Professional Development Assignment (PDA)

We encourage, assist, and support faculty research and creative activities

A PDA provides a maximum stipend, including appropriate fringe benefits, of full salary for one semester or one-half salary
for the academic year.
According to Subdivision 4.15c of the Faculty Handbook, only tenured faculty members are eligible to apply for Professional Development Assignment (PDA). A recipient of a PDA is ineligible for a subsequent PDA during the SIX academic years of
active service following an award. Additionally, a PDA recipient is ineligible to receive a Summer Fellowship the summer prior tot he academic year of the PDA and the subsequent summer of the PDA (subdivision 4.16c).

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Actions

Electronic application submitted to workflow early enough to receive approval of Head and Dean.

Deadlines

Friday, September 8, 2023: electronic application submitted by 4:30 p.m. Please note that forms may take some time to be fully processed.

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Procedure and Review Process

The submitted PDA Jotform application will be reviewed and evaluated by the Professional Development Assignment Committee; one faculty member to represent each of CBA, COE, and CSBS and two members to represent CHAS. Applicants will be notified in writing of the Committee decision within six weeks of the application deadline. Upon request, unsuccessful applicants will be provided with a summary of the reasons for the Committee's decision.completed.

NOTE: A Human Participant Review Form must be filed and must receive approval from the UNI Institutional Review Board before the Professional Development Assignment begins if the project involves human subjects, e.g., questionnaires, surveys, interviews, secondary data analysis. Allow at least fourteen days for the review process to be completed. Information and application forms are available on RSP's Website or by calling 273-6148. A copy of the IRB approval letter must either accompany the application or be submitted to the Graduate College before the PDA period.

It is extremely important that Professional Development Assignment applications be written for intelligent lay readers who may not be familiar with the scholarly literature, terminology, or details associated with the applicant's field of research or creative activity. Thus the readability of the proposal--its prose quality and appearance--will affect the reader's response. Supportive letters from individuals other than the applicant--except for letters from editors, publishers, or gallery directors confirming acceptance of a manuscript or exhibition--are not appropriate to this competition and will be disregarded by the Committee.

Proposal components and evaluation criteria

Eligible Professional Development Assignment projects fall into one of three categories: 1) research; 2) creative activity; or 3) work toward a terminal degree. All three categories are required to complete and submit an electronic Professional Development Assignment Application, which includes:

Previous UNI awards
Project Abstract (single spaced 350 words maximum)
Current Vita (five page maximum)
Proposal Components details (2500 words maximum)

The following types of projects are not eligible for funding:

Curriculum development that is judged to be of a routine nature and thus an expected part of university teaching responsibilities;
Travel whose primary purpose is to broaden an individual perspective or to enhance classroom presentations.

The recipient of a Professional Development Assignment must abide by appropriate sections of the UNI faculty handbook. In particular, the recipient of a Professional Development Assignment “shall agree either to return to the institution granting such assignment for a period of not less than two years or to repay to the State of Iowa such compensation as [the staff member] shall have received during such assignment.” (Iowa Code § 262.9(14))

Research project: Proposal components

Limit to 2500 words, including citations which can be single spaced.

Context; Significance and objectives: What is the overall nature of the project? Specifically, what do you wish to accomplish? How does this project contribute to the scholarly discipline, your past research activity, and your career goals? How does your project fit within the established scholarly literature? Demonstrate how the project contributes to the improvement of the University and benefits the citizens of Iowa.
Methods and timetable: How will you accomplish the established objectives? What means will be used to evaluate completion of the objectives? Draw up a timetable that estimates your schedule during the Assignment period. Indicate the status of Human Participant Review if needed for the project.
Dissemination and long-range importance: Describe specific plans for sharing the results of your research through scholarly presentations and/or publication. How will you build upon the results of your PDA work? Are there sources of external funding to expand the project?

