SRC Researchers at 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings
July 26, 2019
SRC faculty, staff and student papers and posters at the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings:Sunday, July 272:00-3:50, Kristen Cibelli Hibben (Organizer) and Julie de Jong (Chair), Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Surveys (3MC): a Burgeoning Sub-Discipline in Survey Research...
Charles Brown says it is difficult to know how raising minimum wage alone affects earnings and employment
July 17, 2019
In an article explaining Michigan’s minimum wage law for The Bridge, Charles Brown says that because wages and employment are influenced by multiple economic conditions, it is difficult to assess what impact raising the minimum wage alone would have. While in the short term, it appears that...
Colter Mitchell is a recipient of an Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
July 8, 2019
The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, established by President Clinton in 1996, is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Recipients are selected for...
Kira Birditt and Lindsay Ryan Received the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award
June 19, 2019
Kira Birditt and Lindsay Ryan co-authored Stress and Negative Relationship Quality Among Older Couples: Implications for Blood Pressure, along with Nicky Newton and James Cranford, which was awarded the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award by the Gerontological Society of America.This award...
Jacqui Smith Awarded Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award
June 12, 2019
Jacqui Smith was awarded the 2019 Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award by the Gerontological Society of America.This award is given to an individual who has fostered excellence in, and had a major impact on, the field by virtue of their mentoring, and whose inspiration is sought by...
U.S. consumer confidence critical to economic outlook
June 5, 2019
In a column for Reuters, John Kemp examines the impact of U.S. consumer confidence on the economic outlook. According to Richard Curtin, 'Rather than macro data, people typically base their decisions on … the strength of the local economy, the change in prices they actually face, and job...
Kira Birditt on Drinking and Marital Quality
May 29, 2019
GQ Australia wrote about Kira Birditt’s study in The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Series, co-authored by James A. Cranford, Jasmine A Manalel, and Toni C Antonucci, Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples: Longitudinal Associations With Negative Marital Quality. Birditt says,...
Responsive Survey Design (RSD) Research Education Program 2019 Short Course Schedule
May 28, 2019
The Responsive Survey Design (RSD) Research Education Program, part of the University of Michigan Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, is excited to announce its 2019 short course schedule!New this year, the program has restructured the short courses and defined five tracks that will...
Inbal Nahum-Shani cited in Bustle article on digital detoxing
May 16, 2019
Bustle compiled a list of tips on how to loosen the grip of phones and social media in our lives. Inbal Nahum-Shani’s work on the role stress and stress-reduction strategies play in forming new habits was cited: “for various reasons, we fail to use the (stress-reduction) strategies as...
SRC Researchers at 2019 American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference & International Field Directors and Technologies Conference
May 15, 2019
SRC faculty, staff and student papers and posters at the 2019 AAPOR Annual Conference. The 2019 International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC) immediately follows, May 19-22 and the schedule of SRC presenters is further down this page.Thursday, May 168:00-11:30, James...
