Newsbriefs (summer 2008)
Three join Board of Trustees
Gladstone "Fluney" Hutchinson M.A. '87, Ph.D. '90, Peter Klein '64 and Robert Stevenish Jr. '86 recently joined Clark's Board of Trustees. Hutchinson was elected as an alumni trustee. Stevenish and Klein were appointed to the board. Klein served previously from 1998 to 2007. Each will serve a six-year term beginning July 1, 2008.
Hutchinson recently returned to the classroom after serving as dean of studies at Lafayette College in Easton, Penn., for four years. A tenured associate professor of economics and business, he coordinates the college 's Hunsicker Entrepreneurship Studies project. He has been awarded fellowships by the Aspen Institute and the Association of American Colleges and Universities to study leadership challenges in higher education in the 21st century, and by the Earhart Foundation to study public finance and political economy. Hutchinson is a national advisory board member for the Imagining America Consortium of Universities and Colleges and a consulting scholar on its National Tenure Team Initiative. He has served on the Mayoral Advisory Board for the Easton Housing Authority, as president of the Boys & Girls Club of Easton, and on the boards of Joseph Firth Youth Center in Phillipsburg, N.J., and Salvation Army in Easton. He is a Jonas Clark Fellow and co-chaired the committee to establish the Attiat Ott Fund for Economics at Clark.
Klein is president of PDK Development Corporation in Commack, N.Y., a real estate development firm that he founded in 1993, where he focuses on the management of the commercial properties that he and others have developed. He was a member of the Long Island Association, Inc., for 16 years, where he served as an officer and director until 2004. He is a former president and chairman of the Long Island Builders Institute. Klein is chairman of the Long Island Housing Partnership, an organization that promotes affordable housing opportunities on Long Island for first-time homeowners and senior citizens. He is also a council member of the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts on the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University in Brookville. Klein and his wife Andrea established the Andrea B. Klein and Peter D. Klein '64 Endowed Scholarship Fund at Clark to support the research interests of transfer students with high academic ability. They also established the Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein '64 Distinguished Professorship, which rotates among tenured faculty members from all University departments.
Stevenish is a managing director and co-head of fixed income sales at Citigroup, Inc. in Boston. Citigroup, Inc. is a major American financial services company based in New York City. Upon graduating from Clark in 1986, he began his career in finance at Salomon Brothers as a corporate bond trader. Stevenish is an active volunteer fundraiser of the American Ireland Fund, which is the largest fundraising organization in the world for people of Irish ancestry and dedicated to supporting programs of peace and reconciliation, arts, culture, education and community development in Ireland. He was appointed to Clark 's Graduate School of Management (GSOM) Advisory Committee in 2004 and currently serves as vice chairman. He is also an Alumni Admissions Representative and is part of the Alumni Career Services Network. In 2002, Mr. Stevenish was recognized for his achievements at the Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) awards ceremony during which GSOM honors a member of the business community.
In addition, Fred Anton '68 and Michael Leffel '81 were asked to renew their terms on Clark's Board of Trustees for an additional four years each. As of June 30, 2008, both have served six years.
Management professor receives Fulbright to teach, conduct research in Korea
Management professor Inshik Seol has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at the Sogang University in Seoul, Korea, during the 2008-2009 academic year. Seol will instruct students on comparative accounting practices between Korean and U.S. systems. Korean students will have the opportunity to understand and build upon the similarities/differences between Korean and American accounting systems.
In addition to teaching, Seol will be building on his research in auditing management and behavior, specifically investigating Korean cultural implications on internal auditor management and how these cultural implications relate to international practices for auditor selection and performance. He believes that his background as a Korean-American will allow him to successfully pursue the research and teaching program and that "the experience gained from the program will help to contribute to both educational cultures and further understanding of the influence of different cultures on accounting education. "
Seol is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program 's purpose is to "build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world. "
The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since its inception, the Fulbright Program has exchanged approximately 273,500 people – 102,900 Americans who have studied, taught or researched abroad and 170,600 students, scholars and teachers from other countries who have engaged in similar activities in the United States. The program operates in over 150 countries worldwide.
Clark biologist to lead the Animal Behavior Society
Susan Foster, who was recently named Clark's Warren Litsky Endowed Chair in Biology, has been elected for the presidential office for the Animal Behavior Society (ABS). Foster will serve as second president-elect until summer 2009, as first president-elect from summer 2009 to summer 2010, as president from summer 2010 to summer 2011 and as past president from summer 2011 to summer 2012.
