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.
Undergraduate and graduate students who are not currently leading a project support existing lab projects.
Interested students are encouraged to contact the lab at trusstlab@gmail.com.
Active Lab Projects
Exploring Power, Vulnerability, and Trust in Public Governance through a Feminist Lens
Project Lead: Katie Darcy
Status: Under review
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Disentangling Trust and Risk as Drivers of Compliance with a Governance Agency
Project Lead: Jenna Van Fossen
Status: Analyzing data
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Exploring the Correlates of Fear of Unjustified Police Harm
Project Lead: Travis Carter
Status: Collecting data
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Mobilizing the Law: The Role of Vulnerability and Court Process in the Decision to File a Small Claims Suit
Evaluating the Self-Reinforcing Relationship
between Trustworthiness and Trust
Project Lead: Jenna Van Fossen
Status: Analyzing data
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Exploring Institutional Trust and Social Factors in Sexual Minorities' IPV-Related Help Seeking Behaviors
Project Lead: Jed Knode
Status: Preparing materials
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Lab Students
Olatayo Bakare
Dept. of Political Science
Vincent Liu
School of Criminal Justice
Jenna Van Fossen
Department of Psychology
Travis Carter
School of Criminal Justice
Amanda Isabel Osuna
School of Criminal Justice
Matt Cota
Dept. of Political Science
Mark Speers
School of Criminal Justice
Jed Knode
School of Criminal Justice
John Ropp
School of Criminal Justice
Lab Alumni
Katie Darcy
Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn
External Advisory Board
Michelle Bruneau
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Jon Jackson
Department of Methodology, London School of Economics
Bill McEvily
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Collaborating Faculty
Justin Pickett
School of Criminal Justice, University of Albany