Dr. Reid N. Harris (Professor, Biology) received $5,000 from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for "Conservation microbial ecology of the eastern hellbender" to investigate the function of hellbender microbial communities by determining if the compositions of bacterially produced metabolites are constant and are capable of inhibiting the amphibian chytrid fungus. Harris received $920 from the National Science Foundation for "Supplemental request to Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Diversity and symbiosis: examining the taxonomic, genetic and functional diversity of amphibian skin microbiota" to fund travel to a principal investigator’s meeting at the NSF.

Dr. Margaret M. Kyger (Assistant Dean, College of Education; Associate Professor, Exceptional Education) and Dr. Brianna S. Quinn (Assistant Professor, Exceptional Education) received $29,000 from the Virginia Department of Education for "Consortium of Institutions of Higher Education in Virginia in Visual Impairments-Fiscal Year 2013" to develop and deliver courses via distance education, expand student participation and carry out administrative responsibilities for the Visual Impairments Consortium.

Dr. Christy L. Ludlow (Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders) received $50,000 from Passy-Muir Inc. for "The Passy Muir Swallowing Self Training Device to Enhance Recovery Post-Stroke" to identify which stimulation parameters will induce a greater increase in swallowing rate and the greatest cortical brain response to vibrotactile stimulation in healthy volunteers.

Gary S. Race (Fiscal Technician, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services; Director, Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence) received $361,948 from the Virginia Department of Health for "Home Visiting Consortium" to maintain the consortium website, to continue to operate its web-based training registration system and to continue to provide periodic reports on the home visiting registration.

Gary S. Race (Fiscal Technician, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services; Director, Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence) and Jane Hubbell (Associate Director, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $256,010 from the Virginia Department of Health for "HIV Consortium for Northwest Region 2012-2013" to assure the provision of comprehensive, essential health and support services for individuals and families with HIV infection.

Nick D. Swayne (Interim Director, Education Support Center; Coordinator for External Relations, College of Education; Instructor, Learning, Technology and Leadership Education) received two grants of $20,698 and $2,780 from Virginia city and county donors for the "Robotics STEM Project" to provide sponsorship of robotics teams.

Dr. Alison Bodkin (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) wrote the curation "Nursing our pinktoberfest hangover, women’s health is a joke" for In Media Res.

Dr. Joshua M. Linder (Associate Professor, Anthropology) was selected by the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners as the "Professor of the Month" for January 2013

Dr. Carlos Aleman (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) and Dr. Melissa Aleman (Professor, Communication Studies) wrote "The trouble with family stories" in the book "Mediating Cultures: Parenting in Intercultural Contexts," which was published by the Lexington Press.

Dr. Sidney R. Bland (Professor Emeritus, History) wrote "Alice Paul: Finally Getting Her Due," which was published in The Clarion, 42: 2-3 in fall 2012. 

Dr. Heather J. Carmack (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) co-authored an article with G.J. Galanes, "'He’s really setting an example': Student contributions to the learning environment," which was published in Communication Studies, 64 (1): 49-65.

Dr. Jeffrey D. Loveland (Professor, Health Sciences) co-authored an article with L.O. Gentry, "Sleep: Essential to Living Life to Its Fullest," which was published in OT Practice 18 (1): 9-14.

Dr. Sharon R. Mazzarella (Professor and Director, Communication Studies) edited "Content & representation," a volume of the International Encyclopedia of Media Studies, which was published by Blackwell in January 2013.

Dr. Mary E. O’Donnell (Assistant Professor, Spanish) published an article, "Second Language Learners’ Use of Marginal Glosses," in Foreign Language Annals (45): 543-563 in December 2012.

Dr. Susan Opt (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) wrote "Enhancing speech creativity and preparation," which was published in Communication Teacher, 26 (4): 224-227.

Dr. Timothy J. Carter (Head, Department of Sociology and Anthropology; Professor, Sociology) received $9,475 from the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation for "Middle Field Historical Archaeological Project" to focus on locating the historic north-south fence line and evaluate the adjoining terrain to search for evidence of associated military action including the possible placement of XIXth Corps battle lines.

Dr. Costel Constantin (Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy) received $3,000 from Nanoscale Informal Science Education for "Shenandoah Valley Nanoscience Outreach Collaboration" to help K-12 teachers incorporate nanoscience concepts and applications into the framework of Virginia’s Standards of Learning for Science.

