About Us

The mission of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Committee (SSHRC) is to advance social science and humanity scholarship of Drexel University through an engaging and sustainable research community. A strong research community can facilitate knowledge sharing and exchange, foster a culture of mutual support, and increase opportunities for collaboration between colleagues across disciplinary/departmental boundaries.

SSHRC scholars engage in activities that support different aspects of the research process, including writing retreats to support grant and publication writing, quarterly social events to support interdisciplinary networking, travel award scholarships to support dissemination, speaker series to spark dialogue and new research ideas, interdisciplinary meet-ups to support conversations across disciplines that lead to new collaborations, ‘how-to’ grant writing seminars to gain skills in grant submissions and participate in SIGS (special interest group) to learn new research methods in partnership with their Drexel colleagues.

Resources

• A-Z listing for Social Sciences
  

• Library Guides for the Social Sciences 

Members

• Brad Eden: Scholarly Connections, Drexel University Libraries
• Robert Field: Kline School of Law
• Kathleen Fisher: Doctoral Nursing Programs; College of Nursing and Health Professions
• Elizabeth Hassrick: AJ Drexel Autism Institute
• June He: Product Design; Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Brea Heidelber: Department of Entertainment & Arts Management; Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
• Jordan Hyatt: Department of Criminology and Justice Studies; College of Arts and Sciences
• Alex Jenkins: Department of Communication; College of Arts and Sciences 
• Jennifer Katz-Buonincontro: School of Education
• Hyunmin (Min) Lee: Department of Communication; College of Arts and Sciences
• Flavia Padovani: Department of English & Philosophy
• Shadi Rezapour: Informatics, College of Computing & Informatics
• Kris Unsworth: Department of Criminology and Justice Studies; College of Arts and Sciences
• Asta Zelenkauskaite: Department of Communication; College of Arts and Sciences

SSHRC Talks and Trainings

1. Computational Social Sciences
   
   Disinfodemic: The Pandemic and Disinformation - Talk By Kathleen Carley 
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   The Unfairness of Fair Machine Learning - Talk by Brent Middelstadt
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   Violence, the Brain and the Question of Social Science and Justice - Talk by Oliver Rollins
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   Pitfalls of Using Big Data in Social Science Research - Talk by Asta Zelenkauskaite
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   Partnering with Voiceless Communities - Talk by Cath Conn
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2. Training
   
   'How to' Win Foundation and Business Funding
   View Meeting Slides [PDF]
   
   How to' Use Evidence and Writing from Data
   Facilitated by the University Writing Program
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   'How to' Write - Cohesion and Coherence
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   'How to' Qualitative Research Panel
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   'How to' Use the Philadelphia Federal Statistical Research Data Center
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   'How to' Use R-programming to conduct social network analysis - Hosted by Eric Brewe
   
   Workshop 1
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   Workshop 2
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   Workshop 3
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SSHRC Annual Travel Award (2023 Winners)

Congratulations to the 2023 SSHRC Travel Award Winners! Many thanks to Drexel’s Office of Research and Innovation for providing the funding for these travel awards and Jordan Hyatt, SSHRC Committee Member, for championing this year’s SSHRC Travel Awards for social science scholars at Drexel. 

Joke Bradt, PhD

Mary Ebeling, PhD

Kathleen Fisher, PhD

Pamela Geller, PhD

Shannon Jacobsen, PhD

Kristy Kelly, PhD

Kathleen Provinzano, PhD

Holly Sawyer, PhD

Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo, EdD

Asta Zelenkauskaite, PhD