E A S t S t r o u d S b u r g u n i v E r S i t y o f P E n n Sy lvA n i A
Funding Year in Review
Fiscal Year 2013-2014
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Sorting aquatic insects are (from left to right): Leanne Rios, a senior biology major from Stroudsburg; Christine Preston, a graduate student from Reeders who is pursuing a master’s in biology; and Paul Wilson, Ph.D. sporting his “crazy waders” (p. 32).
Contents
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Message from the President
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Message from the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
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Message from the Vice President for Economic Development and Research Support
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INTERNAL GRANTS
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Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC) Grants
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Innovations in Teaching and Improvement in Student Learning Outcomes Grants
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Major Grants
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Mini Grants
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Travel Grants for Presentations
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FDR Facts and Figures
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External Grants
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External Funding Facts and Figures
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Cover photo: David Mazure, art department, (left) and Dr. Jonathan Keiter, mathematics department, stand in front of the newly installed photo of the Anamorphic Einstein Installation, which was funded by a grant for Entrepreneurship Across the Colleges. Installation of this project took place in summer 2014 (p. 26). Photos (above, left to right): John Lauri (left), a sophomore majoring in computer science with a minor in theatre from Long Pond, Pa., and Colin Burke, a senior majoring in computer science from East Stroudsburg, Pa., exhibiting their robotic creations at the ESU Robotics Competition, which was held on Friday, December 5, 2014. Grant funding helps projects like these bring out students’ creativity. Dr. Howard Whidden, biological sciences department, photographed a northern long-eared bat, the subject of his ongoing project in which populations have been monitored following the appearance of white-nose syndrome (p. 31). Dr. LuAnn Batson-Magnuson, speech-language pathology department, presents her research on phonological and non-phonological predictors of reading performance at the FDR poster sessions (p. 11).
Message from the President This booklet overlaps with the first year of the implementation of ESU’s Strategic Plan Students First: Innovate ESU. It is core to ESU’s mission to offer varied opportunities for student and faculty research and creative endeavors, in support of which is the Strategic Plan’s goal of developing a culture of research and scholarship at ESU. ESU’s annual Funding Year in Review booklet documents and visually reminds us of the important and vital sponsored work that is undertaken at ESU every year. ESU has a history of undertaking sponsored projects and research, with documentation going back to the 2006–2007 fiscal year. As we launch into our second year of our Strategic Plan with firm direction and implementation underway, it is an auspicious moment to pause, to reflect, and to proactively consider where we are headed as an academic community in regards to the future of our grant activity. This moment presents an opportunity to consider again with intention and focus where we want to go, to embrace our mission and goal of developing a culture of research and scholarship at ESU. Think big and dream of enhancing capacity within ESU to support that scholarship. Can we increase our grant activity over the next few years? Can we foster more interdisciplinary creativity and spark new ideas for projects? Can we be more proactive and pursue grants more aggressively? Can we increase our sponsored research and project awards by another million in two years, by another two million in five years? I believe we can if we set the goal and put our minds to it. I speak with a passion, urgency and an intellectual conviction to the critical importance of sponsored research and projects to the vitality of our academic community. Grant awards give us opportunity to think unhindered, to experiment, to innovate, to partner, to learn and to grow. They are often the extra spark that energizes teaching and learning and provides prestige and recognition. Students First: Innovate ESU is a student-centered strategy. With students at the center of all that we do, let us also consider them as we apply for grants that support our research. Keep in mind the value of students involved in research projects; they provide hours of detailed analysis and hard work that are fundamental to the successful outcome of grant awarded research. Be bold, grab opportunities, and seek possibilities through grants and sponsored work. Let your success continue to drive our strategic plan forward! Sincerely,
Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. President
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Message from the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs The message that is coming through our Strategic Plan, Students First: Innovate ESU, in regards to creating a culture of research and scholarship, is to foster collaboration across disciplines whether that means facultystudent relationships or collaboration among faculty members. Although collaboration has been an integral part of research for a long time, its nature has evolved from intra- to interdisciplinary, thus necessitating stronger cross-discipline partnerships. While there are a number of factors driving this trend, one relevant to this booklet is that there is a preference by funding sources for interdisciplinary collaboration. As we continue our journey on the road of the Strategic Plan, we have already begun to convene faculty in regular conversations across disciplines to discuss their research, scholarship, and teaching— conversations that we hope will foster more collaborative sponsored research and projects in future years. Although not a major focus in the past, we can see pockets of this innovative interdisciplinary research in our grant activity for the 2013– 2014 fiscal year. One example is the internal FDR Major Grant award to Darlene Farris-LaBar, Joni Oye-Benintende, David Mazure and their team to develop a Student Design Agency. This interdisciplinary and innovative project allowed faculty and students to develop entrepreneurial and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills to augment their art/design skills, proving that all disciplines truly are inter-related. Collaboration between art and the sciences have their own acronym now, STEAM, with the A standing for Art. The Strategic Plan will require change within our community, and that change is reflected in grants and sponsored research; the categories of the Faculty Development and Research (FDR) grant awards will evolve and change as we move forward. The 2013–2014 fiscal year was the last year that travel grants were funded through FDR and this was the final year they were covered in this booklet. The FDR grant categories of Travel, Major and Mini will be redefined as Major Leveraging, Interdisciplinary Incentive, and Mini grants. I encourage all faculty and staff to look at grant activity as an opportunity for change and growth that not only benefits a faculty member’s own personal intellectual growth, but also contributes to ESU’s evolution as a university that fosters a culture of research and scholarship. Sincerely,
Van A. Reidhead, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
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Message from the Vice President for Economic Development and Research Support The scholarly research that is documented in this year’s Funding Year in Review describes innovation at its best. It features new and creative projects that bring fresh ideas and energy to ESU, and ultimately benefit our students. For example, the Community Health Assessment of Monroe County grant, funded by Pocono Health System, utilizes a smartphone application that allows Monroe County residents to work alongside university and hospital researchers to provide key health data about their communities. It’s an innovative approach to identifying the significant health needs of Monroe County. What is Innovation? Simply put, it is the introduction to something new: an idea, methodology or a new way of thinking. Innovation moves us forward. It challenges us and inspires us to consider the possibilities. ESU’s strategic Plan Students First: Innovate ESU has that message at its core. It threads innovation through its four goals focusing on Student Success, A Strong Sense of Community, A Reputation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Innovative Faculty. Since January 2014, the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research (OSPR), under the leadership of Christina McDonald, manager of OSPR, has implemented innovative ideas that are invigorating and expanding grant activity at ESU. New approaches include “re-thinking” and naming of the Faculty Development and Research (FDR) grants; strategically leveraging additional external grants; organizing the first faculty Speed Networking event which fostered interdisciplinary grant collaboration; and submitting ESU’s proposal to the U.S. Department of Education—First in the World Grant Competition. The proposal addressed innovative initiatives to increase transfer rates and to make higher education more affordable. The Research and Economic Development team continues to utilize metrics to track and analyze data trends and to strategically guide our work and to assess our progress as we move forward. The Funding Year in Review grant booklet historically reports on basic metrics that provide information on our grant activity, such as the number of grants awarded and the dollar amount received. This year, it also includes a five-year retrospective to demonstrate trends in grant activity. This booklet will serve as a baseline for grant activity as we move forward implementing the goals of the university’s Strategic Plan. Congratulations and thank you to our faculty, students and staff for their vision and commitment to the scholarly research reflected in this publication. We appreciate and applaud your efforts. The future looks bright as we continue to innovate ESU! Sincerely,
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Mary Frances Postupack Vice President, Economic Development and Research Support
Internal Grants
Dr. Nurun Begum, early childhood and elementary education department, presented her poster, “Teaching Philosophy and Past Experience of Future Teachers: Does it Matter?� at the FDR Grant Recipient Poster Session held November 13, 2014 in the Science and Technology Center (p. 11).
