University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

Middle Eastern and Arab American communities may face heightened Alzheimer’s risk, yet data gaps persist due to historical census exclusions. A study by ISR's Kristine Ajrouch aims to fill this void, spotlighting crucial research in metro Detroit. Read about it here: https://myumi.ch/8rJMj

Meet Quentin Jenkins Jr.! With a background in sociology and Africana studies from Pitzer College, he has joined the Survey Research Center's project on COVID-19 and families' future wellbeing through the Junior Professional Researcher Program. Learn more about the JPR Program here: https://myumi.ch/ErkwE

🎉 Celebrating 75 years of social research at the Institute for Social Research! Check out this shot from the 1950s of our coders hard at work, meticulously entering and coding data gathered from surveys by hand. #ISR75

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY for 2024-25: Come work with Kenneth Lowande and collaborators at ISR's Center for Political Studies on a fully-funded, potentially renewable postdoc in US politics, institutions, public policy, and law enforcement. Apply by 4/9: https://myumi.ch/9ggPV

Join ISR's Survey Research Center as an Inventory Control Planner Associate/Intermediate. Work with our Data Collection Operations Group to support nationwide data collection activities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gQ6rk-BK #JobOpening #ResearchCenter

Celebrating 75 years of impactful research and the heroes behind the scenes! Here's to our dedicated staff, photographed here in 1950, and beyond making a difference every day. #ISR75

🌍 How we build our world influences our health. A new paper in the American Journal of Public Health delves into over two decades of research on the impact of the built environment. One of the authors, Kimberly Rollings, Ph.D. of ISR's Survey Research Center, emphasizes its crucial role in addressing broader social issues. Read more about it here: https://myumi.ch/gR9wG

Meet Chiara Affatigato, a Macalester '23 grad in economics & educational studies. As a JPR, she has joined the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics to dive into research projects and build collaborative relationships under the mentorship of Joe LaBriola, Sun Kyoung Lee, & Pablo Mitnik. #JPR23 Apply to the JPR program by 1/31: https://myumi.ch/Z3Pn5

Thanks to University of Michigan Institute for Social Research for covering our American Journal of Public Health article, “Built Environment and Public Health: More Than 20 Years of Progress” that reviewed 2 decades of research, practice, education, training, and policy updates related to how the spaces and places where we live, work, learn, and play affect health. Link: https://lnkd.in/d8yqESXf Full article: https://lnkd.in/dnfaB656 UCLA Fielding School of Public Health University of Washington School of Public Health

This is a paid interdisciplinary RA program designed to help launch recent grads into a career in social science research and to diversify the research community. I had the privilege to help build and design this program from the ground up. Please share within your networks; if you know any graduating college seniors or recent graduates interested in such a career, please apply!