Foster currently serves as editor for the society's journal, Animal Behavior, as well as for the scientific journal Ethology. She is also an Animal Behavior Society fellow.
Foster is chair of the Biology Department at Clark, where she teaches evolution, introductory biology, animal behavior and conservation biology.
The Animal Behavior Society is a nonprofit scientific society, founded to encourage and promote the study of animal behavior. ABS members are from all over the world, but primarily from North, Central and South America. Membership is open to those interested in the study of animal behavior.
Clark psychologist releases "Pressured Parents, Stressed-Out Kids"
It's nearly impossible for parents to resist the urge to talk up the achievements of their children. However, in this day of increased competition, innocent conversations about grades, standardized test scores, auditions or college admission interviews can cause a parent undue anxiety.
A new book co-authored by Clark psychology professor Wendy Grolnick titled "Pressured Parents, Stressed-Out Kids: Dealing with Competition While Raising a Successful Child " is a useful, accessible guide to help panicky parents deal with the torrential emotions stirred up by today 's competitive society and redirect their competitive anxieties into positive parenting.
"Our evolutionary hardwiring and the escalating competition of our world conspire to make parents anxious. These threaten to prevent us from being the parents we want to be, " Grolnick says. "This book shows you how to calm this anxiety."
Grolnick and her co-author, educational and parenting journalist Kathy Seal, offer tips on how to stay close to your children and avoid conflict while promoting their growth into competent adults. They advise parents against pressuring and controlling their children, because evidence indicates doing so has negative effects on children 's motivation.
Instead, they focus on three essential feelings—autonomy, competence and connectedness—which parents can foster in their children to maximize their chances of success and minimize family conflict.
"Granting kids autonomy lets them feel that they can solve their own problems and are responsible for their own actions, " says Grolnick. However, the authors don't advocate giving children free rein. They say that providing structure gives kids the guidelines, information, limits and consequences that they need to act in the world, instilling them with a feeling of competence.
According to Grolnick, "support from adults in the form of time and other resources provides children with a necessary feeling of connection and helps them internalize the ideas and values of their caring parents. "
Grolnick is one of the nation's leading parent researchers and has conducted pioneering studies on the role parents play in children 's motivation and achievement. She is also author of "The Psychology of Parental Control: How Well-Meant Parenting Backfires," a book that provides an empathic view of how easily parents can become trapped in controlling styles by emphasizing performance and basing their own self-esteem on their children 's performance.
Johnson authors book on how language and visuals in advertisements influence our culture
The dominance of advertising in everyday life carries potent cultural meaning. In today 's "image-based culture," advertising spreads images that shape what people believe and how they live their lives. Although research on visual images has helped us understand the role of advertising in society —for example, in revealing how images of extremely thin female models and athletic heroes affect ideals and aspirations —the images circulated through language codes or "verbal images" in advertising have received much less attention.
In her new book, "Imaging in Advertising: Verbal and Visual Codes of Commerce," English professor Fern L. Johnson takes a closer look at how the verbal and the visual work together to create a language of advertising that speaks to audiences about what 's important, how to behave, and how to think about themselves as members of society.
"Imaging in Advertising" includes five case studies that draw from print, television and internet advertising. Each case study offers a critical analysis of the power of advertising 's verbal and visual images to perpetuate and energize cultural ideas and stereotypes. The author examines racialized verbal images in cigarette advertising; representations of cultural diversity in teen television commercials; metaphors for dealing with facial care across different age, gender and racial groups; language borrowed from technology to sell non-technology products; and the illusion of personal choice that is promoted in many Internet Web sites designed as "advertainment."
"We are long past a time when advertising was considered to be just one of many influences on culture pushing its messages into the cultural mix, interrupting cultural spaces, distracting citizens from more worthy pursuits but yet not part and parcel with culture, " writes Johnson in her introduction. "Advertising today is part of the cultural environment, weaving in and out of our lives on a daily basis. Advertising, as such, speaks as one of the prominent discourses of our time. "
Jean Kilbourne, noted for her "Killing Us Softly" video series on body images and author of "Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel," praises the book as "an illuminating examination of how the verbal and visual combine to create the language of advertising. "
Undergraduates awarded Steinbrecher fellowships
Eight Clark undergraduate students were selected as 2008-2009 Steinbrecher Fellows. The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program was established in memory of David C. Steinbrecher '81 by his parents, Phyllis and Stephen '55 Steinbrecher. These fellowships are designed to encourage and support Clark undergraduates in their pursuit of original ideas, creative research and community-service projects. The new fellows and their projects are:
Amy Levine '09 will go to Ireland to study, experience and participate in local fiddling traditions in three cities located in culturally distinct regions of the country: Cork, Dublin and Galway. Levine, who has played the classical violin since she was four, will explore the role that fiddling plays in Irish culture and take lessons with expert fiddlers in different regions of Ireland.
