乌鸦传媒 is a community of active scholars, researchers, and grantseekers. The college, its faculty, and staff received the following grants since 2018.
2024
Kenneth Morrell and Susan Satterfield, Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Search Program
Funder: Teagle Foundation. Cornerstone: Learning for Living recognition grant for the Search program. Awarded May 2024. Project period July 2024 through June 2027.
Bernadette McNary-Zak, Religious Studies
Funder: Project Pericles. Civic and Voter Engagement Fellowship. Awarded March 2024. Project period August 2024 through December 2024.
David Rupke, Physics
Funder: Space Telescope Science Institute. An Empirical Calibration of the NIRSpec IFU Point Spread Function to Enable High Contrast Imaging Spectroscopy. Awarded March 2024. Project period March 2024 through February 2027.
Funder: Space Telescope Science Institute. Extreme Feedback in Action: Fast and Powerful Molecular Outflows in the Local Universe. Awarded February 2024. Project period February 2024 through January 2027.
Laura Taylor, Educational Studies
Funder: Literacy Mid-South. Landscape Analysis/Photovoice Project, Raleigh Literacy Zone. Awarded February 2024. Project period February 2024 through February 2025.
Campus Safety
Funder: State of Tennessee. Higher Education Safety Grant. Awarded January 2024. Project period January 2024 through June 2025.
2023
Elin Ovrebo, International Programs
Funder: International Student Exchange Programs. Another Sky Awaits. Awarded August 2023. Project period August 2023 through May 2024.
Natalie Person, Office of Academic Affairs
Funder: Mellon Foundation. Institute for Race and Social Transformation. Awarded June 2023. Project period July 2023 through June 2026.
Kenneth Morrell, Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Search Program
Funder: Teagle Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities. Cornerstone: Learning for Living planning grant. Awarded May 2023. Project period July 2023 through June 2024.
Rashna Richards, Office of Academic Affairs. Funder: Associated Colleges of the South. Women鈥檚 Leadership Institute. Awarded April 2023. Project period April 2023 through September 2023.
2022
Steven Haynes, Religious Studies
Funder: Ascendium Foundation. Institutional Collaboration in the Post-Secondary Education in Prison Space. Awarded November 2022. Project period December 2022 through May 2024.
Cara Djonko-Moore, Educational Studies
Funder: Maple Leaf Foundation. 鈥淐ultural Connections to Our Past: The Chickasaw in Memphis.鈥 Awarded November 2022. Project period November 2022-May 2023.
Laura Taylor, Educational Studies
Funder: Associated Colleges of the South. 鈥淓ngaging Multilingualism in the Liberal Arts Context,鈥 in collaboration with Davidson College. Awarded June 2022. Project period December 2022-August 2023.
Rebecca Tuvel, Philosophy
Funder: Council of Independent Colleges. 鈥淩evise 鈥楤lack Mirror' and Philosophy Course." Awarded October 2022. Project Period October 2022-June 2023.
Elaine Frawley, Biology
Funder: National Institutes of Health. 鈥淭he role of manganese homeostasis in the nitric oxide stress response of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.鈥 Awarded July 2022. Project period September 2022- August 2025. .
Loretta Jackson-Hayes (Chemistry) Terry Hill (Biology)
Funder: National Science Foundation. 鈥淩UI: Protein-Protein Interactions of Protein Kinase C During Polarized Growth in Filamentous Fungi.鈥 Awarded June 2022. Project period January 2023-December 2025.
Larryn Peterson (Chemistry William Eckenhoff (Chemistry)
Funder: National Science Foundation. 鈥淢RI: Acquisition of 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer Console and Probe to Bolster Excellence in Undergraduate Research.鈥 Awarded June 2022. Project period October 2022-December 2025. .
2021
Austin Harrison, Urban Studies
Funder: Mellon Foundation. 鈥淗umanities for All Time: Mississippi River Watershed: An Immersive Humanities Curriculum,鈥 in collaboration with Southern Illinois University (SIU) and Macalester College. Awarded December 2021. Project period January 2022- August 2024.
Ann Viano, Physics
Funder: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 鈥淭ennessee Space Grant Consortium,鈥 in collaboration with Vanderbilt University. Awarded April 2021. Project period November 2021- June 2022.
David Rupke, Physics
Funder: Space Telescope Science Institute. 鈥淶ooming into the monster's mouth: tracing feedback from their hosts to circumgalactic medium in z=3.5 radio-loud AGN.鈥 Awarded November 2021. Project period November 2022-October 2025.
Mary Miller, Biology
Funder: National Science Foundation. 鈥淎cquisition of a fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS) supporting multi-disciplinary approaches to exploring biological responses.鈥 Awarded August 2021. Project period October 2021-September 2024.
