Grant Recipients 2010-2011

The Faculty Development Committee has awarded the following grants so far during the 2010-2011 academic year. Congratulations to all the recipients!

Summer Research/Academic Year Assistance Grants For Spring 2011:
Faculty Member(s)	Project Title
Becky Pliske Psychology Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Does Studying the Psychology of Thinking and Reasoning Improve Undergraduate Critical Thinking Skills?
For Summer 2011:
Faculty Member(s)	Project Title
Daniela Andrei Chemistry Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Application of Negishi Cross-Coupling Reaction in Synthesis of S-Adenosylhomocysteine Analogue with the Carbon-5’ and Sulfur Atoms Replaced by a Bromovinyl Unit
Alisa Beyer Psychology Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Pecha What? SoTL Studies Examining Student Pecha Kucha Presentations
Germaine Goetz-Sota Theatre Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Manic-Depressive Dynamics in the Dramaturgy of Graham Greene
Xue Han School of Education	How We Can Better Train Prospective Elementary School Teachers to Integrate Technology into Math Instruction?
Jane Hseu English Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Embodied Performances and Scholarly Bodies: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Artistic Texts
Aliza Steurer Mathematics Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Using the p-group Generation Algorithm to Generate Extensions of D4 by [2,2,2n]
Richard Woods Theology Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Celtic Spirituality
Jean Bevier Graphic Design Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	American Advertising Signage of the Pre-Federal Highway Era
Lily Ibarra Spanish Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Annotating Romance: The Function of the Footnote in Gómez de Avellaneda’s Guatimozín
Elena Peteva Art Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Empire Series
For Fall 2011:
Faculty Member(s)	Project Title
Scott Kreher Biology Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Investigating the Molecular and Genetic Basis of the Sense of Smell Using the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Special Support Grants (Listed in the order awarded during the year)
Faculty Member	Item(s) Funded or Partially Funded
Alisa Beyer Psychology Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Pecha Kucha (PK) as a More Concise and Memeorable Presentation Style
Clodagh Weldon Theology Rosary College of Arts and Sciences	Teaching Jung