Ann Arbor Times

Eastern Michigan University will award 41 faculty members Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowships for the 2024-25 academic year. These fellowships will enable recipients to begin foundational research, including the challenges posed by ChatGPT, ageism and workplace discrimination, and the relationship between trauma, stressor-related disorders, and adolescent substance abuse. The annual fellowships were approved on June 20 by the University’s Board of Regents.

The fellowships are competitive awards given to faculty who submit meritorious research or special study proposals. They award up to 100 percent release time from teaching for one semester to help build a foundation for a faculty member’s future research or creative activities and as a base for additional funding from other sources.

Unlike a sabbatical leave, the fellowship recipients are expected to fulfill other contractual responsibilities, such as service to the University during this release.

The University Research and Sabbatical Leave Committee reviews the Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship proposals. It makes recommendations to the provost and executive vice president of Academic and Student Affairs.

Listed below are the 41 awardees for 2024-25 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowships:

Eric Acton (English Language and Literature). “Co-Authoring a Full Draft of a Book on Social Meaning.”

Amanda Allen (English Language and Literature). “The Cold War Era and Now: Young Adult Literature as Ideological Battleground.”

Jin Bo (Psychology). “Predicting Preschool Cognitive, Developmental, and Psychosocial Abilities with PediaTrac Trajectories.”

Jessica Elton (Communication, Media and Theater Arts). “Women’s Perimenopausal Experiences and Perceptions of HRT – A Qualitative Study.”

Bradley Ensor (Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology). “Archaeological Investigation of the Sociopolitical Organization at a Coastline Kingdom at the Camaronera Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico.”

Bilquis Ferdousi (Information Security and Applied Computing). “The Challenges of ChatGPT: Ensuring Academic Integrity in Classroom.”

Jason Ferguson (Art and Design). “Bronze Reliquaries from 3D Printed Castable Resin.”

María Luz García (Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology). “Linguistic and Cultural Strategies of Maya Immigrant Communities in the U.S. Midwest: A Collaborative Analysis.”

Jessica Grimone-Hopkins (Teacher Education). Social Emotional and Communication Resource Center for Pre-Service and Practicing Educators Supporting Young Children.”

Ana Claudia Harten (Special Education and Communication Sciences Disorders). “The Impact of Surgical Repair on Speech Characteristics in Children Born with Cleft Palate.”

Deborah Heyl-Clegg (Chemistry). “A Phosphorylation Study of Serine-8 in a Regulatory Fragment of Amyloid β, a Protein Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease Cancer.”

Holly Hopkins (Nursing). “Exploring Application of the Association SP Educators Standards Best Practice: A Systematic Review.”

Kathryn Hughesdon (Nursing). “Examining Relationship between Trauma Stressor-Related Disorders Adolescent Substance Use."

Christine Hume (English Language Literature). "Representative Reproductive Justice: Joanne Leonard's Journal Miscarriage."

Chris Hyndman (Art Design)."Stacking Wood: Routine Work Age Digital Automation."

Khairul Islam (Mathematics Statistics)."Modeling Activity Related Interaction Adult Americans Well-being Using Survey Data."

Jesse Kauffman History Philosophy."Strong Man Weak Race: Nazi Cult Józef Piłsudski."

Myung-Sook Koh Special Education Communication Sciences Disorders."Dualistic Study Assessing New Curriculum Fidelity Feasibility Exploring Hidden Learning Potentials Children Overlooked Standard Educational Practices."

Nataša Kovačević English Language Literature."Legacy Cold War Internationalisms Critical Concepts Decolonial Futures."

Renée Lajiness-O'Neill Psychology."Predicting Preschool Cognitive Developmental Psychosocial Abilities PediaTrac Trajectories."

Hailee Lauritzen Social Work."Protecting Profession Development Student Professional Readiness Goodness Fit Evaluation Tool Social Work Education Programs."

Rebecca Louick Special Education Communication Sciences Disorders."Investigating Teacher Sensemaking Regarding Autonomous Learning Among Adolescents Learning Disabilities."

Lois Mahoney Accounting Finance Information Systems."Impact New Buyback Tax Corporate Social Responsibility Behavior Firms."

Laxmikant Manroop Management."Exploring Ageism Discrimination Workplace Qualitative Study."

John McCurdy History Philosophy."Character Revolution Politics Morality Citizenship."

Laura McMahon History Philosophy."Essential Insecurity Phenomenological Resources Democratic Thought."

Aesha Mustafa Leadership Counseling.”Centering Black Women's Voices Critical Qualitative Study Black Women Faculty's Priorities Commitments Predominantly White Research Institutions.''

Margaret Paauw Social Work.”Cultivating Excellence Establishing Best Practices Library Social Work.''

John Palladino Special Education Communication Sciences Disorders.''Paws-ative Approach Volunteer Dog Therapy Integration Special Education Mental Health Behavioral Interventions.''

Eric Portenga Geography Geology.''Facilitating Community Outreach Efforts Find Glacial Erratics Suitable Be Dating Laurentide Ice Sheet Moraines Across Michigan.''

Michael Reedy Art Design.''Medical Imaging Spirituality Sacred Gaze.''

Jodonnis Rodriguez Accounting Finance Information Systems.''Dynamic Intervention Students Risk Stopping Out.''

Nick Romerhausen Communication Media Theatre Arts.''Impacts Generative Artificial Intelligence Student Learning Introductory Communication Course.''

Rachel Schroeder Sociology Anthropology Criminology.''Disappearing Memorials Russia Occupied Ukraine Russia's War Gulag-Memory Dramas Productive Forgetting.''

Eric Schulz Management.''Pay Transparency Laws Impact Pay Range Dispersion.''

J Michael Scoville History Philosophy.''Value Pluralism Environmental Deliberation Demands Climate Justice.''

Brian Sellers Sociology Anthropology Criminology.''Atomic Nomads Cautionary Tale Forced Migration Environmental Injustice Cultural Disintegration South Pacific.''

Ourania Spantidi Computer Science.”Balancing Efficiency Fairness Improving AI Everyday Devices.''

Tom Suchan Art Design.”Revolving Sutra Repository Cave Beishan Cult Canon Medieval Chinese Buddhism.''

Christina Marsack Topolewski Social Work.”Examining Relationship Trauma Stressor-Related Disorders Adolescent Substance Use.''

Guey-Meei Yang Art Design.''Action Research AI Infused Course Design Teaching.''

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