Dr. Scott J. Hammond (Professor, Political Science) received the JMU Faculty Emeriti Association’s Legacy Grant in August 2012.

Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley (Administrator, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $11,150 from Page County Public Schools for "Gus Bus Site Visits" to provide weekly support in the surrounding area to encourage early learning and literacy.

Dr. Christy L. Ludlow (Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders) received $78,645 from the National Institutes of Health for "Dystonia Coalition: Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic Methods and Measures of Spasmodic Dysphonia-Year 4" to develop and validate tools to diagnose Spasmodic Dysphonia, measure severity and determine the impact of SD on disability and quality of life via a multicenter clinical study.

Amber N. McBride (IT Specialist, Furious Flower Poetry Center) received $500 from the Target Corporation for "The Furious Flower Reading Club-Target Headquarters" to use the upcoming Tribute to Toni Morrison to establish a reading club that invites students, parents and faculty members from area high schools to read and discuss poetry and prose as a community.

Dr. Jonathan W. Keller (Associate Professor, Political Science) received the 2012-2013 Madison Scholar Award for the College of Arts and Letters.

Dr. David Pruett (Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics) was selected by Choice Reviews Online for his academic work with its Outstanding Academic Titles status. Pruett’s book, "Reason and Wonder: A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit," which was published by Praeger in 2012, was one of this year’s 10 recipients in the category Science and Technology.

Dr. Jonathan W. Keller (Associate Professor, Political Science) and Dennis M. Foster wrote an article, "Presidential Leadership Style and the Political Use of Force," which was published in the October 2012 issue of Political Psychology.

Dr. Denise C. Perritt (Associate Professor, Strategic Leadership Studies) wrote an article, "Using Faculty Survey Data to Make School Improvement Decisions: One School’s Story," which was published in the National Teacher Education Journal 6 (1) in February 2013.

Cheryl L. Henderson (Co-Director, Training/Technical Assistance Center) and Carol A. Wiegle (Coordinator, T/TAC) received $1,782 from the Virginia Department of Education for "T/TAC Speech Language Institute" to support professional development for speech-language pathologists.

Dr. Elizabeth A. Johnson (Assistant Professor, Geology and Environmental Science) received $81,485 from the National Science Foundation for "Collaborative Research: Virginia’s Volcanoes: A Window into Eastern North America Mantle Processes" to constrain the response of the mantle and changes within the base of the lithosphere following rifting under Eastern North America and to evaluate the contributions of tectonic inheritance to the dynamics of the passive margin.

Dr. Toni S. Whitfield (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) and Dr. Corey Hickerson (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) published "The difficult transition? Teaching, research, service: Examining the preparedness of communication faculty entering the academe" in The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 13(1).

Dr. Daniel M. Downey (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry) received $10,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to inventory the water quality of forest streams and monitor the effects on stream water chemistry of implementing the management as developed in the forest plans.

Dr. Elizabeth S. Edwards (Assistant Professor, Kinesiology) received $1,750 from the LPGA Foundation to support the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf of Harrisonburg, Va., at JMU.

Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley (Administrator, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $69,700 from the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority for the Cultural Diversity in Healthcare Scholarship Program to partner with public and private schools focusing on high-priority target areas to introduce under-represented minority students to health careers, to increase their interest in pursuing health professions and to increase success in school through parent education, student goal setting and individual barrier reduction, with the long-term goal of increasing the diversity of the healthcare workforce.

Dr. Cynthia A. Klevickis (Professor, Integrated Science and Technology) and Dr. David A. Slykhuis (Associate Professor, Middle, Secondary and Mathematics Education) received $24,562 from the Virginia Department of Education to conduct summer workshops and support teachers with curriculum implementation of the integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics and engineering design activities into their mathematics and science classrooms that are aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning.

Dr. Jonathan J. Miles (Professor, Integrated Science and Technology) received $24,855 from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to lead an interdisciplinary team of students to design and construct a lightweight, transportable wind turbine that can be used to power small electronic devices.

Dr. Jacquelyn K. Nagel (Assistant Professor, Engineering) received $8,496 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide an undergraduate student with research experience at the laboratories of the institute.

Dr. Ronald W. Raab (Professor, Integrated Science and Technology) received $20,000 from LUNA Innovations to develop a novel protein purification system that can ultimately be adapted to large-scale production of kilogram quantities of protein.

