2006 Awards
Congratulations to the 2006 Awardees
Rachel Adams, Ph.D. Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
Quantifying Pollutant Loading in an Urban Waterway Using Passive in Situ Sensors
USC/U.S. Deptartment of Commerce
Sea Grant Program
Subcontract - Year 1
$31,472 ($16,500 for Sea Grant Trainee + $14,972 for Contract-Year 1)
Carla Bittel, Ph.D.
History
The Science of Women's Rights: The Medical and Political Worlds of Mary Putnam Jacobi
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Research Fellowship
$1,500
Jane BruckerArt & Art History
LMU Mentoring for the Mission: Models for Mentors Programs
Valparaiso University
- Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts
Mentoring Program
$12,000
Erika Camacho, Ph.D.
Edward Mosteig, Ph.D. Mathematics
Applied Mathematical Sciences Summer Institute (AMSSI)NSA/Mathematical Sciences Program
Conferences and Workshops
$115,000
Constance Chen, Ph.D.
History
Constructing East Asia: Ethnic Identities, Transnational Encounters, and the Politics of Art in Modern AmericaThe Huntington Library
Huntington Fellowships (W.M. Keck Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
$6,300
Christopher Chapple, Ph.D.
LMU Extension/Theological Studies
Field of Consciousness
B.K. Modi Foundation (India)
Fellowship
$57,600
Barbara Christie, Ph.D.
College of Science & Engineering
Science and Engineering Community Outreach Program (SECOP)
California Education Facilities Authority
Academic Assistance Grant Program
$250,000
Michael Danciger, Ph.D.
Biology
Gene Modifiers of Retinal Degeneration
National Institutes of Health
Retinal Degenerative Disease Research
$1,062,010
Gene Modifiers of Age-Related and Inherited Retinal Degenerations in the MouseThe
Foundation Fighting Blindness Research Module within Center Grant
$247,771
John Dorsey, Ph.D.
James Landry, Ph.D.
Chemistry and Natural Science
Pollutant Partitioning to Storm Water Particles Southern California Coastal Water Project (SCCWRP)
Contract
$11,000
Omar Es-Said, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
Summer Research Experiences in Materials and Processing Engineering National Science Foundation
RET Supplement
$19,750
Mary Fraser
Shane Martin, Ph.D.
Magaly Lavadenz, Ph.D.
School of Education
Strengthening the Teacher Education Pipeline Los Angeles Mission College/U.S. Deptartment of Education
Title V Developing/Strengthening Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
Subcontract
$199,742
Ben Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.Mathematics
Ecosystems Modeling of College Drinking
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center/National Institute of Health (NIH)
Research Project Grant Program (R01)
Subcontract, Year 2
$44,200
Ben Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
Gary Kuleck, Ph.D.
Erika Camacho, Ph.D.
Kam Dahlquist, Ph.D.
Wendy Binder, Ph.D.
Mathematics and
Biology
UBM: Analysis of Stress in Biological Systems National Science Foundation (NSF)
Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM)
$239,460
Fernando Guerra, Ph.D.
Center for the Study of Los Angeles
U.S. Survey on Latinos
Latino Policy Coalition
$40,000
Katherine Harper, Ph.D.Art & Art History
A Forgotten Age-The Material Culture of Kamakura Zen
ASIANetwork
Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows Program
$23,535
Amir Hussain, Ph.D.
Dorian Llywelyn, S.J., Ph.D.
Theological Studies
Convivencia: Religious Identities in the New World Valparaiso University/Lilly Fellows Program
Research Conferences
$83,500 Terese Jimenez, Ph.D. School of Education
The PLUS Project: Promoting Literacy in Urban SchoolsCSULA/U.S. Department of Education
Research and Innovation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities
Subcontract
$13,672
Edmundo Litton, Ed.D.School of Education
Teaching for Social Justice: The LMU Intern Program Year 4 California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Alternative Certification – Internship Program
$675,000
Michael Miranda, Ph.D. Music
LMU Guitar Concert and Masterclass Series National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast Track Review Grants
$10,000
Mary McElwain, Ph.D.
Kam Dahlquist, Ph.D. Biology
Merck Foundation/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research ProgramAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science & The Merck Institute for Science Education
Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program
$60,000
Katharine Noon
Theatre Arts
Orestes Remembered: The Fury Project
Durfee Foundation
ARC (Artists' Resource for Completion)
$3,500
Jennifer Offenberg, Ph.D.
Andrew Healy, Ph.D.Economics
Asymmetry and Incomplete Information in an Experimental Volunteer's DilemmaRussell Sage Foundation
Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics
$2,950
Gary Rhodes, Ph.D.LMU Extension/Center for Global Education
Year of Study Abroad The Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program
Contract
$6,000
Project for Learning in the United States (PLUS) International Student Support Project
U.S Department of Education
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
$441,659
Jeff Sanny, Ph.D.
Physics
A Statistical ULF Fingerprint of Magnetic Storms and its Application to Electron EnergizationNational Science Foundation (NSF)
ATM Magnetospheric Physics
$131,948
Vandana Thadani, Ph.D. Psychology
Predictively Improving the Problem Solving of Science Students UCLA/National Science Foundation (NSF)
Research on Learning Education (ROLE)
Subcontract
$9,300
Jonathan Weil LMU Extension (LA Center for International Studies)
National Consortium for Teaching About Asia-Partner SiteFreeman Foundation
National Consortium for Teaching About Asia Program
$153,500
John Wholihan, Ph.D.
Cal Caswell, Ed.D
College of Business Administration
LMU SBDC 2005 Los Angeles Service Center Long Beach Community College District/SBA
Small Business Development Center
Subcontract
$290,000