11 faculty members receive 2008 Teaching Scholar Fellowships
Summer research
2008-01-29
Minnesota State University, Mankato Media Relations Office news release [1/29/2008]
Eleven Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty members have been awarded 2008 Teaching Scholar Fellowships for research projects this summer.
The annual fellowships, announced by President Richard Davenport, provide support for faculty at Minnesota State Mankato as they develop new ways to improve teaching and learning.
Each Fellow will be engaged in an eight-week project involving teaching and scholarship. The faculty members will explain the results of their research at campus-wide workshops in the fall.
Each fellow receives a $6,000 stipend, plus $300 for related expenses. The fellowships are awarded on a university-wide, competitive basis, and recipients are recommended by the Faculty Development Sub Meet and Confer committee and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Scott Olson.
Summer 2008 Teaching Scholar Fellows and their projects are:
- Kathleen Blue (Anthropology), “Childhood Health in Anglo-Saxon Britain”;
- Jinbong Choi (Mass Communications), “Framing the Battle for the Blue House: A Comparison of Four International Newspapers’ Coverage of the 2007 South Korean Presidential Election”;
- David Engen (Speech Communication), “The Third Place in Blue Earth County”;
- Vicki Hunter (Sociology and Corrections), “Identity Work in Women’s Re-Entry Experiences”;
- Rajiv Kapadia (Electrical & Computer Engineering & Technology), “Open Course Ware in Digital Signal Processing”;
- Guynel Reid (Educational Studies: K-12 & Secondary Programs), “Researching Program Design: Structural Forms and Functions”;
- Elizabeth Sandell (Educational Studies: Elementary & Early Childhood), “A Cross-Cultural Instructional Redesign Project with Northern International University, Magadan, Russian Federation: Incorporating Guided Inquiry Learning and Online Teaching Strategies in EEC 227 Early Learning and Development”;
- James Slack (Information Systems & Technology), “Applied Data-Modeling Supplement for iSYS 441: Database Modeling for Applications”;
- Kristen Treinen (Speech Communication), “Integrating Technology into the Classroom Environment: Utilizing Podcasts as a Pedagogical Tool”;
- Michael Wells (Information Systems & Technology), “Researching Outsourcing to Stay Current in the Computers in Society Course”;
- Hongxia Yin (Mathematics & Statistics), “Creation of Two Code Packages for Computer Aided Study in Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Methods.”
Summer Research Grant For 2008
- Cindra Kamphoff (Human Performance), "Bargaining with Patriarchy: Former Women Coaches' Experiences and Their Decisions to Leave Collegiate Coaching."
- Fei Yuan (Geography), "Finding a Sustainable Way to Future Growth of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Using Remote Sensing and GIS."
- Heather Camp (English), "Writing Development Research: Historical and Pedagogical Contributions."
- Cecilia Pick (Modern Languages), "The Front Matters: Artistic Presentation of Maria Sibylla Merian."
- Lori Ann Lahlum (History), "Norwegian Women’s Landscape and Agriculture on the Northern Prairies and Plains: 1850-1920."
- Qun Zhang (Electrical & Computer Engineering & Technology), "Performance Analysis and Design of Raman Amplifier Assisted Optical Communication Systems."
- Emily Boyd (Sociology & Corrections), "Transforming Masculinity and Femininity on Extreme Makeover."
- Mary Regan (Nursing), "The Domino Effect: Intra-partum Nurses' Conceptions of Risk about Childbirth and the Utilization of Childbirth Technologies to Manage Labor and Birth."
- Tomasz Inglot (Political Science & Law Enforcement), "Welfare State Transformations and Adaptations in Central and Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia)."
- Rachel Droogsma (Speech Communication), "Standpoint Analysis of Women Abuse Survivors’ Messages in the Clothesline Project."
