NSF Awarded $6.6 Million to Sociology in ’03
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a significant source of federal funding for basic research in sociology. NSF provides approximately 41 percent of the total such support for the discipline, according to national statistics on basic R&D across disciplines. In addition to support sociologists receive for work in interdisciplinary research, science and math education research, and special initiatives such as the $22-million Human and Social Dynamics initiative (see this month's p. 3; and February 2004 Footnotes, p. 5), NSF’s Sociology Program provides support for specifically sociological research.
This article lists NSF’s grants issued by the Sociology Program in fiscal year 2003. (See July/August 2003 Footnotes for FY 2002 grant list.) The list is organized alphabetically by the last name of the Principal Investigator and includes their affiliation, grant title, and amount of award. The Sociology Program awarded grants for basic research support and dissertation improvement, including funds for 44 new projects (including three collaborations and two workshops) and for 45 doctoral dissertation improvement proposals. The Sociology Program, together with other NSF programs and initiatives, jointly provided $6.3 million to the grantees listed below for research projects and workshops as well as $322,090 for dissertation training grants to sociology students.
The Sociology Program holds two grant competitions annually: Regular Research (proposal deadline is August 15 and January 15) and Dissertation Improvement (proposal deadline is October 15 and February 15). The program is a major source of research funding for the sociological science community and is integral to NSF’s mission to encourage and support theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes and structures.
Regular Research
Alexander, Joseph, Steven Ruggles & Jason Digman, University of Minnesota, Collaborative Research: Black Migration to the West, 1930–2000, $103,664.
Alexander, Karl, Johns Hopkins, Success in the Making: Life Course Patterns of Urban Youth Through the Third Decade. Jointly funded by the Development and Learning Sciences Program & the Enhancing Human Performance emphasis area, $578,444.
Axelrod, Robert, University of Michigan, Agent-based Models of In-group Favoritism and Out-group Hostility. Jointly funded with the Political Science Program and Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models emphasis area, $267,500.
Bayard de Volo, Lorraine, University of Kansas, Determinants of Women’s Support for Political Conflict in Latin America. Jointly funded by the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), $49,475.
Bennett, Neil, Erica Groshen, Bart Hobijn & Robert Lipsy, National Bureau of Economic Research, The New York Research Data Center. Jointly funded with the Economics Program, $300,000.
Blee, Kathleen, University of Pittsburg, The Emergence of Social Movements, $57,280.
Burnett, Myra, Spelman College, Workshop on Fostering Competitive Social Science Research Among Faculty of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s). Jointly funded by the Economics Program, $51,905.
Crenshaw, Edward & Pamela Pazton, Ohio State University, Globalization and Westernization: Theory and Measurement, $102,606.
DaPonte, Beth & Lara Wolfsen, Carnegie Mellon University, A Pilot Study: Analyzing the Differential Undercount of Children and the Poor in the U.S. Census. Jointly funded by the Methodological, Measurement and Statistics Program and the Mathematical Sciences initiative, $54,000.
DeJong, Gordon & Deborah Graefe, Pennsylvania State University, Welfare Reform and Migration of Poor Families. Jointly funded by the Geography and Regional Sciences Program, $300,000.
England, Paula, Northwestern University, Determinants of Husband-initiated and Wife-initiated Divorces. Jointly funded by the Decision, Risk and Management Science Program, $162,555.
Ensel, Walter, SUNY-Albany, The Stress Process and the Quality of Life, $68,287.
Farley, Reynolds, University of Michigan, Collaborative Research: Race and Rust Belt Revitalization: What Determines Who Lives Where? Jointly funded by the Geography and Regional Sciences Program, $42,199.
Frey, William, University of Michigan, Minority Suburban Migration, $152,999.
Galakewicz, Joseph, University of Arizona, The Markets for Children’s Services, $156,578.
Greenbaum, Susan, Beverly Ward & Cheryl Rodriquez, University of South Florida, Deconcentration and Social Capital; Assessing the Impact of Relocation in Three Urban Neighborhoods. Jointly funded with the Anthropology Program, $199,999.
