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,… Continue Reading FishFirst! Zambia Fieldwork
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30 Second Abstract: Juul Awareness and Use Among Adolescents As e-cigarettes grow in popularity among adolescents, researches are banding together to better understand why the phenomenon exists and how it can be treated. In a recent study published in Pediatrics,… Continue Reading 30 Second Abstract: Juul Awareness and Use Among Adolescents
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… 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.… Continue Reading SSRC Introduces Research Fellows and New Labs
MSU SSRC announces new Mississippi Education Policy Fellows STARKVILLE, Miss.—Fourteen educators and administrators across the state are new selections for the Mississippi Education Policy Fellowship Program. One of only 10 such programs in the U.S., MEPFP is hosted through Mississippi… Continue Reading MSU SSRC announces new Mississippi Education Policy Fellows
Announcements Project Updates The “Research and Learning of the McGovern-Dole School Meals Programs in Africa” project concluded over the summer. The project’s final presentation, executive summary, final report are all available online. Learn more about the project, and its… Continue Reading September 2022 Chronicles
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… 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… Continue Reading School Meals Project Final Products
By Kinnadi Walker After a few months of working with the Mississippi Alcohol Safety Education Program (MASEP) as an undergraduate student, Kayla Hopper has returned as a graduate assistant for the Research and Development team. Hopper, a native of Madison,… Continue Reading Kayla Hopper: Educating and Changing lives
New Projects Dr. Angela A. Robertson will lead a project to adapt the Mississippi Alcohol Safety Education Program (MASEP) curriculum for the state of Connecticut. Connecticut requires 18 hours of intervention, which mean the content will be extended and content on… Continue Reading August 2022 Chronicles
