Colloquium Series
Spring 2020 Schedule
Time: 1:30pm in 102 Mann (unless otherwise noted)
The remaining talks have been canceled.
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Comm faculty win Cornell Engaged Grant
Neil Lewis, Jr., Sahara Byrne, Amelia Greiner Safi, Jeff Niederdeppe, Jon Schuldt, and Andrea Stevenson Won received a Cornell Engaged Grant. They will collaborate on a project examining whether mobile research laboratories effectively engage underrepresented populations in social science research.
Katherine McComas appointed to NYC Panel on Climate Change
Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Katherine McComas to the fourth New York City Panel on Climate Change, an independent group of 20 scientists who will synthesize climate study data and advise city policymakers.
Jeff Niederdeppe and Jiawei Liu receive CCSS Spring Grant
Jeff Niederdeppe and Jiawei Liu received a Cornell Center for Social Sciences Spring Grant for their research project, "“Effects of Prevalence Information in Framing Health Problems.”
New publication from Neil Lewis Jr., Jonathon Schuldt, Ph.D. alum, Hwanseok Song, et al.,
Neil Lewis Jr., Jonathon Schuldt, Hwanseok Song, Ph.D. 19, et al. published an article on environmental justice in MethodsX.
Jon Schuldt and Peter Enns receive $192,000 NSF grant
Jon Schuldt and Peter Enns (Goverment) received a $192,000 NSF grant for their research proposal, “Understanding increased social bias during the COVID-19 crisis in the United States.” The project involves a partnership with three survey research companies (Civiqs, NORC, and SurveyMonkey) to examine the potential links between public attitudes toward the coronavirus pandemic and rising social bias, including prejudice toward immigrants and other minority groups. It was funded through NSF's RAPID mechanism.
Jon Schuldt received CCSS Rapid Response grant
Jon Schuldt received a Rapid Response grant from the Cornell Center for Social Sciences to study public attitudes about COVID-19 across the country and whether they are linked to increased social bias regionally or nationally.
New award out of the Social Media Lab
Philipp Masur, Dominic DiFranzo, and Natalie Bazarova received the Top Paper Award from the Comm & Tech division of the International Communication Association. Their paper, "Behavioral Contagion on Social Media: Effects of Social Norms, Design Interventions, and Critical Media Literacy on Self-Disclosure," was completed when Philipp was a visiting fellow and Dominic was a post-doc in the Social Media Lab last year.
Drew Margolin receives tenure
Drew Margolin has been promoted to Associate Professor with indefinite tenure.
Jeff Niederdeppe quoted in article written by alum
Jeff Niederdeppe was quoted in The Atlantic. The article, "The Secret Lives of Perfect Social Distancers," was written by Comm alum, Kaitlyn Tiffany.
Diane Bailey quoted in UPI article
Diane Bailey was quoted in the UPI article "Experts: Slowdown in Business Travel May Hurt Meetings, Help Planet."