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Internal Grants
Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC) Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC) Grants Awards up to $10,000 to encourage continuous attention to the professional growth and development of PASSHE faculty as teaching scholars. Tim Connolly College of Arts and Sciences | Philosophy and Religious Studies Teaching Philosophy in Beijing (Beijing Normal University) Amount Awarded: $5,131 Overview: The proposed grant supported several lectures and seminars at two universities in Beijing, China, which Dr. Connolly delivered in a five- to six-week period during November and December 2014 while on sabbatical from ESU. This project included three lectures on Chinese and Greek Philosophy at Beijing Normal University, as well as upper-level courses on Comparative (Cross-Cultural) Philosophy at Renmin University. The teaching opportunity in Beijing helped to broaden Dr. Connolly’s knowledge of Chinese philosophy and culture, areas central to his current research and teaching, as well as enhance his communication skills in Mandarin Chinese.
Clare Lenhart College of Health Sciences | Health Studies
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Racing Toward Health Amount Awarded: $8,958 Overview: The vast majority of Americans fail to meet the national recommendations for physical activity and accordingly are at risk of multiple chronic health conditions. Meanwhile, the popularity of community-based 5k races continues to grow though participation does not assure attainment of recommended physical activity levels, and it is unclear how many participants see reduced activity levels post event. The purpose of the study was to assess pre- and post-event activity participation in a community sample of women participating in a popular fundraising race and to explore differences between those who do and those who do not experience declines in physical activity post-event in order to inform future intervention and promote sustained activity.
Innovations in Teaching and Improvement in Student Learning Outcomes Grants Awards up to $10,000 to provide professional development required to gain expertise in innovative methods of teaching that improve student learning outcomes. Paul Wilson and Mary Ann Matras
Internal Grants
Innovations in Teaching and Improvement in Student Learning Outcomes Grants
College of Arts and Sciences | Biological Sciences College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics The Science of Teaching and Learning for Scientists Amount Awarded: $8,600 Overview: Dr. Kenneth Bain, a world-renowned expert on quality college teaching and author of What the Best College Teachers Do, came to ESU to present his extensive research on the characteristics and behaviors of great college teachers. Dr. Bain’s visit served as the focal point for a yearlong process of pedagogical improvement in STEM disciplines. The goal of this project was increased student learning and success in “high impact” science classes at ESU. These classes included both large introductory classes such as Biology I and “developmental” classes such as Math 090. Pedagogical gains made as a result of this grant were sustained through the involvement of the SESTEM (Strengthen ESU Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Science of Teaching and Learning in the Sciences Subcommittee.
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Internal Grants
Faculty Development & Research (FDR) MAJOR GRANTS Awards up to $8,000 to support research, scholarly activity and professional development Dongsheng Che College of Arts and Sciences | Computer Science An Integrative Recommender System for Improving Prediction Accuracy Amount Awarded: $5,075 Overview: This project proposed an integrative recommender system that incorporates personal preference, social influence, and review text to improve recommendation accuracy, which will further benefit future users and businesses. Accurate recommender systems are crucial to both users and businesses, and thus they have great commercial potential. Traditional recommendation approaches are constructed based on a user’s past behavior, or on similar decisions made by other users. The overall recommendation accuracy has been far from satisfactory due to the use of numerical ratings and other factors. Recent separate investigations of using review text and using friendship influence information have improved prediction accuracy to some degree, but still can be improved.
Darlene Farris-LaBar College of Arts and Sciences | Art + Design
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Innovative Teaching Methods: STE(A)M and Experimental Learning in the Curriculum Amount Awarded: $7,013 Overview: A Student Design Agency (SDA) was proposed as an innovative teaching method to scale up the experiential education of art and design students. ESU art and design students have a growing reputation for quality design solutions within the university and the local community. Service learning has been incorporated into class assignments and work internships are required. Faculty and students developed entrepreneurial and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills to augment their art/ design skills; art is the creative impetus that powers STEM by becoming STE(A)M. The SDA benefits from its location in ESU’s business accelerator and use of the department’s 3-D printing lab. Over the term of the grant, faculty took courses in STEM software, social media marketing, and business management as well as instructed, mentored and assessed students on client projects. The Student Design Agency is a non-profit, selfsustaining entity associated with the art and design program. Students who participate and work in the Student Design Lab pose with mixed self-portraits on iPads.
Faculty Development & Research (FDR)
Awards up to $1,000 to support a variety of research activities or scholarly growth activities Christine Brett
Tim Connolly
Elizabeth Gibbons
College of Health Sciences | Physical Education Teacher Education
College of Arts and Sciences | Philosophy and Religious Studies
College of Health Sciences | Physical Education Teacher Education
Creating Strong Physical Teacher Education Programs Amount Awarded: $500 Overview: Christine Brett’s grant
award was used for professional development and scholarly growth and to attend specific sessions which fulfill her research agenda on teacher preparation programs and assessment and teacher effectiveness. Attendance at the conference allowed for networking with fellow physical education practitioners, gathering of essential information to be disseminated to students and colleagues, and fortified her teaching in the nationallyaccredited physical education teacher education program at ESU.
Kevin Casebolt College of Health Studies | Athletic Training American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance National Convention (AAHPERD) Amount Awarded: $1,000 Overview: Kevin Casebolt’s attendance at the conference provided him with the opportunity to attend workshops in motor learning and motor development that were quite beneficial in professional development and aptitude in enhancing his knowledge base in those areas. Leading the half-day conference was also an essential service opportunity that allowed him to forge connections that enabled him to lay the groundwork for redesigning a health and wellness course.
Pacific Division American Philosophical Association
National/International Dance Flurry
Amount Awarded: $1,000
Amount Awarded: $499
Overview: Tim Connolly attended
Overview: The purpose of this grant was to attend the national/ international event, Dance Flurry, in Saratoga Springs, NY. This event brought together dancers and musicians in a wide variety of genres including international ethnic dance such as the zweifacher, hambo, schottische, snoa and Irish step dancing; ballroom/social dances such as tango, swing, waltz, and salsa, and dance forms from the U.S. such as contra dance were also included.
the Pacific Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in order to further his research agenda. His area of specialization is Chinese philosophy and this conference was especially appropriate for his studies into the region. Furthermore, his previous FDR mini-grants have supplemented his teaching and his understanding of Greek philosophy and philosophy in the public sphere.
Glenn Geiser-Getz College of Arts and Sciences | Communication Studies The Association of American Colleges and Universities Amount Awarded: $1,000 Overview: Through funding provided by FDR, the Dean of Arts and Sciences, and Glenn Geiser-Getz himself, Dr. GeiserGetz attended a conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities titled “Quality, E-Quality, and Opportunity: How Educational Innovations Will Make or Break America’s Global Future.” His participation in the three-day event involved a variety of workshops, panels, meetings, and keynote speeches. Topics examined included distance education, assessment, student and faculty engagement, and community-based learning. He also attended sessions that presented new data regarding the attitudes and goals of provosts at public and private institutions across the country.
