CURRICULAR AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATIONS GRANTS,
2009-10
Michelle Bushey (Chemistry)
Attendance at Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences
(CWCS) workshop
Farzan Aminian, Bill Collins,
Kevin Nickels (Engineering
Science)
Departmental program assessment in connection with
accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET)
Don Clark (History)
Revision of HIST 3369 (United States Diplomatic History)
Paul Kelleher (Education)
and others
Departmental program assessment in connection with
accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education (NCATE)
Sarah Pinnock (Religion)
Development of RELI 1320 (Ethical Issues in Religious
Perspective)
Benjamin Surpless
(Geosciences)
Development of proposed course in Geology and Land Use
Planning
Mark Garrison (Art and Art
History)
Compensation for student assistant to digitize images for Art
History courses
David Hough (Physics and
Astronomy)
Compensation for student to assist in the development of lab
projects in PHYS 1103 (Observational Astronomy)
Amy Stone (Sociology and
Anthropology)
Travel to attend the Social Network Analysis conference
Mackenzie Brown (Religion)
and others
Assessment of Understanding Cultural Heritage in the Common
Curriculum
Vicki Aarons (English) and
others
Assessment of ENGL 1302 (Writing Workshop)
Mark Brodl (Biology)
Development of science courses for non-science majors
(matching funds in connection with a Howard Hughes Medical
Institute grant)
Amy Stone (Sociology and
Anthropology)
Stipend to compensate PI for community-based learning project
Kate Ritson (Art and Art
History)
Expenses associated with GNED 2340 (Creative Thinking and
the Artistic Process)
H. J. Yoo (Political Science)
Course activities in PLSI 3349 (East Asian Security)
Jane Childers (Psychology)
First-Year Seminar trip to the San Antonio Zoo
Richard Reed (Sociology and
Anthropology)
Attendance at the Association for Environmental Studies and
Sciences conference
Katsuo Nishikawa (Political
Science)
Collaborative project with Tec de Monterrey in connection with
PLSI 1331 (Comparing Countries)
Patrick Keating
(Communication) and others
Purchase of instructors’ copies of DVDs for Film Studies
courses
Ken Greene (Music)
Visit of the Chai Found ensemble to MUSC 1351 (Music
Cultures of the World)
John Hermann (Political
Science)
Development of PLSI 4390 (Senior Seminar in Political
Science: Landmark Supreme Court Cases)
Jenny Browne (English)
Visits by four poets to poetry writing classes
Kate Lopez ( Business
Administration) and Chad
Spigel (Religion)
Attendance at the Associated Colleges of the South Summer
Teaching Workshop, June 2010