Award Recipients

RCHSS offers three competitive funding opportunities each year: the Manuscript Completion Program (MCP), the Scholarship Support funding (SSF), and the Teaching Enhancement Program (TEP). Congratulations to the award recipients!

Manuscript Completion Program

The purpose of the Manuscript Completion Program (MCP) is to facilitate the completion and submission of scholarly manuscripts or other creative works. Specifically, this multi-pronged program provides participants with three mechanisms to increase productivity and completion of works in progress: time, support, and accountability.

    • Sara Doan, Department of Technical Communication and Interactive Design
    • Hyewon Kim, Department of English and Interdisciplinary Studies
    • Luciane de Oliveira Rocha, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
    • Lauren Maclvor Thompson, Department of History and Interdisciplinary Studies
    • Dianhan Zheng, Department of Psychology
    • Brad Suther, Department of Geography and Anthropology
    • Dorian Jackson, Department of Foreign Languages
    • John Givens, School of Government and International Affairs
    • Caroline Connor, Department of History and Philosophy
    • Israel Sanchez-Cordona, Department of Psychological Science
    • Rodolfo Aguilar, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
    • Christopher Allen, Department of Psychological Science
    • Ordene Edwards, Department of Psychological Science
    • Elizabeth Miles, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
    • Brian Swain, Department of History and Philosophy
    • Ebony Glover, Department of Psychological Science
    • La Shonda Mims, Department of History and Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies Department
    • Shane Peterson, Department of Foreign Languages
    • Miriam Brown Spiers, Department of English and Interdisciplinary Studies Department
    • Albert Way, Department of History and Philosophy
    • Dr. Ashley Shelden, Department of English
    • Dr. Louis Meng, Department of Foreign Languages
    • Dr. Nae-Rae Kim, Department of English and Interdisciplinary Studies Department
    • Dr. Ravi Ghadge, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
    • Dr. Roxanne Donovan, Department of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies Department
    • Dr. Ariel Eisenberg, Department of History and Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies Department
    • Dr. Sha Huang, Department of Foreign Languages
    • Dr. Corinne McNamara, Department of Psychology
    • Dr. William "Tom" Okie, Department of History and Philosophy
    • Dr. Jennifer Willard, Department of Psychology
    • Dr. Sarasij Majumder (Geography and Anthropology/Interdisciplinary Studies)
    • Dr. Suma Mallavarapu (Psychology)
    • Dr. Laura McGrath (English)
    • Dr. Heidi Scherer (Sociology and Criminal Justice)
    • Dr. Saul Alamilla (Psychology)
    • Dr. Gail Markle (Sociology & Criminal Justice)
    • Dr. Vanessa Slinger-Friedman (Geography & Anthropology)
    • Dr. Kathryn Walkiewicz (English/Interdisciplinary Studies)
    • Dr. Jennifer Willard (Psychology)
    • Dr. Carolyn Carlson (Communication)
    • Dr. Heather Pincock (Political Science and International Affairs)
    • Dr. Kristin Hoyt (Foreign Languages)
    • Dr. Elizabeth Gordon (Political Science and International Affairs)
    • Dr. Kenneth Williamson (Geography and Anthropology/Interdisciplinary Studies)
    • Dr. Debarati Sen (Geo & Antro/INCM)
    • Dr. Nicole Martin (Psychology)
    • Dr. Jaime Cruz-Ortiz (DFL)
    • Dr. Jennifer Dickey (Hist & Phil)
    • Dr. Aaron Levy (English)
    • Dr. Griselda Thomas (English/ISD),
    • Dr. Suma Mallavarapu (Psychology),
    • Dr. Federica Santini (DFL),
    • Dr. Teresa Raczek (Geo & Anth), and
    • Dr. Chenaz Seelarbokus (PSIA).

 

Scholarship Support Funding

The overall purpose of the RCHSS Research/Scholarship Support Funding is to provide faculty with additional support and resources for impactful research/scholarship projects.  The goal is to provide a “boost” to faculty research in order for it to result in publications and/or external (non-KSU) funding.

Teaching Enhancement Program

The RCHSS Teaching Enhancement Program (TEP) focuses on providing more experiential learning opportunities for students, increasing students’ sense of community, and improving student retention. TEP funding offers faculty the opportunity to bring their scholarly expertise into the classroom to enhance student learning. These funds support initiatives aimed at enhancing student success in and outside the classroom through field trips, engagement opportunities, books or supplies for project-based learning, funds to support traveling exhibits, funds for technology used for experiential learning, honoraria and/or travel funds for guest lecturer presentations for classes, and other similar activities or materials.

  • Paul McDaniel, Associate Professor of Geography
    Title:Teaching Urban Geography through the Lens of the Atlanta BeltLine

    Tom Vizcarrondo, Assistant Professor of Communication
    Title: Enhancing the Interview as a PR Research Tool

    Vanessa Slinger-Friedman, Professor of Geography
    Title: The KSU Food Forest and a community project in SW Atlanta: project base living learning lab sites for transformative real-world applications of social and environmental sustainability

    Ordene Edwards, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
    Title: Learning by Doing: Examining the Impact of Service-Learning in an Educational
    Psychology Course

    Jason Rhodes, Lecturer of Geography
    Title: Connecting the Ends of the Clothing Commodity Chain: Consumers and Producers in Dialogue,
    from KSU to Bangladesh

  • Ordene Edwards, Assistant Professor of Psychology
    Title: Examining the Impact of Problem-Based Learning in a Personality Theories Course

    Susan Kirkpatrick Smith, Associate Professor of Anthropology
    Title: An Interdisciplinary Approaching Involving Biological Anthropology, Classical Archaeology, and Museum Exhibits will Enhance Student Learning in The Bioarchaeology of Greece

    Paul McDaniel, Assistant Professor of Geography, and Linda Treiber, Professor of Sociology
    Title: Teaching the Geography and Sociology of Health through the Lens of the Atlanta-Based Centers for Disease Controland Prevention

    Rob Montgomery, Assistant Professor of English Education, and Michelle Goodsite, Senior Lecturer of English
    Title: Infusing Social Justice Elements in the High School Language Arts Classroom

  • Meredith K. Ginn, Lecturer of Communication, and Jennifer Louten, Associate Professor of Biology
    Title: CELLebrating Science Communicators: An Investigation of Careers in Science, and the Importance
    of Effective Messaging

    Suma Mallavarapu, Associate Professor of Pyschology; Allison Martin, Assistant Professor of Psychology; and Lauren Talglialatela, Professor of Psychology
    Title: Enhancing Student Learning Through a Virtual, Interactive, Laboratory Training Experience

    Nicole Martin, Associate Professor of Psychology, and Teresa Neal, Lecturer of Educational Psychology
    Title: Using Literature Circles and Project-Based Learning to Investigate Nature and Nurture in
    Psychological Development

    Paul McDaniel, Assistant Professor of Geography
    Title: Teaching Urban Geography through the Lens of the Atlanta BeltLine

    Mitch Olson, Assistant Professor of Screen and TV Writing
    Title: Script to Screen

    Lara Smith-Sitton, Assistant Professor of English
    Title: Crafting a Professional Writing Life: Employing Assessment Tools and Emotional Intelligence for
    Creative Productivity

    Vanessa Slinger-Friedman, Professor of Geography; Uli Ingram, Lecturer of Geographic Information Systems; and Erinn Bariteau, Lecturer of Physical Geography
    Title: Engaging Students through the “Places and Spaces: Mapping Science” Exhibit

  • Jeanne Bohannon, Associate Professor of English
    Title: #ATLStudentmovement – Documenting the voice of the people, places, and events of the Atlanta Student Movement and its prominent role in the struggle of civil rights

    Dan Farr, Senior Lecturer of Sociology
    Title: Bringing Documentary Films into Online Intro to Sociology

    Michael Lahey, Associate Professor of Interactive Design, and Leslie Hankey, Lecture of Technical Community
    Title: Creating a Student-centered Local Partnership with the Museum of Design Atlanta

    Nicole Martin, Associate Professor of Psychology, and Teresa Neal, Lecturer of Educational Psychology
    Title: Gender and STEM: Learning through service

    Nancy Pullen-Hoalst, Professor of Geography, and Uli Ingram, Lecturer of Geographic Information Systems
    Title: Eye-tracking Heat Maps: Technology -Driven Pedagogy for Map Design and Mapping Environments

    Vanessa Slinger-Friedman, Professor of Geography
    Title: Exploring Fieldtrips as Active and Applied Pedagogy to Develop Sustainable Minded Students

    Evelina Sterling, Assistant Professor of Sociology
    Title: Teaching Society, Community, and Health through the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    Ken White, Associate Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice
    Title: Writing Social Science Narratives: A Hollywood Writer’s Perspective

 

Past Awards

Summer Research Award

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