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Current Externally Funded Research

Elizabeth Boyle, P.I.: "The Cost of Rights or the Right Cost? The Impact of Global Economic and Human Rights Policies on Child Well-Being Since 1989." National Science Foundation, Law and Social Sciences Program. $158,649. 2009-2012.

Penny Edgell, Joe Gerteis and Doug Hartmann, co-Principal Investigators: Edelstein Family Foundation (recurring gift), "American Mosaic Project", ongoing, $500,000 funded to date.

Penny Edgell and Kathy Hull, co-Principal Investigators: "The Role of Cognition in the Development of Social Fragmentation, Commonalities, and Consensus." National Science Foundation. $283,443. 3/15/2011-2/28/2013.

Erin Kelly, P.I. and Phyllis Moen, co-Investigator: Phase 2 of "Work, Family & Health Network. Flexible Work and Well-Being Center" at the University of Minnesota. National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. $5,383,491. 2008-2013.

Erin Kelly, P.I.: "Unhealthy Balance?: The Consequences of Work and Family Demands and Resources on Employees' health and Health Care Consumption". Society for Human Resources Management. $98,321. 2010-2012.

David Knoke, P.I. (with Melanie Wall, Richard MacLehose, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Mary Story, Peter Hannan, co-Investigators). “Multilevel Latent Class and Social Network Models for Observational Adolescent Obesity Data.” National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and Endocrinology, Nutrition & Growth (ENG) Branch. $651,338. 2009-12.

Ann Meier and Eric Grodsky, co-Principal Investigators: "Adolescent Sex, Well-Being, and Normative Contexts." National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. $656,546. 2011-2014.

Jeylan Mortimer, P.I. (with Doug Hartmann, Erin Kelly, Carolyn Liebler, Teresa Swartz, Ann Meier, Christopher Uggen, and Rob Warren, co- Investigators): National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. HD044138 "Work Experience and Mental Health: A Panel Study of Youth." $1,062,500. 5/7/08-4/30/13.

Joachim Savelsberg, P.I.: National Science Foundation, "Collective Representations and Memories of Atrocities after Judicial Interventions: The Case of Darfur in International Comparison." $186,000. 2010-2012.

Chris Uggen and Jason Schnittker (University of Pennsylvania), co-Principal Investigators: "The Effects of Incarceration on the Health of Individuals, Families, and Communities." Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $415,216. 6/1/2010-5/30/2013.

Rob Warren, co-principal investigator: "Aging Together: Brothers and Sisters of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." National Institute on Aging, NIH. $504,084. 7/01/09 - 6/31/14.

Rob Warren, co-Principal Investigator: "The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study: As We Age." National Institute on Aging, NIH. $27,836. 7/01/08 - 6/31/13.

Rob Warren, P.I: "Integrating, Linking and Disseminating CPS Data, 1962-2013." National Science Foundation. $2,820,436. 4/18/2011-6/30/2016.

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  • Goldman Wins CLA Teaching Award

    Michael Goldman received one of two Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Awards for 2012-13. This award recognizes faculty who are outstanding teachers of graduate and undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts. He will be recognized at a special event in 2013-14.

     May 23rd, 2013

  • Two Top Journals Coming to Minnesota!

    Joachim Savelsberg and Timothy Johnson (Political Science) have accepted coeditorship of Law & Society Review (LS&R). This is the journal of the Law & Society Association and regarded by socio-legal scholars worldwide as a leading publication for work bearing on the relationship between society and the legal process.

    John "Rob" Warren will be the editor of Sociology of Education (SOE), a journal of the American Sociological Association. This is the top ranked publication in education research. They publish research that examines how social institutions and individuals' experiences within these institutions affect educational processes and social development.

    February 27th, 2013

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