Research & Creative Grant Recipients
Jaquelin Dudley
College/School: College of Natural Sciences Department: Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Project Title: Enhanced Innate Immunity to Viral and Bacterial Pathogens
Sheldon Ekland-Olson
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Project Title: Justifying the Violation of Universal Moral Imperatives
Wolfgang Frey
College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering Department: Biomedical Engineering Project Title: The Role of Fibronectin and Force in the Maturation of Size-restricted Cell Adhesions
Shama Gamkhar
College/School: LBJ School of Public Affairs Department: LBJ School of Public Affairs Project Title: Enforcement of Pollution Control Laws and Compliance by the U.S. Refinery Sector
Alexandra Garcia
College/School: School of Nursing Department: School of Nursing Project Title: Home-based Diabetes Symptom Self-management for Mexican Americans
George Gavrilis
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: Government Project Title: Courts, Conflict, and Democracy: Judiciaries and Anti-Terror Laws in Turkey
Laurie Beth Green
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: History Project Title: Urban Health Conflicts: Struggles over Race, Rights, and Public Health in the Urban South
Dustin Harp
College/School: College of Communication Department: Journalism Project Title: Understanding and Empowering Marginalized Voices in the Mediated Public Sphere
Rasika Harshey
College/School: College of Natural Sciences Department: Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Project Title: How Salmonella typhimurium Senses Host Cell Contact through its Virulence Appendage
Sharon Jarvis
College/School: College of Communication Department: Communication Studies Project Title: Casting the Ballot: How the Media Cover Voting and Why it Matters
Edward Kirk
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: Anthropology Project Title: Habitat Acoustics of Malagasy Forests: A Comparative Study of Excess Attenuation, Background Noise, and Lemur Vocal Adaptations
Michael Krezmien
College/School: College of Education Department: Special Education Project Title: Reading Instruction for Struggling Incarcerated Adolescent Readers
Huaiyin Li
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: History Project Title: Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro History, 1950-2005
Brad Love
College/School: College of Communication Department: Advertising Project Title: Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements, Educational Content, and Literacy: A Prescription for Improved Health Outcomes
Jennifer Morgan
College/School: College of Natural Sciences Department: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Project Title: Identifying Molecular Mechanisms that Drive Synapse Formation during Spinal Cord Regeneration
Luisa Nardini
College/School: College of Fine Arts Department: Music Project Title: Music from the South: Edition and Study of the Non-standard Mass Proper Items of Beneventan Manuscripts
Jemima Pierre
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: Anthropology Project Title: African Immigrants in the U.S.: The Making of Contemporary Diasporas
Michele Rountree
College/School: School of Social Work Department: School of Social Work Project Title: A Trend Analysis: HIV Testing Rates and Testing Locations among Whites, African-Americans, Hispanics, Data from the Behavioral Risk Surveillance System 2000-2006
Krishnendu Roy
College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering Department: Biomedical Engineering Project Title: Microfabrication of Complex, Spatially Patterned Tissue-engineering Scaffolds
Jason Sowell
College/School: School of Architecture Department: School of Architecture Project Title: counterMEASURES
Raji Srinivasan
College/School: McCombs School of Business Department: Marketing Project Title: Is Beautiful Good? Market Rewards to Superior Product Designs
Keri Stephens
College/School: College of Communication Department: Communication Studies Project Title: Combinatorial Information and Communication Technology Use at Work
Yongjun Sung
College/School: College of Communication Department: Advertising Project Title: Hel-mart.com: Antecedents and Motivations of Consumer Participation in Online Anti-brand Communities
Dan Wheat
College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering Department: Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Project Title: Piezoelectric Response Near Growth Defects in Wood
Jerome Williams
College/School: College of Communication Department: Advertising Project Title: Racial Profiling of Small Entrepreneurial Business Bank Customer