The Social Science Research Institute’s 2016-2017 Annual Report contains an overview the Institute’s research units and activities and includes articles on the establishment of the first national center for child maltreatment studies and new studies on suicide in the military and the effect of incarceration on women and their families.
Additionally, the report contains ten articles that describe research pertaining to the SSRI’s four strategic areas of emphasis and represent just a sampling of the many interdisciplinary and groundbreaking research projects led by Penn State’s social and behavioral scientists. SSRI provides consultation, seed funding support, and shared infrastructure and services to improve faculty’s efforts to obtain external funding for their research.
Click on 2016-2017 SSRI Annual Report to view and download the report.