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How to Use ICPSR and NACDA
The MCUAAAR hosted webinar for HBCU partners Researchers often start with the arduous task of gathering data, but tapping into high-quality data sets that have already been collected can be a fast and invaluable way to survey the field, explore topics, and test ideas....
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...
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...
Do you have an unusual name? Your parents’ cultural sense of self may have something to do with it.
An unusual name can be a conversation starter. How do you pronounce that? Where does that come from? Does that mean something? A series of conversations centered around the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) at the Institute for Social Research have recently...
Behavioral science recommendations for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic have now been tested
RCGD affiliate Shinobu Kitayama contributes to a landmark evaluation ANN ARBOR -- Behavioral science recommendations made early on in the COVID-19 pandemic were largely correct. In April 2020, a hugely influential paper (Van Bavel et al) proposed 19 policy...
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...
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...
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...
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...
$3.5 million MCUAAAR grant renewal marks 30 years of support for minority aging and health equity across Michigan
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,...