1997 Summer Faculty Fellowships Awards Dr. Patrick W. Carey Department of Theology Amount Awarded: $ 4,550.00 A Critical Edition of Orestes A. Brownson's Early Writings Dr. Michael P. Gillespie Department of English Amount Awarded: $ 4,800.00 Study of Post-Modern Literature Using Interpretive Insights Offered by the Joyce/Leon Papers Dr. Diane L. Hoeveler Department of English Amount Awarded: $ 4,550.00 The Contemporary Female Gothic: Closets, Cannibals, and Kitsch from Gilman to Rice Dr. Jeanne M. Hossenlopp Department of Chemistry Amount Awarded: $ 4,550.00 Laser-Initiated Film Deposition and Spectroscopic Diagnostics Dr. George L. Justice Department of English Amount Awarded: $ 4,300.00 The Production of Literature in Eighteenth-Century Britain Dr. Lawrence J. LeBlanc Department of Political Science Amount Awarded: $ 4,550.00 Complying with International Human Rights Agreements: Reporting Requirements under Four United Nations Conventions Dr. Gale E. Miller Department of Social & Cultural Sciences Amount Awarded: $ 4,800.00 Constructing Troubles in Two Counseling Sites: A Study of Brief and Systemic Therapies Dr. K. Dale Noel Department of Biology Amount Awarded: $ 4,800.00 Bacterial Mutants Defective in Cell-Surface Modification Prof. Belle Rose Ragins Department of Management Amount Awarded: $ 4,550.00 Heterosexism and Diversity in the Workplace: A Study of the Effects of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender on Sexual Orientation Discrimination Dr. Krista L. Ratcliffe Department of English Amount Awarded: $ 4,300.00 A Purpose for Listening: Exposing White as a "Color" Dr. Albert J. Rivero Department of English Amount Awarded: $ 4,550.00 A Critical Edition of Tobias Smollett's "Miscellaneous Writings" Dr. Julius R. Ruff Department of History Amount Awarded: $ 4,550.00 Violence in Early Modern Western Europe, 1500-1800 Dr. Barbara Silver-Thorn Department of Biomedical Engineering Amount Awarded: $ 1,075.00 Biomechanical Analysis Using the Finite Element Method Dr. Charles P. Ursenbach Department of Chemistry Amount Awarded: $ 4,300.00 Computer Simulation of Environmental Catalysis Dr. Gail L. Waring Department of Biology Amount Awarded: $ 4,800.00 Identification of Vitelline Membrane Retention Sequences in Drosophila Eggshell Proteins Dr. Chae S. Yi Department of Chemistry Amount Awarded: $ 4,300.00 Ruthenium Catalyzed Dimerization of Terminal Alkynes and Acrylic Compounds 1997 Regular Research Grant Awards Dr. Patrick W. Carey Professor, Department of Theology Amount Awarded: $ 800.00 Critical Edition of Orestes A. Brownson's Early Writings Dr. Bernard C. Cook Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology Amount Awarded: $ 1,000.00 Fibrinogen-Dependent Binding of Platelets to Amphiphilic Surfaces is Regulated the Nature of the Surface Dr. Michael P. Gillespie Professor, Department of English Amount Awarded: $ 2,000.00 Study of Post-Modern Literature Using Interpretive Insights Offered by the Joyce/Leon Papers Dr. Jeanne M. Hossenlopp Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry Amount Awarded: $ 500.00 Laser-Initiated Film Deposition and Spectroscopic Diagnostics Dr. Francisco Lamelas Assistant Professor, Department of Physics Amount Awarded: $ 1,900.00 Heteroepitaxial Growth in Aqueous Solutions: Precipitation on Atomic Templates Dr. Gale E. Miller Professor, Department of Social & Cultural Sciences Amount Awarded: $ 2,000.00 Constructing Troubles in Two Counseling Sites Dr. Stephen H. Munroe Professor, Department of Biology Amount Awarded: $ 2,000.00 Structure/Function Analysis of a RNA-Binding Protein Dr. K. Dale Noel Professor, Department of Biology Amount Awarded: $ 1,000.00 Bacterial Mutants Defective in Cell Surface Modification Dr. Bela E. Piacsek Professor, Department of Biology Amount Awarded: $ 1,900.00 Role of Neuropeptife-Y as an Endocrine Link Between Nutritional Status and the Reproductive System Prof. Belle Rose Ragins Associate Professor, Department of Management Amount Awarded: $ 2,000.00 Heterosexism and Diversity in the Workplace Dr. Barbara Silver-Thorn Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering Amount Awarded: $ 500.00 Biomedical Stress Analysis Using the Finite Element Method Dr. Helen M. Sterk Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies Amount Awarded: $ 1,500.00 The Birthing Project: Archive Development Dr. Charles P. Ursenbach Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry Amount Awarded: $ 500.00 Computer Simulation of Environmental Catalysts Dr. Barry L. Velleman Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures Amount Awarded: $ 2,000.00 Sarmiento in the Two Americas: Pedagogical and Sociolinguistic Models Dr. Gail L. Waring Professor, Department of Biology Amount Awarded: $ 1,000.00 Identification of Vitelline Membrane Retention Sequences in Drisophila Eggshell Proteins Dr. Chae S. Yi Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry Amount Awarded: $1,300.00 Ruthenium Catalyzed Dimerization of Terminal Alkynes