FY2013 Research Council Grant Recipients
Awarded in the Spring of 2013 for the period May 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
Award Statistics:
Total number of awards:
Total amount of awards:
Weighted Average award amount:
37
$111,025
$3,018
Faculty Research Grants
(Total # of awards – 9; Total amount of awards – $20,638; Weighted average award - $2,240)
Dr. Gregg Hecimovich (English): “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of the Bondswoman’s
Narrative” (Book Project) - $4.660
Bonnye Stuart (Mass Communication): “Power of Media Images” - $1,800
Dr. Jeff Sinn and Dr. Matthew Hayes (Psychology): “Economic Reasoning” - $975
Dr. Chia-Lan Chang (History): “Human Feelings, Moral Principals and Laws: Engendering the Chinese Public
Sphere” - $3,000
Dr. Gregory Stephen Crider (History): “The Vatican’s Response to the Mexican Schism, 1923-1929” - $3,000
Dr. Keith Benson (Management and Marketing) and Dr. Shelley Hamill (PE, Sport and Human Performance):
“Managing Volunteers in a Disaster Situation” - $300
Philip J Moody (Fine Arts): “Artist Residency in Portugal” - $3,195
Dr. Laura Gardner (Fine Arts): “The Vandercook-4 Letterpress: Deeper Learning” - $2,058
Maria Caridad Gelabert (Chemistry, Physics, Geology): “Supersaturation, Counterions and Crystal Planes and
Hydrothermal Crustal Growth: Investigation of Projects for External Funding” - $1,650
External Grant Development
(Total # of awards – 4; Total amount of awards – $12,000; Weighted average award - $3,000)
Dr. Matthew Heard (Biology): “Determining the Link Between Infectious Disease and Species Introduction” $3,000
Dr. Antigo Martin-Delaney and Dr. Joseph Prus (Psychology): “Educational Bridge Builders: Preparing School
Psychologists and Other Educational Personnel Help Students with Learning Disabilities Transition from High
School to College” - $3,000
Dr. Laura Dufresne and Dr. Laura Gardner (Fine Arts): “NEH Grant to Provide a Two-Week Summer Seminar for
K-12 Teachers” - $3,000
Dr. Heather Evans-Anderson (Biology) – “Application for NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) Program” $3,000
Faculty Research with Student as Co-Investigator
(Total # of awards – 10; Total amount of awards – $38,694; Weighted average award - $3,906)
Dr. Matthew Heard (Biology) and Jara Hardwick (Student Researcher): “Understanding the Origins of Disease
Outbreaks in the Carolinas” - $2,800
Dr. Eurnestine Brown (Psychology) and Shalaya Davis, Vitta Clawson, Janelle Moore (Student Reearchers):
“Parental Goals During College – Exploratory and Feasibility Study on Developing a Center for Pregnant and
Parenting Students” - $4,350
Dr. Melissa K Carsten (Management and Marketing) and Avin Jayawickrema (Student Researcher): “Exploring
Subordinate Reactions to Conflict with a Manager” - $3,700
Dr. Heather Evans-Anderson (Biology) and Serenity D Stokes Cox (Student Researcher): “Regenerative
Response of an Injured Ciona Intestinalis Myocardium: An Ultrastructure and Genetic Study” - $4,750
Dr. Jason C Hurlbert (Chemistry, Physics, Geology) and Mariam Salib (Student Researcher): “Expression,
Purification and Crystallization of the Xanthomonal Avirulence Proteins, AvrBs7 and AvrBs1.1” - $3,997
Dr. Julian P S Smith (Biology) and Nicole Hoekstra (Student Researcher): “Studying Bd in Amphibian
Populations at Landsford Canal State Park” - $5,105
Dr. Nicholas Grossoehme (Chemistry, Physics, Geology): “Synthesis and Characterization of a Thiacrown Ether
Based Coper (l) Stabilizing System” - $3,500
Dr. Paula Mitchell (Biology) and Michael Hull, Shelby Kerr (Student Researchers): “Efficacy of Mint and Mint
Essential Oils for Control of Crop Pests” - $3,149
Dr. Kunsiri Chaw Grubbs (Biology) and Zachary Masters (Student Researcher): “Pollination and Seed Yield in
Schweinitz’s Sunflower (Helianthus Schwinitzii A.&G.) Asteraceae” - $2,343
Clifton T Harris (Chemistry, Physics, Geology) and Kenish Barber (Student Researcher): “ Photocatalytic
Splitting of Water Molecules Using Semiconductor Thin Films” - $5,000
Curriculum Enhancement and Instructional Improvement
(Total # of awards – 14; Total amount of awards – $39,693; Weighted average award - $2,797)
Dr. Marguerite Doman and Dr. Chlotia Garrison (Computer Science & Quantitative Methods): “Redesign of
CSC1101: Intro to Computers and Information Processing” - $4,000
Dr. Gregory Oakes (Philosophy and Religious Studies) and Dr. Xusheng Wang (Computer Science &
Quantitative Methods): “Website Development for PHIL101, Introduction to Philosophy” - $4,500
Dr. Michael Matthews (Management and Marketing): “Integrating Medical Terminology, Coding and Billing
into the Healthcare Management Curriculum” - $1,200
Dr. Nicholas Grossoehme (Chemistry, Physics, Geology) and Dr. Marguerite Doman (Computer Science and
Quantitative Methods): - “Development of an Interactive Questioning Artifact to Enhance Online Learning
Platforms at Winthrop University” - $4,850
Dr. Gregory Oakes (Philosophy and Religious Studies) and Dr. Xusheng Wang (Computer Science &
Quantitative Methods): “Imaging Aristotle’s Ontology” - $2,100
Dr. Janet Wojcik (PE, Sport and Human Performance): “Creating the ‘Flipped Classroom’ for EXSC511 Physical
Activity for Special and Aging Populations” - $3,100
Dr. Shelley Hamill (PE, Sport and Human Performance): “Development of Health403, Methods of Health in
Early Childhood” - $3,000
Dr. Ponn Maheswaranathan (Chemistry, Physics, Geology): “Developing Efective Practices for Online Delivery
of Everyday Physics” - $2,500
Dr. Kunsiri Chaw Grubbs (Biology): “Creating a Lab Manual for BIOL205 General Biology” - $3,977
Dr. Maria Clara Paulino (Interdisciplinary Studies): “New Interdisciplinary Course” - $1,500
Dr. Virginia Williams (History): “Service Learning in Nicaragua: Creating Projects that Focus on Education
Retention in the War-Torn Communities of Rocha and Tierra Blanca” - $1,280
Dr. Amanda Hiner (English): “Intensive Faculty Training in Critical Thinking and Educational Reform: Supporting
the Touchstone Core and Developing Curricula for the Department of English Critical Reading, Thinking and
Writing Course” - $2,135
Antje Mays, Patricia Ballard and Dr. Spiro Shetuni (Dacus Library): “RDA: Data Coding for Library Materials
Findability” - $4,000
Dr. Nathaniel Frederick (Mass Communication): “Curriculum Enhancement for Media and the Information Age
– MCOM101 (Media Library)” - $1,551