Dushani Palliyaguru '09 will conduct experimental research at University of Massachusetts Medical School with a research team examining the role of an insulin receptor protein in the regulation of the apelin gene in breast cancer metastasis. The goal is to determine if apelin can be used to develop a successful drug for treating breast cancer that is mestastasized by insulin receptor tumors. Palliyaguru will also give presentations to high school students to encourage them to pursue careers in science.
Sasha Chait '10 will go to Ghana to assist the Against Malaria Foundation with the distribution of long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets to families to protect young children from malaria. She will work with a community nurse in the Greater Accra Region to assess how the nets are being used and to show people how to use them correctly.
Hannah Caruso '09 will intern at EPOCA, a nonprofit organization in Worcester that provides resources and opportunities for ex-prisoners to become involved in constructive, productive, community activities. She will work on developing educational programs and lobbying efforts on issues such as reforming the Criminal Offenders Records Information (CORI) law.
Peter Gray '10 will conduct field research in Indonesia on the effects of tourism on cultural landscapes in Central Java. This area, in which many sacred sites in Javanese folklore and mythology are located, has experienced rapid growth in tourism in recent years. He will examine how growing pressures from the tourism industry have affected the sacred landscapes; the tension between preserving important religious and ritual spaces and attracting recreational tourism; and how people 's perceptions of these places may be changing.
Andrew Ninnemann '10 will research how students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) adjust to college life and deal with the transition from high school to "emerging adulthood." His project will integrate aspects of clinical and developmental psychology by examining the effects of, and reactions to, living with a disorder in a new, intellectually rigorous environment, in which a high degree of independence is the norm.
Duc Nguyen '09 will create a Web site to provide information on organizations and programs that help homeless, disabled and other needy children in Viet Nam, his family 's home country. His goal is to facilitate communication and coordination among the hundreds of international and local nonprofit organizations that are working to assist children in Viet Nam; help them publicize the services they provide; and connect potential volunteers and donors to them.
Adrienne Adeyemi '10 will go to Nigeria to film and photograph its scenery, ways of life and culture, from which she will create a documentary film and a photographic portfolio. She is eager to explore and capture visual images of life in Nigeria because her father was born and raised there and has told her many stories about its landscape and people.
In the spotlight: STUDENT ORGANIZATION: men's lacrosse
Daniel Rosenak '08, co-captain of Clark's Men's Lacrosse team, knows the meaning of the words "on the rise," a phrase that has come to describe the varsity program in recent years. To him and his teammates, their metaphoric "rise" is a result of commitment and willingness to put in the extra work, he explains.
For him, being a Division III student-athlete is as much about pursuing a passion for the sport as it is about remaining committed to his academic studies, he says. Rosenak, a four-year player, describes his teammates as good guys who not only want to become better lacrosse players, but who also take their academic performance and commitment to the community just as seriously.
Passion, it seems, is a theme both on and off the field. Over the past two years the Lacrosse team has supported a U.S. Army unit known as the "Bulldogs" through America Supporting Americans (ASA). ASA is a nonprofit organization that links individual units in all branches of the military with communities across the country. The cornerstone of ASA 's work is the Adopt-a-Unit Program, which forges strong supportive connections between the young men and women serving in the U.S. armed forces and the civilian communities they serve. The goal is to build troop morale.
For two years, the Lacrosse team has sent care packages—stocked with magazines, candy and soda, to its adopted Bulldog unit, which is serving in Iraq. Rosenak says it 's great to be able to connect in this way with these young men and women.
"There are soldiers serving, who are our age or younger, who didn't have the same opportunity as we did to come to college. And whether or not any of us agree with the war or not is not the point. It 's about the soldiers and seeing to it that they are as well supported as possible, " he explains.
On the field, Cougar lacrosse team members openly show their commitment to its adopted troop by proudly wearing the Bulldog 's cavalry logo on their helmets.
The positive feelings that come from hard work as part of a varsity sports team are not simply about winning, explains Rosenak. But rather they are about the process of the pursuit.
"It's rewarding and it feels good to win, but the most enjoyable part of playing on a varsity team is what you do when no one 's watching. The winning is a product of what you do in the off-season."
