Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Funding for the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) has been renewed, ensuring another five years of high quality research, career mentorship, and community outreach. MCUAAAR, which has been continuously funded since 1997, is a collaborative, multi-university research center housed at the University of Michigan,… Continue reading $3.5 million grant renewal marks 30 years of support for minority aging and health equity across Michigan
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Avoiding germs in our daily lives could provide a false sense of security when real threats arise
ANN ARBOR – The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare how widely human reactions vary over the threat of germs. Where we fall on the spectrum of “germ aversion” impacts how we react to slobbery kisses or stains on a drinking cup, and this anxiety can be shaped by both evolution and culture. A new study has… Continue reading Avoiding germs in our daily lives could provide a false sense of security when real threats arise
RCGD’s Shinobu Kitayama and Robert Sellers Receive APS’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Awards
ANN ARBOR — The Association for Psychological Science (APS) has awarded 2024 APS Lifetime Achievement Awards– the association’s highest honors– to 15 psychological scientists whose contributions have advanced understanding of topics ranging from how to alleviate human suffering to cultural differences and similarities in mental processes. Two of the awards went to University of Michigan Psychology… Continue reading RCGD’s Shinobu Kitayama and Robert Sellers Receive APS’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Awards
Matthew Diemer: Teen activism is associated with higher achievement
Young people who challenge social injustice and are politically active show high life satisfaction and better academic performance, says a University of Michigan researcher. A new study by Matthew Diemer of U-M’s Marsal Family School of Education, along with Miriam Schwarzenthal of the University of Wuppertal and colleagues in Germany and the U.K., sheds new light on the importance… Continue reading Matthew Diemer: Teen activism is associated with higher achievement
Team led by U-M receives $7.5M to aid flood predictions
A University of Michigan-led team is bringing together researchers in science, technology and the humanities for better flood-risk predictions and better decision-making in response to those risks to reduce the human and economic costs of extreme flooding events, which are on the rise due to climate change. They are supported with a five-year, $7.5 million… Continue reading Team led by U-M receives $7.5M to aid flood predictions
RCGD’s Elizabeth Roberts to Present Anthropology’s 2023 Rappaport Lectures
Elizabeth F.S. Roberts, Professor of Anthropology and RCGD affiliate, will give the 2023 Roy A. Rappaport Lectures this fall– a four-part lecture series titled “In Praise of Addiction.” This lecture series offers an ethnographic counternarrative to the never-ending U.S. Drug Wars that are justified by our profound disdain for dependency. Roberts juxtaposes this disdain with… Continue reading RCGD’s Elizabeth Roberts to Present Anthropology’s 2023 Rappaport Lectures
New paper explores the career impact of ISR’s James Jackson
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — James Jackson had a tremendous impact on the social sciences throughout his long and distinguished career. At his passing in 2020, he was recognized as a “giant” at the Institute for Social Research and in the larger research community for his work within the Research Center for Group… Continue reading New paper explores the career impact of ISR’s James Jackson
Research Shows How and When Police Car Stops Escalate
ANN ARBOR—The first moments of police interactions with drivers can tell us about what happens next—with officers often giving orders rather than providing reasons for traffic stops, according to a new study that analyzed law enforcement encounters. Nationwide, the public has highlighted the need for police officers to deescalate routine car stops, where Black drivers… Continue reading Research Shows How and When Police Car Stops Escalate
Celebrating the Robert Zajonc Centennial
The upcoming celebration of the Robert Zajonc Centennial in Warsaw, June 18-19, 2023, marks a 30-year collaboration between the Institute for Social Research and its sister institute, the Zajonc Institute for Social Studies (ISS) in Poland. The eminent social psychologist Robert Zajonc, who served as director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics and ISR… Continue reading Celebrating the Robert Zajonc Centennial
Robert Sellers Inducted into the National Academy of Sciences
Robert Sellers was named a 2023 inductee into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest distinctions for a scientist or engineer in the United States. Sellers and one other U-M professor were 2023 inductees into the NAS in “recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” An affiliate of the… Continue reading Robert Sellers Inducted into the National Academy of Sciences