Inbal (Billie) Nahum-Shani Given 2017 Research Faculty Recognition Award
October 9, 2017
From the University Record:Behavioral scientist Inbal (Billie) Nahum-Shani is a world leader in the rapidly evolving field of adaptive interventions. Adaptive interventions use continuously updated information about a person to modify the type, timing, dose and delivery mode of support to address...
Morenoff discusses the long- and short-term effects of imprisonment on recidivism
October 9, 2017
Jeff Morenoff discussed his (and co-authors’) article, Short- and long-term effects of imprisonment on future felony convictions and prison admissions. The authors’ found that people sentenced to prison rather than probation are more like to return to prison due to parole violations....
Langa et al. Find Widening Gaps in Seniors’ Health
September 25, 2017
Kenneth M. Langa et al. examine the trends of healthy older adults in a Research Letter in JAMA Internal Medicine. They find the number of healthy older adults increased between 2000 and 2014, but the trend differed significanly by race/ethnicity, education, and income.Davis and Langa published an...
Students’ self-concepts of ability in math and reading predict later math and reading attainment
September 20, 2017
A new study by Maria Ines Susperreguy, Pamela Davis-Kean, et al. finds that students’ perceptions of their own abilities in math and reading play a role in their later achievements over time and levels of achievement. Davis-Kean says, “When trying to understand the issues of low...
Sastry’s 2014 Study of Displaced New Orleans Residents Quoted in Wired
September 15, 2017
Narayan Sastry’s 2014 article, The location of displaced New Orleans residents in the year after Hurricane Katrina, was cited in a recent article in Wired about the monumental task of rebuilding Houston. Regarding New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Sastry wrote,...
Call for Proposals: IRIS Researcher Awards
September 14, 2017
The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) is excited to announce funding for researchers who will use the IRIS data to address questions about the social and economic returns to investments in research. Up to $15,000 for dissertation awards and up to $30,000 for early career and...
Pamela Davis-Kean on gender switching Lord of the Flies
September 1, 2017
Pamela Davis-Kean commented on a planned, all-girl, adaptation of Lord of the Flies: 'It could be problematic if all they're doing is switching out girls for boys and saying, Well, girls would do this too.'' Read “In ‘Lord of the Flies’ Remake, Girls Survive Instead” in the...
Carey Wexler Sherman comments on similarities between caring for family members with developmental disabilities & caring for those with dementia
August 28, 2017
In an article for The Bridge, Now what? A familiar fear when disabled children turn 26, Carey Wexler Sherman says that families who care for developmentally disabled children face similar stresses as those who care for family members with dementia, “'They are a risk for added depression,...
Birditt quoted in Brides
August 14, 2017
An article on the Brides Magazine website, Older Couples Reveal the Secret to a Happy Marriage: Alcohol, discusses Birditt, et al.’s study, Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples: Longitudinal Associations With Negative Marital Quality. Birditt comments, “'We're not suggesting that...
Sherman quoted in NY Times
August 9, 2017
Carey Wexler Sherman was quoted in a New York Times article on the isolation of caregiving: “'Caregiving is done with a lot of love and affection, but there's a lot of loss involved. People talk about friends disappearing, about even family members not wanting to be involved. It's a lonely...