014–2016

Does Financialization Contribute to Growing Income Inequality?
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (sociology)
Institute for New Economic Thinking
2013–2015

Building Research Capacity with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (sociology)
Russell Sage Foundation
2013–2014