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
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 State University’s Social Science Research Center. The program is an… Continue Reading MSU SSRC announces new Mississippi Education Policy Fellows
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
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, Mississippi graduated from Madison Central High School and recently received… Continue Reading Kayla Hopper: Educating and Changing lives
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
By Bethany Deuel Jodie Shappley has served as the administrative assistant to the director at the SSRC for 11 years and three directors. Now, she is ready to retire and plans to do so in June of this year. After moving to Starkville in 2005, Shappley held a few different… Continue Reading Jodie Shappley: essential support in times of unknown
30 Second Abstract: Measuring Veterinary Client Preferences Understanding a pet’s medical situation and what treatment is best can be a difficult decision for pet owners. To better understand how much autonomy clients want in making those decisions, Dr. Holli Seitz and Dr. Jesse Grady recently studied this process and wrote… Continue Reading 30 Second Abstract: Measuring Veterinary Client Preferences