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Oct. 6, 2009 issue
Ten faculty awarded Faculty Research and Creative Activity Scholarships for fall/winter terms


By Ron Podell

 

Ten Eastern Michigan University faculty have been awarded Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowships for the fall 2009 and winter 2010 terms.

Faculty award winners are released from their normal teaching schedule in order to apply themselves to a carefully planned research or creative project. Up to $3,000 also is available to each awardee for specific needs associated with his or her project.

Fall Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellows, their home departments and project titles are:

Diane Poretta Fox

Fox

Joan Cohen Jones (mathematics), "Visualizing Elementary Math Methods."

Bradley E. Ensor (sociology, anthropology and criminology), "Kinship and Political Economy in Archaeology."

Diane Porretta Fox (nursing), "A New Paradigm to Examine Nursing Education Needs: Registered Nurses' Perspective of Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Recent Nursing Graduates."

Mansoor Moaddel (sociology, anthropology and criminology), "Ethnicity, Sectarianism and People's Values: Lebanon after the Cedar Revolution."

Valerie Polakow (teacher education), "Children's Rights/Children's Voices."

Myung-sook Koh

Koh

Tsu-Yin Wu (nursing), "A New Paradigm to Examine Nursing Education Needs: Registered Nurses' Perspectives of Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Recent Nursing Graduates."

Myung-sook Koh (special education), "A Pilot Study of a Comprehensive Cognitive Therapy for Autism." Koh will use 50 percent of her award in the fall and the remaining 50 percent during the winter.

Winter Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellows, their home departments and project titles are:

Lois Mahoney

Mahoney

Sam Fullerton (marketing), "An Assessment of the Sentiment Regarding Perceived Breaches of Ethical Standards of Conduct on the Part of Consumers as Mediated by the size of the Aggrieved Firm and the Size of the Financial Consequences Emanating from the Consumers' Behavior."

Lois S. Mahoney (accounting and finance), "An Examination of Voluntary Corporate Social Reporting and Firm Profitability: A Canadian Investigation."

Jennifer L. Rice (economics), "The Impact of Economic Conditions and Market Structure on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance."

Fox and Wu are working together on their research project.