— Amanda Guisbond '07, M.S.P.C. '08
Hervey Ross Oratorical Contest brings historic speeches to life
Eight Clark undergraduates each made powerful presentations in the fourth annual Hervey Ross Oratorical Contest, held April 8 in the Little Center Theater. The contest fosters the art of public speaking and oratory and is open to all Clark students. The theme of this year 's contest was "Equality, Justice, Freedom." The eight finalists were judged on their oratory skills as well as speech interpretation.
Nicholas Kerwin ‘08 earned first prize of $500. He skillfully delivered "Examining Yourself," a speech given by Cornel West, Princeton University Professor of Religion and African American Studies, at Brown University in February 2007. Kerwin, who majors in Communication and Culture with a minor in Spanish, also won the award for audience favorite.
Second prize ($250) went to theater arts major Daniel Derks ‘09, who gave the "Yippie Workshop" speech by Abbie Hoffman in 1968.
Robert Donnelly ‘09 garnered third prize ($150) with his delivery of British Prime Minister Tony Blair 's keynote address from the 2007 Stonewall Equality Dinner. Donnelly is double-majoring in international development and environmental science.
Visual & Performing Arts professor Gino DiIorio organized the competition, in which students were asked to present a five- to seven-minute speech originally performed by any world political figure, including candidates for office as well as those involved in political movements.
Hervey Ross x'50 sponsors the contest. After the speeches, he spoke to the students about his love of public speaking and experience winning a competition as a Clark freshman.
Also competing were Hannah Salzman-Gubbay '09, Mary Townsend '08, Pamela Taylor '09, Abhishek Raman '09, and Patrecia Ming '08.
Students make fine showing at Model EU conference
Five Clark students attended the Midwest Model European Union conference, April 17 to 19, in Indianapolis, garnering second place overall in the Best Delegation category, despite being the smallest group present.
Representing the Romanian delegation were Ben Raynak '10 as Prime Minister, Ben Terrett '09 as Foreign Minister, Katerina Antoniou '10 as Economic and Finance Minister, James Conway '08 as Environmental Minister, and Alec Donoso '10 as European Commissioner for Multilingualism.
The delegation also received individual citations: Terrett was voted Best Foreign Minister; Raynak tied as Best Head of Government; and Donoso took second place for Best European Commissioner.
"The students acquitted themselves extremely well," says government and international relations professor Michael Butler. Butler is the group 's faculty adviser and the students took his fall 2007 course, Politics of the European Union. "Clark was the only team with less than a full yield, yet fell short of Best Delegation by only a handful of votes. These five students deserve their accolades, and I can say they reflect the best of what Clark has to offer, " he says.
The Clark team's trip was made possible by the generous support of the Francis A. Harrington Public Affairs Fund.
Students from 14 colleges and universities simulated the roles of presidents, prime ministers, ambassadors, diplomats and other leaders in the mock European Union meeting hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.
Another great season for Mock Trial Team
Spring break found the Clark Mock Trial Team braving a blizzard and earning eighth place at the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) National Tournament in Hamilton, Ohio, March 7-9.
In Mock Trial, teams of students study a single legal case intensively over the course of an academic year, prepare both sides of the case, and act out that case with team members assuming the roles of attorneys and witnesses. Panels of real attorneys and judges decide which teams and individuals made the best presentations.
"This was quite an accomplishment given the caliber of the teams from across the country that received bids to this tournament, " says Steven Kennedy ‘88, a practicing litigator who teaches and coaches the Mock Trial Team at Clark. "They truly rose to the occasion."
The team finished a winning 5-3 season, making it to the national competition after placing seventh among 26 teams at the Yale University Regional Tournament in February.
The AMTA regional tournaments began with over 450 teams from 350 colleges and universities from across the country. Clark was one of only 104 teams that earned a bid to compete in a national tournament, Kennedy says. This year was the highest ranking that the Clark Mock Trial Team has attained at a national tournament since the program 's inception.
Kathryn O'Leary '08 won a Best Witness Award at the national tournament and an All Regional Witness Award at the Yale Regional. Nora Feely '09 won the All Regional Attorney Award at the Greater New England Regional tournament at Roger Williams University. Feely received the third-highest score out of the 150 competing students.
Other Clark Mock Trial Team members include Sylvie Lepeltier '11, Lindsay Gemmell '10, Alexis Correia '09, Sydney Kennedy '09, John Alsup '08 and Ahmed Bhadelia '08.
