ISR, partners conduct first national study of public librariesâ Black History Month programming
November 14, 2023
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR)â 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...
Pam Davis-Kean named Director of ISRâs Survey Research Center
June 12, 2024
Pam Davis-Kean has been selected as the Director of the Survey Research Center (SRC) for a five-year term beginning September 1, 2024. Davis-Kean is a Professor of Psychology, a Research Professor in the Survey Research Center and Research Center for Group Dynamics, and a Faculty Associate of...
New funds for Family Safety Net pilot program to implement innovative approach to suicide prevention in northwest Alaska
June 11, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR â After developing a brief family-focused suicide prevention intervention, new funding from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education will enable an implementation study to find out how to integrate the...
Meet Kristine Ajrouch
June 10, 2024
MCCFAD Co-Director joins RCGD as research professor, with new Healthy Aging grant addressing dementia-related stigma among MENA-Americans Growing up in an immigrant family, Kristine Ajrouch (Ahzh-ROOSH) has always been intrigued by people who immigrated â how they learned to think and talk in a...
Motivating experts to contribute to open content
May 28, 2024
 ANN ARBORâGetting experts to contribute to open content, such as Wikipedia, is not an easy task as experts often have high demands on their time. But one way to increase expert contributions is to understand what motivates them to contribute, a University of Michigan study shows. The study,...
ISR announces 2024 Junior Professional Researcher cohort
May 8, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR â The Institute for Social Research is excited to announce the nine scholars joining us this summer for the second cohort of our Junior Professional Researcher program.This group of burgeoning social scientists will spend two years working with...
Study: racial bias is no âfalse alarmâ in policing
April 30, 2024
ANN ARBORâBlack drivers are more frequently searched without finding contraband during traffic stops than white drivers, according to a University of Michigan study. Institute for Social Research scientists Maggie Meyer and Richard Gonzalez analyzed data from 98 million traffic stops, and...
Alzheimerâs and Arab Americans: More research needed
April 25, 2024
EXPERT Q&A ANN ARBORâMiddle Eastern and Arab American populations may have higher rates of Alzheimer’s disease and related cognitive impairments, but researchers don’t exactly know because these populations aren’t identifiable in national datasets. That’s because...
ISR affiliate Ethan Kross named AAAS fellow
April 18, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR â Ethan Kross, Ph.D., a faculty associate at the Institute for Social Researchâs Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD), has been named a 2023 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Kross is one of twelve...
Germ aversion impacted 2020 election voting behavior
March 18, 2024
Voters opted to pick candidates in 2020 by mail-in ballots, avoiding poll sites due to COVID-19 concerns rather than because of political party efforts to promote specific voting methods, according to a new University of Michigan study. Researchers tested attitudes toward using in-person, early and...
