Faculty Seed Grants, 2008
Adjei, Mavis T./Michalisin, Michael D.
Marketing/Management
"What Is a 'Quality' Information System Education and Why Do We Care?"
Barrios, Roberto
Anthropology
"Katrina's Emerging Alliances: Disaster Recovery and Social Change in New Orleans"
Cheng, Qiang
Computer Science
"Constructing Sparse, Expressive, and Discriminative Features for High-Dimensional Dataset"
Ebbs, Stephen D.
Plant Biology
"Cyanide Assimilation via the Cyanlalanine Pathway Contributes to Aromatic Amino Acid Synthesis in Plants"
Ellsworth, Buffy S.
Physiology
"The Role of Forkhead Transcription Factors in Pituitary Development and Function"
Geisler, Matthew
Plant Biology
"Global Annotation and Analysis of Cis-Regulatory Elements in Arabidopsis"
Gilbert, David G.
Psychology
"Marijuana Effects"
Holzmueller, Eric J.
Forestry
"Impact of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on Eastern Hemlock in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA"
Huff-Hartz, Kara E.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation and Speciation via the Ozonolysis of Household VOCs"
Hundley, Joseph A.
Mathematics
"Rankin-Selberg Integrals on Exceptional Groups"
Kyu Hong, Cho
Microbiology
"Molecular Mechanism of Temperature-Regulated Capsule Production by Streptococcus pyogenes"
Lefticariu, Liliana
Geology
"Stable Isotopic Fractionation Patterns as Indicators of Oxidation Mechanisms of Iron Monosulfide Minerals"
Lewison, Sarah A.
Radio/Television
"Ecological Art in Yunnan, China: A Film About the Circulation of Carbon"
Liang, Yanna
Civil and Environmental Engineering
"Biodiesel Production from Microalgae: A Proteomic Approach for Understanding Lipid Synthesis in Chlorella vulgaris"
Ludwig, Colleen K.
School of Art and Design
"Elemental Bodies: A Suite of Four Immersive Environments"
Martinez, Antonio J.
Cinema and Photography
"Photographing Contemporary Manhood in a Cage: A Photographic Essay About Local Amateur Cagefighters in Illinois"
Morris, Nancy A.
Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency and Corrections
"Examining the Effects of Adolescent Employment on Delinquency Over Time: Disentangling Selection Effects"
Netzley, Ryan
English
"Poetry's Devotion: How Readers Read Early Modern Religious Lyrics"
Reichard, Ulrich H.
Anthropology
"Population Density and Social Behavior of Pileated Gibbons (Hylobates pileatus)"
Robertson, Stacie L.
Rehabilitation Institute
"The Development of a Multicultural Competency Measure for Rehabilitation Counselors"
Talapatra, Saikat
Physics
"Supercapacitors from Carbon Nanotubes Grown Directly on Metals for Miniature Power Sources"
Tudor, Deborah V.
Cinema and Photography
"Tapping Into the Textual Vein"
Schoof, Justin T.
Geography
"Emissions Pathways and Projections of Extreme Temperatures in the Midwestern USA"
Therrell, Matthew D.
Geography
"Tree-Ring Research in Southern Africa"
Whaley, Rachel B.
Sociology
"Structural and Cultural Predictors of Violence Against Women: A Mixed Model"
Xu, Haiyun
Anatomy
"A New Animal Model Testing Putative Roles of Oligodendrocytes in the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia"