October 2012 Scholarly News
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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 $8,250 from the Shenandoah County Department
of Social Services for "Healthy Families Shenandoah County-Quality Childcare
Initiative-Fiscal Year 2013" to meet the needs of at-risk families in
Shenandoah County by providing education, resources and support.
Dr. Jo Anne Brewster (Professor, Psychology) received $3,300
from the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology to perform administrative
tasks for the Society.
Carol A. Fleming (Director, Outreach and Engagement) received
$47,539 from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia for
"Return to Madison" to identify students that have previously
enrolled at JMU and reach out and help them create a pathway back to degree
completion and career goal attainment.
Alleyn S. Harned (Program Coordinator, Virginia Clean
Cities) and Kenneth F. Newbold (Director, Institute for Energy and
Environmental Research) received
$63,892 from the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy for "Richmond
Electric Vehicle Initiative Clean Cities Community Readiness and Planning for
EV & EVSE" to advance the Richmond region as an attractive and
sustainable market for electric vehicle technology.
Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley (Administrator, Institute for Health and
Human Services) received $458,032 from the Administration on Children, Youth
and Families for "JMUPREP 2012" to emphasize both abstinence and
contraception and address the adulthood subjects of healthy relationships,
parent-child communication, educational and career success, healthy life skills
and adolescent development in order to significantly reduce the number of teen
pregnancies in Harrisonburg and Rockingham and Page counties.
Cheryl L. Henderson (Co-Director, Training/Technical
Assistance Center) and Linda R. Hickey
(Coordinator, Training/Technical Assistance Center) received $26,873 from the
Virginia Department of Education for "2012 Summer Mathematics
Institute" to provide summer mathematics institutes for special education
teachers K-8 and Algebra 1.
Dr. Robert A. Kolvoord (Interim Dean, College of Integrated
Science and Engineering; Professor, Integrated Science and Technology) received
$31,893 from Temple University for "Assessing Student Spatial Thinking
Skills through Classroom Video and Observation: Year Two" to design and
execute a classroom-based study of student spatial thinking.
Joyce H. Krech (Director, Small Business Development
Center) received $1,250 from the City of Lexington to support the Small
Business Development Center.
Dr. Reid J. Linn (Dean, Graduate School), Melinda B. Bright (Co-Director, Training/Technical
Assistance Center) and Cheryl L.
Henderson (Co-Director, Training/Technical Assistance Center) received two
grants from the Virginia Department of Education – $1,238,171 to continue to
assess needs and services provided to consumers in Region 5 following each
consultation and training event provided by the Training/Technical Assistance
Center’s staff and $247,135 to support statewide efforts and activities
designed to enhance service effectiveness for personnel in superintendents’
region 5 who serve children and youth with disabilities.
Dr. Jonathan J. Miles (Professor, Integrated Science and
Technology) received $42,000 from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to
support the offshore wind Jobs and Economic Development Impacts analysis for
the southeast.
Dr. Eric J. Pyle (Professor, Geology and Environmental
Science) received $13,629 from the U.S. Department of Education for "Virginia
Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement – Fiscal Year 3" to
coordinate STEM coursework offered and to develop, deploy and communicate
results of STEM secondary content course and elementary institute science
concept needs assessments among the teachers participating in the project.
Gary S. Race (Fiscal Technician, Institute for
Innovation in Health and Human Services) and Jane Hubbell (Associate Director, Institute for Innovation in
Health and Human Services) received $10,000 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. Ayasakanta Rout (Associate Professor, Communication
Sciences and Disorders) received $12,000 from the Virginia School for the Deaf
and Blind to assign a JMU graduate student from the audiology program to the
Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind as an aural (re)habilitation graduate
assistant by the JMU Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.
Dr. Kenneth R. Rutherford (Director, Center for International
Stabilization and Recovery; Professor, Political Science) received $15,000 from
the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining for "Geneva
International Centre for Humanitarian Demining Accident Surveillance
System" to provide a comprehensive picture of the operation of the mine
victim information systems in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Colombia.
William L. Simmons (Sergeant, Public Safety/Police) received
$500 from Wal-mart for "First Aid Kits for the JMU Police Department"
to purchase more kits and replenish the supplies most frequently used by officers.
Dr. Kristen E. St. John (Professor, Geology and Environmental
Science) received $6,000 from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers to
provide editor-in-chief services for three volumes of the Journal of Geoscience Education.
E. David Stoops (Educational Technology Consultant,
Center for Instructional Technology) received $2,500 from the Virginia Department
of Historic Resources for "Virginia Department of Historic Resources Web
Work" to support a JMU student who will be assisting the Department of
Historic Resources with enhancements to its website.
Nick D. Swayne (Interim Director, Education Support
Center; Coordinator for External Relations Instructor of Learning, Technology
and Leadership Education) received $8,000 from Virginia city and county donors
for "Robotics STEM Project" to provide sponsorship of robotics teams.
PUBLICATIONS
Dr. David A. Stringham (Assistant Professor, Music)
co-authored, "A multi-phase examination of 'Advanced Measures of Music
Audiation' at three American music schools," which was published in The GIML Audea, a quarterly publication
sponsored by the Gordon Institute for Music Learning (volume 16, issue 2, pp.
9-17).
SERVICE
Dr. Anne Stewart (Professor,
Psychology) was elected foundation chair by the Association for Play Therapy
during its Oct. 9-14 conference in Cleveland. Stewart will direct efforts by
the APT Foundation board to generate charitable, tax-exempt contributions to
promote play therapy public awareness and evidentiary research programs.
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