At CSBS, we’re proud to showcase the incredible work and unique viewpoints of our community members each month. Through monthly interviews with two randomly selected affiliates, we highlight their impactful projects to promote a stronger, more inclusive social & behavioral science environment. Explore their stories below!
April Highlights:
JungHwan Yang | Communication
JungHwan’s research bridges political communication and data science to examine how people engage with political information, focusing on news coverage, social media dynamics, and generative AI.
Marynia Kolak | Geography & Geographic Information Science
Marynia’s research explores how social, spatial, and structural factors shape health outcomes, with a focus on health equity, environmental justice, and access to care.
Rachel Magee | Information Sciences
Rachel’s research focuses on youth experiences with technology and literacy, with a goal of designing information systems that promote diversity, social justice, and information literacy.
Violeta Rodriguez | Psychology
Violeta’s research focuses on developing and validating reliable parenting assessments designed specifically for ethnoracially diverse and sexual and gender minority (SGM) parents.
Manuel Hernandez | Health & Kinesiology
Manuel’s research interests include aging, movement disorders, and systems neuroscience, with affiliations in several departments at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Christina Kamis | Sociology
Christina’s research focuses on early life predictors of mental health and how neighborhood, county, and state factors impact population health and disparities.