June 2012 Scholarly News
Submit scholarly news—publications, paper presentations and professional
awards and service (appointment to boards, etc.)—to Janet Smith in
Public Affairs at smithjl@jmu.edu or 568-8008.
GRANTS
Emily K. Akerson (Associate Director, Institute for
Innovation in Health and Human Services) and Jane Hubbell (Associate Director, Institute for Innovation in
Health and Human Services) received $17,751 from the Shenandoah County
Department of Social Services for "Healthy Families Shenandoah County –
Safe and Stable Families Support" for fiscal year 2013 to meet the needs
of at-risk families by providing education, resources and support.
Dr. John T. Almarode (Assistant Professor, Early, Elementary
and Reading Education) received $228,000 from the Office of the Governor to
support the planning and development process for the implementation of a
partnership laboratory school.
Dr. Brian H. Augustine (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
and Dr. W. Christopher Hughes (Professor,
Physics and Astronomy) received $7,959 from the National Science Foundation for
"RET Supplement: Kinetics and Surface Modification of Nanocomposite
Polymer Thin Films" to continue to develop microfluidic kits that can be
used in high-school classrooms to demonstrate standard chemical processes such
as acid-base or precipitation reactions on the microscale and laminar flow in
low Reynolds number microfluidic environments.
Dr. Susan K. Barnes (Assistant Professor, Early, Elementary
and Reading Education) received $37,593 from the Virginia Department of
Education for the Council for Preparing Educators of All Young Children to
serve as an interdisciplinary, collaborate forum for the ongoing development
and networking of professionals who provide in-service and pre-service
professional development to personnel focusing their work on all young
children, ages birth to 8 years.
Dr. Steven G. Cresawn (Assistant Professor, Biology) received
$16,767 from the National Institutes of Health for "Mycobacteriophage as
an emerging model organism" to further the development of a database to
hold mycobacteriophage genome sequences and gene expression data.
Dr. Daniel M. Downey (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
received $10,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to
continue inventorying water quality of forest streams and ponds and monitoring
the effects on stream water chemistry. Downey
received $10,000 from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for
"Water Quality Monitoring for Southwestern Virginia Waters: Little
Tumbling Creek and Lake Keokee" to provide analyses of the water chemistry
of the creek for two years post liming and to provide water and sediment
chemistry analyses of the lake.
Dr. John R. Gentile (Professor, Integrated Science and
Technology) received $12,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest
Service to monitor wilderness resource conditions related to visitor use levels
and patterns through inventory of campsite conditions in the St. Mary's and
Ramsey's Draft Wildernesses within the George Washington National Forest.
Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley (Administrator, Institute for Innovation
in Health and Human Services) received $57,500 from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham
County Health Department for "Abstinence Education" to implement the
Choosing the Best curriculum in sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade classrooms at
Thomas Harrison and Skyline middle schools during the 2012-13 academic year. Hartzler-Weakley received $1,375 from
the Virginia Department of Health to support the implementation of Project
Connect in Virginia to improve health response to domestic and sexual violence.
Dr. Christy L. Ludlow (Professor, Communication Sciences and
Disorders) received $194,010 from Passy-Muir Inc. for research associate
support to assist the company with bringing a product to market.
Dr. Jonathan J. Miles (Professor, Integrated Science and
Technology) received $234,051 from the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals
and Energy to continue micro-meteorological modeling effort at Suffolk and CBBT
sites, to conduct predevelopment tasks at HRSD, to provide operating support
for a new training and testing facility, to continue curriculum planning,
development and implementation; and to conduct an additional three months of
WRAMS modeling with WeatherFlow support.
Dr. Jonathan J. Miles (Professor, Integrated Science and
Technology), Dr. Remy Pangle (Outreach
and Education Director, Virginia Center for Wind Energy), Dr. James W. Wilson (Assistant Professor, Integrated Science and
Technology) and Dr. S. Keith Holland (Assistant
Professor, Engineering) received $51,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to
formalize the Wind Applications Center at JMU and to employ a novel Wind for
Schools facilitation scheme for K-12 schools in Virginia.
Kenneth F. Newbold Jr. (Director, Research and Innovation)
received $2,000 from the Verizon Foundation for the annual Shenandoah Valley
Technology Council's awards gala and Tech Nite.
Gary S. Race (Fiscal Technician, Institute for
Innovation in Health and Human Services; Director, Mahatma Gandhi Center for
Global Nonviolence) received $5,500 from the Virginia Department of Health for
"Plan First Training Development" to create a web-based training for
early childhood home visitors on the VA Home Consortium site.
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
$400,250 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.
Dr. Kenneth R. Rutherford (Director, Center for International
Stabilization and Recovery; Professor, Political Science) received $12,666 from
Action on Armed Violence to provide psychosocial support to facilitate the
healing process of victims of armed violence in Burundi.
William L. Simmons (Sergeant, Public Safety and Police) received
$1,300 from Target Corp. for "Bulletproof Vest Initiative for the JMU
Police Department."
Jonathan P. Stewart (Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance)
and Shane T. O'Hara (Professor,
Theatre and Dance) received $5,000 from the New England Foundation for the Arts
to present the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble at the 2012 New Dance Festival.
Dr. Michael L. Stoloff (Head and Professor, Psychology) and Dr. Joann H. Grayson (Professor
Emerita, Psychology) received $44,750 from the Virginia Department of Social
Services for publication and distribution of the Virginia Child Protection Newsletter in fiscal year 2012.
Dr. Louise M. Temple (Professor, Integrated Science and
Technology) received $5,000 from the American Society for Microbiology to conduct
a course at Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology,
Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Dr. Brian C. Utter (Associate Professor, Physics and
Astronomy) received $50,427 from the National Science Foundation for "RUI:
CBET: Flow and Rheology of Particle-Fluid Suspensions with Variable
Hydrophobicity" to understand the influence of surface chemistry on the
jamming and flowing of submerged granular flows.
PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Robert N. Roberts (Professor, Political Science), Dr. Scott J. Hammond (Professor,
Political Science) and Dr. Valerie A.
Sulfaro (Professor, Political Science) are the authors of a revised
three-volume edition of "Presidential Campaigns, Slogans, Issues and
Platforms: The Complete Encyclopedia," which was published by Greenwood
Press. The revised edition builds on the 2004 publication, "Encyclopedia
of Presidential Campaigns, Slogans, Issues and Platforms" by Roberts and Hammond, and includes coverage of the 2008 campaign.
