EMERGE Research Grants

2025-2026

  • Eleni Mantas-Kourounis (Assistant Professor, Political Science & Global Affairs) “Civic Education in American Public Schools: A Place for Deliberative Dialogue?”
  • Chloe Tian (Assistant Professor, Marketing) “The Paradox of Effortless Design: Why More AI Can Mean Less Consumer Satisfaction”
  • Jinhee Han (Assistant Professor, Marketing) “Mental Imagery Extremes and Consumer Engagement: Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia in Virtual Shopping Environments”
  • Gina Reitmeyer (Assistant Clinical Professor, Nursing) “Implementation of a Dog Therapy Program on a College Campus to Evaluate Stress and Anxiety Levels of Undergraduate Nursing Students”

2024-2025

  • Natheer Alatawneh (Adjunct Instructor, Computer Science & Engineering) “Development of an Electromagnetic Sensor for Measurements of Magnetic Anisotropy”
  • Stephanie Carnes (Assistant Professor, School of Social Work) “Exploring the impact of initiatives to welcome newcomer immigrant students”
  • Sally Drew (Associate Professor, Teacher Education) “Writing to Learn and Knowledge Building Convergences and Divergences”
  • Emily Lucille Mane (Assistant Professor, Chemistry) “Synthesis of Substituted Pyridine-Alkoxide Ligands and Metal Complexes”
  • Deirdra A. Preis (Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership) “Assistant Principals’ Inclusive Excellence Fellowship”
  • Anna Elizabeth Price (Professor, Health Science) “Climate Change Impacts on Health Supporting Environments”
  • William Zhou (Assistant Professor, Management) “Manager Temporal Focus and Newly Public Firms’ Non-GAAP Financial Reporting”

2023-2024

  • Bronwyn Cross-Denny (Associate Professor, Health Science) “Integrated Social Work Practice: A Global Imperative for Social Action”
  • Tolga Kaya (Professor, Computer Science & Engineering) “Analysis of Collegiate Basketball Data for Performance Improvement”
  • Tricia Lewis (Assistant Professor, Health Science) “Collateral effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on violence against women in the United States, January 2019 to December 2020”
  • SW Ryu (Assistant Professor, Management) “The Impact of Job Rotational Programs on Employee Career Outcomes” 
  • Christine Susienka (Assistant Professor, Philosophy) “Hope and Meaning in Life”
  • David Thomson (Associate Professor, History) “Dubious Debtors: The United States Debt Default Crisis of the 1840s”
  • Alyssa Woronik (Assistant Professor, Biology) “Investigating Honeybee Health: An International Undergraduate Research Exchange”

EMERGE Teaching Grants

2025-2026

  • Lauren Bryant (Assistant Professor, Psychology) “Research Methods in Psychology: Active Learning with Electroencephalography (EEG)”
  • Maria Torres (Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing) “Empathy in Action: Using Simulation to Deepen Mental Health Understanding”
  • Andrea Oberlander (Associate Clinical Professor, Physical Therapy) “Slip and Trip Recovery”
  • Erika Pichardo (Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology, Criminology, & Criminal Justice) “The Connection Between our Criminal Justice System and Race: Hearing From the Experience Directly”

2024-2025

  • Natheer Alatawneh (Adjunct Instructor, Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Marian Leal (Assistant Teaching Professor, Biology)
  • Kelly Marino (Associate Teaching Professor, History)
  • Erika Pichardo (Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology, Criminology, & Criminal Justice)
  • Anna Price (Professor, Public Health)
  • Bethany Wade (Assistant Professor, History) 

2023-2024