Summer Fund Grant Recipients
Recipients of the College of Arts & Sciences Summer Grant 2008
| Name | Department | Project |
| Jason Aleksander | Philosophy | To learn Italian to continue research for a manuscript on the contributions of Renaissance philosophy to the historical development of early modern philosophy. Research for an Environmental Studies minor |
| Khaled Alzoubi | Computer Science | Continue research on Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, attend conferences, and develop proposal for a 4 + 1 master's program |
| Florence Appel/Jim Aman | Computer Science | Offer a two day workshop for K-12 teachers of computer science and computer-related curricula |
| Phyllis Anderson-Meyer | Chemistry | Research for an Environmental Studies minor |
| Christopher Appelt | Biological Sciences | Co-present with students at the joint meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, Cooper Ornithological Society and Canadian Society of Ornithologists in August 2008. Research for an Environmental Studies minor |
| Jacqueline Battalora | Sociology | Continue interviewing and filming of women workers for ongoing Gender at Work project |
| Karen Benjamin | History/Political Science | Research trip to several archives in the Carolinas in support of two scholarly manuscripts |
| Aaron Canty | Religious Studies | Research trips to Notre Dame's Medieval Institute and acquisition of microfilms or CD-ROMs of unedited medieval texts to continue research on the origins and development of the medieval concept of a bodily gift. |
| Sudha Chellamma | Chemistry | Attend the Electrochemical Society meeting in Arizona. |
| Avis Clendenen | Religious Studies | Complete transfer of medieval mystics color slides to PowerPoint files and continued work on Hildegard manuscripts including copyright fees |
| D. Liane Cochran-Stafira | Biological Sciences | Purchase equipment and supplies needed to support ongoing research in the evolutionary ecology of species and communities in fragmented habitats. |
| Alison Fraunhar | Art & Design | Research |
| Alberta Gatti | English/Foreign Languages | Acquisition of books and films for preparation of new course entitled "Literary Responses to Armed Conflict" |
| Monte Gerlach | Art & Design | Service |
| John Jones | Biological Sciences | Continued work on E. rhusiopathieae in dolphins and whales and analysis of podcasting as instructional tool. |
| Aisha Karim | English/Foreign Languages | Conduct continuing research in London relative to the aftermath of the publication of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses. |
| Pamela Klick | Communication Sciences & Disorders |
Participate in the 2008 Carlow Round Table in Ireland focused on Mercy higher education and give two presentations |
| Randolph Krohmer | Biological Sciences | Present a paper at the Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Montreal and take students to the Reis Biological Field Station to pilot the field protion of a new course, Natural History of Vertebrates. |
| Troy Martin | Religious Studies | Conduct research at Regenstein Library in order to revise papers for publication and to write a new article in the field of Pauline studies. |
| Ricardo Monzon | Biology | Conduct research related to zebrafish development with funds to support commercial lab services, assay kits for zebrafish analysis, and travel expenses to UIC. |
| Arthur Morton | Philosophy | Present paper at the 35th International Hume conference in Iceland in August. |
| Michael Rabe | ART | Travel to India for ongoing research related to Buddhist statuary in preparation for a conference in October |
| Iman Saca | Sociology | Continue work on the Community Archaeology Project in Palestine started in 2006. |
| Tatiana Tatum | Biological Sciences | Conduct field work with students as part of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC) research team in support of the Bio-Politics honors course. |
| Thomas Thorp | Philosophy | Conduct field work with students as part of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC) research team in support of the Bio-Politics honors course. |
| Bindhu Varughese | Chemistry | Attend the 15th international symposium of the Carotenoids Society in Japan. |
| Olga Vilella | English/Foreign Languages | Research on the work of writer Luis Bonafoux in collections in Puerto Rico and acquire reproduction rights for photographs for revised edition of the Dirty Wars manuscript. |
| James Walker | Communication | Research trip to Cooperstown and Broadcasters Archive at the Univeristy of Maryland to begin work on a scholarly book that documents the earlier history of the coverage of Major League Baseball on the radio. |
| Abdul Wazwaz | Mathematics | Continue ongoing research, publications, and conference participation related to second edition of your book on integral equations and work on solitary waves theory. |
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