RSF Visiting Scholars

The Russell Sage Foundation announces the appointment of nineteen leading social scientists as visiting scholars for the 2013-2014 academic year. During their time in residence, these scholars will pursue research and writing projects that reflect the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening the social sciences and applying research more effectively to important social problems.

The Foundation will host six visiting scholars under the auspices of its Social Inequality program, which supports research on the social consequences of rising economic inequality in the United States. The working group of Bruce Bradbury, Miles Corak, Jane Waldfogel and Elizabeth Washbrook will analyze differences in school achievement among children of different socioeconomic status in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Dalton Conley will examine the relationship between genetics and socioeconomic attainment. Doug McAdam will assess the extent to which different kinds of school contexts enhance the civic attitudes of disadvantaged students.

Two visiting scholars will contribute to the Foundation’s long-standing program of research on Immigration, which focuses on how immigrants and their children are adapting socially, politically, and economically to life in the United States. Cybelle Fox will investigate the causes and consequences of the rise of restrictions on immigrants’ access to social welfare. Mark J. VanLandingham will explore the sources and limits of resilience within the Vietnamese American community in New Orleans in the post-Katrina era.

Four visiting scholars will work on projects related to the Foundation’s Cultural Contact program, which focuses on understanding and improving relations between racial and ethnic groups as America becomes increasingly diverse. Lee Ann Fujii will investigate the process that drives people to join in brutal forms of violence against neighbors in their communities. Belinda Robnett will examine the shifting strategies and identities of black political organizations. Stacey Sinclair will examine how interpersonal interactions translate implicit prejudice into ethnic disparities in schools. Natasha Kumar Warikoo will analyze how students at elite universities in the United States and Britain understand merit in admissions.

The remaining seven visiting scholars will work on independent research projects. The working group of Roy F. Baumeister and Kathleen D. Vohs will study the sources of self-control and how money influences decision-making. Andrew J. Cherlin will examine the relationship between the deindustrialization of the American economy and the decline of the working-class family. Larry V. Hedges will write a reference book on the design and implementation of randomized field experiments. Shigeo Hirano will examine whether reforms designed to professionalize civil service improve the performance of local governments. Caitlin Zaloom will write a book that summarizes key findings from a five-year research project on the financial lives of American families.

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