Internal Grants
MINI GRANTS
Patricia Kennedy College of Arts and Sciences | Communication Studies Fostering Sustainable Behavior Workshop, Environmental Communication Training Amount Awarded: $1,000 Overview: This mini-grant partially supported Patricia Kennedy’s attendance at a two-day workshop in November 2013 in Toronto, Canada conducted by Dr. Doug McKenzie-Mohr on the topic of “Fostering Sustainable Behavior.” The workshop, which described how “community-based social marketing can be used to foster sustainable behavior,” introduced current research on “selecting behaviors, identifying barriers and benefits to selected behaviors” (including topics such as market segmentation, selecting random samples, and survey construction), and utilizing behavior change tools, “as well as the latest work on ‘the use of commitments, norms, communication, social diffusion and goal setting in increasing the adoption of sustainable behaviors.’” Information obtained at this workshop went into the development of future teaching and informed Kennedy’s coursework.
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Internal Grants
Faculty Development & Research (FDR)—Mini Grants Heon Kim
Robert Marmelstein
Richard Otto
College of Arts and Sciences | Philosophy and Religious Studies
College of Arts and Sciences | Computer Science
College of Education | Digital Media Technologies
American Academy of Religion, Eastern International Conference
WorldComp 2013 Conference
Pennsylvania Educational Technology Exposition and Conference
Amount Awarded: $574 Overview: Heon Kim’s grant
supported travel to pursue a research agenda. He attended the Eastern International Region of the American Academy of Religion Conference in order to become updated on the latest developments in comparative and interreligious dialogue and network with scholars in different religious traditions. The knowledge gained from this conference directly benefited his teaching of religion courses at ESU and his development of the introductory course dealing in critical Asian philosophy.
Jaedeock Lee College of Business and Management | Sport Management North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) Amount Awarded: $965 Overview: Jaedeock Lee has been a member of NASSM since 2007 and has attended annual conferences to present research, gain professional development, and to network with global members. As faculty in the ESU Sport Management department, he believes it is essential to stay informed about current research and trends. He benefits from the conference by maintaining excellence in teaching and by sharing his expertise with fellow faculty members.
Amount Awarded: $365 Overview: The use of gamebased projects in the computer science curriculum has the potential to make the teaching of numerous computing courses more effective and interesting. In the paper Robert Marmelstein published at the WorldComp 2013 Conference, approaches were presented for using computer games to teach computer science at different education stages from general education through the graduate level. In each case, he examined how the game project supports the goals of the course. Potential pitfalls and lessons learned from these teaching experiences were also addressed.
Overview: Richard Otto’s attendance at the “PETE & C” allowed him to research many aspects of the field, from the applied use of technology in the classroom, to detailed research on equipment that the department relies on daily and may consider purchasing in the future. Furthermore, Otto used this opportunity to speak with educators specializing in the use of technology in the classroom, and to meet with specialized vendors. Further, the presentations at the conference themselves forecast technology integration and its leaders.
David Mazure
Joni Oye-Benintende
College of Arts and Sciences | Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences | Art + Design
Calligraphy Workshop
Two Day Intensive Mold-Making Seminar with Smooth-On Industries
Amount Awarded: $400 Overview: David Mazure enlisted the professional calligrapher Lynn Palumbo to facilitate a calligraphy workshop at ESU. Mazure’s class GE: ART 207 Letterforms benefited from the calligraphy techniques and the learning opportunity.
Amount Awarded: $851
Amount Awarded: $527 Overview: Joni Oye-Benintende received this grant to attend an intensive two-day mold-making seminar in Easton, PA. The seminar benefited Oye-Benintende’s sculpture installations of her own artwork and expedited the production process, hence saving time and effort towards mastery and uniqueness.
Professional calligrapher Lynn Palumbo instructing Art + Design student Jess Lagoda in an ART 207: Letterforms calligraphy workshop.
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Faculty Development & Research (FDR)
Awards up to $1,000
Julianne Albiero-Walton
Christine Brett
Shala Davis
Assistive Technology Industry Association
Eastern District Association for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD)
American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting
Orlando, FL Incorporating UDL into On-Line Curriculum
Alberto Alegre Jornades d’Educación Emocional Barcelona, Spain Satisfacción con la Vida: Predictores y Indicadores/ Life Satisfaction: Predictors and Indicators
Debra Ballinger American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Convention (AAHPERD)
Me, Publish a Journal? Yes you can!
Impact on Various Recovery Techniques on Collegiate Pitching Performance
NASPE Standard 2: How to Assess for Accreditation
Leif Johan Eliasson
Kevin Casebolt
International Studies Association Annual Convention 2014
Newport, RI
The 6th Annual Asian-Pacific Conference on Exercise and Sports Science Taipei, Taiwan A Diversity of Voices: Physical Education Teachers’ Beliefs on Inclusion and Teaching Students with Disabilities
St. Louis, MO Physical Best and Common Core: Easy Matchmaking Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance State Convention Virginia Beach, VA
Li-Ming Chiang
European Teacher Education Network Conference (ETEN) Leipzig, Germany Teaching Philosophy and Past Experience of Future Teachers: Does It Matter?
2014 Joint Meetings of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Incorporative Wavelets into a Course “Mathematics in Modern Technology”
Poster: Circulating Progenitor Cells Decrease
Nurun Begum
Yevgeniy Galperin
Taipei, Taiwan
LuAnn Batson-Magnuson
Phonological and Non-Phonological Language Skills as Predictors of Early Reading Performance
Sweden Faces the European Financial Crisis with Structural Reforms and Pragmatism
Baltimore, MD
Get the Whole School Active and Well
Chicago, IL
Toronto, Canada
The 6th Annual Asian-Pacific Conference on Exercise and Sport Sciences Oral: Comparative Biomechanics Study of the Tennis Player
American Speech-LanguageHearing Association Annual Convention
Orlando, FL
Tim Connolly Journal of Chinese Philosophy/ King’s College London, United Kingdom Socrates and the Early Confucians on the Examined Life
Esther Daganzo-Cantens 45th Annual Modern Languages Association Convention Harrisburg, PA The Mulata: Chinese and Latin American Women as a Stereotype
Internal Grants
TRAVEL GRANTS FOR PRESENTATIONS
College Algebra or Economics of Being Green
Melissa Geiger Southeastern College Art Conference Greensboro, NC High Stakes: Gambling with the art market (session chair) Into the Esther: Felix Kelly’s Haunting Images
Glenn Geiser-Getz National Communication Association Convention Washington, DC Connections Across Content: The Cultural Analysis Assignment
The Immigration Film in Contemporary Spain
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Internal Grants
Faculty Development & Research (FDR)—Travel Grants Nancy Jo Greenawalt
Caroline Kuchinski
Maureen McLaughlin
North American Society for Sport Management
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Convention (AAHPERD)
Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) Conference
St. Louis, MO Counteracting Bullying: Promoting Personal and Social Responsibility
Teaching Students to Comprehend Deeply When Reading 21st Century Text
Eun-Joo Lee
Annie Mendoza
9th International Conference on Data Mining
XVII International Association of Colombianistas Conferences: Regis College
Pittsburgh, PA A Professional Development Exercise: Using Theory to Guide Practice
Bonar Hernandez North Central Council of Latin Americanists (NCCLA) Annual Conference Stevens Point, WI
Las Vegas, NV
In Search of Modus Vivendi: Church-State Relations in Guatemala During the 1930s
Isolation Matrix Sparsely in Collaborative Filtering Rating Matrices
Shixiong Hu American Association of Geographers Tampa, FL The Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Ecosystems
Yi-hui Huang International Conference on the Arts in Society: The Lives of Art Rome, Italy
Kenneth Levitt Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management San Diego, CA The Job Hopping Construct
Waltham, MA Of Telepathy and DrugTrafficking: Violence and Women in Laura Restrepo’s Delirio
Matthew Miltenberger American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting Orlando, FL
David Mazure
The Correlation of Repeat Sprint Measures to Predict VO3
Continuous-Present-Tense in Association with Tulsa Living Arts
Gavin Moir
Tulsa, OK Psychoanalysis Morphism
American College of Sports Medicine National Meetings Orlando, FL
When Appropriation Art Meets Copyright Laws
Andrea McClanahan
Mihye Jeong
National Women’s Studies Association Conference
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Convention (AAHPERD)
Cincinnati, OH
Erin O’Donnell
Public Encounters with Teen Pregnancy and Teen Motherhood
Association of Asian Studies Annual National Conference
St. Louis, MO Direct Measures Affecting Physical Activity of Children with Disabilities
Adam McGlynn Southern Political Science Association Conference
Heon Kim
New Orleans, LA
American Academy of Religion
Promising College and Careers: How the Military Recruits Latino High School Students in South Texas
Newburg, NY Living in Shakshi Manawi, Personified Collective Spirituality, in a Global World Today A Multicultural Encounter, Conflict, and Reconciliation: A Case Study of Muslims in South Korea
Robert McKenzie Broadcast Education Association Convention Las Vegas, NV Is Terrestrial College Radio Viable in a Mobile Media Age?
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Brisbane, Australia
The Mechanical Effects of Constant Resistance
Philadelphia, PA The Calaccitrajatra (“Cinematic Journey”) of Tareque Masud
Emily Sauers American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting Orlando, FL The Adolescent Female: Finding Balance in Activity, Nutrition, and Health
Faculty Development & Research (FDR)—Travel Grants Daisy Wang
Chad Witmer
American Public Health Association National Conference
Allied Academies
American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting
Boston, MA
Customer Satisfaction in Queue
Knowledge, Perceptions, and Behaviors Related to Salt Use Among Chinese Take Out Restaurant Owner Chefs in Philadelphia
Leigh Smith International Congress on Medieval Studies
Nashville, TN
Charles Warner Popular Culture Association Chicago, IL The Politics of Nutritional Supplementation
Orlando, FL The Effects of 7 Days of Quercetin Supplementation on Repeated-Sprint Ability Association of Spanish Professionals and Professors in the USA Washington, DC Multiculturalism and National Identity: Women Immigrants in Contemporary Spanish Film
Kalamazoo, MI
Shawn Watkins
Tolkien Grammaticus: The Influence of the Gesta Danorum on The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
International Reading Association 69th Annual Conference
Rhonda Sutton
Writing Instruction in the Middle School Grades
International Academy of Business and Economics 2013 Annual Conference
Richard Wesp
Las Vegas, NV
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Conference Dallas, TX Using Social Media to Build Collaboration and Engagement in Online Graduate Reading Classes International Reading Association 59th Annual Conference New Orleans, LA Writing Instruction in the Middle Grades
Carol Walker
New Orleans, LA
Annual American Psychological Association Honolulu, HI Just Ask for Help: Students Believe Instructors Will be Annoyed by Students Requests for Help
Qian Xie
Director Compensation and Executive Dismissal
Cem Zeytinoglu Eastern Communication Association Annual Convention Washington, DC The Anti-Technological Ontology
Peng Zhang
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Convention (AAHPERD)
Anaheim, CA
St. Louis, MO
Twenty-First Century Cyberbullying Defined: An Analysis of Intent, Reception, and Emotional Response
Internal Grants
Steve Shive
Difference of IPAQ Scores Between American and Taiwan University Students
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Internal Grants
2013-2014 Funding Faculty Development and Research (FDR) Grants The Office of Sponsored Projects and Research tracks metrics on several indicators for both internal and external grants. The data and resulting analysis are reported below. Funding for Faculty Development and Research (FDR) from the Office of the Provost was reduced from $120,000 to $60,000 in the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The reduction created a highly competitive grant process.
FDR Awards Budgeted
Funds Requested
Funds Awarded
Number Submitted
Number Awarded
Major
$16,000
$19,838
$12,089
2
2
Mini
$12,000
$12,371
$8,682
16
12
Spring Travel
$18,000
$34,804
$25,636
41
33
Fall Travel
$14,000
$30,130
$13,593
36
18
Total
$60,000
$97,143
$60,000
95
65
Type of Funds
2013-2014 FDR Awards (By Type) FDR Funds Requested
FDR Funds Awarded
$19,838 20%
$30,130 31%
$12,371 13%
$34,804 36%
$13,593 23%
n Major n Mini n Spring Travel n Fall Travel
$12,089 20%
$8,682 14%
$25,636 43%
Over the past five years there has been a downward trend in the number of applicants for FDR. There is a clear and marked decrease in the fiscal year 2013-2014 when FDR funds were cut in half. However, despite the reduction, FDR grants still drew many applicants, demonstrating only a 22% reduction in applicants for half as many funds from the previous fiscal year 2012-2013, and a 28% reduction in applicants collectively over the past five years.
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180 160 140
FDR Submitted Grant Proposals All Categories
120 100 80
Linear Trend
60 40 20 0 FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
Internal Grants
FDR Submitted Grant Proposals All Categories
FDR Awards Granted All Categories 140 120
80
FDR Awards Granted All Categories
60
Linear Trend
100
40 20 0 FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
FDR Success Rate 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50%
Success Rate
40%
Linear Trend
30% 20% 10% 0% FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
FDR Amount Awarded $160,000 $140,000
$139,802
$120,000
$136,000 $115,302
$100,000
$119,132
Amount Awarded Linear Trend
$80,000 $60,000
$60,000
$40,000 $20,000 $0 FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
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INTERNAL GRANTS
ESU faculty had the opportunity to apply for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Educationsponsored Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC) grants as well this fiscal year, which added another opportunity for professional development in addition to FDR. The total amount allocated system wide for these grants was $408,668. With a total of seven submissions and three awards, ESU performed well with a 43% success rate, and was surpassed by only 4 other PASSHE universities.
Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC) and Innovations in Teaching and Student Learning Outcomes (INNO) Awards Requested
Awarded
Number Submitted
Number Awarded
Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC)
$40,323
$14,089
5
2
Innovations in Teaching and Student Learning Outcomes (INNO)
$18,588
$8,600
2
1
Total - ESU
$58,911
$22,689
7
3
Requested
Awarded
Number Submitted
Number Awarded
Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC)
N/A
$323,313
106
40
Innovations in Teaching and Student Learning Outcomes (INNO)
N/A
$62,666
18
8
Total
N/A
$385,979
124
48
Requested
Awarded
Number Submitted
Number Awarded
Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC)
N/A
$337,402
111
42
Innovations in Teaching and Student Learning Outcomes (INNO)
N/A
$71,266
20
9
Total
N/A
$408,668
131
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Type of Funds
Thirteen Other PASSHE Schools Type of Funds
Total PASSHE Type of Funds
FDR has appeal for faculty and staff. In the 2013-2014 fiscal year, 90 faculty and staff were engaged in FDR — including FPDC and INNO — grant-writing activities.
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External Grants
Dr. Terry Master, biological sciences department, photographed osprey chicks waiting to be fed by their parents at an artiďŹ cial nest site located at Long Pond, Pa. For more information on Dr. Master’s Osprey Management Plan grant, please see page 25.
external Grants
Todd Behr, Constantinos Christofides, Pattabiraman Neelakantan College of Arts and Sciences | Economics Analysis of Unearned Income in Rural PA Funding Source: The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Amount Awarded: $15,000 Overview: This project analyzed the various components of personal income across rural and urban Pennsylvania counties. The research identified changes and trends in both earned and unearned income, and statistically linked the various components of unearned income with county socio-economic and demographic variables as well as key economic indicators.
From left: Todd Behr, Dr. Pattabiraman Neelakantan, Dr. Constantinos Christofides
David Bousquet Vice President for Enrollment Management
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East Stroudsburg University’s ESU/Community College Scholars Program Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education Amount Requested: $303,003 Overview: This grant application proposed an ESU/Community College Scholars Program. Its long-term goals were for ESU to serve as the primary, four-year, destination transfer institution from two-year community colleges for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to prepare a diverse, equitable and prepared workforce for Northeastern Pennsylvania. The grant proposal targeted underrepresented groups, primarily Latinos and African Americans, in Monroe and surrounding counties who attend partner community colleges (Northampton Community College and Luzerne County Community College) and proposed to increase transfer rates through interventions consisting of three pillars of activity: Pillar 1: Partnerships with Community Colleges; Pillar 2: Major/Curriculum Alignment (2+2+2); Pillar 3: Workforce Development/ Career Path Program. The combination of these pillars would improve community college and four-year college recruitment and coordination, strengthen financial support options for students, and prioritize educational resources that support student success and completion, ultimately leading to increasing degree completion. The program proposed to increase student transfer rates from targeted partner community colleges by 52 percent over the four year project period. If proven effective through external evaluation, it could be replicable nationally and impact increased transfer rates from two-year to four-year colleges.
Dean of the College of Health Sciences Professor of Health Sciences/Master of Public Health Coordinator Live Healthy PA Pennsylvania Department of Health $187,503 Overview: In 2004, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched STEPS, the first federal program funding an integrated approach to evidence-based chronic disease prevention and health promotion. This was a new direction in program evaluation paradigm and philosophy. This grant provided funding for the external evaluation for the PA Department of Health (DOH), Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction and its partners. Drs. Cardelle and Godin were tasked to complete evaluation plans, data collection and analysis, and preparation of evaluation reports in support of the “Live Healthy PA� Program. They were responsible for developing a comprehensive Evaluation and Performance Measurement Plan (E&PMP), including logic models for all Live Healthy PA Basic and Enhanced grant strategies in accordance with guidance provided by the Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They also developed Individual Evaluation Plans (IEP) for each of the Live Healthy PA Basic and Enhanced Grant strategies as identified by the Department. Funding Source:
Amount Awarded:
external Grants
Alberto Cardelle and Steve Godin
Live Healthy PA Pennsylvania Department of Health $5,884 Overview: This grant was a continuation of the original Live Healthy PA grant. Drs. Cardelle and Godin identified partners and contractors in an effort to begin the development of an individual evaluation plan (IEP). This plan allows the Pennsylvania Department of Health and all its interested stakeholders to determine the meeting of objectives, improve program implementation, provide accountability to funders, community and stakeholders, and inform policy decisions about the replication of similar type of activities across various chronic diseases. Funding Source:
Amount Awarded:
Dr. Steve Godin (left) and Dr. Alberto Cardelle discuss details of implementing their Live Healthy PA grant.
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Training in Primary Care Medicine – Interdisciplinary Graduate Joint Degree Program Funding Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Amount Awarded: $85,000 Overview: This grant supported the second year of a five-year program. The program allows ESU students to obtain their graduate degrees in public health. The program specifically focuses on joint studies, research and training activities, and other educational programs that are beneficial to students at both East Stroudsburg University and The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC).
Alberto Cardelle Dean of the College of Health Sciences Asthma Control Program Funding Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health Amount Awarded: $27,330 Overview: Dr. Cardelle continued to develop Individual Evaluation Plans (IEPs) in accordance with the Strategic Evaluation Plan, which was previously implemented by him for the Department’s Asthma Control Program (ACP) and approved by the Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in March 2011 and per Pennsylvania Asthma Partnership priority guidance during that same period for ACP interventions and initiatives. Specifically, Dr. Cardelle developed IEPs for the Pediatric Asthma Toolkit and other new ACP intervention initiatives required by the CDC. Community Health Assessment of Monroe County Funding Source: Pocono Health System Amount Awarded: $10,120 Overview: ESU received this grant, with Dr. Cardelle as Project Director, to provide Pocono Health System with a community health needs assessment that meets the requirements of section 501(r)(3). As with a similar assessment conducted in 2011, another assessment report with a prioritized description of the significant health needs of the community was completed and presented to Pocono Health System, which was able to use the data to adopt an implementation strategy to meet the community’s health needs.
Through a smartphone application, residents of Monroe County will be able to work alongside university and hospital researchers to provide key data about their communities. The phone application may be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.
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LuAnn Batson-Magnuson, Rachel Wolf College of Health Sciences | Speech-Language Pathology Speech-Language-Hearing Screenings for Monroe County Head Start Funding Source: The Blue Ribbon Foundation of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania Amount AWARDed: $6,731 Overview: Undertaken by the Speech and Hearing Center, and in collaboration with Head Start Programs, this grant provided funds to support speech, hearing and language assessment programming for at-risk preschoolers and their siblings in Monroe County.
external Grants
Center for Research and Economic Development (CFRED)
Shala Davis, Nancy Jo Greenawalt, Paula Parker College of Health Sciences | Exercise Science Student Affairs | Academic Coordinator for Athletics College of Business and Management | Sport Management Instant Access to Meet the Changing Needs of Student-Athletes: A Pilot Program to Deliver Student-Athlete Center for Excellence (SACE) Resources Digitally Funding Source: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Amount Requested: $25,503 Overview: The purpose of the NCAA grant application was to design a Student-Athlete Center for Excellence (SACE) online resource center for student-athletes to provide resources related to academic, athletic and overall performance enhancement. ESU’s SACE is a multi-discipline program which offers various initiatives including life skills, academic counseling, dietary assessment, and mental training. A digital delivery of resources would increase the ease of retrieval of materials and supplement traditional face-toface SACE educational programming. One suggested delivery method was the university’s online platform, Desire2Learn (D2L; http://www.desire2learn. com/), as this would allow student-athletes to access SACE materials in a password-protected, online resource center.
From left: Dr. Paula Parker, Dr. Shala Davis, Dr. Nancy Jo Greenawalt
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external Grants
ESU Foundation Scholarships William T. Morris Foundation Amount Awarded: $40,000 Overview: This grant, by the William T. Morris Foundation, helped to provide student scholarships. Funding Source:
Equipment for the G3 Design Lab Joni Oye-Benintende, Darlene Farris-LaBar
Flowers created with a 3D printer were part of Professor Darlene Farris-LaBar’s exhibition titled “At Last Which Thrives.”
