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CSSC Research and Creative Works Digest, February 2015 The College of Social Sciences and Communication is strongly committed to supporting the research and creative activities of its faculty. This digest is published six times a year to offer resources to faculty to aid their scholarly work. Resources are divided into four categories: Funding Opportunities, Data and Technology, Conferences and CFPs, and Campus Events. Table of Contents Funding Opportunities Grants Resource Center (GRC) Bulletin The Russell Sage Foundation’s Visiting Scholar Program C. R. Anderson Research Fund Guggenheim Foundation Grants UALR Middle Eastern Studies Faculty Research Grants Research on “Sentinel Events” and Criminal Justice System Errors Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Data and Technology The Pew Research Center The National Longitudinal Surveys Accessing Regional Data: Bureau of Economic Analysis (Webinar) Conferences and CFPs Gulf-‐South Summit on Service-‐Learning & Civic Engagement through Higher Education University of Michigan Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Association of Public Data Users (APDU) 2015 Annual Conference Second Annual World Congress on Community Corrections Special Issue of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly on Big Data Campus Events CSSC Student Research and Creative Works Symposium CSSC Lunchtime Research Series Victor Wooten Event on Music, Creativity, and Learning Erica Chenoweth, Renowned Scholar of Non-‐violence, to Speak at UALR April 7 Funding Opportunities Grants Resource Center (GRC) Bulletin http://www.aascu.org/grcinfo/ This publication synopsizes funding opportunities, rules and regulations, comment requests, and meetings relevant to sponsored programs and research administration activities on Grants Resource Center (GRC) member campuses. Information from Grants.gov, the Federal Register, and Federal Business Opportunities are broken into four categories: Arts, Humanities, and International; Education and Economic and Community Development; Health and Mental Health; and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. If you would like to receive the GRC Bulletin and other funding opportunity notices regularly, please contact Sarah Beth Estes ([email protected]). The Russell Sage Foundation’s Visiting Scholar Program http://www.russellsage.org/how-‐to-‐apply#scholars Deadline: Between April 15 and June 30, 2015 This program provides a unique opportunity for select scholars in the social, economic and behavioral sciences to pursue their research and writing while in residence at the Foundation’s New York headquarters. Research carried out by Visiting Scholars constitutes an important part of the Foundation’s ongoing effort to analyze and understand the complex and shifting nature of social and economic life in the United States. While Visiting Scholars typically work on projects related to the Foundation’s current programs, a few scholars whose research falls outside the Foundation’s active programs are also invited each year. Visiting Scholar (VS) applications for the 2016-‐17 academic year will be accepted between April 15th and June 30th, 2015 (at 11:59pm Eastern Time) of the year prior to the desired year of residence. Decisions will be announced in December, 2015. C. R. Anderson Research Fund http://www.businesscommunication.org/anderson-‐applications Deadline: Rolling-‐-‐May 1, Sept. 1, and Jan. 1 The Association for Business Communication is currently accepting applications to its C.R. Anderson Research Fund (CRARF), which offers micro-‐grants of US $1,000 to US $5,000 to be spent on equipment, hard-‐ and software, travel and accommodation expenses, and/or research support-‐
staff compensation within the course of a research project of up to 12 months. The CRARF aims to encourage and support innovative, academic research in such areas as business communication, management communication, business writing, consulting, marketing, English, speech communication, intercultural communication, linguistics, rhetoric, and information systems. For more information on eligibility, instructions on applying, and previous recipients, please visit the CRARF website. Guggenheim Foundation Grants http://www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm Deadline: August 1, 2015 Start planning an application for a Guggenheim Foundation Grant on violence and aggression. These grants are great opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and, in amounts of $15,000 to $40,000, are well in reach of UALR faculty members. UALR Middle Eastern Studies Faculty Research Grants http://ualr.edu/minors/mest/index.php/home/faculty-‐grants/ Priority Deadline: February 15, 2015 The UALR Middle Eastern Studies Program is offering faculty research grants for full-‐time faculty members to support their activities and scholarship in the area of Middle Eastern Studies. The grant will pay up to $3,000 and will be reviewed on competitive basis by the Middle Eastern Studies Committee. Awards are ongoing with priority given to applications received before February 15. Research on “Sentinel Events” and Criminal Justice System Errors https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001132.pdf Deadline: March 17, 2015 The purpose of the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Projects grants program (CFDA 16.560) is to encourage and support research, development, and evaluation to improve criminal justice policy and practice in the United States. NIJ is interested in stimulating research in a new area of study in criminal justice research – an exploration of the use of sentinel event reviews to improve justice systems overall. Mistakes, or negative outcomes, in the criminal justice system are rarely caused by one single act or actor. Often, mistakes signal multiple weaknesses in the criminal justice system or process. Thus, corrections to such errors need to go beyond traditional remedies that focus on removing the “bad apple” responsible for the event to those that address the underlying system level problems that contributed to the event. Sentinel event review processes have been used in other fields, notably aviation and medicine, and NIJ would like to explore whether similar reviews would be feasible in the criminal justice field. Applicants must register with Grants.gov prior to submitting an application. All applications are due to be submitted and in receipt of a successful validation message in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on March 17, 2015. Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001146.pdf Deadline: April 7, 2015 Violence Against Women research and evaluation is one of the major foci of NIJ‘s Violence and Victimization Research Division. The goals of the Violence Against Women program of research are to improve knowledge and understanding of teen dating violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, and sexual assault issues through science. NIJ strives to provide objective and independent knowledge and validated tools to reduce violence against women and girls, and promote justice for victims. Applicants must register with Grants.gov prior to submitting an application. All applications are due to be submitted and in receipt of a successful validation message in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on April 7, 2015. Data and Technology The Pew Research Center http://www.pewresearch.org/data/ The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. The National Longitudinal Surveys https://www.nlsinfo.org/content/cohorts/NLSY97 The National Longitudinal Surveys are nationally representative surveys that gather data on the same cohort of individuals over time. The surveys are gold mines of information that are freely available to anyone who is willing to spend some time learning how to use the data. Two of the surveys can be used separately or combined. The NLSY79 follows a cohort of approximately 10,000 men and women who were 14-‐22 years of age when data collection began in 1979. There are 24 waves of data available, ending in 2010. A second survey gathered data on the children of the females in this cohort. The data set with measures on children is called the NLSY79 Child and Young Adult (NLSCYA). The amount of data collected in both surveys is impressive, including employment, health, finances, parenting, personality, attitudes and many developmental outcomes (behavioral and cognitive). A third survey (NLSY97) follows a different cohort of individuals who were 12-‐17 in 1997. The 15th wave of data was gathered in 2011-‐2012. This data is designed to investigate the transition into young adulthood and beyond. It includes measures on education, achievements, parents, marriage, income, health, attitudes, crime, fertility, substances abuse and much more. For more help with the data, contact Robert Corwyn at [email protected]. Accessing Regional Data: Bureau of Economic Analysis (Webinar) http://apdu.org/2015/01/20/accessing-‐regional-‐data-‐bureau-‐of-‐economic-‐analysis/ February 18, 2015 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST This webinar will provide an in-‐depth briefing on BEA’s regional data programs. Attendees will learn about BEA’s measures of economic activity at the state, county and metro-‐area levels. After a brief overview of how these measures are put together, the session will review the regional section of BEA’s website and provide insights on how to access the full range of regional economic statistics, including gross domestic product, personal income, and the new measures of regional price parities and personal consumption by state. Presenter: Nicholas Empey, Chief, DAS Group, Regional Economic Directorate, Bureau of Economic Analysis Conferences and CFPs Gulf-‐South Summit on Service-‐Learning & Civic Engagement through Higher Education http://www.gulfsouthsummit.org/registration/ March 11-‐13, 2015 The mission of the Gulf South Summit on Service-‐Learning and Civic Engagement through Higher Education is to promote networking among practitioners, research, ethical practices, reciprocal campus-‐community partnerships, sustainable programs, and a culture of engagement and public awareness through service-‐learning and other forms of civic engagement. The 2015 Summit theme is “Building Bridges between Education and Engagement.” University of Michigan Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques http://www.si.isr.umich.edu/ June 1-‐July 24, 2015 The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques is a teaching program of the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research. It is located on the central campus of the University of Michigan. The summer courses are select offerings from the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology, and can be used to pursue a doctorate, master of science and a certificate in survey methodology. This is a great resource to get certified in survey methodology or to learn quantitative and qualitative methods. Some sessions offer a web-‐based learning option in case you don't have the time or money to spend a couple of weeks in Michigan. Association of Public Data Users (APDU) 2015 Annual Conference http://apdu.org/events/conference/apdu-‐2015/ September 22-‐23, 2015, Arlington, Virginia Second Annual World Congress on Community Corrections http://www.appa-‐net.org/WC2015/ July 14-‐16, 2015, Los Angeles, California Special Issue of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly on Big Data http://www.aejmc.org/home/2014/11/jmcq-‐special-‐issue/ Deadline: June 1, 2015 Information Access and Control in an Age of Big Data. Guest Editors Edward L. Carter, J.D. LL.M., Associate Professor, Brigham Young University Laurie Thomas Lee, Ph.D., Professor, University of Nebraska-‐Lincoln We invite contributions to a special issue of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly that will address access to and control of information in an age of Big Data. We encourage submissions that approach this topic from an inclusive range of fields and research methodologies within journalism and mass communication and also from other disciplines, with a focus on the implications of the topic to media and society. Submission Deadline for Papers: June 1, 2015. Campus Events CSSC Student Research and Creative Works Symposium http://ualr.edu/cssc/symposium/ April 14, 2015 Please recruit students for participation and plan to attend the college's first annual student research event! CSSC Lunchtime Research Series February 17, 2015, 12-‐1pm, 119 Ross Hall (Arkla Room) The CSSC is sponsoring a new brownbag lunch series where faculty can come together to present their research and creative activities to one another in an informal way. At the inaugural lunch, Mike Craw and Chris Diaz from the Institute of Government will present their work. Their presentation is titled, “Integrating Applied and Scholarly Research in Community Development: The Impact of Little Rock’s Neighborhood Alert Centers.” Victor Wooten Event on Music, Creativity, and Learning On Tuesday, February 10th, UALR will present two events featuring five-‐time Grammy award-‐
winning jazz bassist Victor Wooten in Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. You might know Wooten as the bass player for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, his solo career, or his TED talks. A link to one of his TED talks is below. During the day, 11:50-‐1:15, Wooten will be joined by Tennessee State University English professor and musician Rod Taylor and drummer J. D. Blair to present “Music, Creativity, and Learning,” a performance lecture. This event will feature audience participation. On Tuesday night, 6:00-‐7:30, UALR Department of Music faculty Mike Carenbauer and Tom Richeson will join Wooten, Blair, and Taylor for a Jazz Master Class. This event will be of interest to musicians as well as music fans. Musicians will learn to improve their technique. Fans will learn to become more sophisticated listeners. Everyone will have a great time. Erica Chenoweth, Renowned Scholar of Non-‐violence, to Speak at UALR April 7 http://www.ericachenoweth.com/ Mark your calendars now to attend Erica Chenoweth’s address on Tuesday, April 7. Chenoweth is a leading scholar of non-‐violent resistance, coauthor of the award-‐winning book “Why Civil Resistance Works”, and one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers.