ATLAS Lab Director Leslie DeChurch, SONIC Affiliated Faculty Alina Lungeanu, and SONIC Director Noshir Contractor have collaborated on a new article recently published in journal Acta Astronautics. Their research analyzes how space crews embarking on deep space missions can effectively maintain positive working relationships, even while dealing with long-term isolation, highly stressful scenarios, and conflicting leadership dynamics. The results of this research can prove invaluable for the future of spaceflight and the cultivation of enduring, constructive teamwork. Access the article by October 22 here.
Milan Shah’s SURA Program Research
Over the past months, the Institute for Policy Research has run their annual Summer Undergraduate Research Assistants (SURA) program. Undergraduate student Milan Shah has been working with SONIC Director Noshir Contractor, Professor Hyejin Youn, and PhD student Megan Chan to understand effective communication in deep-space exploration. The interdisciplinary results of this research could prove invaluable for the future of frontier exploration. Read more about their research here— great work Milan!
SONIC Welcomes Visiting Researcher Pavel Krivitsky
Over the past few weeks, SONIC has had the honor of hosting Dr. Pavel Krivitsky, expert on social network analysis from the University of New South Wales Sydney. While in Evanston, Dr. Krivitsky discussed social network research and his own discoveries of methods and models for analyzing complex network data and processes. We thank Dr. Krivitsky for his visit and for sharing his expertise!
Wishing the Best to Our Departing SONIC Members
Last week, the SONIC team said goodbye to two of our own– Graduate Student Researcher Jasmine Wu, and Research Assistant Professor Alina Lungeanu. Jasmine is off to the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and Alina will be continuing her work at Northeastern University. We thank them both for the years of work and passion they’ve spent at SONIC, and we wish them the best in their future endeavors! 
SONIC Members Present at AOM Annual Meeting
This past weekend multiple SONIC members attended the Academy of Management Annual Meeting! Talks were given by SONIC Director Noshir Contractor, as well as Neelam Modi, Jasmine Wu, and Megan Chan.
Announcement of 2023 AOM Fellows
We are so excited to announce SONIC Director Noshir Contractor has been selected to be honored with induction into the Academy of Management Fellows for 2023! You can read more about all the 2023 AOM Fellows here: https://aom.org/about-aom/aom-news/blog-detail_releases/blog-detail/releases/2023/06/26/ten-inducted-into-aom-fellows-for-2023?_zs=RR7q91&_zl=wbFA7 Congratulations Noshir!
SONIC Members Present at Sunbelt
This year at Sunbelt 2023, three SONIC members, Neelam Modi, Jasmine Wu, and Megan Chan, as well as SONIC Director Noshir Contractor all gave presentations. You can see what everyone’s presentations were on and more about them here. Great work to these individuals!
Contractor Named Fellow of the Academy of Management
We are so excited to announce that SONIC Director Noshir Contractor has been named a Fellow of the Academy of Management! He is 1 of 10 fellows elected to this year’s class, and he will be honored formally on August 6 at the AOM Fellows Dinner. You can read more about this here. Congratulations Noshir!
ANN-SONIC-NICO 10th International Workshop on Network Theory
Coming up starting tomorrow, SONIC will be a part of the ANN-SONIC-NICO 10th International Workshop on Network Theory! This year’s theme is ‘Human AI Social Networks @ Work’. Read more on the workshop here: https://www.nico.northwestern.edu/international-workshop-network-theory/
Alina Lungeanu joins Northeastern University in Fall 2023
SONIC Member Alina Lungeanu has accepted a tenure track faculty position at Northeastern University starting Fall 2023. Alina will join the College of Arts, Media and Design in the Department of Communication Studies, with a joint appointment in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business in the Management and Organizational Development Group. Additionally, she will be a Core Member of the Network Science Institute (NetSI). Congratulations!