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Semester Research Assistants Program – Past Recipients

 

Joe Bailey College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Thomas Berg Herbert College of Agriculture, College of Nursing/Tickle College of Engineering-Industrial Engineering
Ahmed Bettaieb College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Nutrition
Jennifer Bolden College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Ivis Chaple Gore College of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
Mark Denavit College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Elizabeth Derryberry College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Shaneda Destine College of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Andrew Dickerson College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering
Stephanie Drumheller-Horton College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Mary Duenas College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Nicholas Dygert College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Vitaly Ganusov College of Arts & Sciences, Microbiology
Gabriel Goenaga-Jimenez College of Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Bryan Good College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Robert Grzywacz College of Arts & Sciences, Physics and Astronomy
Denita Hadziabdic Guerry Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Jessica Hay College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Dimitris Herrera College of Arts & Sciences, Geography & Sustainability
Karen Hughes College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Robert Jacobsen College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Yuri Kamyshkov College of Arts & Sciences, Physics and Astronomy
Benjamin Keck College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Hojung Kim College of Architecture & Design, Interior Architecture
Stephanie Kivlin College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Keerthi Krishnan College of Arts & Sciences, BCMB
Sarah Lamer College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Mary Laube College of Arts & Sciences, School of Art
Xiangyu Li College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Sean Lindsay College of Arts & Sciences, Physics and Astronomy
Jian Liu College of Arts & Sciences, Physics
James Evans Lyne College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Molly McCanta College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Debra Miller Herbert College of Agriculture, School of Natural Resources
Kimberly Mitchell College of Architecture & Design, School of Design
Jennifer Morrow College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Marcin Nowicki Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Angela Pfammatter College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Public Health
Agustin Rius Herbert College of Agriculture, Animal Science
Laura Russo College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Carl Sams Herbert College of Agriculture, Department of Plant Sciences
Jennifer Schweitzer College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ioannis Sgouralis College of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics
Bhavya Sharma College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry
Mark Stanley College of Architecture & Design, School of Architecture
Alycia Stigall College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Sebastian Stockmaier College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jessie Tanner College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Stephanie TerMaath College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Bradley Thomson College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Kellie Walters Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences
Joseph Williams College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Milagros Zingoni Phielipp College of Architecture & Design, School of Interior Architecture