Creative activity: Proposal components

This can be any work of art/project, creative writing, music, theatre. Limit to 2500 words, including citations which can be single spaced

Context; Significance and objectives: What is the overall nature of the project? Specifically, what do you wish to accomplish? How does this project contribute to the scholarly discipline, your past research activity, and your career goals? How does your project fit within the established scholarly literature? Demonstrate how the project contributes to the improvement of the University and benefits the citizens of Iowa.
Methods and timetable: How will you accomplish the established objectives? What means will be used to evaluate completion of the objectives? Draw up a timetable that estimates your schedule during the Assignment period. Indicate the status of Human Participant Review if needed for the project.
Dissemination and long-range importance: Describe specific plans for sharing the results of your research through scholarly presentations and/or publication. How will you build upon the results of your PDA work? Are there sources of external funding to expand the project?

Tips

This competitive program is open to all full-time tenured faculty. There are no quotas by college and department.
Follow the format suggested in the PDA guidelines, including the specified page limits. Don’t create your own format. Use 1-inch margins, 12.0 fonts and a 2500 words count.
Letters of support are not appropriate to this competition and will be disregarded by the Committee.
Prepare your application for a committee of faculty from across the campus.
Use the statements and questions outlined in Proposal Components as guides.
Indicate completion of work proposed in previous UNI awards related to the application. If no prior UNI awards, include a note in the application section rather than eliminating the section.
Be as precise as possible in describing the timetable for completion of your project. It is important to tie the work being proposed to the time frame of the PDA period; i.e. one semester or academic year. If you are collaborating with others, your specific contributions to the project should be stated.
A context or statement of the problem is required for all proposals, and it should be focused on the information needed to understand how the project fits into the scholarly field. It does not have to be exhaustive.
Specificity is important in the Dissemination/Long Range Importance details including External Funding Sources.
The abstract will be used to create the report to the Board of Regents on recommended PDAs. Write it for a general audience, focusing on the major points and the benefit to UNI and the citizens of Iowa.
You may review examples of successful Professional Development Assignment applications from previous years. Please contact the Graduate College at 273-2748 to set up a time to review applications.

Previous Recipients

2022-2023

Recipient	Department	Title
Xinhua Shen	Earth & Environmental Sciences	Environmental Impacts and Lifecycle Cost of Hybrid, Electric, and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles in Iowa
Barbara Cutter	History	Socialites, Sherpas and Mountaineers: Gender, Race, Nature and Citizenship in American Mountain Climbing, 1860-1996
Andrey Petrov	Geography	Towards Sustainable Arctic Cities: Understanding Urban Transitions and Sustainability in a Rapidly Changing Arctic
Chepina Rumsey	Mathematics	Let’s Grow Math Wonder in Young Mathematicians: A Playful Approach to Mathematical Argumentation
Shangzhen Luo	Mathematics	Game Values and Equilibriums on Linear Diffusion Processes
Tilahun Adebe	Biology	Improving the response of cereal crops to environmental stress
Kimberly Hurley	Kinesiology	Efficacy of Tai Chi for Rural Seniors' Balance Concerns
Juan Carlos Castillo	Languages & Literatures	The Quixotic Heroes of Spanish Sport
Gunwoo Yoon	Marketing & Entrepreneurship	Promoting conservation behavior through AI-generated images of the future self

2020-2021

Recipient	Department	Title
Peter Berendzen	Biology	Application of Genome-wide SNP Data the Landscape Genetics of the Rainbow Darter in the upper Mississippi River
Julia Bullard	Music	The Practical Application of Alexander Technique and Mindfulness Meditationto Music Pedagogy and Practice
Catherine DeSoto	Psychology	Neuroendocrine correlates of behavior
Noah Doely	Art	a Risograph Book Project
Elise DuBord	Languages & Literatures	Migration and Language in Puerto Rico: The Role of Transnationalism in Shaping Bilingualism
Robert T. Hitlan	Psychology	Psychological, Physiological, and biological implications of being ostracized by ingroup versus outgroup members utilizing a stress and coping (challenge versus threat) theoretical framework.
Heather R. Jeronimo	Languages & Literatures	The Expanding Spanish Family: Redefining Familial Relationships in 20th and 21st-Century Spanish Narrative and Film
Bingqing Liang	Geography	Urban Landscape Characterization using Hyperspectral Imaging
Nicole Skaar	Ed. Psych, Foundations & Ldrshp	An Investigation of “Counseling as a Related Service” Usage Across the United States
Francesca Soans	Communication Studies	The North End
Olof B. Steinthorsdottir	Mathematics	Cognitively Guided Instruction in International Settings
Robert Swazo	Applied Human Sciences	Bilingual Microfictions, Quotes, Sayings, and Morals with Accompanying Interventions and Strategies for Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers
Jin Zhu	Technology	Cyber Physical System for Crop Stress Monitoring and Disease Detection in Smart Farming
John R. Anderson	Management	Sources of Sustainable Competitive Advantage of Small Contract Manufacturers in Global Value Chains

2019-2020

Recipient	Department	Term	Title

Gary Gute	Applied Human Sciences	Fall 2019	Built for Flow: Ourselves, Our Families, Our Schools, Our Work
Aleksandar Poleksic	Computer Science	Fall 2019	An Informatics Platform for Predicting Side-Affects Associated with Multi-Drug Therapies - Research and Commercialization
Sarah Montgomery	Curriculum & Instruction	Fall 2019	Cultivating Well-Being Through Mindfulness in Higher Education
Alicia Rosburg	Economics	Fall 2019	Sustainable Brewing: Perceptions and Practices
Reinier Hesselink	History	Spring 2020	The Suicide of Takenaka Uneme
Wallace A. Hettle	History	Fall 2019	The Union Homefront: A History in Documents
Brooke Wonders	Languages & Literatures	Full Year	Purchase, Murder, Theft: A Short Story Collection
Alison Alstatt	Music	Full Year	Wilton Abbey in Procession: Religious Women's Music and Ritual in the Thirteenth-century Wilton Processional
Timothy E. Kidd	Physics	Spring 2020	Microscopic Origin of Electronic Growth Modes in Metal Dichalcogenide Systems
Alexandra M. Kogl	Political Science	Spring 2020	Easier Than Saying No: Women, Domination, and Submission
Seth Brown	Psychology	Spring 2020	How Associative Stigma towards Depression Impacts Family Members?
Nilmani Pramanik	Technology	Fall 2019	An Integrated Approach for Sustainable Manufacturing using Deviation-Based Cost Formulations for Reducing Cost of Manufacturing and Optimizing Part of Geometric Features

2018-2019

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
Eric M. W. Lee	Accounting	Spring 2019	Reading Between the Lines: An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Companies Responsibility Reporting and their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance*
Chris Martin	Chemistry & Biochemistry	Spring 2019	Catalytic Silylation of Pyridine with Diruthenium Complexes
Catherine H. Palczewski	Communication Studies	Full Year	Bodies That Argue: Visual Arguments of Woman Suffrage, 1909-1919
Mohammad Iqbal	Earth & Environmental Sciences	Fall 2018	International research collaboration: Study of highly polluted Bagmati River to prevent environmental hazard of an urban population in Nepal
Thomas Connors	History	Spring 2019	The Politics of Pantheons: How Nations Harness the Power of the Their Dead
Elise DuBord	Languages & Literatures	Spring 2019	Language and Immigration in Southeast Spanish: The Social and Cultural Context of Language Contact
Grant Tracey	Languages & Literatures	Spring 2019	Shot, Reverse-Shot
Jolene Zigarovich	Languages & Literatures	Spring 2019	Preserving Clarissa, and other Morbid Curiosities of the Eighteenth-Century Novel
Mohammed Rawwas	Marketing	Spring 2019	Organizational Justice Theory: A Comparison of the Ethical Values of Iowan and Chinese Individuals
Kim MacLin	Psychology	Full Year	Experimental Psychology Book Project
Deborah J. Gallagher	Special Education	Fall 2018	Probing the Interconnections of Disability and Animal Rights: With Implications for Equitable Schooling for Students with Disabilities
Nageswara R. Posinasetti	Technology	Spring 2019	Application of LCA for Sustainable Machining of Titanium Using MQL with Vegetable Oils and Solid Lubricant Particles

