The purpose of this research study is to see what undergraduate students' preferences are to help in developing a new intervention for undergraduate students that aims to promote physical activity in nature (e.g., parks, trails, near lakes or rivers) to promote mental well-being.
We are studying the ways that counties and municipalities are making decisions about how to use the opioid settlement funding.
Assess the efficacy of two educational interventions on improving metacognitive monitoring accuracy, as monitoring inaccuracy (which translates to overconfidence/underconfidence) predicts poorer academic outcomes and misdirects learning behaviors.
Scuba divers are at risk of developing decompression sickness (DCS). This study aims to understand how different gases breathed during the dive (notably helium vs nitrogen) can influence that risk by quantifying bubbles that form during and after diving and other inflammatory markers, both shown to relate to DCS risk.
Learning anthropology can involve difficult theoretical topics, and anthropologists are always trying to find new ways to help students learn our field. We are studying whether the use of a game like Minecraft can help students to understand and engage with tricky anthropological concepts.
The research seek to understand if there are barriers to obtaining confirmatory tests once a child is identified by newborn screening as being at risk for cystic fibrosis.
A multiple case study to determine the impact of Peaceful Schools' Restorative Justice initiatives on relationship building in K-12 schools.
To learn how participants of past research studies are doing 1-5 years after completing the T-STEP program
The purpose of this study is to understand how saltwater intrusion affected farmer's use of their cropland, and the quantities and quality of the crops harvested on croplands that have been suffering from saltwater intrusion. We also plan to understand what are the strategies people usually deal with saltwater intrusion.
The purpose of this study is to understand how individuals prepare for social interactions at work.