| Three social science faculty members will be the first to receive a new $10,000 research fellowship made possible by support from the Oregon Community Credit Union, the University of Oregon announced this fall.
The recipients are Jennifer Ablow from psychology, whose research interests include developmental psychopathology; Bill Harbaugh from economics, who researches the economic behavior of children and economic models of altruism; and Craig Parsons from political science who will be studying the development and changing nature of democracy and political institutions in Western Europe.
The credit union has provided $5,500 of each award and the Office of the Vice President for Research funded the remaining $4,500. The credit union’s board of directors chose to fund this program with the hope that the resulting research would help stimulate economic development and enhance community services and activities.
“We believe that research activities in the social sciences contribute to a healthy and vibrant community,” said Mandy Jones, CEO of Oregon Community Credit Union.
The ongoing fellowship program will follow a four-year cycle, supporting research in a different field each year. The second year will be geared to research in the fields of humanities and performing arts, followed by research in professional programs, and finally the natural and physical sciences.
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