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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 20, Feb. 20, 1997
21 faculty named to receive research awards
The General University Research Program has awarded
grants to 21 faculty members for the summer of 1997.
Recipients are:
Thomas Becker, business administration, "Integrity, Work
Values and Organizational Behavior," $6,000;
Martha J. Buell, individual and family studies, "An
Analysis of Students' and Novice Teachers' Beliefs about
Teaching," $5,899;
Leah Dickerman, art history, "Beyond Painting: Aleksandr
Rodchenko's Photography and Graphic Design," $6,000;
Peter Feng, English, "Retelling Asian-American History in
Documentary and Feature Films," $6,000;
Bethany A. Hall-Long, nursing, "Partners in Action:
Delaware Division of Public Health-University of Delaware,"
$6,000;
Carol E. Henderson, English, "Seen and UnSeen: Exploring
the Interconnections between African-American and American
Literatures," $4,627;
McKay Jenkins, English, "The Letters of Walter White,"
$6,000;
Howard B. Johnson, Black American Studies Program,
"Decolonization in the British Caribbean, 1945-1962,"
$5,028;
Hye-Shin Kim, textiles, design and consumer economics,
"Market Segmentation Based on Perceptions of Brand Equity,"
$6,000;
Barbara Landau, psychology, "Language and Cognition in
Williams Syndrome," $6,000;
Wunyabari O. Maloba, history, "Women and Revolution in
Africa," $5,055;
Mark W. McLeod, history, "Regionalism, Religion and
Rebellion in Vietnam, 1833-35," $4,375;
Susan L. Miller, sociology and criminal justice, "The
Impact of Community Policing on Domestic Violence Arrest
Policies," $4,947;
Belinda T. Orzada, textiles, design and consumer
economics, "Environmental Responsibility in the U.S. Apparel
Industry," $5,795;
Kristen E. Poole, English, "Stage, Pulpit and Self in
16th-and 17th-century England," $5,750;
Katherine Schultz, educational development, "Urban
Adolescents and Literacy: School to Work Transitions,"
$6,000;
David M. Stone, art history, "Caravaggio in Exile:
Paintings for the Knights of Malta," $5,055;
Bret J. Wagner, business administration,"Application of
Genetic Algorithms to a Production Scheduling Model,"
$5,055;
Sylvia Weyerbrock, food and resource economics, "The
Impact of Integration in Europe on U.S. Agricultural Trade,"
$6,000;
Toni M. Whited, economics, "The Relevance of Liquidity
Constraints: Evidence from Auto Loans," $6,000; and
Julian Yates, English, "Private Matters: Space and
Narrative in Renaissance England," $5,900.