SSRI Open House
Midlife in the US/National Study of Daily Experiences (MIDUS)
Dave Almeida, professor of human development and family studies, presented a hands-on tutorial about using Midlife in the US/National Study of Daily Experiences (MIDUS) data for research for the SSRI Open House series. His slides are available here.
Dispelling Myths About The Research Misconduct Process
By Courtney Karmelita, D.Ed., who oversees the Research Integrity Program and serves as the Research Integrity Officer (RIO) at Penn State, including the College of Medicine, Commonwealth campuses, and all institutes and labs.
In this presentation, Dr. Karmelita will provide an overview of how research misconduct is handled, including the various phases and outcomes. The RIO will also address common issues that are brought to her attention and seek to dispel myths and misconceptions about the process. More info and the slides are here.
Initiative for Faculty Success and Equity Workshop
2023 Resouces
August 17, 2023
The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research (OSVPR) Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, and the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity hosted a faculty workshop on building knowledge and providing practical skills on how to better center equity and inclusion in the search process and career development with a focus on Penn State faculty.
Workshop Materials
Reading Materials Recommended by Joyce Yen
- Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists by Ellen Daniell. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300510843/every-other-thursday/
- An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence by Abigail Stewart and Virginia Valian. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545266/an-inclusive-academy/
- The No Club: Putting a stop to women’s dead-end work by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-No-Club/Linda-Babcock/9781982152338 and the https://www.thenoclub.com/
- The Art of Gathering: how we meet and why it matters. By Priya Parker. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/319055/the-art-of-gathering-by-priya-parker/
- Lessons from Plants by Beronda Montgomery. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674241282
- So You Want to Talk about Race and Mediocre: the dangerous legacy of white male America by Ijeoma Oluo. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781580056779/?lens=seal-press and https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ijeoma-oluo/mediocre/9781580059510/?lens=seal-press
- White Fragility: why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin DiAngelo. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566247/white-fragility-by-dr-robin-diangelo/
- Emergent Strategy: Shaping change, changing worlds by adrienne maree brown. https://www.akpress.org/emergentstrategy.html
- Andrew Read, Interim Senior Vice President for Research
- Deborah Ehrenthal, Director of the Social Science Research Institute
- Joyce Yen, Director of the University of Washington (Seattle) ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change (Keynote Speaker)
- Wendy Hanna-Rose, Mentoring Models for Faculty Success Chair and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Introduction of Keynote)
Enhancing Inclusion and Belonging in the Faculty Experience: A Conversation with Faculty
- Jenny Hamer, Professor of African American Studies, Interim Associate Vice Provost and Senior Faculty Mentor, Office for Educational Equity; Director of the Midcareer Faculty Advancement Program (Moderator)
- Ray Block, Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute and Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies (Moderator)
- Jeanine Staples-Dixon, Professor of Literacy and Language, African American Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Panelist)
- Theresa Vescio, Professor of Psychology (Panelist)
- Stephen Wilson, Professor of Psychology (Panelist)
Enhancing Inclusion and Belonging in the Faculty Experience: A Conversation with Penn State Deans
- Jenny Hamer, Professor of African American Studies, Interim Associate Vice Provost and Senior Faculty Mentor, Office for Educational Equity; Director of the Midcareer Faculty Advancement Program (Moderator)
- Ray Block, Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute and Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies (Moderator)
- Clarence Lang, Susan Welch Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts)
- Tracy Langkilde, Verne M. Willamon Dean of the Eberly College of Science
- Kimberly Lawless, Dean, College of Education
- Craig Newschaffer, Raymond E. and Erin Stuart Schultz Dean of the College of Health and Human Development
2024 Resources
SSRI Seminar Series
SSRI Seminar Series: Geroscience
Dec. 8, 2022
SSRI Seminar Series: Jenny Van Hook
Nov. 17, 2022
Implementation Science Seminar
Implementation Science Seminar - "Engaging in Implementation Science: What you need to know"
March 28, 2024
The one-hour seminar described the foundations of implementation science (e.g., terminology, conceptual models and frameworks, study design, implementation strategies). It was presented by Erika Crable, PhD, MPH, University of California San Diego.
Dr. Crable is an implementation scientist whose research focuses on health policy, comorbid substance use and mental illness, and health equity for publicly insured, uninsured and underinsured populations.
This event was jointly hosted by the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI).
