Current Projects

Dr. Catherine Eckel

Collaborative Research: Identity, Stereotype Threat, and Black College Student Success. September 2015 – August 2018. National Science Foundation, $305,127. Catherine Eckel, Texas A&M University with William Darity, Duke University, and Lawrence McNeil, Prairie View A&M.

Collaborative Research: Measuring Preference Stability and Change: A Panel Study. August 2015 – July 2021. National Science Foundation, $272,073. Catherine Eckel, Texas A&M University with Rick Wilson, Rice University.

Interdisciplinary Workshop on Cooperation, Conflict and the Evolution of Sociality. September 2013-February 2017. National Science Foundation, $121,546. Catherine Eckel, Texas A&M University with Sarah Brosnan and Randolph Nesse.

Dr. Alex Brown

Collaborative Research: Meta-Analysis of Empirical Estimates of Loss Aversion. July 2018-2019. National Science Foundation, $93,923. Colin Camerer and Alexander L. Brown.

Using Behavioral Economics to Better Understand ML Use, Cooperative Agreement DTFH61-16-R-00036. August 2017-December 2020. Federal Highway Administration—Exploratory Advanced Research Program, $1,425,716.  Burris, Mark, Winfred Arthur Jr., Alexander L. Brown, Sue Chrysler, Lisa Green, Emanuel Robinson, W. Douglas Shaw, and Nick Wood.

Dr. Ragan Petrie

Measurement, Theory and Policy: Studies in Child Development. 2019-2020. College of Liberal Arts Seed Grant Program, Texas A&M University, $14,760. Ragan Petrie with Marco Castillo.

Diversity Matters Seed Grant, Texas A&M University. 2018-2019, $5,500 Ragan Petrie with Marco Castillo.

Encouraging Ex-Inmates to Utilize Social Services and Measuring Its Impact on Recidivism. 2017-2019. College of Liberal Arts Seed Grant Program, Texas A&M University, $8,800. Ragan Petrie with Sera Linardi (University of Pittsburgh).

Dr. Marco Castillo

Measurement, Theory and Policy: Studies in Child Development. 2019-2020. College of Liberal Arts Seed Grant Program, Texas A&M University, $14,760. Ragan Petrie with Marco Castillo.

Diversity Matters Seed Grant, Texas A&M University. 2018-2019, $5,500 Ragan Petrie with Marco Castillo.

Children’s use and valuation of information and educational outcomes: A Field Experiment in Nigeria. 2019-2020. University of Melbourne, Faculty Research Grant, $10,000 AU.

Collaborative Research: Using field experiments to understand household barriers to energy efficiency in Alaska. 2016-2019. National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Polar Programs, $378,257