Cornell social scientists research and help solve the world’s most pressing social and behavioral challenges.
Cornell social scientists conduct research to solve the world’s most pressing social challenges. CCSS accelerates, enhances, and amplifies this research by providing advanced computing and other research infrastructure, seeding grants and fellowships, supporting quantitative and qualitative research, and building a diverse and inclusive community of scholars.
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Staff Positions
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Student Positions
Communications & Marketing Assistant
The student communications & marketing assistant is responsible for creating and updating web content, graphics, social media posts, email campaigns, and other digital media. The assistant will work closely with the Communications Coordinator on various projects.
Note: the successful candidate will be able to work over the summer of 2024, with the flexibility for remote work. Ideally, the candidate will commence training in the spring of 2024, with the opportunity to extend their employment into the fall of 2024 contingent upon performance.
CCSS is made possible through the support of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation and the following member colleges:
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- College of Human Ecology
- Brooks School of Public Policy
- School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- SC Johnson College of Business
- College of Engineering
- Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
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Did your research benefit from the Cornell Center for Social Sciences?
Please acknowledge CCSS with the following language when publicizing or presenting your research results: “This research was supported by the Cornell Center for Social Sciences.”
To reference a specific program/service, please use the following format:
“This research was supported by Cornell Center for Social Sciences [topic area].”
Peter K. Enns
Professor of Government and Professor of Public Policy
Research focus: Public opinion and political representation, mass incarceration and the legal system, time series analysis.
Contact me for: Questions about the CCSS and any suggestions or ideas for how we can support your research.
What the CCSS has done for me: I am extremely fortunate to have been part of two past theme projects (Judgment, Decision Making, and Social Behavior 2009–12 and The Cause, Consequences, and Future of Mass Incarceration in the United States 2015–18), which created lasting connections and collaborations with social scientists across Cornell, catalyzed several external grants, and supported multiple research projects including my book, Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World.
The CCSS Robert S. Harrison directorship is named after Cornell University’s Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus, Robert S. Harrison, class of ’76.
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Cassian D’Cunha
Research IT Director
286 Clark Hall
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Lynn Martin
Associate Director
Research Support
743 Rhodes
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Zhuan Pei
Executive Director, Federal Statistical Research Data Center
Associate Professor, Economics and Public Policy
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Sharon Sassler
Director, QuIRI
Professor, Brooks School of Public Policy and Department of Sociology
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Katie Anderson
Executive Assistant
286 Clark Hall
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Amanda King
Program Coordinator
533 Rhodes Hall
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Michelle Lucio
Administrative Coordinator
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Megan Pillar
Communications Coordinator
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Anneliese Truame
Administrative Manager
740 Rhodes Hall
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Florio Arguillas
Research Associate
741 Rhodes Hall
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Jonathan Bohan
Data Archive Specialist and Assistant Data Custodian
737 Rhodes Hall
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Elena Goloborodko
Secure Data Services Manager
Data Custodian
739 Rhodes Hall
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Jacob Grippin
Lead Statistical Consultant
IT Help Desk
734 Rhodes Hall, or Clark Hall
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Nichole Szembrot
Restricted Data Center Administrator
Cornell Federal Statistical Research Data Center
391 Pine Tree Road
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University Research Leadership
The CCSS is housed under the Research Division. The Research Division, headed by the Vice President for Research and Innovation, enables and advances the university’s research priorities as well as research activities of Cornell colleges, schools, research centers, institutes, and laboratories.
The CCSS is committed to providing universal access to all of our events and facilities. Please contact socialsciences@cornell.edu to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
Cornell University is committed to making our websites accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities. To report a problem or to request an accommodation to access online materials, information, resources, and/or services, please contact web-accessibility@cornell.edu. In your message, include the website address or URL and the specific problems you have encountered. You will receive a reply as soon as possible.
The CCSS houses activities operated by the former Institute for the Social Sciences.
2019-2021:
Sahara Byrne, Communication; Peter K. Enns, Government
2015–2019:
Dan Lichter, Policy Analysis and Management, and Sociology
2013–2015:
Kim Weeden, Sociology
2008–2012:
Ken Roberts, Government
2006–2008:
Beta Mannix, Johnson Graduate School of Management
2004–2006:
David Harris, Sociology