Latest Faculty Accomplishments
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GRANTS (awarded Feb. 2013)
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 two grants from Rockingham Memorial
Hospital – $130,315 for "Healthy Families Page County-RMH Support" and
$130,315 for "Healthy families Shenandoah County-RMH Support" to
provide integrated activities and services that are designed to improve the
well-being, increase the permanency and ensure the safety of children who are in
or at risk being place in an out-of-home placement as a result of a parent’s or
caretaker’s substance abuse. Akerson and
Hubbell also received $2,000 from
Page Memorial Hospital for "Healthy Families Page County-Page Memorial
Hospital Support" to provide written and video materials and supportive education
to at least 100 new and expectant parents regarding Shaken Baby Syndrome,
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and other serious early childhood health and
safety issues.
Dr. David F. Brakke (Dean, College of
Science and Mathematics; Professor, Biology and Geology and Environmental
Science) received $35,021 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for
"Smith Creek Virginia Headwaters Brook Trout Restoration: Phase II"
to make substantial improvements in the brook trout resources in the eastern
United States by converting riparian and upland pastures to bottomland and
upland forests.
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. Edwin M. O’Shea (Assistant Professor,
Mathematics and Statistics) and Dr. Eva
M. Strawbridge (Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics) received two
grants from the Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics – $3,125 for
"A Multiscale Model of Wiggling Worms" to investigate the locomotion
of the nematode worm Caenorhabdidis
elegans to explore how molecular level mechanics are converted into
organismal motility and $3,125 for "Geometry of Integer Partitions"
to study another potential generalization of Euler’s result called the "Alder
conjectures" by utilizing techniques coming from the enumeration of
lattice points in polyhedra.
Remy M. Pangle (Outreach and Education Director,
Virginia Center for Wind Energy) received $5,000 from the Dominion Foundation
for "Virginia Kid Wind Challenge" to support the challenge, allowing
students to compete in constructing wind turbines to generate the most
electricity while learning about the advantages of wind energy.
HONORS
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.
PUBLICATIONS
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.
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