Gary S. Race (Grants Administrator, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services; Director, Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence) and Jane Hubbell (Associate Director, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $369,856 from the Virginia Department of Health to assure the provision of comprehensive, essential health and support services for individuals and families with HIV infection.

Dr. Trevor F. Stokes (Director, Alvin V. Baird Attention and Learning Disabilities Center; Professor, Graduate Psychology) received $35,500 from the Shenandoah Valley Regional Program to provide student internships for educational experience through involvement in professional activities in the area of applied behavior analysis within the school districts associated with the program.

Nick D. Swayne (Interim Director, Education Support Center; Coordinator for External Relations, College of Education; Instructor, Learning, Technology and Leadership Education) received $1,000 from Science Applications International Corp. to provide sponsorship of robotics teams for the FIRST Lego League.

Dr. Margaret F. Sloan (Assistant Professor, Strategic Leadership Studies) and Wenli Yan of Virginia Commonwealth University presented the findings of their research study, “The Impact of Employee Compensation and Financial Efficiency on Membership Organization Donations,” at the Western Social Sciences Association Annual Conference in Denver in April. Their participation in the conference was supported by a $2,441 grant from the ASAE Foundation.

Dr. Christine L. May (Assistant Professor, Biology), Dr. L. Scott Eaton (Professor, Geology and Environmental Science), Joshua J. Roering of the University of Oregon and Kelly Burnett of the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station wrote an article, “Controls on valley width in mountainous landscapes: The role of landsliding and implications for salmonid habitat,” which was published in Geology in April.

Dr. Christy L. Ludlow (Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders) has been appointed as chairperson of the Motor Function, Speech and Rehabilitation Study Section for the Center for Scientific Review. The two-year position requires high competence and achievement in the researcher’s scientific discipline and members are selected based on quality of research, publications in scientific journals and other significant activities, achievements and honors.

Dr. David Slykhuis (Associate Professor, Middle, Secondary and Mathematics Education) was elected to a five-year term as president of the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education at the organization’s March meeting. SITE’s membership represents 450 universities, 80 percent of which are in the United States.

Dr. Steven J. Whitmeyer (Associate Professor, Geology and Environmental Science) has been selected to serve a four-year term as science co-editor for GSA Today, the Geological Society of America’s science and news magazine published monthly for members and other earth scientists. Whitmeyer’s term begins Jan. 1, 2014.

Dr. Timothy Ball (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) and Dr. S. Jeanne Horst (Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology; Assistant Assessment Specialist, Center for Assessment and Research Studies) were awarded a $5,050 summer grant from the JMU General Education Program to create critical thinking analogs in Cluster One courses.

Dr. Dabney Bankert (Professor, English) received $50,400 from the National Endowment for the Arts for a fellowship for study of “British Writer Joseph Bosworth’s Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language (1838) and the Development of Anglo-Saxon Studies.” The award supports the completion of Bankert’s monograph, the first to study the origins, compilation and influence of Bosworth’s seminal work.

Dr. Reid N. Harris (Professor, Biology) and Molly C. Bletz (Master’s Graduate) received $24,971 from the Mohamed bin Zayed Foundation for “Mitigating the potential extinction crisis of Malagasy frog communities from chytridiomycosis: Selection of probiotics that inhibit Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.” Harris and Bletz received $944 from the Tree Walkers International Amphibian Conservation Partnership Fund to investigate the transmission and maintenance of anti-Bd bacteria on amphibians and the importance of environmental reservoirs for probiotic conservation strategies and to address biosafety concerns of bioaugmentation.

Dr. Jonathan D. Monroe (Professor, Biology) received $112,318 from the National Science Foundation for “RUI: Beta-amylases and transitory starch metabolism in Arabidopsis leaves” to characterize the physiological functions of five plastid-targeted Beta-amylases in Arabidopsis.

Dr. Justin J. Henriques (Assistant Professor, Engineering) received $34,362 from the Joint Global Change Research Institute to support infrastructure vulnerability assessments being conducted at several military installations in the mid-Atlantic region, initially focusing on the U.S. Naval Academy.

Dr. Manal A. Jamal (Assistant Professor, Political Science) received $10,000 from Georgetown University for “The ‘Other Arab’ and Gulf Citizens: The Facade of Mutual Accommodation in Historical Context” to stimulate the collection of reliable data and the production of sound analysis on the subject of Arab migrant communities in the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Dr. Reid J. Linn (Dean, Graduate School), Cheryl L. Henderson (Co-Director, Training/Technical Assistance Center) and John T. McNaught (Coordinator, Training/Technical Assistance Center) received $45,000 from the Virginia Department of Education for “Transition Slide Guide – I’m Determined Application” to enable students to identify and adequately communicate areas of need and to empower teachers through garnering a feedback learning loop on how best to cater to students’ needs.