Joe Bailey College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Michael Blum College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Megan Bryson College of Arts & Sciences, Religious Studies
Mary Campbell College of Arts & Sciences, School of Art
Ivis Chaple Gore Tickle College of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
Malgorzata Citko-DuPlantis College of Arts & Sciences, World Languages and Cultures
Felicia Dean College of Architecture & Design, School of Interior Architecture
Andrew Dickerson Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Doris D’Souza Herbert College of Agriculture, Food Science
Mary Dzon College of Arts & Sciences, English
Jessica Frampton College of Communication and Information, Communication Studies
Vitaly Ganusov College of Arts & Sciences, Microbiology
Bryan Good Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Denita Hadziabdic Guerry Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sally Horn College of Arts & Sciences, Geography and Sustainability
Stephanie Kivlin College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sarah Lamer College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Xiangyu Li Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Rachel McCord College of Arts & Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Reggie Millwood Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences
Alex Moulton College of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Marcin Nowicki Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Brian O’Meara College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charity Owings College of Arts & Sciences, Anthropology
Monica Papes College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Angela Pfammatter College of Education, Health, & Human Sciences, Office of Research and External Funding
Sean Roberts College of Arts & Sciences, School of Art
Mayra Roman-Rivera College of Arts & Sciences, Geography and Sustainability
Laura Russo College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Joseph Smith Herbert College of Agriculture, Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Margaret Staton Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Jessie Tanner College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Bradley Thomson College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Robert Trigiano Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Kellie Walters Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences
Brian Whitlock Herbert College of Agriculture, Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Joseph Williams College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Janine Al-Aseer Education, Health, & Human Sciences, Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
Paul Armsworth College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Constance Bailey College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry
Ernest Bernard Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology & Plant Pathology
David Butler Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences
Leia Cain Education, Health, & Human Sciences, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Mary Campbell College of Arts & Sciences, Art
Livia Casali Tickle College of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
Ondrej Chvala Tickle College of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
Marleen Kay Davis College of Architecture & Design, Architecture
Adrian Del Maestro College of Arts & Sciences, Physics & Astronomy
Elizabeth Derryberry College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Vermont Dia Herbert College of Agriculture, Food Science
Andrew Dickerson Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Thanh Do College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry
Chad Duty Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Mary Dzon College of Arts & Sciences, English
Shigetoshi Eda Herbert College of Agriculture, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
Todd Freeberg College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Beau Gaitors College of Arts & Sciences, History
Vitaly Ganusov College of Arts & Sciences, Microbiology
Georgi Gardiner College of Arts & Sciences, Philosophy
Xingli Giam College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Bryan Good Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Patrick Grzanka College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Denita Hadziabdic Guerry Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Yen-Chen Hao College of Arts & Sciences, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
DeLisa Hawkes College of Arts & Sciences, Africana Studies
Jessica Hay College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Lawrence Heilbronn Tickle College of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
Tova Holmes College of Arts & Sciences, Physics & Astronomy
Bin Hu Tickle College of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Karen Hughes College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Asafa Jalata College of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Anneke Janzen College of Arts & Sciences, Anthropology
Dan Jin Education, Health, & Human Sciences, Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management
Yuri Kamyshkov College of Arts & Sciences, Physics & Astronomy
Hojung Kim College of Architecture & Design, Interior Architecture
Charles Kwit Herbert College of Agriculture, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
Sarah Lamer College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Rajan Lamichhane College of Arts & Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Jian Liu College of Arts & Sciences, Physics & Astronomy
Eric Lukosi Tickle College of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
Ralph Lydic College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Annachiara Mariani College of Arts & Sciences, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
David Matthews College of Architecture & Design, Interior Architecture
Rachel McCord College of Arts & Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Adrienne McDaniel College of Architecture & Design, Landscape Architecture
Reggie Millwood Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences
Kimberly Mitchell College of Architecture & Design, Graphic Design
Sarah Moorey Herbert College of Agriculture, Animal Science
Isabel Solange Munoz College of Arts & Sciences, Geography and Sustainability
Andreas Nebenfuehr College of Arts & Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Marcin Nowicki Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Charity Owings College of Arts & Sciences, Anthropology
Misri Patel College of Architecture & Design, Interior Architecture
Marshall Prado College of Architecture & Design, Architecture
Lois Presser College of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Danielle Procope Bell College of Arts & Sciences, Africana Studies
Agustin Rius Herbert College of Agriculture, Animal Science
Patricia Roberson College of Nursing, Nursing
Mayra Roman-Rivera College of Arts & Sciences, Geography
Laura Russo College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Carl Sams Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences
Seungha Shin Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Jered Sprecher College of Arts & Sciences, Art
Cary Staples College of Architecture & Design, Graphic Design
Margaret Staton Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Andrew Steen College of Arts & Sciences, Earth & Planetary Sciences and Microbiology
Stephanie TerMaath Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Liz Teston College of Architecture & Design, Interior Architecture
Gary Uzonyi College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science
Konstantinos Vogiatzis College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry
Kellie Walters Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences
Zhenbo Wang Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Rachel White Education, Health, & Human Sciences, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Nicholas Wierschem Tickle College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Zhili Zhang Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Xiaopeng Zhao Tickle College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering

Betsy Anderson Steeves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Nutrition
Josh Baccile College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry
Helen A. Baghdoyan College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Constance Bailey College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry
Tom Berg College of Nursing
Michael Blum College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dominique Bulgin College of Nursing
Gordon M. Burghardt College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Mary Campbell College of Arts & Sciences, School of Art
Lori Caudle College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Child and Family Studies
Ondrej Chvala College of Engineering, Nuclear Engenieering
Doris D’Souza Herbert College of Agriculture, Food Science
Harry F. Dahms College of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Mark Denavit College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Elizabeth Derryberry NIMBioS
Stephanie Drumheller-Horton College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Shigetoshi Eda Herbert College of Agriculture, Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
Samantha Ehrlich College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Public Health
Vitaly Ganusov College of Arts & Sciences, Microbiology
Michael A. Gilchrist College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Gabriel Goenaga-Jiménez College of Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Bryan Good College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Heidi Goodrich-Blair College of Arts & Sciences, Microbiology
Kimberly Gwinn Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Lee Han College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Frances K. Harper College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
DeLisa Hawkes College of Arts & Sciences, Africana Studies
Bin Hu College of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Karen W. Hughes College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Hoon Hwangbo College of Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Asad Khattak College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Hochung Kim College of Arts & Sciences, Interior Architecture
Stephanie Kivlin College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sarah Lamer College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Lawrence Lee College of Arts & Sciences, Physics and Astronomy
Annachiara Mariani College of Arts & Sciences, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
Rachel McCord College of Arts & Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Michael McKinney College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Debra Miller Herbert College of Agriculture, Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
Jana Morgan College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science
Alex Moulton College of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Marcin Nowicki Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Mona Papes College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jae Park College of Arts & Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Dayakar Penumadu College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hollie Raynor College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Nutrition
Mitchell Richmond Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences
Agustin Rius Herbert College of Agriculture, Animal Science
Mayra A. Roman-Rivera College of Arts & Sciences, Geography
Laura Russo College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jennifer Schweitzer College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Seungha Shin College of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Jered Sprecher College of Arts & Sciences, School of Art
David Talmy College of Arts & Sciences, Microbiology
Liz Teston College of Arts & Sciences, Interior Architecture
Giovanna Vidoli College of Arts & Sciences, Anthropology
Kellie Walters Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences
Kirsten Widner College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science
Nicholas Wierschem College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mark Wilber Herbert College of Agriculture, Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
Joe Williams College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Kimberly Wolbers College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
Hongyu Zhou College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Gregor Kalas Architecture & Design, School of Architecture

Georgi Gardiner Arts & Sciences – Humanities, Philosophy

Keerthi Krishnan Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, BCMB

Andreas Nebenfuehr Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB)

Thanh Do Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Chemistry

Md Iftekhar Alam Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Jessica Budke Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Elizabeth Derryberry Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Karen Hughes Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jennifer Schweitzer Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Barbara Heath Arts & Sciences – Social Sciences, Anthropology

Todd Freeberg Arts & Sciences – Social Sciences, Psychology

Wesley Baldwin Arts & Sciences – Visual & Performing Arts, Music

Evie Chen Arts & Sciences – Visual & Performing Arts, Music

Jon Hamar Arts & Sciences – Visual & Performing Arts, Music

Hillary Herndon Arts & Sciences – Visual & Performing Arts, Music

Samantha Ehrlich College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Dept of Public Health

Jie Zhuang Herbert College of Agriculture, Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science

Denita Hadziabdic Guerry Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Margaret Staton Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Vermont Dia Herbert College of Agriculture, Food Science

William Klingeman Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences

Kellie Walters Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences

Gregor Kalas College of Architecture & Design, School of Architecture

Keerthi Krishnan Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology

Andreas Nebenfuehr Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology

Thanh Do Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Chemistry

Brian O’Meara Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Jen Schweitzer Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Jessica Budke Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Monica Papes Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Laura Russo Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Joseph Williams Arts & Sciences – Natural Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Wonjae Hwang Arts & Sciences – Social Sciences, Political Science

Kirsten Widner Arts & Sciences – Social Sciences, Political Science

Jon Hamar Arts & Sciences – Visual & Performing Arts, School of Music

Evie Chen Arts & Sciences – Visual & Performing Arts, School of Music

Hillary Herndon Arts & Sciences – Visual & Performing Arts, School of Music

Ling Zhao College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Nutrition

Chika Okafor College of Veterinary Medicine, Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences

Brian Whitlock College of Veterinary Medicine, Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Denita Hadziabdic Guerry Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Margaret Staton Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Charles Kwit Herbert College of Agriculture, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries

Kellie Walters Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences

Cary Staples College of Architecture & Design, Design

Marleen Kay Davis College of Architecture & Design, School of Architecture

Kelli Wood College of Arts & Sciences, School of Art

Wesley Baldwin College of Arts & Sciences, School of Music

Jon Hamar College of Arts & Sciences, School of Music

Hillary Herndon College of Arts & Sciences, School of Music

Geoffrey Herd College of Arts & Sciences, School of Music

Barbara Murphy College of Arts & Sciences, School of Music

Tuoc Phan College of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics

Michael McKinney College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Md Iftekhar Alam College of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Andreas Nebenfuehr College of Arts & Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology

Jennifer Schweitzer College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Jessica Budke College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Stephanie Kivlin College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Karen Hughes College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Gordon Burghardt College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology

Kristen Block College of Arts & Sciences, History

Dawn Podulka Coe College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies

James Martinez College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

Alex Williams College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Andre Zeumault College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Brian Whitlock College of Veterinary Medicine, Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Joseph Smith College of Veterinary Medicine, Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Chika Okafor College of Veterinary Medicine, Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences

Sarah Moorey Herbert College of Agriculture, Animal Science

Kellie Walters Herbert College of Agriculture, Plant Sciences

The Office of Undergraduate Research is pleased to announce the recipients of the fall semester Faculty Research Assistants funding.  Awarded in the fall and spring semesters, Faculty Research Assistants funding provides $1,750 to each recipient, to cover compensation and supplies for an undergraduate research assistant. We are pleased to have awarded 22 faculty members for the fall 2020 semester.  We congratulate these faculty recipients and commend them for their support of undergraduate research.

Frank Loeffler

College of Arts & Sciences, Microbiology

International Research Coordination Network for Creating Transdisciplinary Nodes of Food-Energy-Water to Support Sustainable Urban Systems (FEWSUS)”

Michael Blum

College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Determining the evolutionary implications of climate change”

Andreas Nebenfuehr

College of Arts & Sciences, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology

Fluorescent markers to study cell polarity in pollen grains”

Joseph Williams

College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Comparing breeding system traits of Micronesian island plants with mainland relatives”

Vasileios Maroulas

College of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics

Machine Learning in Chemistry”

Edward Schilling

College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Analysis of Rare Plant Species Using Molecular Barcoding Approaches”

Vitaly Ganusov

College of Arts & Sciences, Microbiology

Mathematical modeling of virus spread in plants: from local infection site systemically”

Shayla Nunnally

College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science

Recognizing the Under-Recognized Historical Achievements and Talent in Black High Schools in the Jim Crow Southern and Border States”

Leah Christiani

College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science

Identity Appeals in Congressional Advertising”

Barbara Murphy

College of Arts & Sciences, School of Music, School of Music

Expanding the Diversity of Musical Examples Used in Music Theory Classes”

Karen Boyd

College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

 “In Their Words – An Activist’s Walking Tour of Montgomery 1960”

Frances Harper

College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Theory & Practice in Education

Black and Latinx Parents Leading Reform and Advancing Racial Justice in Elementary Mathematics”

James Martinez

College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

School Administrator Self-Efficacy During School Re-Opening during COVID-19 Pandemic”

Richard Gerhold

College of Veterinary Medicine, Parasitology

Investigating Prevalence in P. tenuis in Intermediate Host in East Tennessee”

Wendy Tate

Haslam College of Business, Supply Chain Management

International Research Coordination Network for Creating Transdisciplinary Nodes of Food-Energy-Water to Support Sustainable Urban Systems (FEWSUS)”

Yazhen Xiao

Haslam College of Business, Marketing Department

How will Alexa make your home smarter?”

Margaret Staton

Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Alternative splicing as a key transcriptional regulatory mechanism in dormant buds and flowers from apricot and peach”

Jie Zhuang

Herbert College of Agriculture, Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science

International Research Coordination Network for Creating Transdisciplinary Nodes of Food-Energy-Water to Support Sustainable Urban Systems (FEWSUS)”

Denita Hadziabdic-Guerry

Herbert College of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Conservation and Diversity Study of Endemic Tree, Mountain Stewartia (Stewartia ovata)”

Doris D’Souza

Herbert College of Agriculture, Food Science

Oil and Vinegar to Enhance Green Salad Safety”

Vermont Dia

Herbert College of Agriculture, Food Science

Exploring the co-products from hempseed oil processing”

Mingzhou Jin

Tickle College of Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee

International Research Coordination Network for Creating Transdisciplinary Nodes of Food-Energy-Water to Support Sustainable Urban Systems (FEWSUS)”

Faculty Member Name College Home Department Project Title
Julia Jaekel College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Child and Family Studies Reconstructing a century-long record of plant-microbiome interactions
Clea McNeely College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Department of Public Health School attendance policies: Exploring an unexamined source of racial disparities in school discipline
Ling Zhao College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Nutrition On the Development of a Mind-controlled Wheelchair
Karen Boyd College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Experience 1960 Montgomery, Alabama
James Martinez College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Mathematics Teacher Retention Initiative
Sally Horn College of Arts & Sciences, Social Sciences Geography New Indicators of Climate and Environmental Change from  Non-Pollen Palynomorphs in Lake Sediments
Michelle Brown College of Arts & Sciences, Social Sciences Sociology Reversing in-person visitation bans in the Era of Mass Incarceration
Xiaopeng Zhao College of Engineering Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering On the Development of a Mind-controlled Wheelchair
Ondrej Chvala College of Engineering Nuclear Engineering Sustaining neutronic and chemical balance of molten salt reactors
Thomas K. Davis FAIA College of Architecture & Design Architecture A Teachers Village for Nashville: Making the Case
Michael Blum College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Do plant-microbe partnerships last forever? Insights from ‘ancient’ plant microbiomes
Susan Kalisz College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Does age-related variation in male and female trait expression optimize lifetime reproductive success in a self-compatible annual plant?
Christy Leppanen College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Outcomes of hybridization by a biological control agent for hemlock woolly adelgid
Kimberly Sheldon College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Nobody likes change: The role of temperature variability during beetle development in mediating impacts of future temperature stress
Edward Schilling College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Molecular Barcoding of Tennessee Plants for Plant Conservation Studies
Benjamin Keck College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences General Biology/Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Evaluation of Microplastic Occurrence in Fishes of the Upper Tennessee River
Jennifer Schweitzer College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Does disturbance alter plant polyploidy?

Faculty Member Name (First) Faculty Member Name (Last) College Home Department Project title
Peter Krawczel Herbert College of Agriculture Animal Science Sweating the details: Behavioral indicators of the onset of heat stress in pre-weaned dairy calves
Barbara Murphy College of Arts & Sciences School of Music The Use of the Chunking Method in the Music Aural Skills Curriculum
Louise Seamster College of Arts & Sciences Sociology Campus Alert! Are Colleges and Universities Complying with The Clery Act?
Vitaly Ganusov College of Arts & Sciences Microbiology Overcoming natural selection of bad science with the method of multiple working hypotheses
Stephen Collins-Elliott College of Arts & Sciences Classics Gardens of the Hesperides: The Rural Archaeology of the Loukkos Valley
Robert Lieberthal College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Public Health Identifying suspicious patterns in Medicare Part D prescription data
Eric Wade College of Engineering MABE Fault Tolerancing and Usability of a Closed-Loop Robot System for Reading Comprehension Skill Development

Faculty Member Name (First) Faculty Member Name (Last) College Home Department Project title
Doris D’Souza College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Food Science Foodborne Aichi Virus Spread: Not-So-Lightly!
Thomas K. Davis College of Architecture & Design School of Architecture Retrofitting Urbanism in Nashville’s Metro Center Office / Industrial Park
Cary Staples College of Arts & Sciences Art Virtural Worlds + Virtural Learning
Jana Morgan College of Arts & Sciences Political Science Racial Exclusion and Democratic Citizenship
Bradley Thomson College of Arts & Sciences Earth and Planetary Sciences Assessing the Habitability of Mars using Measurements of Impact Craters
DaJung Woo College of Communication and Information School of Communication Studies Dialectical Tensions in Expertise Evaluation in Cross-Functional Collaborations
Eric Wade College of Engineering MABE Development of a Human Robot Framework for Speech Practice in Children with Complex Communicaiton Needs

Faculty Member Name (First) Faculty Member Name (Last) College Home Department Project title
Megan Bryson College of Arts & Sciences, Humanities Religious Studies Esoteric Buddhist Networks in East Asia
James Chyz Haslam College of Business Accounting and Information Management Non-GAAP Performance Metrics and the Strategic Allocation of Purchase Price to Intangible Assets
Gregor Kalas College of Architecture & Design Architecture Documenting the Reuse of Antiquities in late Antique Egypt and Rome
Keerthi Krishnan College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences BCMB Spying on Mice to Decode Learned Maternal Behavior
Shuai Li College of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Visibility Enhancement for Autonomous Construction Machines Based on Scene Prediction
Kelley Strohacker College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies Increasing Leisure-Time Walking Activity in Obese Aduslts Using Intra-Individualized Text Message Prompt: A Feasibility Study
Raja Swamy College of Arts & Sciences, Social Sciences Anthropology Compiling a Dataset on Houston’s Industrial Land Use Practices, with a Focus on Environmental Disparities and Disaster Vulnerability

