Congratulations to the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's 2021 Summer Research Fellowship Recipients!
Dr. Matthew P. Hoch, Associate Professor of Biology
Research: Marine microbiology from the Texas coast to coral reefs of Belize
Dr. Edgardo Pujols, Assistant Professor of Earth and Space Sciences
Research: Temporal and causal linkages between arc magmatism and thrusting in Cordilleran orogenic systems
Dr. Brendan Gillis, Assistant Professor of History
Research: George Washington as Imperial Magistrate: A Study of the Fairfax County Court of Quarter Sessions, 1760-1774
Dr. Gwinyai Muzorewa, Assistant Professor of History
Research: An Account of Shifting Pan African and International Influences in the formation of Zimbabwe's Foreign Policy from 1980-2000."
Dr. Bogdana Bahrim, Associate Professor of Physics
Research: H lateral collisions with alkali-covered Cu and Ag surfaces
Dr. Rafael de la Madrid, Associate Professor of Physics
Research: Characterization of the work needed to slide drop on a surface
Dr. Cheng-Hsien Lin, Associate Professor of Sociology
Research: A New Perspective on Drug Control Policies: The Drug Problem is the demand, not the Supply.
Dr. Margot Gage, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Research: Women on the Frontlines: investigating the political context of health and human rights
Dr. Dale Daniel, Professor of Mathematics
Research: Investigations in Network Theory via the Erdos-Gyarfas Conjecture
Dr. Stacey Knight, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Research: No visitors: Family perceptions of separation from hospitalized loved ones
Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor, Associate Professor of Biology
Research: Gene Silencing using synthetic siRNAs and antisense oligos in cattle pathogen, Tritrichomonas fetus
Dr. Elizabeth Long, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Research: The Effect of Letter Writing on Connection
Dr. Adam Nemmers, Assistant Professor of English
Research: Neither 'Squaw' nor 'Savage': Eroticism and Exoticism in Native American Sexual Stereotypes
Dr. Cynthia Pipkins, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Research: Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Psychological Factors in Licensed Nurses: A Comparative Study
Dr. Amy Smith, Associate Professor of English
Research: Throwing it All Away: 'Solid Objects' and Attending to the Sacred
Dr. Randall Terry, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Biology
Research: Phylogenetic boundaries and conservation genetics of six New World cypresses (Hesperocyparis; Cupressaceae) endemic to California
Dr. Sylvestre Twagirayezu, Assistant Professor Chemistry, and Dr. Suying Wei, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research: Highly Selective Sensor based on Molecular Rotational Resonance Technique for Fast Monitoring Sulfur Dioxide in Ambient Air
Dr. Jing Zhang, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Research: High-throughput Phenotyping of Rice Growth and development Using UAV Imaging and Advanced Machine Learning Technology
Dr. Bianca Easterly, Associate Professor of Political Science
Research: When Bills Represent People, Can Legislators Say No?: An Examination of Apostrophe Laws in Texas
Dr. Jennifer Fagen, Associate Professor of Sociology
Research: A Feminist Perspective of Muslim Women's Sexuality: defiance of the Traditional Sexual Script
Dr. Gretchen Johnson, Assistant Professor of English
Research: Young Again, a novel about academic life
Dr. Cengiz Sen, Assistant Professor of Physics
Research: d0-Magnetism in Realistic Impurity-Based Model Hamiltonians