Dr. Robert L. Nagel (Assistant Professor, Engineering) received $30,982 from General Motors Co. to understand and provide the methodology for using customer perception of failure and function as indicators to actual system failures, to focus on scalability of the approach, applying the methodology to a vehicle sub-system as well as developing the framework for the service technician product diagnostic tool.

Dr. Stacey L. Pavelko (Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders) and Dr. Carol C. Dudding (Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders) received $9,471 from the Virginia Department of Education for “The Impact of High-Quality Professional Development for Public School Speech-Language Pathologists.”

Dr. Kenneth R. Rutherford (Director, Center for International Stabilization and Recovery; Professor, Political Science) received $263,100 from the U.S. Department of State to improve the lives and well being of Syrian refugees residing in Jordan by carrying out a theatrical program that combines messages addressing issues relevant to daily life as refugees with explosive remnants of war and land mine awareness messages. Rutherford received $34,446 from Fibertek Inc. to enhance the Unexploded Ordinance Center of Excellence database with information on the needs of and latest developments in the humanitarian demining community, including academics, foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations and commercial entities. He received $19,993 from the World Bank to provide data covering calendar years 2010, 2011 and 2012 to the World Bank land mine/explosive remnants of war database and to make mine action experts available to provide overall guidance for the project.

Dr. James M. Shaeffer (Associate Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement) and Donald R. Sullenberger (Chief Executive Officer, Shenandoah Valley Partnership) received $266,283 from the partnership to provide economic development support services for its regional members, prospects, existing businesses and the partnership.

Dr. James M. Shaeffer (Associate Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement) received $2,000 from the Verizon Foundation for the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council Gala/Tech Nite 13.

William L. Simmons (Patrol Officer, Public Safety and Police) received $1,000 from Walmart to purchase equipment that will help educate the JMU Police Cadets with workforce readiness training and job-related skills.

Dr. Lee G. Sternberger (Associate Provost, Academic Affairs; Executive Director, International Programs), Dr. Brillian Muhonja (Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures), Robert E. Pettit (Head and Professor, Military Science), Dr. Jennifer E. Coffman (Associate Executive Director, International Programs; Associate Professor, Integrated Science and Technology) and Dr. Giuliana Fazzion (Head and Professor, Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures) received $60,310 from the Institute of International Education Inc. for “Project GO” to recruit ROTC students to learn Swahili and cultures of East Africa.

Nick D. Swayne (Interim Director, Education Support Center; Coordinator for External Relations, College of Education; Instructor, Learning, Technology and Leadership Education) received $800 from Virginia city and county donors to provide sponsorship of robotics teams.

Michael Grundmann (Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Design) was one of 25 finalists in a national Great Ideas for Teaching competition held by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Dr. M. Joseph Hinshaw (Associate Professor, Media Arts and Design) won an Award of Distinction from the Communicator Awards for the series of videos he produced for the Forbes Center, “A Day in the Life of the Forbes Center.” This international award honors marketing and communications work. The competition, run by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, drew approximately 6,000 entries.

Shelly L. Hokanson (Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Design) won several awards in national exhibitions for images from her “Dichotomy of Self” body of work, including second place overall for the image “Curiouser and Curiouser” in the national juried mixed-media exhibit “Mad World” at Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights, Ill., and the Top Juror’s Choice Award for the image “We’re All Mad Here” in the Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Photography Exhibition in Lynchburg, Va. She also earned an Honorable Mention for “We’re All Mad Here” in the Petersburg Regional Art Center’s National Juried All-Media Exhibition in Petersburg, Va.

Kevin J. Reynolds (Associate Professor, Media Arts and Design) received an Award of Excellence in the narrative short film category of the Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts for his short film “The Gone Friend.”

Dr. Timothy Ball (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) presented “Developing a measure of students’ attitudes towards communication” at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Communication Association’s Basic Course Conference in Pittsburgh in April.

Dr. Alison A. Bodkin (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) presented and received a top paper award for “An ethnographic study of communication center pedagogy” at the National Association for Communication Centers in Greensboro, N.C., in March.

