OVPR Research & Creative Grant Recipients

Research & Creative Grant Recipients

Jemel Aguilar

College/School: Steve Hicks School of Social Work
Department: School of Social Work
Project Title: Exploring Texas School Social Workers' Construction of Accountability using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

2007

Jennifer Beer

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Psychology
Project Title: Social Influences on Decision-Making: A Gene-Hormone-Brain Approach

2007

Jonathan Brown

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: History
Project Title: Cuba, the United States, and the Secret War for Latin America, 1959-1967

2007

Jason Brownlee

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Government
Project Title: The Political Economy of Hereditary Succession in Egypt

2007

Stephanie Cawthon

College/School: College of Education
Department: Educational Psychology
Project Title: Development of a Validity Evaluation Tool for the use of Acommodations on State-wide Standardized Assessments for Students with Disabilities in Elementary and Secondary Education

2007

Sally H. Clarke

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: History
Project Title: The Environment and Corporate Responsibility: Law, Science, and Economics at Environmental Defense

2007

Ulrich Dangel

College/School: School of Architecture
Department: School of Architecture
Project Title: Baukunst: Contemporary Architecture in Vorarlberg, Austria

2007

Alex DeLozanne

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Physics
Project Title: Kelvin Force Microscopy of Multiferroic Materials

2007

Jonathan Dingwell

College/School: College of Education
Department: Kinesiology and Health Education
Project Title: Predicting the Risk of Tripping from Measures Obtained during Unperturbed Walking

2007

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

2007

Sheldon Ekland-Olson

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Sociology
Project Title: Justifying the Violation of Universal Moral Imperatives

2007

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

2007

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

2007

Alexandra Garcia

College/School: School of Nursing
Department: School of Nursing
Project Title: Home-based Diabetes Symptom Self-management for Mexican Americans

2007

George Gavrilis

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Government
Project Title: Courts, Conflict, and Democracy: Judiciaries and Anti-Terror Laws in Turkey

2007

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

2007

Dustin Harp

College/School: Moody College of Communication
Department: Journalism
Project Title: Understanding and Empowering Marginalized Voices in the Mediated Public Sphere

2007

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

2007

Sharon Jarvis

College/School: Moody College of Communication
Department: Communication Studies
Project Title: Casting the Ballot: How the Media Cover Voting and Why it Matters

2007

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

2007

Michael Krezmien

College/School: College of Education
Department: Special Education
Project Title: Reading Instruction for Struggling Incarcerated Adolescent Readers

2007

Huaiyin Li

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: History
Project Title: Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro History, 1950-2005

2007

Brad Love

College/School: Moody College of Communication
Department: Advertising
Project Title: Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements, Educational Content, and Literacy: A Prescription for Improved Health Outcomes

2007

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

2007

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

2007