111 - Special Session. CARI Grant

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

For over 20 years the ASA has sponsored the Community Action Research Initiative (CARI) grant. This small grant encourages sociologists to undertake community action projects that bring social science knowledge, methods, and expertise to bear in addressing community-identified issues and concerns. During this session CARI grant research and the influence it has had on the local communities will be presented.

Sub Unit

• Special Sessions

Session Organizer

• Brad Smith, American Sociological Association

Presider

• Ashley Rondini, Franklin and Marshall College

Panelists

• Tony Cheng, Yale University

• Brad Smith, American Sociological Association

• Rebecca Lorraine Som Castellano, Boise State University

• Claudia N. Chaufan, University of California-San Francisco