Three garner ALANA Student Network Leadership Awards
Three Clark students received ALANA Student Network Leadership Awards, presented at the annual Colleges of the Worcester Consortium - ALANA Network banquet, on April 3. At Clark, the ALANA acronym stands for a person who is of African, Latino/a, Asian, or Native American descent.
The recipients are: Shawnasia Black '08, president and executive board member of the Black Student Union (BSU); Joanna Wu '09, ACE Summer Institute peer mentor, resident adviser, teaching assistant for Psychology 101, senior adviser to the Asian Culture Society, event programmer for the Office of Intercultural Affairs, Millennium Leadership Conference Committee; and Jonathan Blair, doctoral student, ACE Summer Institute senior staff member, and research assistant to numerous Clark psychology research projects, teacher of multiple introductory psychology courses, therapist at both Clark and the counseling center of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.
The ALANA Student Network comprises administrators from several colleges and universities within the Colleges of the Worcester Consortium. "While we come from different areas of college administration, central to our work is a concerted effort to support the recruitment and retention of ALANA students, " says Clark Academic Advancement Director Wesaline Gadson.
The network has proven to be an excellent means for its members to support each other 's work through the sharing of information and resources, Gadson says. One of the goals of the network is to develop a stronger connection between all the ALANA students in the consortium. "Our hope is to expand support and resources for our ALANA students, provide opportunities for them to meet and dialogue, and then for them to develop genuine supportive relationships with each other."
American Red Cross-Clark University receives UniverCity Partnership Award
Ten students that make up the American Red Cross-Clark University (ARCCU) student organization were recognized with a Worcester UniverCity Partnership Award at "Colleges and Community — Creating Collaborations," a networking event held at Clark this spring. Armand Carriere, executive director of the Worcester UniverCity Partnership, presented the award to Robert Hipps '09 and Joanna Lubkin '08. Others who were recognized but not present at the event include (Club President) Paula Zimmerman '08, Rumi Pavlova '08, Nicole Paradis '11, Serena Pham '11, Sarah Richard '11, Amy Saba '11, Margo Sheck '11 and James Wilson '09.
The UP award is given annually to one group from each college and university in the Colleges of Worcester Consortium that exhibits dedicated commitment to the community through volunteer, work study or service-learning efforts.
This year, the ARCCU students completed the extensive training necessary to become members of a Disaster Action Team (DAT). As members of a DAT, they are on-call to respond to local disasters (mainly fire scenes), day or night. In addition, these student volunteers organize training in first aid/CPR for other Clark students and help area Red Cross chapter volunteers outfit emergency response vans and make sure disaster victims have emergency food, shelter and clothing.
"ARCCU this past year, under the leadership of President Paula Zimmerman, has made a significant commitment to helping others in our community, " said Kay Bassett, special assistant to the president, who nominated the group for the award. Bassett has served as the group 's adviser for several years.
"I have watched their commitment and contribution to the health and safety of the community develop during this past year to provide a truly meaningful impact. Volunteers are the heart of the Red Cross, and Clark 's ARCCU team is an integral part of this special group," says Bassett.
The mission of the American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts, under its National Congressional Charter, is to provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
The Worcester UniverCity Partnership, which recently dissolved, was a coalition of public and private organizations working in cooperation with central Massachusetts colleges and universities to explore and implement partnerships that increase the positive impact of higher education in the city and the region, especially in the area of economic development.
Clark honors student athletes
Athletic Department award winners and senior athletes were honored at the 2008 Athletic Awards Program on April 29. A scholar-athlete reception was held before the awards program to honor more than 100 athletes for varsity athletic participation and high academic achievement.
The following awards were also presented at the event:
The Russ Granger Award for academic excellence and athletic achievement by a male athlete: D.J. Brinn '08, a four-year basketball player, senior captain and two-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference honoree. A pure shooter and three-point threat, Brinn helped the team tie a school record in three-pointers made with 18 in a win versus Ramapo College (N.J.) this winter. He participated in the men 's basketball reading program at Woodland Academy and served as Student Athlete Advisory Committee vice president for the past two years.
Alice Higgins Award for academic excellence and athletic achievement by a female athlete: Sarah Brooks '08, a four-year women's rower, three-year captain, four-year scholar athlete, Dean's List and three-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference honoree. Brooks was a member of the Varsity Four boat that placed second in the New England Championships sophomore season and earned All-Conference honors freshman to senior year.
