The Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs is pleased to congratulate our Stetson teacher-scholar faculty on the submission of proposals for innovative scholarship, research and creative inquiry. The following Summer Grants Program projects were recommended by the Professional Development Committee to the Provost for their outstanding potential and dedication to Stetson’s mission of teaching, research, and artistic development:
Carol Azab, “Towards a better understanding of binge-watching behavior- because almost everybody is doing it“
Sean Beckmann, “The presence of tick-borne pathogens and the prevalence of co-infection in prairie dwelling rodents”
Judith Burnett, “Inua Partners in Hope: Curriculum Development and Expansion of Psychosocial services in Naivasha, Kenya – Evaluation and Post-Graduate Programming“
Dengke Chen, “Animation Encapsulates Art Form Progression of Ancient Chinese Art in Mo Gao Caves,China“
Terence Farrell, “The Effects of an Invasive Pentastome Parasite on Snake Health“
Thomas Farrell, “Scribal Responses to Dialect Features in the Reeve’s Tale”
Jesse Fox, “Spirituality and Avoiding Difficult Emotions: Working With Spiritual Bypass”
Melissa Gibbs, “Nutrient contributions of armored catfish in Volusia Blue Spring”
Juanne Greene, “To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Understanding Executives Propensity to Utilize Social Media as a Strategic Disclosure Tool”
Kelly Hall, “The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence in Employee Feedback Processes”
Sidra Hamidi, “Constructing Distinctions: Nuclear and Non-Nuclear States in Global Politics”
Matthew Imes, “Corporate Boards,Gender Diversity, and Debt Maturity”
Luca Molnar, “Complicating Victimhood Narratives: Three Women as Symbols in Obstetrics“
Nicole Mottier, “TBA”
Timothy Murphy, “Business-based Information Literacy: Undergraduate Perceptions of Concepts and Practice in Library Instruction Sessions“
Erin Nickell, “Show and Tell: Juror Perceptions of Audit Partner Characteristics and the Role of Visual Aids in Courtroom Testimony”
Yohann Ripert, “Decolonizing Diplomacy: West Africa and The United States: 1960-81“
Tara Schuwerk, “Making Sense of Nature: Communication and Sustainability in the Food System“
Rajni Shankar-Brown, “Examining Turnover and Supporting the Wellbeing of PreK-12 Educators in High-Poverty Public Schools”
Jean Smith, “Investigating Protein Aggregation Evolution in Fungal Species”
Joseph Woodside, “Healthcare Robotics: Autonomous Learning Models for Clinical Decision-Making“
Petros Xanthopoulos, “A minimum variance ensemble clustering algorithm based on modern portfolio theory“
John York, “Computational Modeling of Ethylene Binding to the Copper Ion in the Ethylene Receptor Protein (ETR1)”
Daniil Zavlunov, “Opera in Russia during the Reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855): A Cultural History [Phase III]“
Congratulations to all the awardees!