2017-2018

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
Dawn Del Carlo	Chemistry & Biochemistry	Fall 2017	Synthesis and publication of science education research at the University of Northern Iowa
Bettina Fabos	Communication Studies	Fall 2017	Adapting FORTEPAN IOWA for K-12 Education
David Surdam	Economics	Fall 2017	Business Ethics Through the Ages book project
Alex Oberle	Geography	Spring 2018	Infinitely-defined shapes and shape-preserving projections
Michele Devlin	Health Promotion and Education	Spring 2018	Human Migration and Environmental Refugees: Maternal and Child Public Health and Human Service Needs among the Rapidly Growing Population of Pacific Islanders in Iowa
Brian Roberts	History	Spring 2018	Killing Bambi: Sport Hunting and American Culture, 1880-1950
Kenneth Atkinson	History	Fall 2017	The Psalms of Solomon: A Commentary on the Greek Text in Light of Semitic Language
Leila Rod-Welch	Rod Library	Fall 2017	Improving Library Services in Support of English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners
Gayle Rhineberger-Dunn	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Spring 2018	Work Experiences of Juvenile Detention Center Staff in the Midwest
Kimberly M. Baker	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Fall 2017	Family Friends and Stigma in Addiction - Themed Reality Television Shows
Mark Grey	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Fall 2017	Public Safety, Emergency Response, and Security Concerns among Climate Refugees: The Case of Pacific Islanders in Iowa
Allison J. Barness	Teaching	Spring 2018	Early Childhood Explorers: An Analysis of their J
Hong (Jeffrey) Nie	Technology	Spring 2018	A Novel Low Complexity High Reliable Technology to Measure Time-of-Arrival of Impulse Radio Ultra Wide Band Wireless Signals for Indoor Positioning and Tracking Systems

2016-2017

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
Elizabeth Sutton	Art	Fall 2016	Beyond the Surface: Art, Animals, and Experience
Kenneth Hall	Art	Fall 2016	Investigation of Photo-Realistic Painting Techniques in a New Series of Large Works
Francesca Soans	Communication Studies	Spring 2017	A River Speaks (working title)
Michael Waggoner	Educational Leadership & Postsecondary Education	Fall 2016	Documenting and Teaching the History of Religion and Education in the United States
Joanne Goldman	History	Spring 2017	Molycorp and the US Rare Earth Industry: A Quagmire of Economic, Environmental, and National Interests, 1950-2010
Catherine Zeman	HPELS	Spring 2017	Correlation Investigation of High Infant Mortality Rate Regions in Iowa: Environmental and Demographic Factors
Susan Roberts-Dobie	HPELS	Fall 2016	Planning Social Support in the Post-Partum Period
Jim O'Loughlin	Languages & Literatures	Spring 2017	James Hearst Digital Archive
Jonathan Chenoweth	Music	Spring 2017	Leonard Bernstein: Two Answers to Everything
Korey Barrett	Music	Spring 2017	The Exploration and Performance of Rare French Opera and Art Song Repertoire
Robert Washut	Music	Spring 2017	A Full-Length CD Recording of New Original Compositions and Arrangements for Jazz Dodectet
Pita Ogaba Agbese	Political Science	Spring 2017	Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategy: West Africa's War against Boko Haram
Robert Hitlan	Psychology	Spring 2017	Women of Faith and the Reconstruction of French National Identity: Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish Women Facing the Twentieth Century
Donald Gaff	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Spring 2017	The Archaeology of the Black Medicine Site (13BH164)
Harry Brod	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Fall 2016	Diversity and Safety: "How to be an Effective Ally" and "Teaching Affirmative Sexual Consent"
Stephen Taft	Theatre	Spring 2017	The Theatre in You: An Electronic Textbook Proposal

