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Michael J. Bernstein was awarded the 2015-2016 Penn State Social Science Research Institute Collaborative Fellowship ($10,000.00) for his work entitled, "Social ostracism and biobehavioral health."

Jake Benfield was awarded the 2014-2015 Penn State Social Science Research Institute Collaborative Fellowship ($10,000.00) for his work entitled, "Soundscape-induced psychology and biobehavioral stress recovery." 

Beth Montemurro, (2014). Deserving Desire: Women’s Stories of Sexual Evolution. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Karen Bettez Halnon, (2014). The Consumption of Inequality: Weapons of Mass Distraction. Palgrave Macmillan.

Allen M. Hornblum, Judith L. Newman, and Gregory Dober, (2013). Against their Will: The secret history of medical experimentation on children in Cold War America,. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

P.J. Capelotti and Beth O’Leary, eds.  2014. Archaeology and Heritage of the Human Movement into Space.  Springer Space and Society Series.

P.J. Capelotti received a 2014-2015 grant from National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, ($49,631.00) to support the project: “The Place Names of Franz Josef Land.”

Michael J. Bernstein received a 2013-2016 grant from the National Science Foundation (BCS-1323418 and BCS-1323349) ($325,000) to support work entitled, “Social exclusion as a determinant of individuation and stereotyping.”