Each spring, the Dean’s Office invites applications from Maxwell faculty for summer funding for the graduate assistant of their choice to support preliminary research for and/or preparation of a proposal for external project funding. Successful faculty applicants are expected to submit a related proposal to an external funder and must provide a written report within one year of the issuance of the award.
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Kyrstin Mallon Andrews, Anthropology
Decompression sickness in depleted seas: Exploring the physiological consequences of climate change on commercial fishers in the Caribbean
Kristy Buzard, Economics
What attracts and deters women and underrepresented minorities from economics?
Robert Bifulco, Public Administration and International Affairs
Evaluating effectiveness of early literacy policies: Comparing retention, retention plus student supports, and retention plus accountability policies
Jun Li, Public Administration and International Affairs
Preliminary analyses of health inequities experienced by older people with ADRD using home health care
Gretchen Purser, Sociology
When work reappears: A collaborative ethnography of chip manufacturing in Syracuse
Becky Schewe, Sociology
Flooding and infrastructural inequality: Human decisions drive flood risk
AY 2021-2022
Mona Bhan, Anthropology
De (Humanizinghumanizing) Warwar: Artificial Intelligence Weapons intelligence weapons and the Future future of the Human.human
Julia Carboni, Public Administration and International Affairs
Research to Practicepractice: Hunger Free Communities Collective Impact Framework-free communities collective impact framework
Scott Landes, Sociology
COVID-19 vaccination outcomes among disabled and nondisabled adults
Andrew London, Sociology
Attitudes Toward Extramarital Relationships toward extramarital relationships in the Context context of Spousal spousal Alzheimer's Disease
AY 2020-2021
Kristy Buzard, Economics
Quantifying GATT trade liberalization
Margarita Esteves-Abe, Political Science
Politics of childcare in the US: Comparative study of states and cities
Johannes Himmelreich, Public Administration and International Affairs
The philosophical foundations of data science
Sebastian Karcher, Political Science
Developing standards and practices for verifying qualitative and multi-method research
Andre Ortega, Geography and the Environment
Comparative counter-cartographies, subaltern placemaking, and sustainable urbanization in the Global South
AY 2019-2020
Kristy Buzard, Economics | GA: Jorge Valdebenito
Lobbying and legislative uncertainty
Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Atef Amriche
Obtaining morphological changes of braided rivers in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau using UAV, multispectral and SAR remote sensing
Erin Hern, Political Science | GA: Nneka Eke
Lessons in success: How Africa’s high performers achieved positive outcomes under adverse circumstances
Emily Wiemers, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Hannah Patnaik
The strength of the family safety net during the coronavirus pandemic
Yingyi Ma, Sociology | GA: Crystal Lee
Chinese students amidst COVID-19: Double binds and difficult choices
Gretchen Purser, Sociology | GA: Madeleine Hamlin
Freedom commons: Entanglements of social and penal policy in housing provisions for the poor
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Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Atef Amriche Obtaining high-resolution river morphology using UAV and structure from motion photogrammetry Colleen Heflin, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Akanksha Patnaik Childcare policy research partnership Michah Rothbart, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Mattie MacKenzie-Liu Statewide, longitudinal analysis of malleable factors related to high school completion outcomes for students with disabilities |
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Kristy Buzard, Economics | GA: Jorge Valdebenito Research and development laboratories in the production process Mengxiao Liu, Economics | GA: Yimin Yi The effect of mergers & acquisitions on multinational firms’ innovation decisions Sherburne Abbott, Geography Using the science of societal benefits to inform and motivate action on environment and sustainability Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Patrick Oberle Long-term evolution of Onondaga Creek and its social and cultural impact on Riparian urban communities Shana Gadarian, Political Science | GA: Akanksha Patnaik American anxieties about globalization Dimitar Gueorguiev, Political Science | GA: Aykut Ozturk China foreign policy barometer Gretchen Purser, Sociology | GA: Brian Hennigan The project, performance, and politics of job readiness Nazanin Shahrokni, Sociology | GA: Fitore Hyseni “Pink rides” go global: A comparative study of four illustrative cases of women-only taxis across the globe Merril Silverstein, Sociology | GA: Wencheng Zhang Religiosity, health, and mortality over the adult life course |
