Interdisciplinary Mini-Grants Awarded

Interdisciplinary Mini-Grants Awarded in October 2007

Congratulations to the following ACS faculty members who received mini-grants of up to $8500 for initial Interdisciplinary Projects or up to $4,250 to supplement previously funded Interdisciplinary Projects. Grant funds are provided by the consortium’s New Models Program, which is funded by the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation.

• Duane Cooper, Mathematics, Hasan Crockett, Political Science, Gregory Hall, Political Science, Morehouse College, “Voting Analysis in Mathematics and Politics: Interdisciplinary Research and Education”
  Proposal | Final Report

• Leah Creque, English/African-American Studies, Samuel Livingston, History, Morehouse College, “Toward Pedagogy of International Ethics: Developing a Social Justice-Centered Humanities And Social Sciences Learning Community at Morehouse College”
  Proposal | Final Report

• Anne Goldberg, Sociology/Anthropology, Maxine Payne, Art, Hendrix College, “The Women of San Luis, Costa Rica: Sharing Life Experiences Through Oral History and Photography” -Supplemental Grant
  Proposal | Final Report

• Kimberly Maslin-Wicks, Politics, Leslie Wade, Psychology, Hendrix College, “Assessing Candidates’ Emotive Displays: The Role of Gender”
  Proposal | Final Report
  

Interdisciplinary Mini-Grants Awarded in February 2007 

1. Saber Elaydi, Mathematics, David Ribble, Biology, Trinity University,  “Developing a Laboratory Manual and Lecture Notes for Mathematical Models in Life Sciences”
   Proposal | Final Report
   
   
2. Patrick Hopkins, Philosophy, Sarah McGuire, Biology, Millsaps College, “Teaching Scientific Reasoning to Undergraduates Across Disciplines”
   Proposal | Interim Report | Final Report
   
   
3. Les Lloyd, Information Technology, Scott Hewitt, Education, Michael Gunter, Political Science, Joe Hughes, Technical Support, Rollins College, “Activism 101 in the Galapagos & Ecuador Follow-up Planning”
   Proposal | Final Report | Students' comments |
   
   
4. Charles Meadows, Education & Modern Foreign Languages, Michael Hodge, Sociology, Marcellus Barksdale, History, Morehouse College, “An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the African American Male and the Public School Classroom”
   Proposal | Final Report
   
   
5. Milton Moreland, Archaeology, Ryan Byrne, Archaeology, Rhodes College, “Integrating Material Culture and Service into the Curriculum: The Ames Plantation and Zion Cemetery Projects at Rhodes College”
   Proposal | Final Report

Interdisciplinary Mini-Grant Awardees - October 2006

1. Centenary College, Interdisciplinary Quantitative Data Colloquium, Drs. Demerath, Weeks and Rankin PI’s
   Proposal | Final Report
   
   
2. Furman University, Interdisciplinary Course on Disease and Culture, Drs. Liao and Worth, PI’s
   Proposal | Interim Report | Final Report | Course Description
   
   
3. Hendrix College, The Women of San Luis, Costa Rica: Sharing Life Experiences Through Oral History and Photography, Drs.Goldberg and Payne, PI’s
   Proposal | Interim Report | Final Report
   
   
4. Millsaps College, Interdisciplinary Program in Albania, Drs. Galaty and Bowley, PI’s
   Proposal | Final Report
   
   
5. Rollins College, Activism 101: Making A Difference Locally and Globally, Drs. Lloyd and Hewitt, PI’s
   Proposal
   
   
6. Rollins College, Ecological Restoration: Cultivating the ‘Civilized Landscape’ in the Liberal Arts, Drs. Stephenson and Phelan, PI’s
    Proposal | Interim Report | Final Report | Symposium brochure

Interdisciplinary Mini-Grant Awardees - April 2006

1. Millsaps College, Teaching Critical Thinking to Freshmen across Disciplines, Dr. Hopkins, PI
   Proposal | Interim Report 1 | Interim Report 2 | Final Report
   
   
2. Rhodes College, Integrating Material Culture and Service into the Curriculum: Ames Plantation/Zion Cemetary Projects at Rhodes College, Drs. Moreland and Byrnes, PI’s
   Proposal | Final Report
   
   
3. Rollins College, Culture Wars: Current Debates in Ethics, Aesthetics and Politics, Drs.Levis, Libby and Musgrave, PI’s
   Proposal | Final Report | Syllabus | Article | Publication
   
   
4. Sewanee: The University of the South, A New Integrative Model for Teaching the History and Traditional Theatre of Japan, Drs. Backlund and Goldberg, PI’s
   Proposal | Interim Report | Final Report

More information about the ACS Interdisciplinary Initiative is found online at http://www.colleges.org/newmodels/interdisciplinary/index.html.