Research Question: When do cultural elements that structurally bridge interaction of people from distinct social groups afford conceptual bridging?
I plan to conduct a research project under the advising of professor Michael Macy. I will be reviewing theory related to structural and cultural bridging between social groups, selecting a domain and data of interest, and conduct statistical and network analysis on the found data. I will be using theories in cultural sociology, network science, and potentially social psychology to guide my research questions.
Student: Joice Chen (College Scholar, Information Science, Sociology '26)
Collaborators: Michael Macy, Mahika Phutane (graduate student mentor)