College of Arts and Sciences | Art + Design Funding Source: The R. Dale and Frances M. Hughes Foundation Amount Awarded: $45,062 Overview: This grant was used to purchase additional equipment for the Department of Art + Design’s G3 Design Studio, a 3D printing, design and fabrication lab. After just one academic year of using the equipment in classes and business collaborations, it became evident that in order to better serve students and interdisciplinary collaborators, additional fabrication equipment upgrades were necessary to diversify and increase services. Since ESU began using the lab, the faculty has received several requests for students to work on projects that require larger and higher resolution print builds and more mobile high resolution scanning capabilities. The rise of affordable rapid prototyping has created a growing demand for a workforce that is not only technically trained for the manufacturing process, but also trained as designers who can develop creative and innovative products and solutions for a variety of industries. Career opportunities exist for designers in 3D software product design, medical device, architectural visualization specialists, fine craft, entertainment and fashion industries. Additionally, there are positions for modelers interested in 3D CAD, architecture, construction and biological modelers. There are also opportunities for small business entrepreneurs. ESU’s Department of Art + Design is developing the next generation of designers for this fast growing industry. Additionally ESU is providing collaborative opportunities for students in other disciplines. Scholarships The R. Dale and Frances M. Hughes Foundation Amount Awarded: $50,000 Overview: The R. Dale Frances M. Hughes Foundation provided funding for student scholarships. Funding Source:
Sharone Glasco Research and Economic Development | Office of Workforce Development WEDNet PA PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Amount Awarded: $400,171 Overview: Funds provided the opportunity for employers to train their employees through the Guaranteed Free Training program. This program provides qualified Pennsylvania employers training for new and existing employees to keep their skills current and relevant. Information technology training and basic skills training are available to qualified in-state business and out-of-state companies relocating to Pennsylvania. Funding Source:
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Student Affairs | University Health Services Family Planning and STD Prevention Funding Source: Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc. Amount Awarded: $15,365 Overview: University Health Services provides ESU students with free reproductive health care, including STD education, screening, counseling, and treatment through the Maternal Family Health Services federal grant. The MFHS grant provided services to 592 students and University Health Services was reimbursed $15,365 for services rendered.
Jane Huffman
external Grants
Maria Hackney
College of Arts and Sciences | Biological Sciences NSF Phase 1 IDEAS Lab Funding Source: National Science Foundation Amount Requested: N/A Overview: Phase I Ideas Lab is a new merit review strategy being used at the National Science Foundation to address grand challenges in STEM research and education. These “IUSE Phase I Ideas Labs� bring together relevant disciplinary and education research expertise to produce research agendas that address discipline-specific workforce development needs. Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites National Science Foundation Amount Requested: $144,018 Overview: The Interdisciplinary Research Program for Undergraduates had the aim to train undergraduate students for interdisciplinary research and to offer research opportunities to support the growth of promising women and minority undergraduate students. Addressing the complex problems that habitat fragmentation has on the genetics of populations and disease emergence requires interdisciplinary research teams. The undergraduate students participating in the projects were expected to collaborate on all portions of the project, attend meetings, dedicate themselves to teamwork and communication, and contribute to the project and emerge with a clear vision on how to establish or maintain their own future interdisciplinary research programs. Funding Source:
Black Bear Genotyping New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Commission Amount Requested: $21,600 Overview: Genotyping services for the American black bear (Ursus americanus) were to be performed by the Northeast Wildlife DNA Lab, East Stroudsburg University. Resulting raw data was to be reported proving allelic profiles for individual identification. Dr. Huffman and her team would provide a genetic landscape profile when analyzing the data as a population estimate. Funding Source:
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Black Bears as an Indicator Species of the Health of the Environment and the Quality of the Habitat it Uses Funding Source: Kaufman Foundation Amount Requested: $150,000 Overview: The overarching objective of the proposal, black bears as an indicator species of the health of the environment and the quality of their habitat, was to examine how this charismatic species contributes to the maintenance and spread of infectious diseases, and how these factors may change across geographic areas affected by varying anthropogenic characteristics. This project is important because in addition to improving our understanding of black bear health, our model can be adapted to other wildlife systems where field data may be difficult to collect. This fundamental information is necessary to reveal the processes driving disease outbreaks. Maintaining and strengthening disease surveillance systems for monitoring infectious disease is critical for early identification of an infectious disease outbreak. It is an important first step towards implementing effective disease interventions and reducing resulting mortality and morbidity in wildlife populations. Invention Disclosure - Lyme Aid Funding Source: Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Amount Awarded: $2,000 Overview: To cover legal and professional service fees regarding Dr. Huffman’s confidential invention disclosure.
Richard Kelly College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry Development of E-Learning Modules for Chemistry Funding Source: National Science Foundation Amount Awarded: $10,167 Overview: This ongoing grant provided funding for inquiry- and problembased curricular materials for undergraduate analytical chemistry education, which was developed and implemented by a team of faculty members from 20 colleges and universities. The materials include inquiry-oriented modules on analytical techniques and methods and integrate instruction in traditional analytical content with broader scientific problems. Participants in this project create new learning materials, develop faculty expertise in the utilization of inquiry-based teaching strategies, and implement these educational innovations. The grant was extended through 2014.
Jessica Kornhausl Administration and Finance | Human Resources Management Healthy Lifestyle Initiative Grant Award Funding Source: Pennsylvania Faculty Health and Welfare Fund Amount Awarded: $1,000 Overview: This grant was awarded to promote wellness activities at ESU.
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College of Health Sciences | Health Studies Weller Heroin Prevention Funding Source: Weller Health Education Center Amount Awarded: $3,894 Overview: This grant was given to provide evaluative services to the Weller Health Education Center. Work included a collaborative review of literature provided by the Weller Health Education Center, development of an interview guide, scheduling and conducting six to eight key informant interviews with stakeholders within the pre-identified agencies, coding and theming of reports from key informant interviews, and development of summary report and programming recommendations for WHEC to reflect interview findings and best practices in drug abuse prevention. The work also entailed the preparation of evidence-based assessment questions and processes.
external Grants
Clare Lenhart
Terry Master College for Arts and Sciences | Biological Sciences Osprey Management Plan Funding Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission Amount Awarded: $4,200 Overview: Dr. Terry Master was awarded this grant in order to draft a complete manuscript for the Management and Biology of the Osprey (Pandion haliatus) in Pennsylvania as a 10-year plan (2014–2024) for use by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Mary Ann Matras College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Engaging Students Through Effective Evidence-based Mathematical Teaching Practices (PASSHE ESTEEM) Funding Source: National Science Foundation Amount Requested: $75,195 Overview: Professor Matras’s grant initiative sought to uncover how improving student learning in mathematics impacts student success in other STEM disciplines. Through identifying methods of maximizing student success in mathematics classes, the grant would by extension be identifying how those improvements transfer over into success in areas like Physics, Chemistry, and Computer Science, thus increasing retention and graduation rates throughout STEM disciplines. The project sought to identify the factors that underlie the transformation of professor behavior that positively affects students’ achievement in mathematics, and the subsequent impact on student success in all STEM disciplines.
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external Grants
Carter McClure Research and Economic Development | Business Accelerator ESU Student Business Plan Competition Funding Source: Pennsylvania Statement System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Amount Awarded: $8,300 Overview: This grant was received to fund the fourth ESU Student Business Plan Competition. The grant was meant to cover speaker fees, event publication, marketing, a $3,000 first place award, a $1,500 second place award, and an in-kind third place award. The funds were repurposed to support “entrepreneurship across the colleges,” one of the types of support activities included in the grant proposal that will ultimately prepare students with the skills necessary to enter the competition and/or create their own business.
Students work on preparing the mathematical grid for preparation of David Mazure and Dr. Jonathan Keiter’s Anamorphic Einstein Installation.
