Awardee Department College Project Title Amount
Awarded
Joshua Reece Biology Arts &
Science		 Speciation in Atlantic Coral Reef Fishes:
A Case Study of Moray Eels		 $5,000
Ronald Stunda Accounting &
Finance		 Business The Role of Derivatives in the Financial Crisis
and their Impact on Security Prices		 $5,000
Jenny Vu Chemistry Arts &
Science		 Cycloaddition of Fienes and Nitrile Oxides $5,000
Yakov Woldman Chemistry Arts &
Science		 Nitric Oxide Nanosensors $5,000
Gary Futrell Marketing &
Economics		 Business The Role of Self- Discrepancy in Patient Deception $5,000
Li-Mei Chen English Arts &
Science		 An Analysis of International Students' Writing Errors
and Causes: A Pilot Study of VSU		 $5,000
Zhiguang Xu Mathematics &
Computer Science		 Arts &
Science		 The GPU Accelerated and Flocking Based Large Scale Data Clustering $4,997
Matthew Grant  Kinesiology & 
Physical Education		 Education An Examination of Sport Psychological Strategies and
Influences of Elite and Sub-Elite US Divers		 $4,300
Anne Price Sociology,
Anthropology &
Criminal Justice		 Arts &
Science		 Change in Women's Willingness to Participate in
Political Action in the Middle East		 $5,000
Alicja Rieger &
Gina Doepker		 Early Childhood &
Special Education		 Education Using "Toon" Books and Graphic Novels to
Increase Children's Literacy
Attitude, Motivation, Confidence, and Skills		 $7,025
Jemal Mohammed-Awel Mathematics &
Computer Science		 Arts &
Science		 A New Mathematical Model with Optimal Control to
Study Bed-net Efficacy on Malaria Transmission		 $5,000
Regina Suriel &
Crystal Randolph		 Middle, Secondary.
Reading & Deaf Ed.		 Education Accessibility of Middle Grade Science Curricula $7,500
Jennifer Beal-Alvarez
& Nanci Scheets		 Middle, Secondary,
Reading & Deaf Ed.		 Education Sign Language Development Across Students
who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing		 $7,500
Stephanie Hinnershitz History Arts &
Science		 A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American
and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the South		 $4,746
Matthew Carter &
Jade Coston		 Communication
Sciences & Disorders		 Education The Effects of Reading Acceleration and Frequency
Altered Feedback on Language Abilities		 $7,425
Timothy Henkel Biology Arts &
Science		 Distribution of Temperate and Tropical Brittlestars
on Gray's Reef Naitonal Marine Sanctuary		 $5,000
Shaun Ault Mathematics &
Computer Science		 Arts &
Science		 Investigating the HIT Problem Using Stable Module Theory $5,000
Richard Schmertzing &
Lorraine Schmertzing		 Curriculum,
Leadership &
Technology		 Education Experiences Impacting the Retention & Completion
of African American VSU Undergraduates		 $4,450
Ubaraj Katawal English Arts &
Science		 Violence and Literature: Contemporary South Asian Fiction $5,000
Daesang Kim &
Herb Fiester		 Curriculum,
Leadership &
Technology		 Education K-12 Mobile Learning: Students' Perceptions and Experiences $7,500
Shirley Serini Communication
Arts		 Arts Integration & Socialization of Millennials into
the Public Relations Workplace		 $5,000