Grants for Faculty Research on Engagement
Research Laboratories on the Move
Do mobile research laboratories effectively engage underrepresented populations in social science research?
Social science has long had a representation problem, with research samples largely consisting of participants from wealthy, educated, Western societies. This narrow sampling has real consequences — ultimately limiting how much we know about certain social phenomena.
To better engage diverse populations, researchers in the Department of Communication have been using the Cornell Mobile Research Lab. This grant project assesses how using the lab influences scientific engagement among participants from groups typically underrepresented in social scientific research, and how using this approach to conduct research with low socioeconomic status and minority communities affects researchers’ perceptions and practices. The goal: collect data that can help advance knowledge about community-engaged research processes, and give community members a greater voice in shaping future research practices.
Topics: Access, Equity and Justice
The Team
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Neil Lewis, Jr., Department of Communication
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Sahara Byrne, Department of Communication
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Amelia Greiner Safi, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences; Department of Communication
College of Veterinary Medicine; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Andrea Stevenson Won, Department of Communication
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Jeff Niederdeppe, Department of Communication
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Jonathon P. Schuldt, Department of Communication
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Community partner: Cornell Cooperative Extension of New York City
- Community partner: Lorraine Elementary, Buffalo City School District
- Community partner: Catholic Charities of Steuben County
- Community partner: GrowNYC Greenmarket