Dr. Heather J. Carmack (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) and co-author Dr. Sarah Heiss of the University of Vermont presented the Top-Paper in the Interpretation and Performance Studies Division, “Performing with food: Relationships between food, women’s performance of ‘good mother,’ and childhood health outcomes,” at the 2013 Annual Meeting Eastern Communication Association in Pittsburgh in April. Carmack and co-authors Shireen Bedi of George Mason University and Sarah N. Heiss of the University of Vermont presented “Socializing international students to U.S. health: Memorable health messages and university health clinics” at the same meeting. Carmack and co-author Dr. Matthew Vorell of St. Cloud State University presented “Healing the healer: Stress and coping strategies in the field of temporary medical work” at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association in Kansas City, Mo., in April.

Dr. Timothy Ball (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) and Dr. Rozanne Leppington (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) published “Community-building learning groups in an online course: A study of functional moves” in The Northwest Journal of Communication, 41(1), 137-160.

Rustin P. Greene (Professor, Media Arts and Design) participated as a lecturer at MISR International University in Cairo for two weeks in October 2012. This was
his second visit to MIU, where he taught screenplay writing and directing, as well as conducting program review. In April, he attended the annual convention of the Broadcast Education Association and moderated a panel called “Opportunities and Challenges Producing Student Movies With DSLR Technology.” He also presented on two other panels, “How DSLRs Expand And Enrich Directors’ Vision” and “Wherever You Go In The World, It’s Still Your University: Teaching Abroad With Your Own University.”

Dr. Frank B. Kalupa (Professor, Communication Studies) and Dr. Chang Wan “Isaac” Woo (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) presented a paper co-authored with S. Gorpe, “Professional perspectives: An international study of professionalism, ethics, and the social value of public relations,” at the 11th International Symposium, “Communication in Millennium,” in St. Cloud, Minn., in May.

Thomas J. McHardy (Professor, Media Arts and Design) gave a presentation on “Preparing Students for DSLR Production of Short Films” at the 2013 convention of the Broadcast Education Association.

Dr. C. Leigh Nelson (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) and Dr. Eric M. Fife (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) presented “Is He or She My Best Potential Partner?: A Social Exchange Theory Exercise for the Interpersonal Unit” at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Communication Association in Pittsburgh in April.

Paige Normand (Instructor, Media Arts and Design) presented on a panel, “Avenues for New Media Consultations,” at the 20th Anniversary Symposium for the Undergraduate Writing Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Kevin J. Reynolds (Associate Professor, Media Arts and Design) presented “DSLR Story Design & Production Concerns” on a panel at the Broadcast Education Association convention in April in Las Vegas.

Dr. Jennifer A. Taylor (Assistant Professor, Political Science) presented the Blue Star Families Annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey to the House and Senate Military Family Caucus at the Capitol on May 16. The full report can be downloaded at http://www.bluestarfam.org/policy.

Shaun Wright (Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Design) produced a feature-length documentary film, “Higher Power,” which was screened at the 2012 Kansas International Film Festival. The film examines the issue of electrical pollution. Wright presented “DSLR Video Post-Production: Workflow Challenges and Color Correction Strategies” at the Broadcast Education Association convention in Las Vegas in April.

Dr. M. Joseph Hinshaw (Associate Professor, Media Arts and Design), along with co-author Ron Osgood, published the second edition of his textbook, “Visual Storytelling: Videography and Post Production in the Digital Age.” In addition, they converted the DVD that accompanied the first edition of the book into a website
for the second edition. Both Yvette Shen (Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Design) and Shelly L. Hokanson (Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Design) contributed work on the website.

Dr. George C. Johnson (Professor, Media Arts and Design) completed an edited BluRay version of  “An Artist’s Journey to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: The Photography
of Gary Freeburg.” The video was exhibited at the University of Alaska-Kenai campus on Sept. 9, 2012.

Dr. Alexander S. Leidholdt (Professor, Media Arts and Design) wrote an article, “Showdown on Mr. Jefferson’s Lawn: Contesting Jim Crow during the University of Virginia’s Protodesegregation,” which was accepted for publication in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.

Dr. Jon M. Thompson (Professor, Health Sciences; Director, Health Services Administration) co-wrote an article, “A Profile of Hospitals with Leadership Development Programs,” which was published in The Health Care Manager, 32(2): 179-188, April-June 2013.

