Geneseo Sociology Department Research Center
The Sociology Research Center, co-founded in 2023 by Dr. Amy Braksmajer and Dr.
Anne Eisenberg, provides the space and resources to enhance faculty-led research
projects, facilitate collaboration between faculty and students on individual research
projects, and encourage students to engage on research of their own. The Center,
located in Bailey Hall, consists of two dedicated research spaces: one for in-person data collection (e.g., interviews, focus groups in Bailey 237) and another equipped with computers and analytical programs designed for survey design and deployment, as well as data analysis (Bailey 245). Both rooms are also available for research meetings. The current director of the Research Center is Dr. Amy Braksmajer (Bailey 244). She can be contacted at abraksmajer@geneseo.edu.
Schedule
Student access to the research center requires that they be involved with research (their
own or with a faculty member) and they must obtain key card access by contacting Dr.
Braksmajer for approval. Once permission has been granted, please contact the
department administrator (Bailey 207) for card access.
Note: Students may NOT use the space for purposes other than research, either during
OR outside scheduled hours. If it is determined that a student has done so, permission
to use the space will be revoked.
Resources Available
The Sociology Research Center has a variety of computer hardware (laptops; desktops
with monitors; headphones; audio recorders; and ipads) for use in faculty and student
research. They can be accessed/checked out after approval from Dr. Braksmajer.
Additionally, the research center has the following software programs available for
research:
- SPSS.
- Atlas.ti, a qualitative data analysis program that is accessible to students and
faculty in the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology. In addition to
traditional installable software, Atlas.ti features a web-based application that
enables students to collaborate with faculty research mentors and professors in
real-time, independent of their physical location. Atlas.ti Web Link:
- REDCap is a secure, HIPAA-compliant online data collection platform for
scientific research. It enables the creation of complex web-based surveys,
featuring options like branching logic, calculated fields, integrated scheduling,
and automated reminder emails.
- AI-Based Transcription allows students and faculty to upload audio files to a
SharePoint site, download a transcript, and verify accuracy with the audio. and a
closed-caption version of the transcript. For more information about this process,
please visit this link:
Player+and+Audio+Transcribe
To arrange access, please contact Dr. Amy Braksmajer at abraksmajer@geneseo.edu.
Finally – the research center as well as the Department of Sociology Resource room
has an extensive research methods (qualitative and quantitative) and statistics library
available for faculty and student use.
Research Council Funding Opportunities
For more information, please visit: -
based-research-funding.
- TRAC —Travel, Research and Creativity Grants: Support for student research
and conference participation in conjunction with a faculty member is supported by
these grants. Students may apply twice a year. Maximum awards are $600 per
student per semester/summer.
- Dr. Denise Battles and Dr. Michael Mills Endowment for Student Research
Awards: This is to recognize exemplary applications to the TRAC Grants program.
All applications to the TRAC Grants program will be considered for these awards,
which will be given instead of a TRAC Grant. Similarly to TRAC Grants, maximum
awards are $600 per student per semester or summer ($1,800 maximum per groups
of three or more students)
- Student Research Assistantship: Dean Johnston and Geneseo Foundation:
Provides faculty members with paid research assistance for their scholarly projects.
Students work with individual professors for one semester during the academic year.
Students receive a stipend of $1,000. - Geneseo Foundation Undergraduate Summer Fellowships: The Geneseo
Foundation, in cooperation with the Research Council, sponsors two types of
Summer Fellowships — full-time and part-time. Six, Full-time $3,000 awards require
recipients to devote two consecutive summer months to their project. Three part-
time $1,000 awards expect the recipient to devote approximately three weeks of
effort to their research project, but that effort may be less than full time and spread
over a longer period during the summer. More info about undergraduate summer
fellowships.
- Jason and Diana Kyrwood '95 Student/Faculty Research Endowed Fellowship
in Honor of Ellen Kintz (for the Social Sciences): Provides a $3,000 award
($2,000 from the Kyrwood Endowment, $1,000 from the Geneseo Foundation) for an
undergraduate student to work with a faculty member in the social sciences on the
faculty member's existing research project; however, students may create an original project within the framework of pre-existing faculty research. Recipients must devote two consecutive summer months to the project.
Other Student Opportunities
- SURC (SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference): This brings together
undergraduate researchers as well as their faculty mentors throughout the SUNY
and CUNY system for a full day of activities. For more information, please visit: