Fall 2018 Faculty Development Awards and University Small Research Grants Awarded
Congratulations to the following awardees.
Faculty Development Awards
- Katsura Asano, biology, special lecture on molecular embryology and genetics, "Relationship Between Changes in Protein Biosynthesis and Disease States," Kumarnoto, Japan, June 13, 2019, $1,841.
- Soumia Bardhan, communication studies, 69th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Washington, D.C., May 23-28, $2,829.
- Jihoon Cho, marketing, 2019 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference, "The Past Imperfect: Assessing Strategic Customer Behaviour under Bounded Rationality," Vancouver, Canada, May 29-31, 2019, $2,534.
Sunanada Dissanayake, Graduate School, 15th World Conference on Transport Research, two papers: 1. "Methodology for Determining the Break-Even Traffic Volume for Converting the Roadway Surface of Low-Volume Roads," and 2. "Calibrating Predictive Models in the Highway Safety Manual for Freeway Segments Using KS data," Mumbai, India, May 26-31, 2019, $2,667.
James Edgar, chemical engineering, Compound Semiconductor Week 2019, "Single Crystal Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Fundamental Science and Enabling New Technologies," Nara, Japan, May 19-23, $1,200.
Huston Gibson, landscape architecture and regional community planning, World Community Development Conference 2019, "Building Beyond the Façade: Layering Downtown Spillover Investment," Dundee, Scotland, June 24-26, $3,314.
Wendy Matlock, English, Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America; "The Incredible, Mobile Prudence: Renaissance Women Reading Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee;'" Toronto, Canada, March 17-19, $1,582.
Alissandra Stoyan, political science, European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG) 2019, "Decentralization and Women's Representation in Latin America," Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 4-6, $3,442.
Julie Yu-Oppenheim, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, International Conductors Exchange Fellowship, Nairobi, Kenya, January 3-18, 2019, $2,000.
University Small Research Grants
Anne S. Davis, diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, “Elucidating Rift Valley Fever Virus' Binding and Entry Mechanisms Guided by Virus Tissue Tropism and Glycan Engagement,” $4,500.
Audrey Joslin, geography, “Payments for Ecosystem Services in a Volatile Landscape: Examining the Conservation Reserve Program in the Context of Wildfire,” $2,920.
Katie Kingery-Paige, landscape architecture and regional community planning, “Grassland Interview,” $3,311.
Christopher Lake, psychological sciences, “Correspondence Bias in Job-Hopping Perceptions,” $3,995.
Cameron Leader-Picone, English, “Black and More than Black: African American Fiction in the Post Era,” $853.
Colene Lind, communication studies, “Analysis of Rhetorical Framing in Kansas Preemption Discourse,” $3,851.
Benjamin McCloskey, modern languages, “Xenophon, Alcibiades, and the Execution of Socrates,” $3,168.
Bethany Plakke Anderson, psychological sciences, “Cognitive Flexibility in an Animal Model of Autism,” $4,500.
Aleksey Sheshukov, biological and agricultural engineering, “Autonomous Sampling Vehicle for Early Detection of Harmful Algae Blooms,” $4,010.
Alec Tefertiller, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, “The Personality and Mental Health of Binge and Excessive Television Viewing,” $3,310.
Jani Vibhavari, interior architecture and regional community planning, “Measuring the Impact of Mindfulness Practice Areas on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Design Students,” $4,500.
Faculty Development Awards reviewers were Paige Adams, K-State Olathe; Joel Anderson, Office of Research Development; Saeed Khan, engineering technology; Mary Kohn, English; Sherri Martinie, curriculum and instruction; and Erin Wiersma, art.
University Small Research Grants reviewers were Necia Chronister, modern languages; Briana Goff, family studies & human services; Sara Gragg, animal sciences & industry; Ruth Gurgel, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance; Katie Heinrich, kinesiology; Mary Lou Marino, Office of Research Development, Wendy Matlock, English; Gregory Paul, communication studies; and Sara Rosenkranz, food, nutrition, dietetics, & health.
The next deadline for applications is March 4, 2019. Find out more about the program and submission procedures.
