Sara R. Curran 400 Thomson Hall, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Phone: 206.459.9236 (c) Fax: 206.685-0668 E-Mail: [email protected] skype: sara-curran http://sites.washington.edu/scurran Last Updated: August 2020 Education Ph.D. Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. December 1994. Dissertation Title: Household Resources and Opportunities: The Distribution of Education & Migration in Rural Thailand. (publications from it are found in the Research in the Sociology of Education and Journal of International Women’s Studies). Examinations in (1) Sociology of Development & (2) Demography M.A. Sociology, North Carolina State University. December 1990. Master’s Thesis Title: Dependent Development in North Carolina: A Comparison of Outside versus Local Firm Effects on Job Quality. (publications from it are found in Rural Sociology). Minor in Agricultural Economics. B.S. Natural Resource Management & Policy, University of Michigan. June 1983. Minor in Economics. Experience • Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Studies in Demography & 1994-1996 Ecology, University of Washington • Assistant Professor of Sociology, Princeton University 1996-2005 • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Sociology, 2001-2004 Princeton University • Associate Professor of International Studies & Public Affairs, 2005-2016 University of Washington • Associate Director, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, 2007-2015 University of Washington • Director, Center for Global Studies, University of Washington 2008-2015 • Director of Training, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology 2009-2015 • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, 2009-2016 University of Washington • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of 2011-2016 Washington • Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, Sociology, & 2016 to present Public Policy & Governance, Adjunct Professor of Global Health • Director, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology 2016-present Interests • Migration, Immigration, Gender, Environment, Development & Globalization • Demographic methods, Mixed methods, Qualitative field methods, Research Methods Training • Thailand, Southeast Asia, Global Studies, International Studies Sara R. Curran Page 2 Research Grants/Contracts (Current and Recent Past) Curran, Sara R., Liliana Lengua, Holly Schindler, Christine 7/1/20-12/31/20 Leibbrand. Triple C Project (Children, COVID-19, and its Consequences): Seattle Site. UW’s Population Health Initiative Pilot Grant. $40,000 Role: PI for Seattle Site (other sites include Durham, New Brunswick, Pittsburgh) Lee, Kisung (PI, LSU), Nina Lam (LSU), Sara R. Curran (PI, UW), 7/1/20-6/30-21 Jessica Beyer (UW). RAPID: Identifying the Social and Geographic Disparities in Responses to Trustworthy COVID-19 Information through Social Media. National Science Foundation (SaTC). Amount awarded $200,000 for 1 year. Role: PI for Subaward Kasaba, R. (PI), Sara R. Curran (Co-PI). International Policy Institute’s 7/1/20-6/30/21 Global Research Group Expansion. Carnegie Corporation of New Year. Amount awarded $200,000. Role: Co-PI Curran, Sara R., McCormick, Tyler, Jon Wakefield, NICHD, T32 6/1/20-5/31/25 Data Science for Demographic & Population Health Training at the University of Washington. #1T32HD101442-01. Amount awarded $1,824,000 for five years. Role: Co-PI. Mokdad, Ali, Sara R. Curran, Kyle Crowder, Wendy Barrington. 5/1/20-1/31/21 Social Weather: Barnes Family Foundation Landscape Assessment. Amount awarded $168,298. Role: Co-I. Curran, Sara R. (PI). Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology. 7/01/17-6/30/22 Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child & Human Development (NICHD). Submitted December 2016. Approved May 2017. Amount $1.24 million. Role: PI. Curran, Sara R. (PI). Universal Access: Development of a Comprehensive 1/01/15-2/28/18 Measurement. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Submitted August 2015. Approved December 2015. Amount $500,000. Role: PI. Curran, Sara R. Forced Migration and Human Rights. Henry M. 1/01/16-06/30/17 Jackson Foundation. December 8, 2015. Approved January 15, 2016. Amount $25,000. Role: PI Curran, Sara R. UW Center for Global Studies: International Studies 10/01/14 – 09/30/18 Program Application. Department of Education Title VI. June 30, 2014. Approved September 26, 2014. Amount $1.06 million for 2014-2018 Role: PI (transferred PI to Novetzke) Sara R. Curran Page 3 Curran, Sara R. UW Center for Global Studies: Foreign Language & Area 10/01/14 – 09/30/18 Studies for Least Commonly Taught Languages. Department of Education FLAS Fellowships RFP. June 30, 2014. Approved September 26, 2014. Amount: $346,500 for AY 2014-2015. Role: PI. Curran, Sara R. (PI) and Mary Callahan (Co-PI). USAID. ADAPT2- 10/1/13-6/30/16 IT. Submitted January 15, 2013, Advanced to final round April 26, 2013, Awarded October 1, 2013. Amount $1.5million with $1.5 million match from private sector partners. Role: PI. Curran, Sara R. NICHD, T32 Population Training at the University of 05/01/12-04/30/17 Washington May 25, 2011. Scored October 29, 2011. Score 1.6. Awarded May 2012. Amount $800,000 for five years. Role: PI. Curran, Sara R.. JSIS Courses for Nuclear Nonproliferation Certificate 01/01/12-12/31/12 Program. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Department of Energy Contract. Submitted July 15, 2011, Approved October, 15, 2011, Awarded January 2012, Amount $235,000 Role: PI Curran, Sara R.. UW Center for Global Studies: International Studies 07/22/10 – 06/15/14 Program Application. March 23, 2010. Department of Education Title VI. Approved July 22, 2010. Amount $1.05million for 2010-2014 Role: PI. Curran, Sara R. UW Center for Global Studies: Foreign Language & Area 07/22/10 – 06/15/14 Studies for Least Commonly Taught Languages. Department of Education FLAS Fellowships. March 23, 2010. Approved July 22, 2010. Amount: $708,000 for AY 2010-2011. Role: PI. Curran, Sara R. UW Center for Global Studies: International Studies 07/01/05 – 06/30/09 Program Application and Foreign Language and Area Studies. Department of Education Title VI & FLAS Fellowship Awarded $1.5million Role: PI. Curran, Sara R. NSF Supplement. REU Supplement to – Collaborative 03/27/08-02/01/09 Research: Migration and Social Dynamics. National Science Foundation. Awarded $12,000. Curran, Sara R. REU Supplement to – Collaborative Research: Migration 01/01/07-12/31/07 and Social Dynamics. National Science Foundation. Awarded $12,000. Curran, Sara R. Collaborative Research: Migration and Social Dynamics - 09/15/06-09/14/08 Unpacking the Black Box of Cumulative Causation. National Science Foundation (SBE). Awarded $264,600. Cadge, Wendy (PI), Sara R. Curran (Co-I), Peggy Levitt,(Co-I).: 01/31/06-12/30/08 Comparing Spiritual and Other Forms of Social Capital: Lessons from the Immigrant Experience. Templeton Foundation. Awarded January 2006 $150,000. Sara R. Curran Page 4 Gifts Funds Raised and Intramural Grants Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role Co-PI. Global Assessment of AI Ethical Impacts. June -September Microsoft Corporation. Gift for Global Research Group. $20,000 2020 Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role Co-PI. U.S. Global Disinformation Assessment. April-June 2020 Global Disinformation Index. Gift for Global Research Group. $20,000 Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role Co-PI. Paris Call for Trust and Security: October- Stakeholder Landscape. Microsoft Corporation. Gift for Global Research Group. December 2019 $20,000 Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role Co-PI. Comparative Assessment of Disinformation. April-June 2019 Wilson Center. Gift for Global Research Group. $30,000 Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role Co-PI. Addressing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk. October- Microsoft Corporation. Gift for Global Research Group. $20,000 December 2018 Jennifer Utrata and Sara R. Curran. Role Co-PI. Grandparents and Childcare. ACLS July 2018- Fellowship. $10,000. June 2019 Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role Co-PI. Election Security: International Norms and March- Threat Actors. Microsoft Corporation. Gift for Global Research Group. $20,000 June 2018 Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role Co-PI. Cyberattack Attribution. Microsoft March- Corporation. Gift for Global Research Group. $20,000. June 2017 Sara R. Curran Role: PI. Visualizations for Informing Electoral Politics in Myanmar on March- behalf of Enlightened Myanmar. Tableau Foundation. $15,000 June 2016 Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role: Co-PI. Extremist Use of Information and March- Communications Technology. Microsoft Corporation. Role: Co-PI Gift for Global June 2016 Research Group. $20,000. Sara R. Curran and Tony Lucero. Role: Co-PI. Oceania & Global Indigeneity Minor and July 2015- Summer Institute. UW College of Arts & Sciences. $40,000. June 2016 Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role: Co-PI Subsaharan Africa Region-Wide March- Cybersecurity Profile. Microsoft Corporation. Gift for Global Research Group. June 2015 $20,000. Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role: Co-PI. ASEAN Cybersecurity Profile. Microsoft March- Corporation. Gift for Global Research Group. $20,000. June 2014 Sara R. Curran. Role: PI. Evaluation of Construction for Change. Hellmann Fund and March-June Construction for Change. Gift for Global Research Group. $5,000. 2014 Sara R. Curran and Noam Pianko. Role: Co-PI. Engaging the World Through Digital July- Transformations. UW College of Arts & Sciences. $40,000 December 2013 Jessica Beyer and Sara R. Curran. Role: Co-PI. Advancing ITS in India and South Africa. March-