Introduction of Jane Sell, Cooley-Mead 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Murray Webster
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
American Sociological Association ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
National Science ◽  
Patient Guidance

Jane Sell’s contributions to social psychology include guides to theory building, experimental methods, public goods, prosocial interaction, gender, race, and status processes. She serves on committees and panels at the American Sociological Association (ASA), the ASA Social Psychology Section, and the National Science Foundation. Her doctoral students attest to her wise and patient guidance, and she continues to enrich social psychology through her research, her service, and her many students.

scholarly journals A Skeptical View of the National Science Foundation's Role in Economic Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler Cowen ◽  
Alex Tabarrok
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Marginal Value ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
National Science ◽  
Laissez Faire

We can imagine a plausible case for government support of science based on traditional economic reasons of externalities and public goods. Yet when it comes to government support of grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for economic research, our sense is that many economists avoid critical questions, skimp on analysis, and move straight to advocacy. In this essay, we take a more skeptical attitude toward the efforts of the NSF to subsidize economic research. We offer two main sets of arguments. First, a key question is not whether NSF funding is justified relative to laissez-faire, but rather, what is the marginal value of NSF funding given already existing government and nongovernment support for economic research? Second, we consider whether NSF funding might more productively be shifted in various directions that remain within the legal and traditional purview of the NSF. Such alternative focuses might include data availability, prizes rather than grants, broader dissemination of economic insights, and more. Given these critiques, we suggest some possible ways in which the pattern of NSF funding, and the arguments for such funding, might be improved.

The Accounting Doctoral Shortage: Time for a New Model

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry E. Trapnell ◽  
Neal Mero ◽  
Jan R. Williams ◽  
George W. Krull
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
National Science ◽  
Faculty Time ◽  
Made In

ABSTRACT: The crisis in supply versus demand for doctorally qualified faculty members in accounting is well documented (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business [AACSB] 2003a, 2003b; Plumlee et al. 2005; Leslie 2008). Little progress has been made in addressing this serious challenge facing the accounting academic community and the accounting profession. Faculty time, institutional incentives, the doctoral model itself, and research diversity are noted as major challenges to making progress on this issue. The authors propose six recommendations, including a new, extramurally funded research program aimed at supporting doctoral students that functions similar to research programs supported by such organizations as the National Science Foundation and other science-based funding sources. The goal is to create capacity, improve structures for doctoral programs, and provide incentives to enhance doctoral enrollments. This should lead to an increased supply of graduates while also enhancing and supporting broad-based research outcomes across the accounting landscape, including auditing and tax.

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