Heimer, Carol, American Bar Foundation, Clinic-level Law: The Legalization of Medicine in AIDS Treatment & Research. Jointly funded with the Law and Social Sciences Program, $299,928.
Huber, Evelyne, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Economic Liberalization, Democratization, and Social Policy Reform: Latin America and the Caribbean, Iberia, and the Antipodes, $62,753.
Hummer, Robert & Christopher Ellison, University of Texas-Austin, Collaborative Research: Religious Involvement & Mortality in the United States, $49,721.
Keister, Lisa, Ohio State University, Nonstandard Work & Asset Accumulation, $69,637.
Kyrsan, Maria & Tyrone Forman, University of Chicago, Collaborative Research: On Race and Rust Belt Revitalization: What Determines Who Lives Where? Jointly funded by the Geography and Regional Science Program, $332,740.
Lee, Mathew, Mississippi State University, CAREER: Institutional Structure, Civic Engagement and Crime in Nonmetroplitan America. Jointly funded by the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), $400,058.
Macy, Michael, Cornell University, The Emperor’s Dilemma: Popular Enforcement of Unpopular Norms, $134,900.
Martell, Richard F. & James Robinson-Cox, Montana State University, From Bias to Exclusion. Why so Few Women at the Top? A Computer Simulation Approach. Jointly funded with the Social Psychology Program, $86,418.
McPherson, Miller & Lynn Smith-Lovin, Duke University, The Relationship Between Networks and Voluntary Groups: A Proposal for Replication of the General Social Survey Voluntary Organization and Network Modules, $243,000.
Meyer, Katherine, Ohio State University, SGER (Small Grant for Exploratory Research): Political Views of Middle East Citizens Following Western Military Intervention, $53,262.
Moaddel, Mansoor, Eastern Michigan University, Understanding the World Views of the Saudi Arabian Public, $99,486.
Pager, Devah, Northwestern University, Collaborative Research: Discrimination in Low-wage Labor Markets: An Audit Study for New York City, $106,445.
Pampel, Fred, University of Colorado-Boulder, Gender, Social Change, and Global Patterns of Cigarette Use, $81,228.
Ragin, Charles, University of Arizona, Workshop: Scientific Foundations of Qualitative Research, $57,891.
Rashotte, Lisa, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Controlling and Transferring Status Effects of Gender. Jointly supported by the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models emphasis area $150,474.
Rogers, Richard & Jason Boardman, University of Colorado-Boulder, Collaborative Research: Religious Involvement & Mortality in the United States, $49,015.
Rona-Tas, Akos, University of California-San Diego, Rational Calculation & Trust: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Emerging Credit Card Markets in Socialist and Post Socialist & Developing Societies. Jointly funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering, $175,000.
Schneiberg, Marc, Reed College, Private, Public, or Cooperative: Organizational Form and Economic Diversity in the U.S. Electrical Utility Industry, 1900–1950, $85,589.
Short, Susan, Brown University, Family Disruption, Family Response, Social Change, Family Organization and Child Well-being in South Africa. Jointly funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering, $90,667.
Simpson, Brent, University of South Carolina, Gender & Cooperation in Social Dilemma. Jointly funded by the Decision Risk and Management Science Program and Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), $58,333.
Smith, Jackie, SUNY-Stony Brook, Globalization and Transnational Social Movement Mobilization, 1953–2003, $135,976.
Suchman, Mark, University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Organizational, Professional & Legal Challenges of New Information Technologies in Healthcare. Jointly funded by the Law and Social Science, and Innovation and Organizational Change Programs, $325,922.
Su, Tieting, California State University-Los Angeles, RUI: Cycles of Global Trade Structures, $122,713.
Szelenyi, Ivan, Yale University, Workshop on Firm-level Gender Inequalities in Transitional Societies. Jointly funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering, $15,029.
