Institute for Research & Scholarship

HAC/BAC Successful Proposals

The HAC/BAC encourage prospective applicants to work with a member of the HAC/BAC on proposal development.  Past proposals may be viewed upon request.  To view successful proposals, please contact Rebecca DeGrazia at rdegrazi@butler.edu. 

Faculty Fellowship

Awardee Project Title
Knoderer, Chad Evaluating the Duration of Post-operative Cefuroxime Prophylaxis on Infectious Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Patients
Novak, Katherine Beliefs about Alcohol and the College Experience, Locus of Self, and College Undergraduates' Drinking Patterns
Ryan, Travis How do the Characteristics of Created Wetlands in an Urban Landscape Influence Turtle Assemblages?
Salsbury, Carmen Genetic Diversity of Eastern Fox Squirrels within a Suburban/Urban Landscape
Wilson, Anne Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Organo-iron Compounds

Faculty Research

Awardee Project Title
Chen, Zhihong Essentially Edge-connectivity, Spanning Trails and Reduced Graphs
Han, Xianming Neon Optogalvanic Effects Involving Four States
Hauck, Nathaniel Copy Number and Activity of Transposable Elements in Sweet and Sour Cherry
Hess, Chris Assessing Differences in Growth and Development in Diploid and Tetraploid Frogs
Lieb, Shannon NMR Study of Protein-like Hydrogen-bonding in Lactams
Motlekar, Nusrat Formulation, Efficacy and Safety of a Microparticulate Formulation using N-Acetyl Cysteine as an Absorption Promoter
Ryder, Priscilla Disparities in Medicare Beneficiaries' Use of Cardiovascular and Antidepressant Medication by Race/Ethnicity and Dementia Status
Shahrokhi, Sholeh Reimaging Masculine Bodies: Embodying Value in an Age of Global Neoliberalism
Sorenson, Jon Solving the Combinatorial Mathematical Game of Fardel

Instructional Development

Awardee Project Title
Sorenson, Jon QR Core Pilot
Morris, Kathryn; Martin, Joel; Hege, Mandy Research Methods/Statistics I AND Research Methods/Statistics II
Beilfuss, Meredith Earth Systems Science: Human Environment Interaction

BAC

Faculty Fellowship

Awardee Project Title
Beilfuss, Meredith A Comparative Study of Science Education Standards, Elementary Science Curricular, and Elementary School Teachers' Use of Inquiry -based Teaching Practices in the U.S. and Taiwan
Boyd, Kate Researching, Compiling and Learning Irish Works for Solo Piano
Forhan, Chris Creative Project: Book of Poems
Popa, Tiberiu On Laws of Nature in Plato
Rao, Gautam Unstill Life: Painting Videos in the Digital Age
Spyra, Ania Cosmopoetics as New World Literature

Faculty Research

Awardee Project Title
Bauman, Chad Conversion and Hindu-Christian Conflict
Bungard, Christopher Laughter among the Gods
Deno, Vivian Negotiating Desires: Consumer Culture, Female Delinquency and You Workingwomen in the Early Twentieth Century
Goldsmith, Jason Robert Browning, William Wordsworth and the Subject of Poetry
Green, John A Russian Beckett
Siobhan McEvoy-Levy Negotiating Boundaries & Inventing Peace: Youth, Global Conflict and the Challenge of Peacebuilding in Divided Societies
Menendez, Antonio U.S. and French Approaches to International Security and Conflict: A Sociological Analysis
Pivec, Matt Indianapolis Jazz: An Oral History
Pratt, Cynthia Creating a 1000 Participant Movement Choir Utilizing Rudolph Laban's Theory of Choreutics
Reading, Suzanne How Deaf Individuals Become Successful Readers of English
Swenson, Kristin Affect and Affective State Apparatuses (Notes toward an Investigation)
Timmerman, Diane Passionate Exercise: Poems to Speak from the Heart
van der Linden, Harry Just Military Preparedness and Jus Post Bellum

Instructional Development

Awardee Project Title
Savage, Ann Genres in Cinema: The Queer Image
Stapleton, Robert HN 300: The Literacy Strip