In observance of Black History Month, the Program for Research on Black Americans hosted two online seminars in February 2023, with one talk by PRBA Director Robert Joseph Taylor, and another from PRBA alumna Karen Lincoln of UC Irvine, who was a graduate student with PRBA while completing U-M’s joint doctoral program in Social Work and Sociology.… Continue reading Robert Joseph Taylor and Karen Lincoln Tell their Stories in PRBA Black History Month Talks
Project: Research Center for Group Dynamics
Robert Joseph Taylor and Karen Lincoln Tell their Stories in PRBA Black History Month Talks
Contact: Tevah Platt ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR– The Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) was established in 1976 at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research by an interdisciplinary team of social scientists and graduate students who wanted to “give a voice” to “a heretofore largely voiceless Black America.” A research program housed in… Continue reading Robert Joseph Taylor and Karen Lincoln Tell their Stories in PRBA Black History Month Talks
A Rarely Bestowed Grant Returns Suzanne Perkins to Research on Child Trauma and Mistreatment
A rarely bestowed grant will allow a University of Michigan researcher to complete work she had to put on hold due to a cancer diagnosis. Suzanne Perkins, a Research Center for Group Dynamics affiliate and a lecturer in psychology at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, will use the funding… Continue reading A Rarely Bestowed Grant Returns Suzanne Perkins to Research on Child Trauma and Mistreatment
Winter Seminar Series Examines Political Polarization
The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. This winter, the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research is hosting an interdisciplinary Winter Seminar Series, free and open to the public, to… Continue reading Winter Seminar Series Examines Political Polarization
David Dunning on the Dunning-Kruger Effect
“The beauty and the terror of the internet,” social psychologist David Dunning tells interviewer David Edmonds in this Social Science Bites podcast, “is that there’s a lot of terrific information, but there’s also a lot of misinformation and sometimes outright fraud. People often don’t have the wherewithal to distinguish.” David Dunning, a professor of psychology at the… Continue reading David Dunning on the Dunning-Kruger Effect
‘Dunning-Kruger effect’ scholars win 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology
Contact: Tevah Platt, 734-660-4999, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—Social psychologists David Dunning of the University of Michigan and Justin Kruger of New York University have been named co-winners of the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology for their work identifying a cognitive bias that causes people to overrate their own competence. The Grawemeyer Awards, administered by the University… Continue reading ‘Dunning-Kruger effect’ scholars win 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology
Grant to fund a return to research on child trauma and maltreatment
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR – A rarely bestowed grant will allow a University of Michigan researcher to complete work she had to put on hold due to a cancer diagnosis. Suzanne Perkins, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and an affiliated faculty member… Continue reading Grant to fund a return to research on child trauma and maltreatment
ISR, partners conduct first national study of public libraries’ Black History Month programming
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR)– in partnership with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) and the Public Library Association (PLA)– is embarking on a three-year project that will be the first systematic, national study to assess the content, scope, and factors influencing offerings of Black History Month programming… Continue reading ISR, partners conduct first national study of public libraries’ Black History Month programming
Family members caring for COVID patients after ICU discharge face unique challenges
Contact: Laura Bailey, 734-647-1848, [email protected] AN ARBOR––Roughly 21% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic required an intensive care stay and the bulk were cared for by family upon discharge. However, not much is known about how these caregivers and patients adapted. To learn more, University of Michigan researchers surveyed COVID-19 ICU… Continue reading Family members caring for COVID patients after ICU discharge face unique challenges
Relocation later in life and contact frequency with friends: Do contact modes matter?
Contact: Jared Wadley, 734-834-7719, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—When older adults move to a new location far from their residence, their friends should not expect too many telephone calls or visits, according to a new University of Michigan study. U-M researchers examined changes in the frequencies of in-person, telephone and written or email contact with friends among… Continue reading Relocation later in life and contact frequency with friends: Do contact modes matter?