Farmer School of Business professors Riley Acton, Peter Nencka, and Carla Nietfeld have been awarded a research grant from the National Science Foundation’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) program. The project aims to reshape introductory economics courses by emphasizing social context and relating economics to students' lives. Furthermore, the project intends to examine how exposure to relatable content affects students' perceptions of economics and future academic and career choices, paying close attention to heterogeneous effects across population subgroups. The work is in partnership with Bruce Weinberg and Aiday Sikhova.