As part of our mission to integrate socially proactive research with educational and occupational opportunities for students and faculty alike, SSIREP is honored to host events featuring research from our research fellows, representing a diverse spectrum of social science perspectives. SSIREP’s Faculty Working Paper series offers faculty the chance to get critical feedback on paper drafts. A discussant is assigned and the paper is circulated to attendees before the talk. This series has been very valuable for presenters, allowing them to strengthen their work prior to submitting for publication. A companion series we introduced in Fall 2021 is called Field to Table. This series is for faculty presenting preliminary results from social science research freshly collected from the field. Faculty presenting in this series get a chance to share very recent data and get valuable feedback before a paper draft is developed.
If you wish to present your research as part of a SSIREP event, please submit your abstract via email here.
- Building a Foundation for Successful Community-Engaged Research
Dr. Rebekka Lee, Director, Community Engagement Program, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center
Dr. Rebekka Lee will share her experiences from her public health program of research and her role supporting community-engaged research across Harvard University. She will discuss strategies for centering community voice and priorities as well as approaches for overcoming barriers to successful partnerships in research.
December 8th, 2025 at 12:00 PM via Zoom
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- Rhode Island Survey Initiative on 2025 Data
Dr. Ashlea Rundlett, Department of Political Science, URI
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- Socioeconomic Inequality in Attitudes Toward Support for Older Adults in Guyana
Dr. Nekehia Quashie, Dept. of Public Health, URI
Guyana, an understudied Latin American and Caribbean country, is aging with weak welfare infrastructure support for older adults and a prevailing social norm that the family is primarily responsible for supporting older adults. This study examines the association between individual socioeconomic resources and attitudes toward support for older adults in need across three dimensions: financial, household chores, and personal caregiving.
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- From Global Health Politics to Comic Book Markets: Making a Meaningful Pivot to the Next Research Project Post-Tenure
Dr. Joseph Harris, Department of Sociology, Boston University
Tenure offers scholars the freedom to pursue research projects completely of their own choosing, yet the drive for tenure carries inertia, and scholars often pursue the same old topics that they did before tenure. This fun and informative talk examines of scholar’s journey learning what is meaningful in research and the consequences of that pursuit.
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- An Introduction to ICPSR: How to Use ICPSR Data in Your Teaching and Research
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