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SBE Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) related to Terrorism


Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

Geography and Regional Sciences
The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism: A Research Agenda for the Discipline.
Douglas Richardson, Thomas Wilbanks, Susan Cutter, Association of American Geographers. BCS-0200619.

The Impact of the September 11, 2001 Terrorists Attacks on American Metropolitan Household Decisions to Stay in the Same Residence: To Remodel or To Move.
Hazel Morrow-Jones and Elena Irwin, Ohio State University. BCS-0202231.

The Impacts of the September 11, 2001 Attacks and Response on Russian Geopolitical Culture.
John O'Loughlin, U Colorado Boulder and Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech. BCS-0203087.

Human Cognition and Perception
A Test of Flashbulb Memory: Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
Andrew Conway, U. of Illinois at Chicago, BCS-0139292.

Social Psychology
September 11, 2001: Predicting Affective Reactions to Collective Loss.
Heidi Wayment, Northern Arizona University. BCS-0202652.

American Identity Under Siege: Re-categorization at Ground Zero.
Stephanie Goodwin, Purdue University. BCS-0203970.

A Social Cognitive Model for Processing Health Risk Information about Anthrax Fears.
Len Lecci and Dale Cohen, U. of N.C., Wilmington. BCS-0204846.

The Costs and Benefits of Self-Enhancement: Coping with the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center.
George Bonanno, Teachers College, Columbia University. BCS-0202772.

Mechanisms of Resilience in the Face of On-Going Threat.
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Boston College. BCS-0204431.

Coping with Community-based Traumatic Events: The Columbine High School Shootings and the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
Roxane Silver, UC Irvine. BCS-9910223.

SGER: Restoring Assumptions of Safety and Control Following the 2001 Terrorist Attacks
Suzanne C. Thompson , Pomona College. BCS-0233978.


Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)

Decision, Risk, & Management Sciences
Emotional and Cognitive Influences on Responses to the September 11 Attacks.
Jennifer Lerner and Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University. SES-0201525.

Effects of Terrorism on Judgments and Decisions Concerning Civil Liberties.
Michael Birnbaum and Jennifer Devenport, California State University at Fullerton. SES-0202448.

Law and Social Science
Immigration, and Civil Liberties in the United States: Small Grant for Exploratory Research.
Kathleen Moore, University of Connecticut. SES-0201149.

Small Grant for Exploratory Research: Understanding Political Intolerance: A Test of Deonance Theory.
Linda J. Skitka, University of Illinois, Chicago. SES- 0210053.

SGER: The Attack on America, Civil Liberties Trade-offs and Ethnic Tolerance
Brian D. Silver and Darren W. Davis, Michigan State University. SES-0140541.

Political Science
Crisis and Confidence.
Paul Brewer, et al., George Washington University. SES-0201511.

The Dynamic, Multi-Faceted Effects of Threat on US Domestic and Foreign Policy Attitudes.
Leonie Huddy, et al. State University of New York at Stony Brook. SES-0201650.

Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Traumas of Modernization?
Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan. SES-0140566.

Science and Technology Studies
SGER: Workshop: Rethinking Technology After September 11 (March 2002)
Rosalind Williams, MIT. Proposal # 0220979.

Sociology
SGER: Public Response to a National Tragedy: Supplement to the General Social Survey
Kenneth Rasinski and Thomas Smith, National Opinion Research Center (NORC). SES-0139964. Co-funded with Political Science and Law and Society.

SGER: A Post-Crisis Analysis of the Attitudes and Value Orientations of the Islamic Publics in Egypt, Iran, and Morocco.
Mansoor Moaddel, Eastern Michigan University. SES-0139908.

SGER: How Support Organizations Respond to Crises: Middle Eastern and South Asian Organizations in the Aftermath of September 11th.
Mehdi Bozorgmehr, CUNY. SES-0140271.

SGER: Conflict in Central and South Asia: Improving and Analyzing Data from Event Reporting
Craig Jenkins, Ohio State. SES-0140345.

SGER: Narrative Networks: The World Trade Center Tragedy.
Peter Bearman, Columbia University. SES-0140024.

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SES Responds to September 11th

BCS Responds to September 11th


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