Senate Scholarly Activities Committee awards announced

The Senate Scholarly Activities Committee received nine Research/Creative Activity Grant Applications, requesting a total of $19,933.27,four Publication Applications, requesting a total of $3,115.00, and seven New Faculty Scholar Applications, requesting $35,620.00 in response to the February call for proposals.  The following awards were made at the Committee meeting of February 24, 2010:

Research/Creative Activity awards:
– Caraher, William R. (History) – $2,200 awarded – “Isthmia Archeological Database Project”
– Esposito, Lori M. (Art and Design) – $2,200 awarded – “Where the Fruits of Labor Reside ”
– Georgina, Dianna M. (Anthropology) – $1,029 awarded – “‘A Pilot Study of the Effects of Culture Change and Globalization on Adolescent Suicide-Related Behaviors in American Samoa”
– Pawlowska, Monika E.(Communication Sciences and Disorders) $2,480 awarded – “The Role of Parent Language in the Acquisition of Verb Forms by Children with Language Disorders: Evidence from Frequently Collected Language Samples”
– Sauer, Michelle M. (English) – $2,500 awarded – “The Carmelite Rule in Medieval Britain”
– Scharf, Elizabeth A. (Anthropology) $2,500 awarded – “The Environmental Context of Increasing Social Complexity at Poverty Point”
– Schneider, Stuart A. (Information Systems and Business Education) – $1,153 awarded – “Stress and the Chemotherapy Professional”
– Terrell, Heather K. (Psychology) – $2,500 awarded – “Race and Ethnicity as Moderators of Prejudice Towards Mothers”
– Towne, Gary S. (Music) – $2,500 awarded – “New Sources on Music Musicians, and Musical Institutions in Bergamo 1300-1600″

Publication awards:
– Bagheri, Fathollah (Economics) – $322.50 awarded
– Bowman, Frank A. (Chemical Engineering) – $325 awarded
– O’Neill, Patrick B. (Economics) – $160 awarded

New Faculty Scholar awards:
– Du. Guodong (Chemistry) $5,000 awarded – “Utilization of Carbon Dioxide for Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Polycarbonates”
– Fazel-Rezai, Reza (Electrical Engineering) – $5,000 awarded – “Brain Computer Interface Based on Steady State Visual Evoked Potentials”
– Golovko, Mikhail Y. (Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics) – $5,000 awarded – “Determination of a novel esterfied prostanoid pools in brain tissue”
– Gonsalez-Smith, Suzanne (Art and Design) – $5,000 awarded – “Relics”
– Wilhite, Carla S. (Occupational Therapy) – $4,620 awarded – “A Qualitative Study: Determining Quality of Life Factors of Agricultural Producers in North Dakota with Conditions of Aging, Chronic Health Conditions, or Disability”