Feature Stories - Social Science Research Center

SSRC assistant professor awarded grant for upcoming research

by Bethany Deuel Sheena Gardner, an assistant professor at the SSRC, and her colleague Randy Little were chosen as recipients of the William M. White Special Projects Award for their upcoming survey research. Their research will focus on exploring factors… Continue Reading SSRC assistant professor awarded grant for upcoming research

GRA wins elevator pitch competition at robotics conference

by Emile Creel A graduate research assistant with the Social, Therapeutic, and Robotic Systems (STaRS) Lab recently placed third at the 2021 Human Robot Interaction (HRI) international conference Elevator Pitch competition. Sayantani Dutta, a doctoral student in computer science and… Continue Reading GRA wins elevator pitch competition at robotics conference

SSRC GRAs place in Graduate Student Research Symposium

By Bethany Deuel Two graduate research assistants at the SSRC received awards for their presentations at the 19th annual Mississippi State University (MSU) Graduate Student Research Symposium (GSRS) held virtually on February 27th. Robert Kolbila received the third-place award in… Continue Reading SSRC GRAs place in Graduate Student Research Symposium

Mississippi’s Forum for the Future sets a new tone in the early childhood development community

By Bethany Deuel Mississippi’s first “Forum for the Future: Communicating about the Early Years” hosted earlier this month was a success with over 160 participants. The Child Health and Development Project: Mississippi Thrive! (Mississippi Thrive!), the Children’s Foundation of… Continue Reading Mississippi’s Forum for the Future sets a new tone in the early childhood development community

Addressing Inequalities at Home and Abroad: How the Gender Impacts Lab’s work cover continents

“Gender and health disparities cut across all of our work, and we constantly see so many similarities even though the people we work with are living in very different countries and cultures,” said Kathleen Ragsdale, co-director of the Gender Impacts… Continue Reading Addressing Inequalities at Home and Abroad: How the Gender Impacts Lab’s work cover continents

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