Jaime Booth, associate professor in the School of Social Work, has been named associate dean for research in the school. Booth is the principal investigator of the SPIN project, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which measures stress factors in neighborhoods and develops engaging interventions for youth. She is also the co-PI of the DATA project, funded by the National Science Foundation, which uses participatory design principles to create web-based tools used by youth to analyze big data and advocate for change. Before this appointment, she served as the Acting Associate Dean of Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the School of Social Work.