University of Montana Social Science Research Laboratory

On April 30 the SSRL hosted the Disparities in Health and Healthcare : Exploring opportunities for collaboration between researchers and practitioners discussion panel. This is just one of the many events that we are able to offer at the University of Montana Social Science Research Lab in connecting research in practice.

SSRL On April 25,2018 Kelly Dixon used Zoom, a robot, and artifacts from her laboratory to captivate middle school students in California. Five Palm Desert Charter Middle School classrooms participated in the 2 hour event. Students were presented with plenty of facts, stories, and cool artifacts from dig sites around Montana. The students were engaged and asked Dr. Dixon many great questions regarding her work. Kudos to the teachers and students at Palm Desert Charter Middle School.

To better serve those who utilize video conference calling, we have added a Mobile Video Conferencing Station. Meet the ZoomMobile! This mobile VCS can be used to display the entire room so that everyone in attendance can be seen while the podium computer VCS is focused on the speaker.
The ZoomMobile can also be used alone in the instance all rooms with video and audio conference call computers are booked.
If you are looking to book a room for a video conference call for your class, to defend your thesis, conduct a research study, or any other need you may have email the SSRL Research Assistant Shane St. Onge at [email protected].

University of Montana prepares to launch Big Sky Poll The University of Montana is launching a statewide Big Sky Poll in order to provide high-quality public opinion data.

Have you lost your hat?

This one was found in one of our labs. We have it here in (and on) the lab! Come see us in 259A if this is your hat.

The Social Science Research Laboratory welcomed former SSRL RA Justin Denney in March as he gave a talk titled “Families, Communities, and Health Disparities: Implications of Contextual Incongruence” as part of the University of Montana Department of Sociology Speaker Series, presented in collaboration with The Institute of Health and Humanities, and sponsored by the Social Science Research Center.

Denney is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Kinder Institute Urban Health Program at Rice University. Denney completed a master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Montana in 2002, and then went on to earn a Ph.D. At the University of Colorado.

His research at Rice University, in collaboration with colleagues in the Texas Medical Center, has allowed him to use large disparate datasets to study social inequalities and their impact on health outcomes.

Congratulations to SSRL Research Affiliate Vernon Grant, who recently learned that he will receive the 2016 William E. Scheckler, MD Research Award. The University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine and Community Health, where Grant is a postdoctoral fellow, is honoring Grant during a Nov. 9 event for his paper, "Community-identified strategies to increase physical activity during elementary school recess on an American Indian Reservation: A pilot study." Congratulations Dr. Grant!

Professor Watson is using the seminar room, as a valuable and interactive tool to teach her small class of graduate students about Watershed Conservation Ecology