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New Projects Dr. Sujan Anreddy is PI of the Crash Portal grant recently awarded from the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety. National Highway Traffic Safety Authority (NHTSA) requires the Statewide Traffic records Coordinating Committee (STRCC) to address issues relating to crash related data access and processing in the state as well as… Continue Reading February 2023 Chronicles
New Projects Dr. Sheena Gardner will serve as an evaluator for the “Alliance Evaluation II.” Dr. Gardner will review the logic model and other processes and will develop reports of project activities. This work is sponsored by the Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Dr. Robert McMillen will… Continue Reading December 2022/January 2023 Chronicles
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
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 products at https://bit.ly/3yqI2h4. In the News Dr. Devon Brenner was part of… Continue Reading September 2022 Chronicles
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 cannabis-impaired driving will be added. The research team will also… Continue Reading August 2022 Chronicles
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
Awards & Recognition Emile Creel and Bethany Deuel received an Award of Excellence at the Public Relations Association of Mississippi state conference for work on the SSRC’s 2021 Annual Report. Read more at https://bit.ly/3KONk9s. Sarah Dulaney competed in the undergraduate three-minute thesis competition during the Mississippi State University Undergraduate Research Symposium and… Continue Reading April 2022 Chronicles
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
