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.
- SSIREP Field to Table: Substance Use in an Understudied Population: Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Individuals in the U.S.
Join Dr. Ceren Gunsoy (Psychology) as she discusses how substance use disproportionately affects minority groups in the United States, specifically individuals from Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) backgrounds. Due to their categorization as white in the U.S. Census and other federal forms, their unique health needs are invisible and inconsistent with their experiences in the U.S., as they have been targets of prejudice and hate crimes. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, the present research investigates the factors associated with substance use among MENA individuals, such as cultural values, perceived discrimination, and mental health.
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- SSIREP Talk: Bekka Lee, Navigating Community-Engaged Research
In this presentation, Dr. Rebekka Lee (Harvard Catalyst) will share 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.
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- SSIREP Field to Table Series: Dr. Barbara Costello
As part of SSIREP’s Field to Table series, Dr. Barbara Costello, Professor of Sociology & Criminology & Criminal Justice (CCJ) will be discussing her research paper titled, “Gateway Drugs or Gateway People? A Qualitative Analysis of Social Processes of Opioid Initiation.”
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- RI Survey Initiative: How to Use Our State Polling Data in Your Next Project
Emily Lynch (Department of Political Science), Ying Xiong (Harrington School of Communication and Media), and Julie Keller (Department of Sociology & Anthropology) will be discussing “RI Survey Initiative: How to Use Our State Polling Data in Your Next Project.”
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- SSIREP Faculty Talk: Christine Zozula on “Speaking of the Dead: Ethics in True Crime.”
Christine Zozula (Department of Sociology & Affiliate with CCJ) will be sharing about her work, “Speaking of the Dead: Ethics in True Crime.”
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- SSIREP Rhode Island Initiative
SSIREP is hosting an event with Dr. Ashlea Rundlett (Political Science), Dr. Ying Xiong (Harrington School of Communication & Media), and Dr. Julie Keller (SSIREP & Sociology) to introduce faculty to the RI Survey Initiative, share 2024 state polling results, and provide a space for networking with other faculty with common research interests in state polling data.
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- SSIREP: Advocacy 101 for Women’s Rights (and all human rights)
Kelly Nevins, CEO of Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, will discuss the current state of women in the U.S. and share basic advocacy strategies that can be used to connect with legislators at all levels.
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- SSIREP Field to Table: Empowering Employees with Generative AI: Examining the Role of Internal Communication
Join SSIREP as Dr. Joon Kim and Dr. Jegoo discuss their research on employee-oriented mental health. Despite the increasing adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools at the workplace, little is known about how employees view and use GenAI. We conducted a survey study of 700 US full-time employees to investigate how firms’ communication about GenAI with their employees affects employees’ GenAI-related anxiety and intentions to use GenAI at work. The results of our study revealed that firms’ internal communication about GenAI was significantly associated with employees’ perceptions of GenAI and intentions to use GenAI at work.
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- SSIREP Field to Table: Economic Militarization and its Political Consequences
Join Dr. Roya Izadi (Political Science) as she explores a largely overlooked dimension of civil-military relations: the military’s ownership and management of for-profit enterprises. Drawing on original global data, De. Izadi investigates how military involvement in the economy shapes regime durability and incentives for defection. The project offers new insights into the political consequences of military-commercial power.
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