OVPR Research & Creative Grant Recipients

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

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: 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: 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: 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

Jemima Pierre

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Anthropology
Project Title: African Immigrants in the U.S.: The Making of Contemporary Diasporas

2007

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

2007

Krishnendu Roy

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Microfabrication of Complex, Spatially Patterned Tissue-engineering Scaffolds

2007

Jason Sowell

College/School: School of Architecture
Department: School of Architecture
Project Title: counterMEASURES

2007

Raji Srinivasan

College/School: McCombs School of Business
Department: Marketing
Project Title: Is Beautiful Good? Market Rewards to Superior Product Designs

2007

Keri Stephens

College/School: College of Communication
Department: Communication Studies
Project Title: Combinatorial Information and Communication Technology Use at Work

2007

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

2007

Dan Wheat

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Project Title: Piezoelectric Response Near Growth Defects in Wood

2007

Jerome Williams

College/School: College of Communication
Department: Advertising
Project Title: Racial Profiling of Small Entrepreneurial Business Bank Customer

2007