Six new Eastern Michigan University faculty were awarded a total of $28,367 for research and creative projects under the Provost's Research Award for New Faculty program for 2005.
The program offers competitive awards of up to $5,000 to faculty in their first or second year of employment to carry out carefully designed research or creative projects.
The program is designed to help new faculty establish a research agenda that will make them more competitive for external funding. Awards must be expended during the 2005 calendar year.
The award is intended to support faculty members in a way that best addresses their needs in initiating their research program at EMU. Funds may be used for release/assigned time, travel, student help, supplies or equipment, or other legitimate expenses.
"The program is important to new faculty because it is very difficult to launch a research agenda at a time when they are developing new courses, teaching a full load, serving on committees, advising students and so on, " said Robert Holkeboer, associate vice president for Graduate Studies and Research. "My only regret is that budget constraints at the University prevent us from making this award available to all new faculty."
The awardees, their proposed projects and cash awards for 2005 are:
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Melanie L. Buffington (art), "Expanding Visual Arts Education into the Community: Connecting EMU Students and Local Teachers through the Resources of Ford Gallery," $4,787.
- Megan Lee Endres (management), "Toward a Model of Gender Differences and Complex Financial Decision Making," $3,599.
- Ellen I. Koch (psychology), "Comparison of Dosed and Prolonged Exposure Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder," $5,000.
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Ryan Molloy (art), "Labwork: A Journal for Visual Representation," $4,981.
- Jeff Parker (English), "The Drinking Game: A Hypermedia, Performance, and Short Story Project," $5,000.
- Thomas Suchan (art), "The Cliff Sculpture of Dazu: A Study of a Regional Artistic Tradition and the Domestication of Buddhism in Medieval China," $5,000.
For further information, contact Holkeboer at 487-0042 or Robert.Holkeboer@emich.edu.
