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In the Spotlight > Institute Survey Specialist Awarded Poverty Study Grant

Institute Survey Specialist Awarded Poverty Study Grant

Posted November 12, 2006
Contact: Courtney Yarbrough, yarbrough@cviog.uga.edu; 706.542.6221

How individuals form opinions about poverty will be the subject of a new study being conducted by a group of University of Georgia faculty that includes Rich Clark, director of the Vinson Institute's Survey Research and Data Services Unit.

The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach recently awarded five grants under the Poverty and the Economy Faculty Research Grants Program. The program supports applied research and scholarship related to persistent poverty in Georgia and beyond.

Clark will be working with Larry Nackerud, School of Social Work, and Sharon Gibson and Susan Chapman, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, in a study entitled "The Impact of Poverty Simulations on Attitudes about and Perceptions of Poverty." He will primarily be involved in conducting interviews with simulation participants before and after their involvement.

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