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Internal Faculty Grants

Each year the University conducts an intramural grant competition, the Faculty Development Grants for full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty. These grants are intended to:
    foster excellence in the scholarship of discovery (research), pedagogy, application (service), and creative works
    be a source of seed money to enhance opportunities for extramural funding
    advance the mission of the University
As noted in the letter to faculty dated August 24, you must submit five copies of your proposal to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs no later than Friday, October 31th. Your proposal should be no longer than three doubled-spaced pages, include a detailed budget, and conform to the specifications outlined in the call for proposals.

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2008-2009 Faculty Development Grant Recipients

Every year, the university issues a Call for Proposals for the Faculty Development Grants program, an internal funding source to support faculty with their research, pedagogy, creative works, artistic endeavors and application. This year’s awards went to the following faculty:

Wahiba Abu Rass, School of Social Work, Chaplaincy Services and Spiritual Care in Hospitals and Other Health Care Settings: Are Muslim Patients’ Needs Being Addressed?

Sean Bentley, College of Arts & Sciences, Physics, Confocal Laser Microscope & Optical Tweezers

Melanie E.L. Bush, College of Arts & Sciences, Sociology, Breaking the Code of Good Intentions: Everyday Forms of Whiteness

Beth Christensen, College of Arts & Sciences, Environmental Studies, Genetic Sequencing of Marsh Plants to Identify Salt Marsh History

Jonna Coombs, College of Arts & Sciences, Biology, PIB-type ATPases in heavily-impacted vs. minimally-impacted sediments of the SSE

Laura DeRose, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Pubertal timing and change in academic and psychological outcomes in the school setting: A longitudinal study

Judy Fenster, School of Social Work, Training Substance Abuse Clinicians to Refer Clients for Post-treatment Care

Maryann Forbes, School of Nursing, Evaluating the Design and Effectiveness of Three Clinical Simulation Scenarios

Margaret Gray, College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science, Harvesting Expectations: Farmworkers, Food Politics, and Power in New York Agriculture

Patrick Grehan, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, An Assessment of a Social Network of ADHD Information Communication

Geoffrey Grogan, College of Arts & Sciences, Art & Art History, Look Out!! Monsters

Jim Hazy, School of Business, An analysis of the experiences of social entrepreneurs and emergent organizational forms

Graham Henning, School of Business, Cultural Tourism and the Guest-Host Relationship in Okinawa

Mary Hickey, School of Nursing, Female College Students’ Knowledge, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraception

Joan Kearney, School of Nursing, Mothers and Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: A Clinical Intervention Focusing on Maternal Processes

Rheem Khamis-Dakwar, School of Education, Language assessment and intervention practices in a culturally-ingrained diglossic situation: A qualitative study

Hanna H. Kim, College of Arts & Sciences, Anthropology, Investigating and Filming Conceptions of “Hinduism” and “Religion” in Newly Constructed Swaminarayan Temples in the United States

Cindy Macguire, School of Education and A&S, Building a Culture of Peace: A Practice-Based Art and Design Research Project in Suhareka, Kosovo

Adam N. McKeown, College of Arts & Sciences, English, Picturing the Borders in Early Modern England

Veronica Orozco, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Psychological Well-Being of Racial/Ethnic Minority Students

Geoffrey Ream, School of Social Work, Differential Developmental Trajectories of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth

K.C. Rondello, School of Nursing, Antecedents of Ethical Decision-Making

David Prottas, School of Business

Robert M. Siegfried, College of Arts & Sciences, Math and Computer Science, Automated Web Accessibility Study of College and University Home Pages

Justyna Widera, College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry, Development and investigation of multifunction hybrids of nanocrystalline TiO2/quantum dots/conducting polymer nanowires for solar cell application

Monica Yang, School of Business, Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by Chinese Multinational Corporations

Jiang Zhang, School of Business, The Adoption of RFID by Retail Business Firms: Social and Economical Implications




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Contact
For additional information, please contact:

Dr. Michael Breton
Social Work Building, Room 121
p - 516.877.3655
f - 516.877.3297
e - breton@adelphi.edu

Dr. Mary Cortina
Social Work Building, Room 119
p - 516.877.3259
f - 516.877.3297
e - cortina@adelphi.edu

Virginia Bruchhauser
Social Work Building, Room 116
p - 516.877.3161
f - 516.877.3297
e - bruchhau@adelphi.edu

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