Internal Funding
Past Internal Grant Award Recipients
FY 2009
Research Enhancement Grant Winners
Enhancement Grant for Research:
Dr. Alessandro Bonanno, Sociology
“Social Factors affecting Survivorship in Patients with Orbital
Cancer”
Dr. Madhusudan Choudhary, Biological Sciences
“Gene duplication analysis of Rhodobacter sphaeroides’ genome”
Dr. John Degenhardt, Geography & Geology
“Geophysical Analysis of Hite Delta, Glen Canyon, UT
Dr. Hui Fang, Physics
“Experiment and modeling of Hc2 for the two-band superconductor
MgB2”
Dr. Rebecca Garcia
Co-PI: Dr. Brian Loft
Mathematics & Statistics
“PURE Math: Pacific Undergraduate
Research Experience in Mathematics”
Dr. Troy Quast
Co-PI: Dr. Fidel Gonzales
Economics & International Business
“Recessions and Hispanic Mortality: The
Case of Mexico”
Dr. Wanda Reyes
Co-PI: Dr. Ann Marie Major (Pennsylvania
State Univ.)
Mass Communications
“Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Scale for
Young Adults”
Enhancement Grant for Professional Development:
Dr. Todd Armstrong, Criminal Justice
“Understanding the Resting Heart Rate/
Antisocial Behavior Relationship”
Dr. Ty Cashion, History
“The Future of Texas Letters: A Cultural-Intellectual History”
Dr. Caroline Castillo Crimm, History
“The Quakers and the Quetza: Biculturation
and Ecotourism in Monteverde,
Costa Rica”
Dr. Monte Thies, Biological Sciences
“A survey of small mammals from Northwestern Botswana”
Faculty Research Grant:
Dr. Sibyl Bucheli, Biological Sciences
“Diversity of Depressariinae
(Gelecjioidea; Elachistidae) in Texas”
Dr. Rebecca Bustamante
Co-PI: Dr. Sylvia Taube
Curriculum & Instruction
“Examining Secondary Principal Support
for English Language Learners”
Dr. Lei Chen, Computer Science
“Securing Real-time Multimedia Data in
MANETs”
Dr. P. Raelynn Deaton, Biological Sciences
“Sexual conflict in coercive livebearing
mosquitofishes”
Dr. Mark W. Frank, Economics & International Business
“State-Level Income Inequality and Economic
Growth”
Dr. Donovan Haines, Chemistry
“Direct Cellular Biosynthesis of Biodiesel”
Dr. Lirong Liu, Economics & International Business
“Spillover effects across environmental
programs”
Dr. Audrey Miller, Psychology & Philosophy
“Ethnicity and Victim Blame”
Dr. Isabel Ruiz, Economics & International Business
“International Closed-end Country
Funds and U.S. Market Sentiment”
Dr. Nancy Zey, History
“A Comparative Study of Schools in Antebellum
Natchez”