Peter Hossler, Urban Studies
Funder: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. Rural Communities Opioid Response 鈥 Implementation. 鈥淩egional Crisis Requires Regional Solutions: Resourcing Collaborative Approaches to the SUD/OUD Crisis in West Tenn.鈥 In partnership with Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation. Awarded July 2021. Project period September 2021-August 2024.
Funder: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. 鈥淗ealth in All Spaces: Building Public-Academic-Community Partnerships to Enhance Shelby County, Tennessee鈥檚 Response to Covid-19.鈥 In partnership with Shelby County government, Baptist Health Sciences University, and LeMoyne-Owen College. Awarded June 2021. Project period July 2021-June 2023.
Funder: Project Pericles, Periclean Faculty Leadership Program (PFL)鈩 in STEM and Social Sciences. A grant supporting the course titled 鈥淪ocial Justice in the City: From Theorizing to Mobilizing Health Equity.鈥 In partnership with the Wellness and Stress Clinic of Memphis. Date of award: May 2021. Project period June 2021 鈥 June 2022
2020
Dan Blustein (Psychology), Betsy Sanders (Computer Science), and Katie White (Psychology). Funder: National Science Foundation. 鈥淎cquisition of a movement tracking system to explore embodiment and cognition.鈥 Awarded September 2020. Project period September 2020-August 2023. Read more about it .
Ross Sowell, Mathematics/Computer Science. Funder: National Science Foundation. 鈥淕rounded Reasoning about Robot Capabilities for Law and Policy.鈥 Collaborators Cindy Grim (Oregon State University) and Ruth West (University of North Texas). Awarded September 2020. Project period September 2020-August 2023. Read more about it .
Peter Hossler, Urban Studies. Funder: Health Resources and Services Administration. 鈥淏uilding the West Tennessee Addiction Network,鈥 in collaboration with Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation. Awarded August 2020. Project period September 2020-February 2022.
Dave Rupke, Physics. Funder: NASA, Space Telescope Science Institute. 鈥淲itnessing the circumgalactic medium in formation: Imaging OVI in the warm-hot CGM of a record-breaking galactic wind.鈥 Awarded June 2021 . Project period June 2021-May 2024.
Amy Jasperson and Justin Rose, Political Science & Office of Academic Affairs. Funder: Associated Colleges of the South. 鈥淐REATE: Competency-Rich Education for Anti-Racist Teaching & Learning Environments.鈥 With collaborators at Birmingham-Southern College, Furman University, Rollins College, and The University of the South. Awarded August 2020. Project period September 2020-August 2021.
Beatrix Weil, Chaplain. Funder: Interfaith Youth Core. 鈥淲e are each other鈥檚: Racial Equity and Interfaith Cooperation Awards.鈥 This award provided funding to students from different faith traditions to create art that illustrates how their faith tradition informs their passion for racial equity. Awarded September 2020.
Beatrix Weil, Chaplain. Funder: Interfaith Youth Core. 鈥淲e are each other鈥檚: campaign curriculum awards.鈥 This project supported student discussion of interfaith leadership and the intersection of worldview and service. Awarded September 2020.
Beatrix Weil, Chaplain. Funder: Presbyterian Mission Agency. 鈥淭eaching the Bible.鈥 This award supported a weekly virtual discussion group among students and the chaplain, with guest speakers, on queer, Black perspectives on the Bible, queer theology, liberation theology, womanist theology, reformed theology. Awarded August 2020.
Seok-Won Lee, History. Funder: Academy of Korean Studies, Korean Studies Research Fellowship. 鈥淭he Origins of Sociology and Modernization Theories in Early Postwar Korea.鈥 Project period February 2021 鈥 January 2022.
Darlene Loprete and Dhammika Muesse, Chemistry. Funder: Associated Colleges of the South. ChemTutor 2.0. Collaborators: Sara Sprenkle, Steve Desjardins, Janice Friend, Kyle Friend of Washington & Lee University; Kate Hayden of Birmingham-Southern; Brian Mosby of Rollins College. Awarded June 2020. Project period July 2020-July 2021.
Michael Collins, Biology. Funder: Tennessee Ornithological Society Conservation and Research Grant. Barn Owl Ecology. Awarded June 2020.
Clara Pascual-Argente, Modern Languages and Literatures (Spanish). Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities. The Story of Apollonius of Tyre: An Edition and Translation of Two Medieval Iberian Texts. In collaboration with Emily Francomano, Georgetown University. Award date October 2020. Project period January-December 2021. Read more about it .
Laura Kelly, Educational Studies. Funder: Project Pericles. Up to Us Voting Modules. Award date February 2020. Project period September-December 2020.