Joni Oye-Benintende College of Arts and Sciences | Art + Design Program Stream PA Council on the Arts Amount Requested: $2,500 Overview: Professor Oye-Benintende planned to use this grant to present works in art and design from 3D printing in exhibition at the Madelon Powers Art Gallery at ESU. Invited artists and designers who use 3D printings as part of their process or to arrive at their final product were to display sculpture, jewelry, and fine design. Many of these artists are inspired by math and science concepts which make this a natural application for STEAM (A for Art)-related projects. Funding Source:
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Student Affairs | Health Education and ATOD Prevention Services Grant to Reduce Underage and Dangerous Drinking Funding Source: PA Liquor Control Board Amount Awarded: $19,307 Overview: Funding from Alyson Patascher’s grant facilitated activities to reduce underage drinking among students. Activities included a social norms campaign which was facilitated by the Peer Education Alcohol Team using data from student surveys. Campus sweeps and party patrols by campus police were also funded through this grant and finally, an evaluation team was born in order to address the effectiveness of the programs.
external Grants
Alyson Patascher
Austin Lenker, a junior majoring in communication studies and a member of Delta Chi, attended the Health Education and AToD Prevention Office’s interactive Alcohol Awareness Program presented by members of ESU’s Peer Education Awareness Team. This grant, which is funded by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, provides Peer Educators with incentive prizes focusing on social norms, such as this drinking and driving shirt.
What Are Your Choices? Funding Source: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Amount Requested: $30,000 Overview: The “What Are Your Choices?” grant proposal was planned to decrease the negative effects of alcohol usage on student-athletes at ESU. The project proposed a multi-faceted, education initiative on the ESU campus and the surrounding community and hoped to decrease the negative effects of alcohol use by 5% over the course of the program, as measured by the CORE Alcohol and Drug Survey.
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external Grants
Alyson Patascher and Robin Olson Step Up! Take Action! Funding Source: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Amount Requested: $9,065 Overview: Bystander intervention is a simple and effective way to protect others in suspicious situations. Teaching young adults to intervene when they suspect high risk behavior or situations where incidents such as sexual assault or violence may occur is an important tool in reducing such crimes on college campuses and can be effective in other situations, when needed. Bystander intervention programs can be vital in reducing crimes and saving lives. These programs can essentially teach young people how to spot suspicious behavior and what to do about it.
Fernando Perez University College | Academic Enrichment and Learning Student Support Services Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education Amount Awarded: $219,016 Overview: The goal of the Student Support Services program is to increase the number of disadvantaged, low-income, first-generation or disabled college students in the U.S. who successfully complete a program of study at the postsecondary level. The program has a three-pronged approach inducing academic, counseling, and socio-cultural activities to engage and assist students.
Mary Frances Postupack Research and Economic Development Accelerator Wet Labs Equipment Funding Source: Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Amount Awarded: $33,923 Overview: East Stroudsburg University’s business accelerator space within the Innovation Center is devoted to growing technology and life science businesses. The ARC funds were used for upfitting six wet labs with equipment such as sinks and base cabinets.
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external Grants
Chris Joest stands inside one of the labs outfitted from the ARC grant. His business, Imperial Solutions, a 3-D additive manufacturing company, is benefitting from the new equipment and space. Monroe County Community Indicators Report Funding Source: Local Share Account (LSA) - Gaming Funds Monroe County Amount Requested: $50,466 Overview: This grant would have funded the 2013 Monroe County Economic Indicators Report, an annual publication addressing over 100 economic indicators that impact Monroe County. The report would also track the County’s performance on the indicators in relation to the region and the Commonwealth. Funding for consecutive year reports will be secured through public and private sponsorships. The proposed report is modeled after the Lackawanna and Luzerne County Indicators Report which has been published for eight consecutive years.
Gina Scala College of Education | Special Education and Rehabilitation Services Building Teaching and Learning Capacity K-12; Pennsylvania CRETE Consortium Funding Source: PA Department of Education Amount Requested: $90,513 Overview: This grant proposed a partnership for the development and implementation of a PA Consortium of CRETE (Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education), a project involving Temple University, Drexel University, and East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, working with the high-need Local Education Agency (in Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia). These partners already have faculty strongly engaged in and committed to conflict education and social and emotional learning programs that enhance teacher effectiveness and help develop safe schools and constructive learning environments. This partnership would enhance the institutionalization of CRETE in Pennsylvania, provide thoughtful ways to extend CRETE to special education as well as general education pre-service teachers, create and beta-test blended learning formats for CRETE delivery, implement online processes for coaching, and launch the first CRETE programs targeting educational leadership.
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external Grants
Beth Sockman College of Education | Digital Media Technologies Civic Seminar Bringing Theory into Practice - Engaged Scholarship: Bringing the Classroom to the Community Using Best Practices Funding Source: Association of American Colleges and Universities Amount Awarded: $1,000 Overview: This grant supported two days of three-hour seminars for faculty, students, and community members to discuss best practices of service learning and civic engagement. Taking the time to bring all stakeholders together face to face provided structure for collaboration between faculty, staff, community partners, and students to create effective service learning and civic engagement projects within pre-identified classes. Participants created common goals and expectations, and identified an evaluation method.
Rhonda Sutton College of Education | Reading National Writing Project 2014-2016 SEED Grant - Teacher Leadership Development Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education Amount Awarded: $20,000 Overview: The Northeastern Pennsylvania Writing Project (NPWP) supports and develops teacher leaders as a central focus of their work. This program includes the recruitment of and support for new teacher leaders through invitational institutes and continuing support for teacher consultants. This grant expanded and developed teacher leadership to improve the teaching of writing and learning in the nation’s schools. The goal of this funding was to provide new learning opportunities for a minimum of 20 teacher leaders in Northeast Pennsylvania over the course of the two-year grant. The leadership opportunities equip teachers to be inquiry-focused and active participants in an educational landscape of new standards and technological innovation.
Uriel Trujillo University College | Upward Bound Upward Bound U.S. Department of Education $416,000 Overview: As part of the Federal TRIO programs, Upward Bound provides academic services and experiences to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds beginning in middle school. These funds helped provide academic tutoring, college preparation, instruction in core subjects and other education-related assistance. Funding Source:
Amount Awarded:
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Student Affairs | Counseling and Psychological Services It’s Okay to Talk About It… What a Difference Student Awareness Makes Funding Source: The Mental Health Foundation Amount Awarded: $4,000 Overview: “It’s OK to Talk About It” is an outreach program implemented by ESU’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). This grant-funded program offered a series of events that highlighted critical discussions about mental health issues. The program specifically focused on the importance of raising awareness about the relationship between stress, depression, and suicide among college students, and also included a campus-wide suicide prevention outreach program using a public health model.
external Grants
Linda Van Meter
Howard Whidden College of Arts and Sciences | Biological Sciences Assessment of Bat Activity in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Following the Appearance of White-nose Syndrome Funding Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service Amount Awarded: $2,480 Amount Awarded: $5,000 Amount Awarded: $15,000 Overview: This is an ongoing project monitoring populations of the northern long-eared bat, which have declined drastically within and outside the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Dr. Whidden and his students used grant funds for auditory bat transect surveys utilizing the National Park Service’s and East Stroudsburg University’s AnaBat AR125 detectors. Funding covered time and mileage expenses, equipment and supply needs. The purpose of this grant was to assess the overall bat activity and distributions, conduct emergence counts at known maternity roosts, repeat acoustic monitoring, and perform public education activities to increase public awareness of the ecological importance of bats and of the severity of current threats to bat populations.
Biology graduate students Chris Hauer M’14 and Liz McGovern M’15 take notes during their research on bats.
