RCGD’s Elizabeth Roberts to Present Anthropology’s 2023 Rappaport Lectures
August 10, 2023
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...
New paper explores the career impact of James Jackson
July 19, 2023
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...
New paper explores the career impact of ISR’s James Jackson
July 17, 2023
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...
Losing a parent early in life impacts a person’s immune system as they age
June 22, 2023
Ongoing COVID pandemic could have ripple effectsContact: Morgan SherburneWhen a person loses a parent or a caregiver at a young age, their immune system suffers later in life, according to University of Michigan research.A group of researchers led by Grace Noppert found that if the parents or...
Research Shows How and When Police Car Stops Escalate
June 7, 2023
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...
Celebrating the Robert Zajonc Centennial
May 31, 2023
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...
Robert Sellers Inducted into the National Academy of Sciences
May 9, 2023
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...
Shinobu Kitayama Explains Cultural Psychology
May 3, 2023
The preeminent cultural psychologist Shinobu Kitayama had studied cognitive dissonance and attribution theory at Kyoto University, but when he arrived at the University of Michigan in 1982 he experienced cultural shocks that made him feel “something more profound might be going on in terms of...
The Significance of Digesta– an Overlooked Source of Ice Age Carbs
April 24, 2023
ANN ARBOR – Until about 10,000 years ago, all people relied on hunting and gathering for subsistence, and many scholars believe they divided that labor by sex– with men doing the bulk of the hunting and women gathering plant foods. Raven Garvey– an associate professor of...
RCGD’s Stephanie Fryberg named to the Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 20, 2023
Stephanie Fryberg will be named to the Academy of Arts and Sciences for her contributions to her scholarly and professional fields.Fryberg, a professor of psychology in U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, holds an appointment within Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) at...
