Congratulations to all 2012-13 internal grant awardees
Faculty Fellowship Grants
Jennifer Kowalski, Department of Biological
Sciences
"Investigation of SUMO enzyme function in regulating synaptic
transmission at the C. elegans neuromuscular junction"
Ali O'Malley, Department of Psychology
"Implications of Identity Level for Performance Management"
Travis Ryan, Department of Biological
Sciences
"Vehicular-Based Mortality of Wildlife within an Urban/Residential
Habitat
Faculty Research Grants
Brooke Beloso, Department of Gender, Women and
Sexuality Studies
"The Traffic in Children: On the Use and Abuse of Youth in
Contemporary Morality Crusades"
Medhane Cumbay, Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences
"Physical and Chemical Properties of Beta Blockers with Mixed
Pharmacology"
Alex Erkine, Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences
"Development of the screening system for compounds affecting human
HSF2"
Hala Fadda, Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences
"Drug supersaturation: interplay between gut and molecule"
Stuart Glennan, Department of Philosophy and
Religion
"The New Mechanical Philosophy"
Terri Jett, Department of Political
Science
"The Justice that Justice Denied: The Problematic Case of the
Black Farmers Civil Rights Settlement with the Department of
Agriculture"
Jeremy Johnson, Department of Chemistry
"Identification of novel depalmitoylase activity in the model
organism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
Antonio Menendez-Alarcon, Department of
Sociology
"Citizenship and Belonging: A Comparative Analysis of Immigrant's
Integration"
Elizabeth Mix, Department of Art
"Bio-Art in the context of Cabinets of Curiosities in Holland"
Brian Murphy, Department of Physics and
Astronomy
"Searching for Variable Stars in Globular Star Clusters"
David Murray, Department of Music
"Recording Project - Sonatas by Shostakovich and Franck"
Brandie Oliver, College of Education
"Providing Support After Graduation for New School Counselors"
Carmen Salsbury, Department of Biological
Sciences
"Biological Value of Urban Habitat Modification"
Sholeh Shahrokhi, Department of History and
Anthropology
"Body Art and Political Change: An Iranian Experience"
Ageeth Sluis, Department of History and
Anthropology
"Anthropology for a New Age: Carlos Castaneda, the Reflexive Turn
and Identity Politics"
Ania Spyra, Department of English
"Bruno Schulz's Drohobych: A Literary Pilgrimage"
Instructional Development Grants
Zachary Finn, College of Business
"Commercial Property & Liability Insurance and Loss
Control"
Mandy Gingerich, Department of Psychology
"Misrepresentations of Memory in Mainstream Movies"
Kristen Hoerl, Media, Rhetoric and Culture;
Organizational Communication and Leadership
"The Rhetoric of Horror Films"
Geoffrey Hoops and Jeremy Johnson, Department
of Chemistry
"Biochemistry II"
Shannon Lieb, Department of Chemistry
"Physical Chemistry Lab"
Su-Mei Ooi, Department of Political
Science
"International Relations in Democracy," and "Chinese Foreign
Policy"
Matt Pivec, School of Music
"Jazz Ensemble"
Carrie Richie, Department of Communication
Sciences and Disorders
"Advanced seminar in speech perception"