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Associated Colleges of the South
Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Renewal Program
Funded Proposals
Second Round of Funded Proposals (Spring 2009)
Funding for this program has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is made available in three categories: personal growth, leadership development and professional development.
Congratulations are in order for the following faculty for submitting successful proposals.
Mellon Faculty Renewal Grants- Second Round –January 2009 Awards
Leadership Development
- Kathleen Rossman, Acting Assoc Provost, Birmingham-Southern College, “Faculty Leadership Development at Birmingham-Southern College”
Professional Development
- Timothy Smith, Art History, Jim Neel, Art, Birmingham-Southern College, “The Art of Negotiating Identity.”
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- Sandra Sprayberry, English, Birmingham-Southern College, “Re-turning Ginen: Visual Art and Poetry Reflecting Upon a Visit to Ghana”
- Helen Emmitt, English, Centre College, “Re-Invigorating First-Year Humanities”
- Jeffrey Fieberg, Chemistry, Chris Barton, Biology, Dan Manheim, English, Jason Neiser, Physics, Centre College, “Exploration of Model Undergraduate Research Programs”
- John Perry, Economics, Bruce Johnson, Economics, Marie Petkus, Economics, Centre College, “Producing SASSY Economists: An Intensive SAS Training Program”
- Thomas McCollough, Religion, Beth Glazier-McDonald, Religion, Centre College, “Colloquium on Genocide and Religion”
- Phillip Lockett, Physics, Centre College, Juan Rodriquez, Biophysics, Centenary College, “Introductory Course in Biological Physics”
- Robert Prickett, Education, Meg Webber, Education, Centenary College, “Developing an Experiential, Multidisciplinary Course: The Chinese American Experience”
- Vivian Shen, Chinese Department, Davidson College, “Shanghai Modernity”
- Sean O’Rourke, English, Margaret Oakes, English, Furman University, “Engaging the Humanities"
- Nicholas Radel, Women’s and Gender Studies, Furman University, “Developing a Gender Oriented Strategic Plan for Women’s and Gender Studies at Furman”
- Kimberly Burke and Susan Taylor, Else School of Management, Millsaps College, “Teaching Effectiveness Seminar”
- Benjamin Broening, Music, University of Richmond, Daniel Koppelman, Music, Furman University, “Nocturnes: Composing, Performing and Recording with Technology”
- Richard James, Computer Science, Sigmund Rothschild, Music, Rollins College, “Interdisciplinary Music Technology”
- Dawn Roe, Art History, Jennifer Queen, Psychology, Rollins College, “The Photograph as Language: Developing Communicative Methods of Camera Use for People with Aphasia (PWA)”
- Mark Bottoroff, Physics, Michael Kamen, Education, Southwestern University, David Moffet, Henry Keith, Ellen Hard Townes, Physics, Furman University, Ann Wright, Physics, Hendrix College, D. T. Durig, Chemistry, University of the South, David Hough, Physics and Astronomy, Trinity University, “Student Observation Driven Astronomy Across the ACS”
- Alisa Gaunder, Political Science, Southwestern University,“Barriers Facing Female Candidates Running for National Office in Japan”
- Fay Guarraci, Psychology, Maha Foote, Chemistry, Southwestern University, “Crossing Boundaries: Psychology meets Biochemistry”
- Gulnar Rawji, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southwestern University, “Integration of Research into Teaching Laboratory For Inorganic Chemistry”
- Marcia France, Chemistry, Washington and Lee University, “Research at the University of St. Andrews: Preparation of Chiral Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis”
- Mark Rush, Politics, Washington and Lee University, “Development and Expansion of GIS Skills for Teaching And Research”
Joint Workshops
- Barbara Lom, Neuroscience, Kristi Multhaup, Psychology, Davidson College, “Preparing For EPICS: Educational Practices Informed by Cognitive Science”
For the next round of grants, pre-proposals will be due on October 1, 2009. For those whose pre-proposals are approved by the review committee, the final proposals will be due on January 15, 2010. Faculty are encouraged to read the various materials available and consider preparing a proposal for consideration. Proposals are accepted for individual and collaborative efforts at one institution or across several ACS institutions.
Faculty Renewal Grant Program Guidelines
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