Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Many factors influence human language development, and a new paper suggests childhood poverty could be among them. “Language processing following childhood poverty: Evidence for disrupted neural networks,” published this year in the journal Brain and Language, finds that childhood poverty appears to disrupt language processing neural networks in… Continue reading Childhood poverty may have an effect on language processing in adults
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Negative sentiment in environmental advocacy emails boosts engagement
ANN ARBOR—People find it hard to resist negative messages. A recent University of Michigan study reveals that recipients are more likely to engage with emails containing negative sentiment sent by the Environmental Defense Fund, a U.S. based nonprofit organization. Specifically, emails with a negative tone were more frequently opened, and recipients were more likely to… Continue reading Negative sentiment in environmental advocacy emails boosts engagement
Why anti-Black racism may be damaging to America’s overall health
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Race and health have a close relationship in the United States, one that might run deeper than we expect. And according to Louis Penner, Ph.D., of the Institute for Social Research’s Research Center for Group Dynamics, anti-Black racism, in particular, has enormous negative effects throughout America’s health and… Continue reading Why anti-Black racism may be damaging to America’s overall health
Register now for BioSocial Methods ICPSR Summer Workshops
BioSocial Methods and the Research Center for Group Dynamics are proud to offer two ICPSR summer workshops in 2024: An introduction to psychophysiology, to explore the relationship between the human mind and body (hybrid) and a 3-day in-person session at the U-M HomeLab, where participants will learn to design and conduct research on human subjects in a… Continue reading Register now for BioSocial Methods ICPSR Summer Workshops
Patricia Gurin Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Program for Research on Black Americans
ANN ARBOR – Patricia Gurin, a professor emerita of psychology and women’s study who was a pioneer in intergroup dialogue, received a Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday from the Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA). Gurin is the Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, the former chair of psychology and… Continue reading Patricia Gurin Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Program for Research on Black Americans
Two ISR-affiliated faculty members receive project funding from the Graham Sustainability Institute
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Three researchers at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research have been awarded catalyst grants funded by the Graham Sustainability Institute. Atiyya Shaw, Ph.D. of the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD), Sunghee Lee, Ph.D., of the Survey Research Center (SRC) and Uttam Sharma, Ph.D., of the… Continue reading Two ISR-affiliated faculty members receive project funding from the Graham Sustainability Institute
Program for Research on Black Americans 2023 Reunion Unites Leading Scholars
ANN ARBOR – The pioneering black psychologist James S. Jackson transformed the way that researchers study and understand Black American life– but his mentorship of a generation of Black scholars is an equally enduring legacy. The latter was the salient theme of the 2023 Reunion of the Program for Research on Black Americans, held Saturday… Continue reading Program for Research on Black Americans 2023 Reunion Unites Leading Scholars
PRBA Names Katrina R. Ellis as the Next James S. Jackson Emerging Scholar
ANN ARBOR — Katrina R. Ellis, Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan, has been named the next James S. Jackson Emerging Scholar by the Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) at the Institute for Social Research (ISR). Dr. Ellis is an affiliate of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at ISR research.… Continue reading PRBA Names Katrina R. Ellis as the Next James S. Jackson Emerging Scholar
Robert Sellers to receive the 2023 James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship
Robert Sellers, the Charles D. Moody Collegiate Professor of Psychology and an affiliate of the Research Center for Group Dynamics, has been named the recipient of the 2023 James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship. The award, jointly administered by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the National Center for Institutional Diversity, is… Continue reading Robert Sellers to receive the 2023 James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship
Unequal Health: A sweeping and timely synthesis on how anti-Black racism threatens America’s health
(ANN ARBOR) – Anti-Black racism is a direct danger to the health of Black Americans and a threat to the health of all Americans. This is the key takeaway of a timely new book, Unequal Health: Anti-Black Racism and the Threat to America’s Health, and a point that researchers and healthcare professionals must recognize to understand… Continue reading Unequal Health: A sweeping and timely synthesis on how anti-Black racism threatens America’s health