The Fred Hebert Award for the outstanding senior male athlete who has made a significant contribution to the intercollegiate athletic program and whose dedication and performance have enriched the tradition of Clark Athletics: David Blum '08, a four-year starter for men's soccer, who capped his career last fall as Clark's all-time points leader (38 goals, 11 assists, 87 points). The senior striker was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America second team as a sophomore after setting a new school record in season goals (23) and points (50). A two-time NEWMAC All-Conference selection, Blum helped Clark to a national top-20 ranking in 2006 and a 42-21-10 record during his four-year career. Blum earned scholar-athlete honors his senior year.
M. Hazel Hughes Award for the outstanding senior female athlete who has made a significant contribution to the intercollegiate athletic program and whose dedication and performance have enriched the tradition of Clark Athletics: softball player Heather Warren '08. In 2007, the shortstop and two-time scholar athlete garnered a NCAA Division III RBI Championship, All-New England first-team and ECAC All-New England second-team honors, and the program 's first Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Association Player of the Week. Warren was a NEWMAC first-team all-star in 2007 and 2008, established Clark single-season records in homeruns (12), total bases (113) and slugging percentage (.934) and concluded her career as the second all-time leader in career homeruns (22) and career RBI (117) and fifth all-time in hits (160).
Senior Class Award, given annually to the senior athlete(s) who best exemplifies class, spirit and integrity in his/her athletic endeavors: women 's volleyball player Sarah Hunsucker '08, lacrosse player Dan Rosenak '08 and men's soccer player Marc Labbe '08.
Senior Scholar Athlete Award, a new award this year, created to recognize the senior athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average over four years or who will have completed his/her undergraduate requirements in three years: Shyamal Asher, senior captain of the men's swimming and diving team. Asher completed his degree in biochemistry and molecular biology in three years with honors. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Gryphon and Pleiades, a three-year recipient of NEWMAC Academic All-Conference honors and Scholar-Athlete Award.
Richie Fairbanks Service Award, given to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the athletic program: Emily Zoback '08, who served two terms on the athletic board and sang the National Anthem at home athletic events.
Grants & Awards:
Departments
BIOLOGY: David Hibbett and Manfred Binder were awarded $7,000 and $6,973 respectively in supplemental Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) funds from the National Science Foundation to support undergraduates to work on grant research this summer. Susan Foster and John Baker were awarded $6,006 in supplemental REU funds from the National Science Foundation for research on "Ancestral Plasticity and Mating System Evolution in Stickleback."
CHEMISTRY: Luis Smith was awarded $8,000 in supplemental funds from the Petroleum Research Fund for postdoctoral support with research on "Determining the Effect of Local Structure on Acidity in High Surface Area Oxides. "
GEOGRAPHY: Kevin Keenan, adviser Susan Hanson, was awarded a $12,000 doctoral dissertation improvement grant from the National Science Foundation for research on "Awareness of Vulnerability to Terrorism in Urban Areas." Dominique Werboff, adviser B.L. Turner, was awarded a $40,500 three-year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
PSYCHOLOGY: Wendy Grolnick and Esteban Cardemil were awarded a $322,616 three-year grant from the William T. Grant Foundation for "In Search of Structure: A Theory-Based, Mixed Methods Examination of Parental Structure in Families of Young Adolescents. " Lene Jensen was awarded a $13,327 grant from the Society for Research in Child Development for "Bridging Developmental and Cultural Psychology: New Syntheses in Theory, Research and Policy." James Córdova was awarded $180,777 in supplemental funds from the National Institutes of Health for research on "Indicated Treatment and Prevention of Marital Deterioration in At-Risk Couples." Abbie Goldberg was awarded a $45,000 Sloan Work-Family Early Career Development grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for research on "The Work-Family Interface for Lesbian, Gay & Heterosexual Parents."
Research Centers
GEORGE PERKINS MARSH INSTITUTE: William Fisher was awarded $628,489 in additional support from the United Nations for "AIDS 2031: Social Drivers Group." Dominik Kulakowski, new to the Geography Department this year, was awarded a $128,201 three-year grant from the NSF for research on "Wildfire and Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in Subalpine Forests: Cross-Scale Interactions Under Varying Climate. " John Rogan was awarded $131,487 in funds from Rutgers University, by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, for the research project "Evaluating Forest Resilience in Protected Areas."
JACOB HIATT CENTER FOR URBAN EDUCATION: Tom Del Prete was awarded a $194,007 grant from the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education for "Improving Teacher Quality: Curriculum and Knowing Program."
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