2015-2016

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
Soo C. Hostetler	Art	Spring 2016	East Meets West: Exploring and Sharing Culture, Spirit and Tradition
Theresa A. Spradling	Biology	Spring 2016	Holocaust Survivor Testimony and Narrative Representation: The Mauthausen Experience
Chris W. Ogbondah	Communication Studies	Fall 2015	A Critical Analysis of Media Coverage of Terrorism in Africa
Aleksandar Poleksic	Computer Science	Fall 2015	Applications of Digital Signal Processing in Drug Discovery
Suzanne Freedman	Educational Psychology and Foundations	Fall 2015	Introduction of Forgiveness Education: Evaluation of Forgiveness Education with 5th Grade Students
Andrey N. Petrov	Geography	Spring 2016	Remote Sustainabilities: Improving Understandings and Applications of Sustainable Development in the Arctic and Other Remote Regions
Kathleen G. Scholl	HPELS	Spring 2016	College Campus Landscapes as a Mechanism for Student Learning and Creativity
Oksana Matvienko	HPELS	Fall 2015	Nutrition Related Messages in Children's Books
Jeremy Schraffenberger	Languages & Literatures	Spring 2016	What Passes: Poems and Lyric Essays of Memory and the Body
Siegrun Wildner	Languages & Literatures	Spring 2016	Holocaust Survivor Testimony and Narrative Representation: The Mauthausen Experience
Atul Mitra	Management	Spring 2016	The Investigating Merit Pay Across Cultures and Territories (IMPACT) Project
Jihwa Noh	Mathematics	Spring 2016	Teacher Fidelity Decisions and Their Impact on Lesson Enactment
William Downs	Social Work	Fall 2015	Partnership Between the UNI Integrative Services Project and the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health
Christina Curran	Special Education	Fall 2015	Integrating UDL and Accessible, Assistive Mobile Technologies in Teacher Education
M.D. Salim	Technology	Spring 201	A Web-Based Decision Support System for Optimizing Snow Removal Assets in Varying Temperatures
Gretta Berghammer	Theatre	Fall 2015	A Spectrum of Collaboration: A Visionary Approach to University and Professional Youth Theatres Working Together to Create, Implement, and Sustain Theatre for Youth with Autism

2014-2015

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
James W. Demastes	Biology	Spring 2015	The Persistence of Diversity: A Genetic Study of a Species Experiencing an Ongoing Shift in Geographic Distribution
Martin Chin	Chemistry & Biochemistry	Spring 2015	Synthesis of a Diruthenium Alkane Complex
Catherine H. Palczewski	Communication Studies	Fall 2014	Seeing Vulnerable Citizenship: Watching Violence Against U.S. Suffragists 1913-1919
Paul J. III Siddens	Communication Studies	Spring 2015	Adapting the Epic Poem "Dante's Inferno" into a Contemporary Context for Live Theatrical Production as an Original New Play
Ben J. Schafer	Computer Science	Spring 2015	Analysis and Construction of a Prototype Platform for Teaching Computer Programming in Learning Lab Environments
Lynn E. Nielsen	Curriculum & Instruction	Fall 2014	The History of Malcolm Price Laboratory School
Jennifer J. Waldron	HPELS	Spring 2015	Exploring News and Social Media Constructions of Three Iowa Hazing Cases
David Grant	Languages & Literatures	Spring 2015	Rhetorical Education: An Introduction to Thinking and Communicating in College and Beyond
Vince Gotera	Languages & Literatures	Fall 2014	Born from Bamboo: Poems from Philippine Myths
Christopher L. Kowalski	Leisure, Youth & Human Services	Fall 2014	A Qualitative Analysis of Occupational Valence, Perceived Organizational Support, and Efficacy Levels of Youth Workers
Suzanne M. Riehl	Mathematics	Fall 2014	Analysis of Data in "Routes to Reason: Proportion"
Melinda Boyd	Music	Spring 2015	Dolly Parton: Image, Music, Text
Seth Brown	Psychology	Fall 2014	A Comprehensive Examination of Self-Stigma Among Those with Substance Use Disorders
Carissa Froyum	Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology	Full Year	Volunteering for Change
Amy K. Lockhart	Teaching	Fall 2014	Clinical Field Experiences: Elementary Classroom Teachers' Attitudes and Perceptions of Mentoring Pre-Service Teachers
Julie Zhang	Technology	Spring 2015	Bridge Theory and Industrial Project Application through Six Sigma Approach: Development of a Low-Cost Microcontroller-based Leakage Detecting System
Nageswara Rao Posinasetti	Technology	Spring 2015	Optimization Methods for Sustainable Manufacturing using Biodegradable Metal Working Fluids
Cynthia Goatley	Theatre	Fall 2014	The Libretto for a One-Act Opera about Explorer Isabella Bird in the Rocky Mountains