Tolnay, Stewart, University of Washington, Collaborative Research: Black Migration to the West, 1930–2000, $199,843.
Ward, Kathryn, Southern Illinois University, Economic Restructuring, Women’s Work & Empowerment in Bangladesh. Jointly funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering, $199,970.
Western, Bruce, Princeton University, Collaborative Research: Discrimination in Low-wage Labor Markets: An Audit Study for New York City, $114,605.
Yamaguchi, Kazou, National Opinion Research Center, Development of Specific Regression Models Involving Latent Classes in Social Research. Jointly funded with the Methodology, Measurement and Statistics Program, $144,996.
Dissertations
Amenta, Edward & Neal Caren, New York University, Urban Political Participation: Sources of Mobilization and Demobilization, $7,492.
Appelbaum, Richard & Christopher Killmeyer, University of California-Santa Barbara, The End of Class Compromise? Globalization and Democracy in Affluent Capitalist Societies, $2,745.
Bidwell, Charles & Julia Gynne, University of Chicago, Early Labor Force Experiences of Non-college Bound Youth in Chicago: The Role of Schools and Neighborhoods, $6,365.
Blair-Loy, Mary & Judith Hennessey, Washington State University, Learning to Love Labor: Low-income Mothers, Work-family Balance, and Public Assistance, $7,451.
Blau, Judith & Tanya Golash-Boza, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Locating Rural Black Women in the Racial Geography of Peru, $7,500.
Brayfield, April & Krista Brumley, Tulane University, NGOs and Political Participation in Monterrey, Mexico, $7,330.
Brown, Phil & Patricia Widener, Brown University, Transnational Activism and Oil Politics: A Demand for Participation and Environmental Justice in Ecuador, $7,500.
Burdick, John & Diane Swords, Syracuse University, Social Movements and Global Transformations, $7,500.
Calhoun, Craig & Olga Sezneva, New York University, The Role of History and Memory in Identity Construction: The Case of Kiliningard, Formerly German Koningsberg, $7,488.
DiMaggio, Paul & Kyoto Sato, Princeton University, Politics and Meanings of Genetically Modified Foods in the United States, France, and Japan, $7,500.
Duster, Troy & Aaron Panofsky, New York University, Behavior Genetics and Scientific Autonomy: The Structure and Genesis of a Scientific Field, $7,498.
Edelman, Lauren & Virginia Mellema, University of California-Berkeley, Race Matters: Ideologies of Race in Police Personnel Decisions. $9,900. Jointly supported by the Law and Social Science Program.
Ellison, Christopher & Julie Dowling, University of Texas-Austin, The Lure of Whiteness and the Politics of Otherness Mexican American Racial Identity, $6,050.
Elo, Irma & Helen Lee, University of Pennsylvania, How Mothers Make Decisions: The Multiple Contents of Everyday Infant Care Practices Among Inner-city Women, $6,997.
Evans, Peter & Youyenn Teo, University of California-Berkeley, Beyond Developmentalism: State Institutions, Private Lives, and the Production of Singapore Citizens, $7,500.
Flacks, Richard & Richard Sullivan, University of California-Santa Barbara, Social Movement Dynamics in Labor Organizing, $7,495.
Glasberg, Davita & Sandra Fromson, University of Connecticut, Pawns, Knights, or Kings: Understanding the Role of Regulators in Public Policy, $6,126.
Galaskiewicz, Joseph & Martin Hughes, University of Arizona, Processes of Legitimation: The University of Phoenix and Its Institutional Environments, $7,380.
Sharp, Jenifer & Jess Gilbert, University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Uneven Industrialization of Agrofood Systems: Understanding the Bases and Significance of Family Production in the U.S. Beef Commodity System, $5,070.
Goldfrank, Walter & John Ackerman, University of California-Santa Cruz, The Struggle for Accountability in Mexico: Explaining Uneven Political Development, $7,500.
Goodwin, Julie & Jeffrey Stewart, New York University, Globalization Grounded: Land Disputes and Agrarian Reform in Guatemala, $7,427.
