Faculty receive General University Research grants

Twenty-seven faculty members have received the General University Research Program awards for the summer of 2002, totaling $150,000.

Recipients include:

Titus O. Awokuse, assistant professor of food and resource economics, "Asian Financial Crisis and U.S. Agricultural Exports Competitiveness," $6,000;

Alice Ba, assistant professor of political science and international relations, "Track 2: Fashioning New Points of Consensus on Security in Asia," $6,000;

Aparna Bagdi, assistant professor of individual and family studies, "Focus on Childhood–Exploring Children's Life Experiences and their Coping Actions," $5,955;

John C. Bernard, assistant professor of food and resource economics, "Comparing Organic and Non-Genetically Engineered Food Demands," $5,831;

Joan L. Brown, Elias Ahuja Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures, "A Literary Biography of Carmen Martín Gaite," $6,000;

Terry L. Campbell, assistant professor of finance, "The Long-Term Performance of Bank Mergers," $5,000;

Scott E. Caplan, assistant professor of communication, "Testing a Model of Problematic Internet Usage and Psychosocial Well-Being," $5,995;

Michael A. Cotsell, associate professor of English, "The Dissociative Muse: T.S. Eliot and Pierre Janet," $2,129;

Evangelos M. Falaris, associate professor of economics, "A Quantile Regression Analysis of Wages in Panama," $5,250;

Ruth E. Fleury, assistant professor of individual and family studies, "Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: Improving the Community's Response," $5,027.50;

Jonathan H. Grossman, assistant professor of English, "Judicial Interrogations and the English Novel," $6,000;

Richard M. Hanley, assistant professor of philosophy, "The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language," $5,000;

Judith W. Herrman, instructor of nursing, "Facilitating Positive Diabetes Related Behaviors: Kamp for Kids," $6,000;

Thomas J. Hofferd, assistant professor of accounting and management information systems, "Forecasting Internet Security Violations–A Pattern Analysis Approach," $6,000;

Matthew J. Hoffman, assistant professor of political science and international relations, "Modeling Social Norms: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach," $6,000;

Amy N. Johnson, assistant professor of nursing, "Examining Kangaroo Holding of Premature Infants in the Nursery," $6,000;

René J. Marquez, assistant professor of art, "Askal: Philippine Dogs of the Street," (video), $6,000;

Vincent T. Martin, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures, "New Edition of Life Is a Dream for English Speakers," $6,000;

Cris S. Mayo, assistant professor of education, "Gay Straight Alliances: Public School Community, Advocacy and Identity," $5,960;

Jean Pfaelzer, assistant professor of English, "Driven Out! Roundups and Resistance: Chinese People in Rural Towns in California, 1860-1906," $4,000;

Heather M. Pleasants, assistant professor of education, "Black Parents and Their Children's Teachers: Exploring Relationships in Context," $5,000;

James G. Richards, professor of health and exercise sciences, "Efficacy of Non-Surgical Intervention in Treating Equine Balance Disorders," $5,852.50;

Todd D. Royer, assistant professor of health and exercise sciences, "Effects of Asymmetrical Gait on Joint Loading and Metabolic Cost," $6,000;

Stuart Semmel, assistant professor of history, "Public Opinion, Propaganda, and 'the People' in Late Georgian Britain," $6,000;

Anthony M. Townsend, assistant professor of business administration, "Developing Virtual Teamwork in a Video-mediated Environment," $5,000;

John J. Vacca, assistant professor of individual and family studies, "Investigation of Attachment Between Infants and Toddlers with Severe Physical Disabilities and Their Primary Caregivers," $6,000; and

Margaret Werth, assistant professor of art history, "Contesting Modernity: Case Studies in European Symbolism," $6,000.