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Paul Wilson College of Arts and Sciences | Biological Sciences PA SUCCESS - Strategies for Uniting College Computer Science, Engineering, and Science Synergies Funding Source: National Science Foundation Amount Requested: $92,020 Overview: Lehigh Carbon Community College, in partnership with Bloomsburg University, East Stroudsburg University, and Penn State Hazleton, proposed to implement PA SUCCESS (Strategies for Uniting College Computer Science, Engineering, and Science Synergies), a regional collaborative approach to generate sustained interest in STEM disciplines and ensure success for students on a seamless pathway to STEM occupations. PA SUCCESS aimed to improve undergraduate STEM education through four major activities: preparing students for STEM, strengthening educational and career pathways, improving pedagogical practices, and creating collaborative learning communities. Education, Conservation and Monitoring in the Pocono Kittatinny Headwaters of the Delaware Funding Source: William Penn Association Amount Awarded: $68,905 Overview: This three-year, grant-funded project involves collaboration with The Nature Conservancy and other partners in the “Pocono Kittatinny Cluster” (PKC) to monitor headwater quality and educate students to do the same. The overall goal of the PKC is to support and maintain regional water quality by preserving the watershed. Dr. Paul Wilson will establish and monitor six sites proximate to preserved land or land of general importance within the watershed. These sites will be monitored throughout the year for water chemistry, invertebrate diversity and other relevant physical characteristics. Collected data will be employed to determine if water quality is being maintained or improved by cluster activities. Monitoring techniques will be incorporated into the laboratory pedagogy of relevant classes such as Stream Ecology and/or Limnology. Students will be trained in state-of-the-art water monitoring techniques and analysis as they are currently employed by state and local government researchers in the field and environmental consulting firms. This will improve the success of ESU students after graduation. Additionally, the project will provide a trained cadre of leaders in the field ready to help communities maintain and improve water quality.
Catching crayfish on the Big Bushkill Creek are environmental studies majors (from left to right): Steve Kinback, a senior from Phoenixville; Thomas Adelberger, a senior from Collegeville; and Stephen Giordano ’14 from Toms River, N.J.
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External Funding Facts & Figures
East Stroudsburg University’s external grant activity in the 2013-2014 fiscal year was relatively consistent with recent past trends. This year showed a slight decrease in funding from 2012-2013, which had external awards totaling $1,986,038, reflecting a reduction of $240,991. Of the more than $1.7 million awarded 2% were PASSHE, 59% were federal funds, 25% were state funds, and 14% were private/other funds.
External Grant Proposals 2013-2014 Type of Funds
Funds Requested
Funds Awarded
Submitted
Awarded
PASSHE
$69,391
$32,989
9
5
Federal
$1,635,655
$1,021,419
16
11
State
$570,460
$444,562
8
5
Other
$513,645
$246,077
16
11
Total
$2,789,151
$1,745,047
49
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2013-2014 External Grant Funds Requested
2013-2014 External Grant Funds Awarded
(By Source)
(By Source)
3%
14%
18%
2%
n PASSHE n Federal n State
20% 59%
n Private/Other
external Grants
During the 2013-2014 fiscal year, ESU’s faculty and staff submitted 49 proposals to external funders, requesting over $2.7 million in funding. There were 32 proposals awarded, representing a 65% success rate which brought $1,745,047 in funds to East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.
n PASSHE n Federal
25%
n State 59%
n Private/Other
The new direction in the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research beginning in January 2014 in conjunction with ESU’s new Strategic Plan and its implementation provide an opportunity to rebuild, and to increase grant activity at ESU.
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external Grants
Externally Submitted Grant Proposals All Categories 120 100 Externally Submitted Grant Proposals All Categories
80 60
Linear Trend
40 20 0 FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
External Awards Granted All Categories 80 70 60 50 40
External Awards Granted All Categories
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Linear Trend
20 10 0 FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
Success Rate 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50%
Success Rate
40%
Linear Trend
30% 20% 10% 0% FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
Amount Awarded $4,500,000 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000
$3,935,872
Amount Awarded
$3,399,767
Linear Trend
$2,798,109
$2,500,000 $2,000,000
$1,986,038
$1,500,000
$1,745,047
$1,000,000 $500,000 $0 FY10
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FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
Grants Reception 2014
INDEX Albiero-Walton, Julianne............................. 11
Hernandez, Bonar......................................12
O’Donnell, Erin...........................................12
Alegre, Alberto............................................ 11
Hu, Shixiong...............................................12
Olson, Robin...............................................28
Ballinger, Debra.......................................... 11
Huang, Yi-hui..............................................12
Otto, Richard..............................................10
Batson-Magnuson, LuAnn................ 1, 11, 21
Huffman, Jane......................................23, 24
Oye-Benintende, Joni...........................10, 26
Begum, Nurun........................................ 5, 11
Jeong, Mihye..............................................12
Parker, Paula..............................................21
Behr, Todd..................................................18
Keiter, Jonathan........................... cover, 1, 26
Patascher, Alyson.................................27, 28
Bousquet, David.........................................18
Kelly, Richard..............................................24
Perez, Fernando.........................................28
Brett, Christine........................................ 9, 11
Kennedy, Patricia..........................................9
Postupack, Mary Frances.....................28, 29
Cardelle, Alberto...................................19, 20
Kim, Heon.............................................10, 12
Sauers, Emily.............................................12
Casebolt, Kevin...................................... 9, 11
Kornhausl, Jessica.....................................24
Scala, Gina.................................................29
Center for Research and Economic Development..............................21
Kuchinski, Caroline.....................................12
Shive, Steve...............................................13
Lee, Eun-Joo..............................................12
Smith, Leigh................................................13
Lee, Jaedeock............................................10
Sockman, Beth...........................................30
Lenhart, Clare.........................................6, 25
Sutton, Rhonda.....................................13, 30
Levitt, Kenneth............................................12
Trujillo, Uriel................................................30
Marmelstein, Robert...................................10
Van Meter, Linda.........................................31
Master, Terry.........................................17, 25
Walker, Carol..............................................13
Matras, Mary Ann...................................7, 25
Wang, Daisy...............................................13
Mazure, David................. cover, 1, 10, 12, 26
Warner, Charles..........................................13
McClanahan, Andrea..................................12
Watkins, Shawn..........................................13
McClure, Carter..........................................26
Wesp, Richard............................................13
McGlynn, Adam..........................................12
Whidden, Howard...................................1, 31
McKenzie, Robert.......................................12
Wilson, Paul.......................inside cover, 7, 32
McLaughlin, Maureen.................................12
Witmer, Chad..............................................13
Mendoza, Annie..........................................12
Wolf, Rachel...............................................21
Miltenberger, Matthew................................12
Xie, Qian.....................................................13
Moir, Gavin.................................................12
Zeytinoglu, Cem.........................................13
Neelakantan, Pattabiraman........................18
Zhang, Peng...............................................13
Che, Dongsheng ..........................................8 Chiang, Li-Ming.......................................... 11 Christofides, Constantinos..........................18 Connolly, Tim....................................... 6, 9 11 Daganzo-Cantens, Esther.......................... 11 Davis, Shala......................................... 11, 21 Eliasson, Leif Johan................................... 11 ESU Foundation.........................................22 Farris-LaBar, Darlene.............................8, 22 Galperin, Yevgeniy...................................... 11 Geiger, Melissa........................................... 11 Geiser-Getz, Glenn................................. 9, 11 Gibbons, Elizabeth.......................................9 Glasco, Sharone.........................................22 Godin, Steve.........................................19, 20 Greenawalt, Nancy Jo..........................12, 21 Hackney, Maria...........................................23
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