CSU, Chico Faculty Receive Development, Research and Creative Arts Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2007
Kathleen McPartland
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Katie Milo, Interim
Vice Provost for Research
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CSU, Chico Faculty Receive Development, Research and Creative Arts Grants
Faculty awardees of internal research grants were announced last week by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at California State University, Chico. Faculty entered a campuswide competition for either professional development awards or CSU research grants.
The professional development awards were evaluated by the Faculty Research and Support Committee, and the CSU research proposals were evaluated by the Research and Sponsored Programs Research Committee.
"The richness of these research and creative activities demonstrates the varied interests of our faculty," said Katie Milo, interim vice provost for research. "Their work on these projects will enhance their teaching, serve our community and bring positive recognition to our campus."
The faculty recipients are listed below:
Professional Development Awards 2007
Keiko Goto, Biological Sciences, Perspectives on Food Habits, Acculturation and Health among Hmong Women
Stephanie A. Hamel, Communication Arts and Sciences, The Health of Volunteerism in the North State
Aaron Quinn, Journalism, Rehabilitating Journalism
Nanette Wylde, Art and Art History, Stimulating Critical Thinking: Project Completion
CSU Research and Creative Arts Awards 2007
Sara E. Cooper, Humanities & Fine Arts Humor and Post-Revolutionary Cuba: Knowing Cuba, Knowing Cubans
Sergei Fomin, Math, Preparation of the textbook, "Mathematical Modeling of Mass Transport in Complex Media"
Todd J. Greene, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Outcrop Characterization of the Lower Tuscan Formation: Understanding the Aquifer of Butte County
Lynn Marie Houston, English, Mad Cow Disease as Cultural Crisis
Tanya W. Komas, Concrete Industry Management, Historic Concrete Investigations at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France
Matthew Looper, Art and Art History, Color Images for "Ancient Maya Dance" Book
Suzanne B. Miller, Communication Arts and Sciences, Errors with practice: Evidence of age-related inefficiency in memory.
Sherrow Pinder, Political Science, Welfare, Workfare, Single Mothers and their Re-entry into the Workplace: Canada and the United States
Lisa Quinn (from Sp.2006), Psychological Counseling and Wellness Ctr., Engaging high-risk youth through cultural preservation
Masami Toku, Art and Art History, Children’s Minds and Society: Tradition and Innovation in Visual Culture
Andrea K. White, Biological Sciences, Investigation of Phosphorus Nutrient Cycling in Soil Bacteria
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