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Cecilia Van Hollen, Anthropology | GA: Alisa Weinstein Living with cancer at the crossroads: Assessing risks and seeking cures for reproductive cancers in India Cecilia Van Hollen, Anthropology | GA: Jessica Posega Cervical and breast cancer in India: A socio-cultural study Kristy Buzard, Economics | GA: Hoang Pham Lobbying, uncertainty, and the ratification of trade agreements Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Siqi Li, Science and Engineering Quantitative assessment of social and economic impacts of flooding on urban communities Julia L. Carboni, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Francisco Santamarina NSF Science of Organizations grant application Rebecca Peters, Public Administration and International Affairs Transportation administration in the borderlands: The moral and the material at the Zambia-Angola Border |
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Cecilia Van Hollen, Anthropology | GA: Jessica Posega Cervical and breast cancer in India: A socio-cultural study Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Gregory Ruetenik, Earth Science Evaluating uncertainty and accuracy of modeling sediment dynamics over a storm event in a medium-sized watershed in central New York Natalie Koch, Geography | GA: Tina Catania Urbano Laboratories of liberalism: The impact of American higher education in the Gulf Arab states Susan Millar, Geography | GA: Justin Hartnett Snow cover, land use, and flood hazard: Understanding the impact of urbanization on local and regional climates and flood runoff Carol Faulkner, History/Citizenship and Civic Engagement | GA: Cassandra Schmitt Citizenship and civic engagement grant research Tina Nabatchi, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Suyeon Jo Patient engagement strategies for understanding and improving diagnostic safety in ambulatory care |
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Guido Pezzarossi, Anthropology | GA: Paul Noe Determining market dependence in colonial Guatemala: Elemental characterization of Maya ceramic artifacts Kristy Buzard, Economics | GA: Hyunseok Jung Research and development laboratories in the production process Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Gregory Ruetenik, Earth Science Modification of an event-based watershed model, DWSM Thomas Keck, Political Science | GA: Brandon Metroka Toward a global repository of free speech jurisprudence Shana Kushner Gadarian, Political Science | GA: Logan Strother Understanding institutional interactions: Gender, race and representation Spencer Piston, Political Science | GA: Laura Rodriguez Ortiz, Public Administration The dehumanization of Black Americans in the contemporary United States Gretchen Purser, Sociology | GA: Brian Hennigan, Geography Faith-based job “readiness” programs |
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Shannon Novak, Anthropology | GA: Stephanie Gladyk, MSc Forensic Science A bioarchaeological and biomolecular approach to intersections of social identities and local biologies at the Historic Spring Street Presbyterian Church, Manhattan (ca.1810-1846 Robert Rubinstein, Anthropology | GA: Shaundel Sanchez Neighborhood trauma resulting from gun violence in Syracuse Cecilia Van Hollen, Anthropology | GA: Jonathan Jackson Socio-cultural responses to cervical and breast cancer screening projects in India Kristy Buzard, Economics | GA: Yusuf Bagir Endogenous politics and the design of international trade institutions Abdulaziz Shifa, Economics | GA: Shulin Shen Optimal taxation in a developing economy with limited fiscal capacity Jacob Bendix, Geography | GA: Michael G. Commons Geographic variation in the impacts of California riparian wildfire Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Justin Hartnett Modeling event-based nutrient movement at the watershed scale Mark Monomier, Geography | GA: Emily Bukowski Inventing cartography Ines Mergel, Public Administration | GA: Ari Epstein Open innovation and open collaboration in government Merril Silverstein, Sociology | GA: Yooumi Lee, Social Science Does a step-gap equal a caregap in the intergenerational relationships of older adults? |
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Christopher R. DeCorse, Anthropology | GAs: Samuel Amartey, Sean Reid Assessing the impacts: Coastal Sierra Leone during the Atlantic Slave Trade Kristy Buzard, Economics | GA: Jae Yoon Lee Trade policy and institutional structures Eloenora Patacchini, Gary Engelhardt, Doug Wolf; Economics, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Jordan Christopher Stanley, Economics The impact of social networks on the health care and living arrangements of older Americans Gladys McCormick, History | GA: Jennifer Monti, Languages, Literature, and Linguistics The untold story of political prisoners in mid-twentieth century Mexico, and the life of a forgotten hero: The case of Jacinto Lopez and his fight for rural Mexico Glyn Morgan, Political Science | GA: Ebrahim Soltani Why are some majority Muslim countries more religious than others? Ines Mergel, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Roza Vasileva Big data in the public sector: Institutionalization of emergent governance mechanisms Dawn Dow, Sociology | GA: Marcus Bell The Black man’s code: How African American male college students navigate racial stigma Madonna Harrington Meyer, Sociology | GA: Jessica Hausauer Grandparenting children with disabilities Janet Wilmoth, Sociology | GA: Yooumi Lee, Social Science Aging and disability |
