BCNM Student Awarded NSF Grant for Research on Digital Democracy and Social Movements
BCNM Designated Emphasis Student Jen Schradie (PhD Candidate in Sociology) was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. The Sociology Program of the National Science Foundation awards grants that have "theoretically focused empirical investigation aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes." Schradie’s project is titled “Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social Movement Organizational Dynamics in the Digital Age." The funding will support her fieldwork and data analysis in the U.S. South. This research has broad implications for society by generating knowledge about the relationship between democracy and technology, especially critical in light of questions raised by the so-called Twitter and Facebook revolutions.