Hanneman, Robert & Laura Hansen, University of California-Riverside, The Rise of an Insider Trading Network, 1979–1986: A Network Analysis, $3,840.
James, Sherman & Sawsan Abdulrahim, University of Michigan, Arab Immigrants in Detroit-Dearborn: Entrepreneurship and Racial/Ethnic Identity, $7,500.
Kohn, Melvin & Bei Liu, Johns Hopkins University, Social Structure and Personality in Transitional Urban China, $7,500.
Korzeniewicz, Roberto & Angela Stach, University of Maryland-College Park, Organisms and Organizations: Transnational Civil Society and Genetically Modified Food in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, $7,465.
Markoff, John & Veronica Szabo, University of Pittsburgh, Youth and Politics in Communist Romania (1980–1989), $7,499.
Meyer, David & Deana Rohlinger, University of California-Irvine, Reflections of Success in Media Coverage, $6,058.
McEvily, Susan & Beiqing Yao, University of Pittsburgh, Knowledge Flow and Value Creation: Integrating Structural Embeddedness and Knowledge Embeddedness in Alliance Networks, $7,500.
McCammon, Holly & Sandy Smith, Vanderbilt University, Interrupting Inequality: The Effect of Antidiscrimination Law on Race/Gender Wage Gaps, $7,499.
McCarthy, John & Assata Richards, Pennsylvania State University, Toward an Explanation of U.S. Prison Unrest, 1974–2000, $7,480.
Molotch, Harvey & John Schlichtman, New York University, Niche City: Manufacturing a Service Industry Presence in the Postindustrial Economy, $7,254.
Newman, Katherine & David Harding, Harvard University, Linking Culture and Structure to Adolescent Outcomes in Poor Neighborhoods, $7,500.
Orloff, Ann & Kendra Schiffman, Northwestern University, Expansion of Voting Rights for Women in the United States: Institutional Openness, State-building, and Gender, $7,758.
Paige, Jeffrey & Chandan Gowda, University of Michigan, Developing Mysore: Modernizing Elite and the Politics of Translating Institutions, $9,480. Co-funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering.
Pong, Suet-ling & Gillian Hampden-Thompson, Pennsylvania State University, Social Policy, Family Structure, and Children’s Educational Achievement: A Comparative Study, $7,500.
Quadagno, Jill & Steve McDonald, Florida State University, Non-searching for Jobs, $3,000.
Raley, R. Kelly & Elizabeth Wildsmith, University of Texas-Austin, On-Marital Fertility Among Mexican Origin Women: Exploring the Role of Social Context, $6,575
Robinson, Robert & Brian Starks, Indiana University, Contemporary Catholic Identities, $6,010.
Roscigno, Vincent & Marc Dixon, Ohio State University, The Politics of Union Decline: Business Political Mobilization and Restrictive Labor Legislation, 1938–1958, $6,100.
Schnaiberg, Allen & Mathew Reed, Northwestern University, Moving Out: Section 8 and Public Housing Relocation in Chicago, $7,200.
Skocpol, Theda & Liu, Dongiao, Harvard University, How World Conferences Matter: Transnational Influences and Organizational Change in Two National Women’s Movements, $6,490.
Schwartzman, Kathleen & Michelle Bata, University of Arizona, Globalization and the Transformation of Nationalism—Spain in the European Union, 1977–2000, $5,782.
Schwartzman, Kathleen & Michael Mulcahy, University of Arizona, The Formation of the ILO—International Labor Regulation Regime and Its Impact on Class Power and Inequality Within Nations, $7,337.
Tittle, Charles & Traronda Latimore, North Carolina State University, Race and Crime: Illuminating the Processes that Contribute to Crime among and Between Whites and African-Americans, $7,483.
Wright, Erik O. & Yuen-Fan Lui, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Collaboration on Thin Ground: Contract Production Arrangements Between Taiwanese Firms and Their American MNC Customers in the PC Industry, $7,500.