2013-2014

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
Mark Myers	Biology	Fall 2013	Assessing the Wildlife Habitat Value of Diverse Biomass Energy Prairie Plantings in an Agricultural Landscape
Michael Walter	Biology	Fall 2013	DNA Sequence-mapping, Structural Protein Determination and Analysis two Bacillus Anthracis Spore-adhering Bacteriophages
John Bumpus	Chemistry & Biochemistry	Fall 2013	Molecular Modeling and Computational Characterization of High Energy Density Materials
Mohammad Iqbal	Earth Science	Fall 2013	Hydrologic Assessment of the Cedar River Watershed to Predict Future Flood Intensities and Their Impacts on the Aquatic Ecosystem
Imam Alam	Economics	Fall 2013	Gender Differences in Pay of Working Children in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study
Kenneth Atkinson	History	Fall 2013	Galla Placidia: Roman Queen of the Visigoths
Wallace Hettle	History	Spring 2014	Partners: The Lives of William Herndon and Abraham Lincoln
Tammy Gregersen	Languages & Literatures	Spring 2014	Watch What I'm Saying: Activities to Enhance Foreign Language Communication Through Nonverbals
Bin Liu	Mathematics	Spring 2014	Tail Behavior of Probability Distributions in Queueing Processe
Angeleita Floyd	Music	Fall 2013	Geoffrey Gilbert (1914-1989), World Class Musician, Transformational Teacher: An Exploration of His Life as an Orchestral Principal and Pedagogical Genius
Jack Yates	Psychology	Fall 2013	Using Social Science Strategies to Reduce Residential Energy Use
William M. Fleming	School of Applied Human Services	Spring 2014	A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program in High School Settings
Tyler O'Brien	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Fall 2013	Artificial Cranial Deformation: the Anthropology of Head Modification in the South Central Andes
Xavier Escandell	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Full Year	Ethnic Diversity and Support for the Welfare State in Europe
Jin Zhu	Technology	Spring 2014	System Modeling and Optimization of an Ambient Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Network

2012-2013

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
Peter Berendzen	Biology	Spring 2013	Establishing conservation units of two species of native fishes in northeast Iowa
Francesca Soans	Communication Studies	Full Year	Waterloo: A History of Place Episode 3: The Black Triangle
Victoria DeFrancisco	Communication Studies	Fall 2012	Gender in communication: A critical introduction
David G. Surdam	Economics	Spring 2013	Century of the Leisured Masses: The Rise of Leisure in Twentieth-Century America
Lisa K. Jepsen	Economics	Fall 2012	An Inquiry into the Effects of Athletic Participation and Team Success on Alumni Donations
Michael Waggoner	Educational Leadership & Postsecondary Education	Fall 2012	Religion and Education: A Primer
Barbara Cutter	History	Spring 2013	"The Alps of America": American Mountains, Identity and Empire in a Transnational Context: 1850-1920
Joanne Goldman	History	Spring 2013	Atomic Energy Education, 1947-1957
Hong (Jeffrey) Nie	Industrial Technology	Spring 2013	Multi-band Differential Code-Shifted Reference Technology for Ultra Wide Band Radio Applied to Intra-Vehicle Wireless Control and Communication Systems
Joyce Milambiling	Languages & Literatures	Spring 2013	Bilingual Education in Practice: Implications of the Welsh Experience for the U.S. Context
Michael Prophet	Mathematics	Spring 2013	Low-dimensioned Shape-preserving Approximation
Min Ho Lee	Mathematics	Spring 2013	Automorphic Properties of Pseudo differential Operators
Shangzhen Luo	Mathematics	Spring 2013	Game Theory in Insurance Business
Timothy Kidd	Physics	Spring 2013	Development of Novel Nanostructured Materials
Katherine Van Wormer	Social Work	Fall 2012	Writing of a text: Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future: The U.S. in Global Context
Marybeth C. Stalp	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Spring 2013	Gendered Cultural Production: Caring for the Self through Quilting and Knitting
Amy Staples	Special Education	Full Year	The Literate Development of Children with Significant Developmental Disabilities