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Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Michael Gurney Commons (1) Identifying different processes of controlling the transport of sediment and geochemical materials in poorly and well-managed watersheds (2) General patterns characterizing suspended sediment load Dynamics from supply-limited to transport-limited watersheds Hans Peter Schmitz, Political Science | GA: Lindsey Spector The rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in middle-income countries: The role of TNGOs Shena Ashley, SoonHee Kim, W. Henry Lambright; Public Administration and International Affairs, Political Science | GA: Flavia Rey de Castro Pastor Global governance and public administration: The future of the discipline Robert Bifulco, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Sun Jung Oh The impact of race-neutral school assignment on school segregation David Van Slyke, William Banks; Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Nicholas J. Armstrong The prospects of institutional transfer: An analysis of U.S. security assistance contracts as an inducements for developing Afghan National Security Forces Rebecca Warne Peters, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Megan Lee In the absence of the state: Contests over professional childbirth care and the role of international organizations in post-war Angola Cecilia Green, Sociology | GA: Yan Liu The new Chinese presence in the Anglophone Caribbean Prema Kurien, Sociology | GA: Jocelyn Killmer The political incorporation of religious minorities in Canada and the U.S. Andrew London, Janet Wilmoth; Sociology | GA: Jessica Hausauer Veteran health: Analyses of behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) data Yingyi Ma, Sociology Why are they initially over-represented, but ultimately under-represented?: An investigation of the attainment of a science/engineering bachelor’s degree for racial minorities |
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Douglas Armstrong, Anthropology | GA: Katherine Hicks Archaeological exploration of the transition from indentured to enslaved Labor in seventeenth century Barbados John Burdick, Anthropology | GA: Melinda Gurr What difference do TNGOs make to Indigenous struggles in Brazil and Guatemala? Shannon Novak, Anthropology | GA: Anthony Faulkner The children of Spring Street: A stable isotope study Deborah Pellow, Anthropology | GA: Kwame Edwin Out The changing cartographies of embodiment in Postcolonial Ghana William Horrace, Economics | GA: Ying Deng Two-stage least squares with aggregated instruments Devavish Mitra, Mary Lovely; Economics | GA: Ian Wright Globalization and entrepreneurship in developing Asia Jamie Winders, Geography | GA: Thor Ritz Between making a living and making a place: Understanding immigrant/native-born tensions in new destinations Matthew Cleary, Political Science | GA: Ioana Emilia Matesan Indigenous autonomy in Southern Mexic Ines Mergel, Public Administration | GA: Pat Fiorenza Knowledge incubation in the public sector Amy Lutz, Sociology | GA: Gokhan Savas Immigrant-native differences in college destinations among Blacks and Whites in the post-Grutter era |
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John Burdick, Hans Peter Schmitz; Anthropology, Political Science | GA: Jesse Harasta The impact of rights based approaches (RBA) on grassroots activism and advocacy Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Maria Josefson Dynamic linkage between variable sediment sources and downstream sediment load at the watershed scale Thomas Perrault, Geography | GA: Barbara Greene Mining, water, and rural livelihoods in the Bolivian Andes Subho Basu, History | GA: Saneep Banerjee Contested homeland: Colonial geography, territoriality and Muslim nationalism in Bengal Gladys McCormick, History | GA: Robert Solonick Authoritarianism and popular mobilizations in mid-twentieth century Rural Mexico Margaret Usdansky, Sociology | GAs: Chantell Frazier, Alecea Standlee Promoting successful career trajectories among women and minority STEM faculty Prema Kurien, Sociology | GA: Anirban Acharya Globalization, religion, and ethnic politics: Indian Americans in the public sphere Yingyi Ma, Sociology | GA: Dan Zhang Higher education in China: Opportunity or quagmire? Hongying Wang, Political Science | GA: Jing Lin The political economy of China's new welfare state Tina Nabatchi, Public Administration | GA: Greg Munno CNY speaks |