January 5, 2024
Faculty Development Awards and University Small Research Grants awarded
The Office of Research Development announces eight faculty members who have received fall 2023 Faculty Development Awards and University Small Research Grants.
Three Faculty Development Award proposals were awarded funds totaling $6,335. The fall 2023 awardees are:
- Anna Wytko, music, "The Latin American Saxophone Alliance World Congress; Featured American Concerto Soloist, Recitalist, and Pedagogue," $3,126.
- Nancy Muturi, media and communication, "International Communication Association Annual Conference," $2,440.
- Philip Nel, English, "University of Antwerp Children's Literature Summer School," $769.
Five University Small Research Grant proposals will receive funds totaling $21,764. The fall 2023 awardees are:
- Tianjun Sun, psychological sciences, "Examining the Faking Resistance of Artificial Intelligence Personality Assessment via Chatbots," $4,500.
- Derek Hillard, modern languages, "Completion of the monograph entitled Emotional Bodies: German Modernism and Sciences of Emotion," $4,028.
- Christopher Barlett, psychological sciences, "Prediction and Prevention of Cyber-Racism," $4,500.
- Jacqueline Aenlle, communications, "The Future of Kansas Water: A Qualitative Exploration of Kansas Water Experts' Perceptions of Water Issues, Engagement with Water Stakeholders, and Communication of Water Science," $4,236.
- Shay Logan, philosophy, "Advancing Interdisciplinary Logical Research at Kansas State University," $4,500.
Congratulations to all awardees.
Faculty Development Awards and University Small Research Grants are awarded each fall and spring by the Office of the Vice President for Research through the Office of Research Development.
Faculty Development Awards support travel expenses to present research, scholarly or creative work, or a performance at an international meeting or to visit an external funder or sponsor. University Small Research Grants are seed grants to support small research projects, scholarly activity and other creative efforts. Both programs are meant to catalyze a faculty member's RSCAD career success. As such, new faculty and faculty from disciplines with minimal outside support are given priority for both awards, as are trips or projects that enhance awardees' abilities to compete for extramural funding. All proposals are peer-reviewed and discussed in a panel. Unsuccessful applicants are given feedback on how to improve their proposals.
The Faculty Development Award and University Small Research Grant reviewers were Mary Lou Marino, Office of Research Development; Ramasamy Sakthivel, Office of Research Development; Susmita Rishi, architecture, planning, and design; Necia Chronister, modern languages; Maria Diehl, psychological sciences; Gina Becker, Office of Research Development; and Craig McGill, education. The contributions of the reviewers are highly appreciated.