Dr. John Willse (Educational Research Methodology) received new funding from the American Board of Pediatrics for the project “Experiential Measurement Training with American Board of Pediatrics (2020-2021).” The primary role of the graduate assistant will be to assist American Board of Pediatrics psychometric staff with both operational psychometric work (e.g.,… Continue reading…
Perry Flynn (Communication Sciences and Disorders) received funding from Phoenix Academy for the project “Speech Language Pathology Service Contract with Phoenix Academy.” The purpose of this project is to provide speech and language therapy services to children in the Phoenix Academy who qualify for these services. The Speech/Language Pathologists at… Continue reading…
Dr. Christine Murray (Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships) received funding from Ready for School, Ready for Life for the project “Get Ready Guilford Initiative’s Theory of Action (TOA) Participation Agreement.” This project involves participation in the launch of a process to develop the Get Ready Guilford Initiative’s Theory… Continue reading…
Dr. Dianne Welsh, Hayes Distinguished Professor (Bryan School) and her co-author, Orlando Llanos, have been notified that “Los Lingues®: Transitioning family identity through branding the 20th oldest family business in the world” has been nominated for the IFERA 2020 Best Award in the Teaching Cases Studies & Exercises category. IFERA… Continue reading…
Dr. Erick T. Byrd (Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality & Tourism) received new funding from North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the project “NC Wine Industry Needs Study (NC-WINS).” Dr. Bonnie Canziani and Samuel Troy are co-principal investigators on the project.
Dr. Brianna Caza (Bryan School) received funding from The SIOP Foundation for the project “Working Off the Grid: Building Resilience in the GIG Economy.” Current trends suggest a future in which more and more individuals untether from organizations and work independently. This style of work involves both attractive opportunities and… Continue reading…
Dr. Tiffany Smith (Educational Research Methodology) received new funding from North Carolina State University for the project “Evaluation of NCSU S-STEM program: Graduate scholarships in Biochemistry applied to agriculture and human health.” Dr. Smith will serve as the external evaluator. Smith will use a Values-Engaged, Educative evaluation approach (VEE) (Boyce,… Continue reading…
Dr. Joseph Santin (Biology) received new funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for the project “Acquiring resistance to anoxia in neural circuit function.” The goal of this project is to understand how to prevent neurological dysfunction caused by oxygen deprivation in the brain. Impaired delivery of… Continue reading…
Dr. Yu-Min Chung (Mathematics and Statistics) received new funding from the College of William and Mary, Prime: National Science Foundation for the project “Multiparameter Persistence: An Algebraic Topological Framework for Analyzing MIcrostructure in Porous Media.” Computational topology and the field of topological data analysis offer powerful tools for analyzing robust… Continue reading…
Dr. Yarneccia Dyson (Social Work) has been selected as a 2020 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar by the National Institutes of Health. She will attend a virtual training event in August. The training program is normally held at the NIH campus, but due to COVID-19, the event will be hosted… Continue reading…
