New Projects Dr. Connie Baird-Thomas will serve as PI of the “Vroom Expansion” project. This will continue Statewide Vroom and Mind in the Making Coordinator Heather Martin’s work to expand Vroom statewide, with the focus on embedding the programs within existing community or organizational structures. The expansion will build upon… Continue Reading November 2022 Chronicles
SSRC Introduces Research Fellows and New Labs STARKVILLE, MS—The Social Science Research Center recently named new Research Fellows and introduced three research laboratories at a fall luncheon event. At the event on Tuesday, November 1, eleven new fellows were inducted. This year’s fellows have backgrounds in the fields of education… Continue Reading SSRC Introduces Research Fellows and New Labs
Fellows Induction and Research Lab Celebration RSVP by OCT 27 at https://forms.office.com/r/mgirX7tTVg. Contact Amanda Tullos at amanda.tullos@msstate.edu with any questions.
Researchers address Mississippi Senate group Researchers from the Social Science Research Center, the Mississippi State University (MSU) School of Human Sciences, and the MSU Extension Service addressed a Mississippi Senate Study Group in late September. Earlier this year, Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann announced the Mississippi Senate would hold several… Continue Reading Researchers address Mississippi Senate group
School Meals Project Final Products Gina Rico Mendez, SSRC assistant research professor, and team recently completed the “Research and Learning of the McGovern-Dole School Meals Program in Africa” project. This research effort was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), in collaboration with… Continue Reading School Meals Project Final Products
FishFirst! Zambia Fieldwork SSRC Research Professor, Dr. Kathleen Ragsdale, conducted FishFirst! Zambia Phase II fieldwork and data collection at Lake Kariba, Zambia, with WorldFish colleagues and graduate and undergraduate students from Mississippi State University (MSU), the University of Zambia, and Levy Mwanawasa Medical University in June. FishFirst! Zambia is… Continue Reading FishFirst! Zambia Fieldwork
Announcements Dr. Devon Brenner named SSRC Director A long-serving Mississippi State faculty member and administrator is now the director of the university’s Social Science Research Center. Devon Brenner, assistant vice president for outreach and initiatives in the MSU Office of Research and Economic Development, has been named SSRC director. She… Continue Reading May 2022 Chronicles
Five Fun Fast Questions with Eniko: What’s the last movie or TV show you watched? Childhood’s End What’s your dream vacation spot? All the United States Would you rather order takeout or cook? My husband cooks! I love his homemade food If you had a time machine, what year would… Continue Reading The real impact of survey research: Eniko Marcus
The SSRC communications team received an Award of Excellence at the Public Relations Association of Mississippi (PRAM) state conference for their work on the 2021 SSRC Annual Report. The 30-page report includes feature stories and design elements highlighting the center’s new and ongoing work for the year. Although each Mississippi… Continue Reading PRAM honors SSRC annual report with state public relations award
New Projects Lisa Long will lead Project ECHO for Childcare Providers working with Toddlers. Long will facilitate project management work for the project, assist with childcare provider recruitment and registration, ECHO session scheduling, and content, logistics, inputting of childcare provider information into Project ECHO system, elicitation of case studies, issuing professional development… Continue Reading March 2022 Chronicles