The TRUSST Lab advances the cross-boundary social science of trust by supporting PhD student-led research projects that advance the theory and practice of trust. Potential lab projects are evaluated by the full lab primarily for fit.
Lab projects are primarily supported through a gift from an anonymous donor. Decisions regarding the use of those funds are made collectively. Lab projects have also been supported directly by a variety of internal and external funding programs.
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Undergraduate and graduate students who are not currently leading a project support existing lab projects.
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Interested students are encouraged to contact the lab at trusstlab@gmail.com.
Active Lab and Synergistic Projects
Exploring Power, Vulnerability, and Trust in Public Governance through a Feminist Lens
Project Lead: Katie Darcy
Status: In revision
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Student Experienced Harm at Higher Education Institutions: A Qualitative Study
Project Lead: Amanda Osuna
Status: Preparing manuscript
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Disentangling Trust and Risk as Drivers of Compliance with a Governance Agency
Project Lead: Jenna Van Fossen
Status: Preparing manuscript
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Military Sexual Trauma Among Female Veterans in Michigan: Exploring Experiences, Dynamics, and Responses
Project Lead: Makayla Burden
Status: Conceptualizing project
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Mobilizing the Law: The Role of Vulnerability and Court Process in the Decision to File a Small Claims Suit
Student Trust and Sense of Belonging in Higher Education Institutions
Project Lead: Amanda Osuna
Status: Preparing manuscript
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Evaluating the Self-Reinforcing Relationship
between Trustworthiness and Trust
Project Lead: Jenna Van Fossen
Status: Preparing manuscript
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Olatayo Bakare
Dept. of Political Science
Travis Olson
Dept. of Educational Admin
Makayla Burden
School of Criminal Justice
John Ropp
School of Criminal Justice
Antonia Gordon
Dept. of Political Science
Tiffany Williams
Department of Sociology
Vincent Liu
School of Criminal Justice
Lab Alumni
Katie Darcy
Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Amanda Isabel Osuna
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Tampa
Jenna Van Fossen
Department Psychology, Clemson University
External Advisory Board
Michelle Chambers
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Bill McEvily
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Collaborating Faculty
Justin Pickett
School of Criminal Justice, University of Albany
Sarah Prior
Department of Sociology, Michigan State University
Adam Zwickle
Dept. of Comm. Sustainability, Michigan State University