Brian Larkins (Computer Science) and 闯辞蝉茅&苍产蝉辫;搁辞诲谤颈驳耻别锄 (Information Services). Funder: National Science Foundation. A high performance computing cluster to accelerate research, education and training at 乌鸦传媒. Award date June 2020. Project period July 2020 鈥 June 2022. Read more about it .
Darrell Ray (Student Life) and Matt Dean (Athletics). Funder: NCAA Strategic Alliance Matching Grant. Assistant Director of Media Relations project. Awarded 2020.
Beatrix Weil, Chaplain. Funder: Council of Independent Colleges, NetVUE Professional Development. Award for vocational exploration. Award date June 2020. Project period July 2020 鈥 June 2021.
Loretta Jackson-Hayes, Chemistry & Office of Academic Affairs. Funder: National Science Foundation. Workshop: Broadening access to research opportunities at PUIs and HBCs in the Memphis region. Award date February 2020. Project period February 2020 鈥 February 2021.
Milton Moreland and Amy Jasperson, Office of Academic Affairs. Funder: Associated Colleges of the South. Rapid Response Transition to Remote Learning to Facilitate Positive Synchronous Engagement (and to Reduce Disruptive Technological Distractions) Across Varying Levels of Faculty Expertise. Award date April 2020. Project period April-December 2020.
Milton Moreland and Natalie Person, Office of Academic Affairs. Funder: Associated Colleges of the South. Supporting Rapid Responses to International Curricular Issues. Award date April 2020. Project period April-December 2020.
Steve Haynes, Religious Studies. Funder: Project Pericles, Mellon Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL) Program鈩 in the Humanities. A grant to support developing the course titled 鈥淢ass Incarceration: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives.鈥 Award date May 2020. Project period June 2020 鈥 July 2022.
2019
October 2019. Alicia Golston, Student Life, U.S. Dept. of Justice Campus Grant, project period 10/2019 鈥 9/2022.
October 2019. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded $900,000 to 乌鸦传媒 for a project titled 鈥淏uilding a Culture of Health Equity, Human Flourishing and Well-Being through the Public Humanities.鈥 Read more about it .
August 2019. 乌鸦传媒 received a grant of $650,000 from the National Science Foundation, through the Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) program, for the IMPACT project (Integrating Meaningful Practices with Access to Computational Thinking). The principal investigator is Dr. Betsy Sanders, associate professor of computer science and chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science department. Co-PIs are Dr. Mauricio Cafiero (professor of chemistry), Dr. Jonathan Fitz Gerald (associate professor of biology), and Dr. Katie White (professor and chair of psychology, director of fellowships and undergraduate studies, and Winton M. Blount Professor of Social Sciences). Read more about the program .
June 2019. Dr. Ali Masood, assistant professor of political science, received a grant from the National Science Foundation, Law & Social Sciences directorate, to study judicial decision-making. His co-principal investigator is Dr. Jennifer Bowie at the University of Richmond.
May 2019. Tennessee Higher Education Commission awarded 乌鸦传媒 a 2019-2021 grant through the Diversity in Teaching program. Funds will be used for scholarships and testing fees for 乌鸦传媒 students seeking to become K-12 teachers. The principal investigator is Dr. Natalie Person, who chairs the Educational Studies department, is dean for curricular development and a professor of psychology.
March 2019. Dr. David Rupke, associate professor of physics, is a co-PI on a grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute in support of the project titled, 鈥淕alactic Winds across the Gas-Rich Merger Sequence.鈥 The PI is Dr. Sylvain Veilleux at the University of Maryland, College Park.
February 2019. Dr. Laura Kelly, assistant professor of educational studies, was selected as a Periclean Faculty Leader by Project Pericles, for the term April 2019 through March 2020. The award will support Kelly鈥檚 development of a civic engagement course titled, 鈥淚ssues at the Intersection of Education and Immigration.鈥
February 2019. 乌鸦传媒 received a grant of nearly $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation, through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The Noyce program aims to meet the growing local and national need for highly qualified science and mathematics teachers. The project鈥檚 principal investigator is Dr. Zac Casey, assistant professor of educational studies; co-PIs are Dr. Jonathan Fitz Gerald (associate professor of biology), Dr. Dana Horgen (assistant professor of chemistry), and Dr. Chris Seaton (professor of mathematics). Read more about 乌鸦传媒鈥 program
December 2018. Dr. Kenny Morrell, associate professor of Greek and Roman studies, received a grant from Associated Colleges of the South for 鈥淪tudying Cultures of the Ancient Mediterranean.鈥
May 2018. Dr. Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba (International Studies) received a grant from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation for her research entitled, 鈥淭he Role of Institutions in Shaping America鈥檚 Future Demographics.鈥 Read more about her work . The grant is also supporting her , Everybody Counts.