Research/Creative Activity Grants Committee

FUNDED as of 12-6-05

2006-2007 RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY

SUMMER STIPENDS, PROJECT EXPENSE GRANTS

AND DUAL SUMMER STIPENDS AND PROJECT EXPENSE GRANTS

Type:    SS-Summer Stipend       P-Project Expense     D-Dual Summer Stipend and Project Expense

 

 

2006-    Name                           Unit                  Proposal Title                                                              Type    Amount    

 

02         Alderman, Derek            Geography        The politics of commemorating slavery within the        D          $13,851

Africa American community: A case study of

      Savannah, Georgia  

 

03         Capehart, Anthony         Biology             Protacadherin function in the developing chick                  D          $19,623

 

07         Katsoulis, Elias             Math                 Dynamical systems, graphs and operator algebras           S          $14,041

 

10         Calhoun, Charles           History              The presidential election of 1888                                      S          $16,367

 

15         Izzo, Francesco             Music               Laughter between two revolutions:  Opera buffa in             S          $8,715

Itally, 1831 - 1848   

 

26         Deena, Seodial              English             “Phillip Mohabir: Interracial, intercultural, and              D          $14,085

international reconciler and bridge-builder”

 

38         McConnell, Thomas       Biology             Order of assembly of immune response proteins in           D          $24,151

the channel catfish (lctalurus punctatus)

 

42         Scemama, Jean-Luc      Biology             Regulation and function of Hoxa2a, a2b and b2a genes     D          $21,708

during the development of the Cichlid tilapia   

 

50         Hecimovich, Gregg         English             Searching for Hannah Crafts: A film documentary        D          $19,335

 

55         Georgakilas,                  Biology             Is mercury efficient in inducing oxidative clustered DNA     D          $20,170

Alexandros                                            damage in human haematopoietic cells?

 

65         Wang, Yong                  Geography        The estimation of above-ground biomass of coniferous D          $14,530

                                                                        forests on the flood plain of NC using remotely sensed

data sets: the opportunity and challenge to assess the

biomass of southern yellow pine forests in the

Southeast of US     

 

68         Sargent, Andrew            Chemistry         Investigating the role of solvent in a catalytic                     S          $12,170

chemical transformation 

 

79         Valko, Jennifer               For Lang           Marketing, journalism and nation building: The role            D          $11,830

of the Argentinisches Tageblatt in the Argentine

Immigration Industry (1874-1908)

 

80         Bugos, Jennifer              Music               The effects of active versus passive music instruction D          $19,110

on executive processes

 

82         Cortright, Ronald            HHP                 Dysregulated skeletal muscle lipid metabolism in             D          $21,432

African-American women


 

 

Research/Creative Activity Grants Committee

ADDITIONAL GRANTS FUNDED as of 1-31-06

2006-2007 RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY

SUMMER STIPENDS, PROJECT EXPENSE GRANTS

AND DUAL SUMMER STIPENDS AND PROJECT EXPENSE GRANTS

Type:    SS-Summer Stipend       P-Project Expense     D-Dual Summer Stipend and Project Expense

 

 

2006-    Name                           Unit                  Proposal Title                                                              Type    Amount    

 

41         Pease, Patrick               Geography        The influence of topography on wind flow                    D          $10,000

characteristics and sediment erosion in costal dune

systems

 

53         Jantzen, Chris               Math                 Induced representations for p-adic groups                   S          $10,749

 

72         Overton, Anthony           Biology             Spatial variation of trophic position and diet of juvenile D          $20,914

fishes in Albermarle Sound, NC: A stable isotope

approach

 

78         Carroll, Katherine           Interior Des        Relationships between physical limitations and practical   D          $14,726

clothing solutions for business and professional women

with disabilities

 

06         Bin, Okmyung               Economics        The impact of Riparian buffer rules on real estate        S          $14,663

markets:  Evidence from the Neuse River Basin         

 

30         Gross, Kevin                  CDFR               Adolescent competence and parenting styles             S          $9,990

 

59         Gross, Michael              History              Hell on earth: Catholic missionary sermons and religious   D          $16,038

terror in nineteenth-century Germany

 

16         Yang, Yu                       Chemistry         Destruction of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls in               D          $23,237

                                                                        subcritical water

 

54         Leebrick, Gilbert            Art & Design      Eastern NC: land in transition                                          P          $9,526

 

66         Theurer, Britton              Music               Brass chamber music of Britton Theurer performed and     P          $9,600

recorded by the Meridian Arts Ensemble

 

67         Tucker, John                  History              Bushido as an invented tradition                                      S          $11,400

 

46         Dolbier, Christyn            Psychology       Enhancement of immunocompetence in individuals           D          $20,979      

under chronic stress