Faculty Member Name (First) Faculty Member Name (Last) College Home Department Project title
Joel Anderson College of Nursing College of Nursing Leveraging Twitter to Understand Family Perspectives of Dementia Care
David Cihak College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Theory & Practice in Teacher Education
Cary Staples College of Arts & Sciences Art Virtual Reality Prototype
Michelle Commander College of Arts & Sciences English Theatrical Speculations: The Re-Narrativation of Slavery in the Inter-War Plays of Zora Neale Jurston and Langston Hughes
Scott Crouter College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies Novel Approaches for Predicting Free-Living Physical Activity
Thomas Davis College of Architecture & Design Architecture A Conceptual Study for a Teachers Village in Nashville
Camille Hall College of Social Work College of Social Work Multicultural Competence: A Comparative Analysis of International and National Perspectives
Michael Mason College of Social Work Center for Behavioral Health Research Treating Cannabis Use Disorder Among Young Adults: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of Text Delivered Peer Network Counseling
Kandace Hollenbach College of Arts & Sciences Anthropology Analyzing the Prehistoric Anderson Site using Sediment and Botanical Samples
Lisa Muller College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Seasonal Movements, Landscape Use, and Home Ranges of Reintroduced Elk in the Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee
Spencer Olmstead College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Child and Family Studies Sex, Commitment, and Relationship Configuration Preferences among Emerging Adults
Daniel Simberloff College of Arts & Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Engaging the Public in Invasive Species Programs: A Case Study of Media Representation Involving the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Ecological Interactions between Native Ants and an Invasive Forest Insect, the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Charles Sims Haslam College of Business Economics To Quantify the Economic Value of Protected Open Space in the Cumberland Region
Eric Wade College of Engineering Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Social Robotics for Children with Complex Communication Needs

Faculty Member Name (First) Faculty Member Name (Last) College Home Department Project title
Sue Hamilton College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Plant Sciences Development of ‘Best Practices’ for University Garden Plant Collection Database Designs
William Klingeman College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Plant Sciences “Potential of Two Predatory Beetle Species as a Monitoring Tool for Walnut Twig Beetle Detection”
Denita Hadziabdic Guerry College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Entomology and Plant Pathology “Pathogenicity and Co-Infection Potential of Two Plant Pathogenic Fungi that May Contribute to Severity of Thousand Cankers Disease in Walnut”
Brian Ambroziak College of Architecture & Design School of Architecture “Disembodied Circle: A Twelve-Step Field Manual”
Thomas K. Davis College of Architecture & Design School of Architecture NASHVILLE’S CHARLOTTE AVENUE HEALTHY CORRIDOR URBAN DESIGN STUDY
Francisco Barrera Olivares College of Arts & Sciences Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Pleiomorphic membrane peptides
Stephen Blackwell College of Arts & Sciences Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures A Swing Through Vladimir Nabokov’s Trees (A Comprehensive Study)
Jessica Grieser College of Arts & Sciences English Talking Place, Speaking Race: African Americans, English, and the Language of a Changing Local Identity.
Paul Harrill College of Arts & Sciences School of Art Untitled Film Project
Kandace Hollenbach College of Arts & Sciences Anthropology Analysis of Plant Remains from Late Precontact Contexts at the Topper Site, Aiken County, South Carolina
Keerthi Krishnan College of Arts & Sciences Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Discovering brain circuitry underlying a fine motor behavior in a female mouse model of Rett Syndrome
Robert Washington-Allen College of Arts & Sciences Geography Cross-scale Analysis of Historical Patterns of Land Cover Change as a Driver for the Observed Decline in Bobwhite Quail Abundance
Lars Dzikus College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies An Exploratory Study About the Experiences of Female Interscholastic Head Coaches in East Tennessee
Katie Kavanagh College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Nutrition Online survey to assess maternal accuracy of infant spit-up quantification
Kelley Strohacker College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies Towards Adapting Flexible Nonlinear Periodization for Untrained Adults: Exploring perceptions of aerobic exercise readiness and workload demand
Ondrej Chvala College of Engineering Nuclear Engineering A Safe and Economical Nuclear Plant to Remediate the Woes of Weapons-grade Plutonium