Academic Enrichment
- Research Intramural Research Grant Awards
2012-2013
Principal Investigator
Project Name
Funding Request
Dr. D. Frisby
Analysis of the Spread and Prevalence of
Antibiotic Resistant Fecal Bacteria Among
Wild Animal Population of Bison and
Longhorn Cattle in the Wichita Mountain
Wildlife Refuge
$4,000.00
Dr. T. Frisby
Discovery, Purification and Characterization of $2,400.00
Antifungal Chitmases from Plants
Dr. de Voltair
Value Conflict in American Public Opinion
Dr. Labe
West Meets East: A creative Exploration of the $2,000.00
Convergence of Hindustani and Western
Classical Music: Stems and Traditions in the
21st Century
Dr. Stegmaier
On the Brink of Civil War: The U.S. Congress
in the Secession Crisis
$1,635.00
Dr. Catterall
Women in port: Gendering Communities,
Economic, and Social Networks in Atlantic
Cities
$1,000.00
Dr. Hilbert
Early Intervention for Pre-Literacy Skill
Development in Collaborative PreKindergarten Settings
$1175.00
Dr. Liu
Revisiting Audience and Purpose:: An
Analysis of an Ethos Dilemma in Students'
Business Memos and Toward a MultiCompetitive Perspective: Loss and Gain.
Exploring the Roles of First Language in a
Foreign/Second Language Learning
Commission
$1,000.00
$2,500.00
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Intramural Research Grant Awards
2012-2013
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Principal Investigator
Project Name
Funding Request
Dr. Nalley
Photochemical Synthesis Using a Rayonet
Photochemical Reactor and Construction of
Solar Cells from Organic Dyes
$1,000.00
Dr. Husak
Student Funding to Attend and Present at the
Annual Meeting of the Southwestern
Association of Naturalists and Weather Effects
on Flight Displays of Scissor-tailed
Flycatchers
$900.00
Dr. Conley
Initial Characterization of Endolithic Microbial $965.00
Communities in Surface Gypsum Deposits in
Oklahoma
Mr. McDonald
Photoreception in the Kangaroo Rat Retina and $950.00
UV Photography of Kangaroo Rats (Family:
Heteromyde) and Jerboas (Family: Dipodidae)
Dr. Lin
Presentations of Research Papers at the
INFORMS AND IIE ISERC Conferences
$900.00
Ms. Linehan
Digital Paintings of Amanda Wheeler and
Megan Royal and Au Naturel: The Nude in the
21st Century 2013
$825.00
Dr. Labe
Lecture Recital: Editions of the Beethoven
Piano Sonatas "Urtext" or "Ur-Spirit" and
Feeling Boxed in by Powerpoint? Escape the
Box!
The Progressive Era and the Rhetoric of Billy
Sunday
$700.00
Dr. Kowaluk
Support for Captial Punishment in the U.S. A
Critical Realist Perspective
$500.00
Dr, Metzger
Subterranean Spirits: Nietzsche and
Dostoevsky
$500.00
Dr. Carney
$500.00
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Intramural Research Grant Awards
2012-2013
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Principal Investigator
Project Name
Funding Request
Dr. Montalvo
Presentation of Faculty and Student Projects at
the Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference
$500.00
Mr. Moore
Elucidation of FepA Transport Mechanism Via $500.00
Site Directed Cys Mutagenesis and Disulfide
Bon Formation
Dr. Oh
Body Composition in Health and Physical
Education Students
$500.00
Dr. Thomlinson
Video Gaming by a Novice
$500.00
Mr. Van Sant
Investigation of Differential Habitat Use by
Lizards in the Wichita Mountains
$500.00
Dr. Wohlers
The Tragedy of the Commons Meets the AntiCommons
$500.00
Dr. Buckley
Aging Study of NBR Rubber in Various
Solvents and Fuels
$430.00
Dr. Soylu
Cost-Cutting Initiative for Organizational
Instruction
$425.00
Dr. Geiger
Different Groups' Perceptions as to the
Rehabilitation of Sex Offenders
$270.00
Dr. Dunn
Paleopalynology of the Pride Mountain
Formation of Northern Alabama
$250.00
Dr. Liontas-Warren
International Juried Exhibition in Oregon
$150.00
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Faculty Development Grant Awards
2012-2013
Principal Investigator
Project Name
Funding Request
Dr. Sailor
AAMFT Supervisor Training
$2,550.00
Dr. Hilbert
The Project Approach (Emergent Curriculum)
$2,270.00
Drs. Smith and Easley
Common Core State Standards Professional
Development Institute
$2,260.00
Dr. Holland
National Association for Developmental
Education Conference
$1,830.00
Dr. Cavazos
National Institute on the Teaching of
Psychology Conference
$1,775.00
Dr. Jones
2013 Southwest Texas Popular Culture and
American Culture Association
$950.00
Dr. Kowaluk
Mediation Training
$575.00
Dr. Hall
Texas Regional SSAWW Study Group
$210.00
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Innovative Instructional Grant Awards
2012-2013
Principal Investigator
Project Name
Funding Request
Dr. Kingsley
Vincent Tinto (Speaker / Consultant on Best
Classroom Practices for student Retention)
$9,000.00
Dr. Cavazos
Classroom Responses System for General
Psychology
$4,470.00
Ms. Clopton
The George E. Stanley Russian Resource
Project
$3,900.00
Dr. Montalvo
Incorporation of GIS in Upper Division
Geography Courses and Undergraduate
Student Research
$3,900.00
Dr. Baillargeon
Exploring French Culture: New and Old
$2,900.00
Dr. Oh
Exergaming in Health and Physical Education
$2,750.00
Dr. L. Janda
Turning Point Response Card System
$1,300.00
Dr. Carney
Unlike Me: Forging International Friendships
at an American University
$500.00
Dr. Glazer
Clinical Simulations for Teacher Education
(Pilot)
$500.00
Dr. Dunn
WMWR Environmental Education Center Tree $200.00
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