Seed Grants

• 2008-2009 Seed Grant Recipients

Dr. Christopher Browning, Department of Sociology

The Sociospacial Context of Health Disparities

Dr. Reanne Frank, Department of Sociology

Women's Partnership Transitions and Well-Being in Mexico

Dr. Steven Gavazzi, Department of Human Development and Family Science

Racial Disparities in Mental Health Outcomes

Dr. Claire Kamp-Dush, Dr. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, Department of Human Development and Family Science

Relationship Contexts of Fathering Behavior Across the Transition to Parenthood in Cohabiting and Married Couples

Dr. Laura Kubatko, Department of Statistics

Coalescent Modeling for Genetic Mapping in Population Based Samples

Dr. Linda Lobao, Department of Human and Community Resource Development

Poverty Across the U.S. Community Populations: Do Local Governments' Economic Development and Public Welfare Policies Matter?

Dr. Jodi Nearns, Department of Nursing

School Social Structure and Adolescent Concurrent Heterosexual Partnerships

Dr. Barbara Piperata, Department of Anthropology

Does Wealth Translate in Health: Evaluating the Bolsa Familia Program in Rural Amazon

Dr. Anastasia Snyder, Department of Human Development and Family Science

Youth Well-Being in Latino Farm Worker Families

Dr. Richard Steckel, Department of Economics

Global Health Project: An Organization Conference for the Middle East

• 2007-2008 Seed Grant Recipients

Dr. Paul Bellair, Department of Sociology

Neighborhood Context and the Causes and Consequences of Street Use

Dr. Claudia Buchmann, Department of Sociology

Growing Gender Gap in Education Among African Americans

Dr. John Casterline, Department of Sociology
Development of a Child Cohort Study in Egypt

Dr. Joyce Chen, Department of Agriculture Education
Migration and Social Networks

Dr. Claire Kamp-Dush, Department of Human Development and Family Science
Family Structure Change and the Health and Well-being of Adults and Children

Dr. Audrey Light, Department of Economics
Divorce as Risky Behavior

Dr. Pat Reagan, Department of Economics
Intergenerational Influences on Birth Outcomes

Dr. Pam Salsberry, Department of Nursing
Early Menarche and Problem Behaviors in Adolescent Girls

• 2006-2007 Seed Grant Recipients

Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, Department of Anthropology
Cultural Meaning and Nutritional Value

Dr. Rachel Dwyer, Department of Sociology
Dr. Liana Sayer, Department of Sociology
Neighborhood Mediated Effects

Dr. Joseph Kaboski, Department of Economics
Analysis of Impacts of Large Scale Credit Program

Dr. Jinkook Lee, Department of Consumer Science
Cross-National Studies of Aging, Health, and Socio-Economic Status

Dr. Lung-fei Lee, Department of Economics
Evaluating Endogenous Treatment Effect

Dr. Bo Lu, Department of Biostatistics
Dr. Xinyi Xu, Department of Statistics
Casual Inference in Observational Studies

Dr. Alan Murray, Department of Geography
Exploration of Spatio-Temporal Variation

Dr. Rick Steckel, Department of Economics
Global History of Health Organizational Conference

• 2005-2006 Seed Grant Recipients

Dr. Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Department of Political Science
Child Welfare Data: Repeated Events Survival Model

Dr. Dana Haynie, Department of Sociology

Exposure to Violence in Adolescense

Dr. Theresa Heintze, Department of Public Policy & Management
Work, Welfare, & Crime in Young Men

Dr. Audrey Light, Department of Economics
Computer Use and Child Outcomes

Dr. Kendra McSweeney, Department of Geography
Indigenous Pronatalism in Latin America

Dr. Pat Reagan, Department of Economics

Health and Latinos in Us-Mexico Border