2017-2018 Faculty Scholarship Initiative (FSI) Award Announcement

The Office of Research would like to thank members of the University Research Council for their review of all 2017-2018 Faculty Scholarship Initiative (FSI) proposals – and congratulate the following faculty members on their successful FSI proposals:

Fengxia Zhu
Monte Ahuja College of Business
Department of Marketing
$6,795.00

The power of brands: exploring the relationship between relative customer satisfaction, brand positioning strategy, and the performance of US consumer brands' performance in China

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Irina Koukhanova
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Art
$7,500.00

The Contemporary Jester as Pied Piper of Hamelin

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Cheryl Bracken
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Communication
$5,182.00

An Investigation of the Impact of Online News Affordances on Perceptions of Credibility

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Cigdem Slankard
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Communication
$7,500.00

Dreamhood, A Documentary Film

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Barbara Hoffman
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Criminology Anthropology & Sociology
$7,500.00

Historical Foundations of Innovations in Habitat and Culture Change in the West African City

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Meghan Novisky
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Criminology Anthropology & Sociology
$5,822.93

Examining the Impact of Unmet Health-Related Needs and Exposure to Trauma during Incarceration on Ease of Reentry

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Maksim Isakin; Phuong Ngo
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Economics
$7,435.00

Modeling Inflation: A New Approach

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Adam Sonstegard
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of English
$1,830.00

The Grandissimes and the Tragic, Graphic Mulatta

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Michael Baumgartner
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Music
$5,000.00

Music in Post-War European Cinema

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Angelin Chang
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Music
$7,500.00

Merging and Emerging New Trends in Piano

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Patricia Stoddard Dare
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Social Work
$7,475.00

Evaluation of SAFE PASSAGES, a Police-Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative

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Heba El Attar
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures
$4,575.00

Palestinian Chileans and Mass Media

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Kelly Yu-Hsin Liao
College of Education and Human Services
Department of CASAL
$7,496.00

A Self-Compassion Writing Intervention to Reduce Internalized Racism among African American Students

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Grace Huang; Eddie T.C. Lam
College of Education and Human Services
Department of Teacher Education;
Department of Health & Human Performance
$7,450.00

Qualitative Insights Into the Challenges of Parenting Practices among Asian Immigrant Families

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Stephanie Ryberg-Webster
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Department of Urban Studies
$4,634.50

Restoring the Rustbelt: Histories of Historic Preservation in Cleveland, Ohio