Dr. Alexandra M. Vilela (Associate Professor, Media Arts and Design) has co-written, with colleagues at other universities, two book chapters and one encyclopedia “chapter.” The works are “Now starring brand x: Product placement as local, global, and glocal branding communication tool” in The Handbook of International Advertising Research (Wiley-Blackwell); “Bic for her and crisps for him: Contemporary gendered targeting and representation in advertising around the world” in “Media (Dis)parity: Battle of the Sexes” (Lexington Books); and “Gender-role portrayal in TV advertising” in the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research (Springer). The three pieces discuss gender and advertising in the international media context.

Dr. Luis Betancourt (Associate Professor, Accounting) received $162,496 from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to serve as a research resource to the commission in the area of conducting, evaluating and interpreting empirical, behavioral and analytical research in auditing and accounting.

Dr. Florian P. Buchholz (Associate Professor, Computer Science) and Dr. M. Hossain Heydari (Professor, Computer Science) received $900,610 from the National Science Foundation to provide scholarship support for undergraduate students for a bachelor of science degree in computer science and information security certification and to provide scholarship support for graduate students for a master’s degree in computer science with a concentration in digital forensics.

Dr. Julia W. Carr (Senior Associate Director, University Recreation; Associate Professor, Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management) received two grants of $14,910 each from Blue Ridge Community College to oversee two graduate students’ internships experiences provided by BRCC’s Fitness and Recreation Center.

Dr. Beth A. Eck (Head, Sociology and Anthropology; Associate Professor, Sociology) received $6,216 from Carmeuse Lime & Stone to complete the archaeological assessments on the Middle Marsh Parcel.

Kimberley A. Foreman (Associate Dean, College of Business; Lecturer, Accounting) received $313,967 from the Institute of Certified Professional Managers to maintain the organization’s national headquarters on the campus of JMU.

Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley (Administrator, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $489,866 from the Virginia Department of Health for the Shenandoah Valley Child Development Clinic to provide specialized medical, psychological, psychosocial, educational and speech/language/audiology services to children and young adults under the age of 21 in fiscal year 2014. Hartzler-Weakley received $32,687 from the Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, for “A Multi-State Analysis of the Impact of HIV Exposure Laws (Year 4)” to recruit statewide samples of people living with HIV and HIV-negative persons at high risk for the infection for data collection sessions.

Joyce H. Krech (Director, Small Business Development Center) received $426,253 from the U.S. Small Business Administration, $2,500 from the City of Lexington, Va., and $500 from Highland County, Va., to support the Central Region Small Business Development Center.

Dr. M. Ioana Niculescu (Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy), Dr. Kevin L. Giovanetti (Professor, Physics and Astronomy) and Dr. Gabriel Niculescu (Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy) received $105,000 from the National Science Foundation for “RUI: Probing Subatomic Physics via Lepton Interactions” to explore the transition between the perturbative and the non-perturbative regimes, quark confinement and hadronization, and measurements of fundamental quantities.

Dr. Cynthia R. O’Donoghue (Head and Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders) received $45,500 from the Scottish Rite Foundation of Virginia to continue support of the JMU-Scottish Rite Language Disorders Clinic in fiscal year 2014.

Dr. James M. Shaeffer (Associate Vice Provost, Outreach and Engagement) received $47,415 from the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council to support the salary for the council coordinator/director, an assistant and operational expenses.

Dr. James M. Shaeffer (Associate Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement) and Donald R. Sullenberger (Chief Executive Officer, Shenandoah Valley Partnership) received $266,283 from the partnership to provide economic development support services for its regional members, prospects, existing businesses and the partnership in fiscal year 2014.

Dr. Michael L. Stoloff (Associate Dean, College of Health and Behavioral Studies; Professor, Psychology) and Dr. Joann H. Grayson (Professor Emerita, Psychology) received $48,413 from the Virginia Department of Social Services to publish and distribute the Virginia Child Protection Newsletter throughout Virginia in fiscal year 2014.

Nick D. Swayne (Coordinator for External Relations, College of Education; Interim Director, Education Support Center; Instructor, Learning, Technology and Leadership Education) received $30,000 from Rockwell Collins Charitable Corp. to help promote growth of the FIRST LEGO League in Washington, D.C., as well as in rural areas and school divisions with Title I designation. Swayne received $2,000 from Virginia city and county donors to provide sponsorship of robotics teams.

Dr. Rhonda M. Zingraff (Associate Dean, College of Health and Behavioral Studies; Director, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $6,230 from Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery Inc. to provide services to individuals affected by brain injuries, maximizing rehabilitation and contributing to the community.