2011-2012

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
JoAnn Schnabel	Art	Spring 2012	Creation of Art for Public Installation
Mary Johnson	Art	Fall 2011	Developing patinas for copper-based metals to be used in fabricating a new series of Brooches
Martin Chin	Chemistry & Biochemistry	Fall 2011	Synthesis and Testing of a New Diruthenium Complex for the C-H bond cleavage of noctane
Bettina Fabos	Communication	Fall 2011	An Interactive History of 20th -century Hungary
Aleksandar Poleksic	Computer Science	Spring 2012	Novel Algorithms for Protein Structure Similarity Detection
Betty Zan	Curriculum & Instruction	Spring 2012	Web-Based Resources For Early Science
James C. Walters	Earth Science	Fall 2011	Sorted Patterned Ground Phenomena of South Central Alaska
Becky Hawbaker	Education	Spring 2012	Completion of Ph.D. in Special Education at the University of Iowa
Jim O'Loughlin	English Language and Literature	Spring 2012	The Chord: A Speculative Fiction Short Story Cycle
Jennifer J. Waldron	HPELS	Fall 2011	Predictors of Hazing: Negative Initiation, and Positive Initiation Rituals in Sport
Jihwa Noh	Mathematics	Fall 2011	Where do prospective secondary mathematics teachers gain the mathematical knowledge needed for teaching? : An international collaboration
Jennifer Cooley	Modern Languages	Spring 2012	Nuevo amanecer: Weaving a New Beginning
Robert Hitlan	Psychology	Fall 2011	Toward a better understanding of the psychobiological responses to social exclusion across Caucasians and Hispanics
Jian Li	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Spring 2012	Rural-to-Urban Migration and Its Major Socioeconomic Impacts: An Ethnographic Study in a Mountain Village in Rural Southwest China
Richard Featherstone	Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology	Spring 2012	From the Halls of the Academy to the Streets of the City: Introducing Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis in a Medium Sized County Sheriff's Office

2010-2011

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
Tim M. Lindquist	Accounting	Fall 2010	Implications of Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Masculinity on Efficacy of Homework Feedback: A Cultural Comparison of U.S. vs. Austria
Laura Hoistad Strauss	Chemistry & Biochemistry	Fall 2010	Investigation and Characterization of Intercalated Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Materials for Hydrogen Storage
Catherine H. Palczewski	Communication Studies	Spring 2011	Picturing the Public Arguments over Woman Suffrage: An Analysis of the Rhetoric of Suffrage Postcards
Annette Lynch	DTGFS	Fall 2010	Porn Chic: Exploring the Contours of Raunch Eroticism
Mitchell Strauss	DTGFS	Spring 2011	History of a Small Textile Mill in a Small North Carolina Town- the Intersection of Jewish Entrepreneurship and Textile Manufacturing in Twentieth Century United States
John R. Groves	Earth Science	Fall 2010	International Collaboration for Refinements to the Geologic Time Scale
Donna J. Maier	History	Full Year	Rwanda Genocide Witness Testimony in Four Systems of Justice: Evidence as Historical Record
Trudy Eden	History	Spring 2011	Botany in Early America
James E. Mattingly	Management	Fall 2010	Modes of organization governance and citizenship: The role of socio-cultural variety in shaping organizations' social profiles
Michael Klassen	Marketing	Spring 2011	Plastic Hippie: If Wavy Gravy were a corporation, what kind of corporation would he be?
Marius M. Somodi	Mathematics	Fall 2010	Zeta Functions of Graphs
Scott C. Peters	Political Science	Spring 2011	Constraints on Campaigning in Judicial Elections: The Effects of the Canons of Ethics on State Supreme Court Campaigns
John Eustis Williams	Psychology	Fall 2010	Development of an Online Teaching and Research Laboratory using Flash
Julia Bullard	School of Music	Spring 2011	Technical Studies for the Contemporary Violist
Rebecca Burkhardt (with Goatley)	School of Music	Full Year	As Big as Texas: A Full-Length Musical about the Life and Times of Texas Governor Ann Richards
James L. Stichter	Teaching	Fall 2010	At-Risk Support in Rural Iowa High Schools: What Program Factors Lead to the Greatest Level of Effectiveness?
Cynthia Goatley (with Burkhardt)	Theatre	Fall 2010	As Big as Texas: A Full-Length Musical about the Life and Times of Texas Governor Ann Richards
Gretta Berghammer	Theatre	Spring 2011	Imagine the Possibilities: Creating Dramatic Worlds Through Theatre with Autistic Students Ages 6-12

2009-2010

Recipient	Department	Term	Title
Richard Colburn	Art	Fall 2009	Photographs from Life
Mary Frisbee Johnson (Alternate)	Art	Fall 2009	A Series of Sterling Silver Brooches and Accompanying Wall Sculptures
Jeff Tamplin	Biology	Spring 2010	Population Structure, Microhabitat Usage, and Thermal Activity Patterns of the Wood Turtle, “Glyptemys Insculpta”, from Butler County, Iowa
Paul Siddens III	Communication Studies	Spring 2010	Adapting the English Morality Play ‘The Summoning of Everyman’ into a Contemporary Context for Live Theatrical Production
Howard Barnes	Design, Textiles, Gerontology & Family Services	Spring 2010	Family First: A Series of Public Forums in Taiwan, Japan and China on Family Policy and Family Life Education
Shahina Amin	Economics	Fall 2009	Determinants of Child Labor in the Formal and Informal Sectors in Bangladesh
Suzanne Freedman	Educational Psychology and Foundations	Spring 2010	Introduction to Forgiveness Education: The Development and Evaluation of Forgiveness Education Curriculum for High School Students
David May	Geography	Fall 2009	The Clary Ranch Paleoindian Sites: A Synthesis of Geoarchaeological Research in Ash Hollow, Western Nebraska
Dale Cyphert	Management	Spring 2010	Decision-Making in Rural Economic Development: An Investigation of Rhetorical Norms
Mohammed Rawwas	Marketing	Spring 2010	The Influence of the Demise of the Keiretsu on the Performance of Small and Larger Japanese Wholesalers
Donna Wood	Marketing/Philosophy & World Religions	Full Year	Toward a Theory of Network Ethics: Business-Stakeholder Relationship
Randy Hogancamp	Music	Full Year	Pedagogical Perspectives in Percussion: Educational Essays
Sara Rosell	Modern Languages	Spring 2010	Dramaturgas Puertoriquenas Contemporaneas, 1980-Presente
Siegrun Wildner	Modern Languages	Spring 2010	Writing in Defiance: Voices from the Concentration Camp Mauthausen
Jennifer Cooley (Alternate)	Modern Languages	Spring 2010	El Amanecer de las Mariposas/The Dawn of the Butterflies
Donna Hoffman	Political Science	Spring 2010	Vote for Me: Position Taking, Persuasion, and Partisan Politics in Presidential Nomination Speeches
Kenneth Atkinson	Philosophy & World Religions	Fall 2009	Falsifying History: Josephus and the Creation of the Hasmonean State
William Clohesy	Philosophy & World Religions	Spring 2010	Arendt, Foucault, and Civil Society
Catherine M. DeSoto	Psychology	Fall 2009	Disseminating Recent Science about Autism and Environmental Correlates
Kim MacLin	Psychology	Fall 2009	Psychology and Law Textbook
Otto MacLin	Psychology	Fall 2009	Cross-Racial Misidentifications: The Role of a Cognitive Gating Mechanism
Eric Lange	Theatre	Spring 2010	Practice in the Craft of Theatrical Lighting Design