Funded Research – PRI
2017-2018 Award Recipients
Interdisciplinary Awards
School of Health Sciences, School of Law, and Helms School of Government
Award: $93,114 for Research Project
Project: Justice Project
All Schools and Colleges
Award: $45,000 for Research Project
Project: Qualitative Research Software
College of Applied Studies and Academic Success
Dr. Dwayne Melton
Award: $5,000
Project: Academic Persistence and Behavioral Tendencies
College of Arts and Sciences
Ms. Caitlin Curtis
Award: $1,214 for Student Research Presentation
Project: United States Foreign Relations with Iran in the Post-World War II Stalin Era
Mrs. Donna Donald
Award: $325 for Research Event
Project: Dating of the Holt-Ashwell House
Mrs. Donna Donald
Award: $2,420
Project: Authenticate, Exhibit, and Interpret an 18th-century Spinning Wheel
Mr. John Emmert
Award: $1,214 for Student Research Presentation
Project: A Testament to Leadership: The Ninth Infantry Division and Its Commanders During WWII
Mr. Paul Hangar
Award: $1,214 for Student Research Presentation
Project: M-26 Pershing in Korea
Mr. Connor Schonta
Award: $1,214 for Student Research Presentation
Project: Bad Habits in Central Europe: The U.S. Loses Czechoslovakia, 1945-1948
Dr. David Snead
Award: $10,000 for Research Event
Project: National D-Day Memorial Conference
Dr. David Towles, Dr. Andrew Milacci, and Dr. Fred Milacci
Award: $6,640
Project: Do Students Who Participate in the LUSI Guatemala Internship Experience Growth in Cultural Intelligence (CQ)?
Mr. Matthew Zuehlke
Award: $1,214 for Student Research Presentation
Project: The Watery Divide: Lutherans, Anabaptists, and Infant Baptism
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Joseph Gigliotti
Award: $4,000
Project: Use of a Novel “Americanized” Diet in Rodents to Better Understand Interaction of Diet and Alcohol-related Health Outcomes
School of Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Timothy Barclay
Amount: $890 for Faculty Scholarship Award
Project: Academic Retention: Predictors of College Success
Dr. Gina Barker
Amount: $3,570 for Faculty Professional Development
Project: Conference of the International Communication Association
Dr. Jichan Kim
Amount: Project funded through CRS Award
Project: The Effectiveness of a Family-Based Forgiveness Education Program
Dr. Kristen Nugent
Amount: $3,910 for Faculty Scholarship Award
Project: Self-Care for Christian Social Work
Dr. Lisa Sosin
Amount: Release time
Project: Creative Group Counseling for Anxiety: Protocol Development and Outcome Measurement
Dr. Fred Volk
Amount: Release time
Project: Military Education and Pornography Use in Religious People
Dr. Carrie Wilmouth
Amount: Release time; Project funded through CRS Award
Project: Effects of Western Diet on the Health Development of Adolescence
School of Divinity
Ms. Linda Saunders
Amount: $478.10 for Student Research Presentation
Project: Engaging theologians, theology, and theological institutions from majority world contexts
School of Health Sciences
Dr. Todd Allen
Amount: Compensation funded; Project funded through CRS Award
Project: Development of an HPLC Protocol for Analysis of Amino Acids in Algae
Dr. Matthew Becker
Amount: $7,500
Project: Impact of Amphibian Disease Chytridiomycosis on Eastern Newts Population on Candlers Mountain
Dr. Matthew Brynteson
Amount: $3,000
Project: Development of an Electronic Structure Computer Lab
Dr. Alan Fulp
Amount: $10,500 and compensation
Project: Carbon Hydrogen Bond Activation and Tandem Reactions
Dr. Kyle Harris
Amount: $8,420 and release time and compensation
Project: Crayfish Ecotoxicology and Community Assembly
Dr. Stephen Hobson & Dr. Cameron Sheeler
Amount: $7,500
Project: Investigation of Estrogenic Nature of BPA Derivatives by a Yeast Assay and Structure-Property Relationship Development of the Resultant Epoxy-resins.
Dr. Jared Hornsby
Amount: $25,419.34 and release time
Project: Effects of Fatigue and Physical/Cognitive Stress on Police Office Marksmanship
Dr. Gary Isaacs
Amount: $12,536 and release time and compensation
Project: Nutrition, Aging, and Gene Expression in the Brain
Dr. Ben Kalu
Amount: $8,500 and compensation
Project: Caffeine Consumption and Cardiovascular Regulation
Dr. Michael Korn
Amount: $1,700 and compensation
Project: Reinvestigating the Urey-Miller Experiment
Dr. Thomas McClintock
Amount: $5,817 and compensation
Project: The Mystery of the Cone Head Mummies from Peru
Dr. Bethesda O-Connell
Amount: $5,480.48 and release time and compensation
Project: Evaluation of Biosand Water Filters in Southern Rwanda
Dr. Michael Price
Amount: $8,634 and compensation
Project: Carbon Metabolism and Pathogenicity in Cryptococcus neoformans
Dr. Greg Raner
Amount: $3,200 and compensation
Project: Mechanisms of Drug Toxicity in the Human Liver and Potential Protection by the Brazillian Acai Berry
Dr. Pei Zhang
Amount: $7,500 and compensation
Project: Extracellular Matrix Cellular Interactions and RNA Therapies
School of Education
Ms. Julie McNair
Amount: $1,170 for Research Project
Project: Shared Advocacy: A Multiple-Case Examination of Practices Supporting Postsecondary Students with Learning and Attention Differences
School of Visual and Performing Arts
Ms. Hannah Lynch
Award: $2,775 for Research Project
Project: How to Make it as a Maker: Maximizing Customer Experience to Increase Brand Value in the Saturated Marketplace of Paper Goods & Gifts
Ms. Kelsey Phillips
Award: $4,000 for Professional Development
Project: Type@Cooper