Ten Faculty-Student Research Projects Receive Funding for 2011-2012
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Professor of Theatre Rick Roemer, one of ten faculty members who received funding for research projects with students.
Projects will enable more than 20 students to conduct research with faculty members
Southwestern has funded 10 faculty-student research projects for the 2011-2012 academic year. The projects will enable more than 20 Southwestern students to conduct research with faculty members, particularly during the summer.
- Steve Alexander, associate professor of physics, received $15,661 to evaluate the efficiency of a thermal battery.
- Reggie Byron, assistant professor of sociology, received $2,180 for a study of home invasion robberies in six U.S. cities.
- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry received $53,942 that will enable six of its faculty members to work with student researchers over the summer. Seven students will be funded through this grant.
- Maria Cuevas, associate professor of biology, received $3,600 to continue her research on tight junction proteins in breast epithelial and endometrial cancer cells.
- Martín Gonzalez, professor of biology, received $18,408 to assess how mutations occur in the bacterium E. coli.
- Rebecca Lorins, assistant professor of religion, received $14,041 for a project that will study the learning of Islam and the learning of Islamophobia in Texas.
- Sandi Nenga, assistant professor of sociology, received $3,269 to continue her assessment of Southwestern’s Vicente Villa Summer Scholars Program.
- Rick Roemer, professor of theatre, received $7,804 for a project that will introduce the American musical theatre tradition to Bulgarians through the production of a performance at the Rhodopi International Theater Laboratory in Smolyan, Bulgaria, this summer.
- Eric Selbin, professor of political science, received $3,577 for a research project about women who participated in the 1909 Shirtwaist Strike in New York City.
- Wildlife biologist Jinelle Sperry received $4,359 for a study on the effects of deer overabundance on avian abundance, diversity and reproductive success in Central Texas.