Dr. David Owusu-Ansah (Professor, History; Special Assistant to the President for Faculty Diversity), Dr. Mark Sey of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana) and Dr. Abbdulai Iddrisu of St. Olaf College wrote “Islamic Learning, the State and the Challenges of Education in Ghana,” a book published by Africa World Press.

Emily K. Akerson (Associate Director, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $800 from the Shenandoah County Community Service Act for “Healthy Families Shenandoah County” to continue to meet the needs of at-risk families by providing education, resources and support.

Dr. Jo Anne Brewster (Professor, Graduate Psychology) received $3,300 from the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology to perform administrative tasks for the society.

Dr. Daniel M. Downey (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Dr. Gina M. MacDonald (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry) received $63,189 from the National Science Foundation to provide undergraduate chemistry research students with the opportunity to develop improved communication tools and methods in science, as well as enhance day-to-day communication between hearing and deaf students.

Dr. Beth A. Eck (Head, Sociology and Anthropology; Professor, Sociology) received $41,018 from Carmeuse Lime & Stone to complete the archaeological investigations at the Stickley Quarter Site on the Middle Marsh parcel west of Middletown, Va.

Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley (Administrator, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $113,211 from DuPont for Promotores as health information specialists to increase knowledge of fish consumption advisories and the possible health effects of mercury exposure within the Spanish- and Kurdish/Arabic-speaking immigrants throughout the Shenandoah Valley. Hartzler-Weakley received $40,000 from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Community Services Board to provide interpretation services to non-English-speaking clients.

Dr. W. Christopher Hughes (Professor, Physics) and Dr. Brian H. Augustine (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry) received $112,666 from the National Science Foundation for “RUI: Modification and characterization of polymer surfaces with applications in microfluidic neural circuit development” to use a range of experimental and theoretical tools to predict, design and optimize experimental conditions resulting in polymeric surfaces which stimulate improved metal and cellular adhesion.

Dr. Christine L. May (Assistant Professor, Biology) received $1,000 from the National Wildlife Federation to test the relationship between predatory brook trout and sculpin on the aquatic invertebrate prey species, stonefly, and the role that sedimentation takes in that relationship.

Dr. Carole L. Nash (Assistant Professor, Integrated Science and Technology; Affiliate Faculty, Sociology and Anthropology; Instructor, Geography) received $50,000 from the National Park Service to provide archaeological services for Shenandoah National Park.

Gary S. Race (Grants Administrator, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $41,069 from Rockingham Memorial Hospital for Home Visiting Consortium training development to offer motivational interviewing to home visiting staff with families with children in out-of-home placement or at risk for out-of-home placement due to substance abuse.

Dr. Brian C. Utter (Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy) received $37,768 from the National Science Foundation to understand the influence of surface chemistry on the jamming and flowing of submerged granular flows.

Dr. Steven J. Whitmeyer (Associate Professor, Geology and Environmental Science) and Dr. Shelley J. Whitmeyer (Instructor, Geology and Environmental Science) received $21,984 from Google for “Using Google Earth to Model Geologic Change Through Time” to facilitate the development of time- and space-dependent geoscience and environmental educational modules.

Dr. Steven J. Whitmeyer (Associate Professor, Geology and Environmental Science) has been named a fellow by the Geological Society of America.

Dr. Peter K. Bsumek (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) presented “Competing Rhetorics in Contemporary U.S. Coal Controversies,” with co-authors Steve Schwarze of the University of Montana, Jen Schneider of the Colorado School of Mines and Jennifer Peeples of Utah State University, at the Annual Meeting of the Conference on Communication and the Environment in Uppsala, Sweden, in June.

Dr. Heather J. Carmack (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) published “More than just good grades: Dialectical tensions in the construction of good student identity,” with co-author Dr. Gloria Galanes of Missouri State University, in Qualitative Communication Research, 2(1), 81-108.

Dr. Heather J. Carmack (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) published “‘It may not be pretty, but it’s honest’: Examining embodied parental grief on the Callapitter blog,” with co-author Dr. Jocelyn DeGroot of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, in Death Studies, 37(5), 448-470.

Dr. Bernd Kaussler (Associate Professor, Political Science) wrote “Iran’s Nuclear Diplomacy: Power Politics and Conflict Resolution,” which was published by Routledge in June as part of its New Diplomacy Series.