Research
Research in CHESS
CHESS embraces research as a major activity at all levels, including undergraduate research experiences, graduate work, and faculty scholarship. In keeping with this focus, the college’s research activities are diverse, connected to the world and its concerns, and contribute significantly to UNC Charlotte’s status as a top-tier research university.
Our award-winning faculty create a collaborative culture with researchers from across the UNC Charlotte campus and around the world to discover new ways of thinking and to deliver solutions in areas of greatest need. Students benefit from taking classes and conducting research with innovative, dynamic faculty members who mentor and challenge students to stretch themselves. Students gain the confidence to take risks and learn to act compassionately by working alongside their professors and fellow students in the classroom, in research settings, and in the broader community.
Interdisciplinary Research Highlights in CHESS
Students and faculty in CHESS learn from and examine the physical world around us, traveling for field research to dig into the past while using advanced technologies to build models for the future.
Watch a video about the Charlotte Heat Mappers.
Researchers in CHESS explore the things that make us human and define the impacts of emerging technologies on society.
Watch a video about the Center for Humane AI Studies.
From classrooms to labs, text to artifacts, and qualitative to big data, CHESS analyzes language, society, policy, cultures and populations to learn from and inform communities.
Read more about CHESS research into the cost of elections and the impact on voting after Helene.
CHESS Research News
UNC Charlotte and Gaston County are working together on an effort to protect and monitor a key portion of the…
Ten years ago, just days after Hurricane Katrina barreled through New Orleans leaving in its wake chaos and devastation, researchers…
Undiagnosed sleep disorders may be sabotaging students’ academic success, a study by UNC Charlotte psychology professor Jane Gaultney suggests.
As the new director for UNC Charlotte’s Center for the Study of the New South, Ashli Quesinberry Stokes will draw…
In the wake of the shooting of nine black worshipers at historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, faculty…
UNC Charlotte student scholars are researching diverse topics ranging from lightning strike patterns in the Southeast U.S. to the connection…
A trendy method of using marijuana may put young users at greater risk for burns than the more customary way…
When people consider biodiversity, they often think of far-flung Amazon rainforests or vibrant coral reefs in tropical seas. While biodiversity…