2018-19 JUNIOR/SENIOR FACULTY GRANT RECIPIENTS
COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
Maria Cominis Glaudini, Theater and Dance
Original Play & Book Publication Online Companion
Pamela Madsen, School of Music
There Will Come Soft Rains Recording Project
Katherine Powers, School of Music
Laura Netzel's Fantasy Piece
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Robert Davis, Cinema and Television Arts
Research Travel to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Vancouver
Ying-Chiao Tsao, Human Communication Studies
Study Abroad Simulation (SAS) as an Inter-professional Education and Practice
Guohua Wu, Communications
An Experimental Investigation of the Effectiveness of China’s Overseas Propaganda
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Alison Dover, Secondary Education
Teaching and Learning in Multicultural, Multilingual, and Radically Inclusive Classrooms
Julian Jefferies, Literacy and Reading Education
Career Counseling in Study Abroad: The Impact on Latino/a First-Generation College Students
Vita Jones, Special Education
Community Partnership
Benikia Kressler, Special Education
Towards the Conceptualization of Culturally Responsive Data-based Decision Making
Sung Hee Lee, Special Education
Reading electronic books as a support for vocabulary, word reading, and reading comprehension in kindergarten and first grade children with autism spectrum disorders
Christopher Street, Secondary Education
Quality Matters in Secondary Education Course Redesign
Maria Estela Zarate, Educational Leadership
Immigrant Families in Catalonian Elementary Schools
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Beena Ajmera, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Effect of Vertical Pressure on Shear Strength Reduction in Soils during Earthquakes
Mikhail Gofman, Computer Science
Secure Multi-biometric Mobile Device Authentication through Statistically Optimized Artificial Neural Networks
Paul Salvador Inventado, Computer Science
Investigating Factors that Lead to Learning Challenges in CS Education
Sagil James, Mechanical Engineering
Study of Liquid-Assisted Laser Beam Micromachining for Manufacturing of Medical Implants
Salvador Mayoral, Mechanical Engineering
Unsteady aerodynamics of ground vehicles with an underbody diffuser
Paulina Reina, Civil and Environmental Engineering
A Data-Driven Approach to Understanding Rubbernecking Behavior on Urban Freeways
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Jason Baker, Child and Adolescent Studies
Psychophysiological predictors of treatment response in autism spectrum disorder
Shana Charles, Health Science
Determinants of College Student Smoking: Building on the CSUF Campus Ban to Deter Smoking Beyond Campus
Guadalupe Espinoza, Child and Adolescent Studies
Examining the Impact of Witnessing Cyberbullying and Identifying Protective Factors Among Latino Adolescents
Koren Fisher, Kinesiology
Examining sedentary behavior, physical activity, and cardio-metabolic health among aging adults: A socio-ecological approach
Andrew Galpin, Kinesiology
Using Emerging Technology to Enhance Accuracy of Human Skeletal Muscle Molecular Research
John Gleaves, Kinesiology
Triangulating Prevalence of Doping in Elite Athletes
Sean Hogan, Social Work
Foster Youth in Higher Education: Barriers to Academic Success at a Four-Year University
Do Kyeong Lee, Kinesiology
Understanding the role of physical activity in infants during 1st year of life
Matthew Llewellyn, Kinesiology
The Race Game: Apartheid Politics and the International Sports Boycott
Risto Marttinen, Kinesiology
Youth Sport Retention Study Pilot
Claudia Pineda, Child and Adolescent Studies
Perceptions and Meaning of Cultural Competency among Students of Child and Adolescent Studies (CAS)
Eric Price, Counseling
Positive and Affirming Research in Sexuality
Rebekah Smart, Counseling
Women, Aging, and Media: A Cross-Cultural Exploration
Yuying Tsong, Human Services
Risk and Protective Factors in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Asian American Mental Health, Disordered Eating, and Body Image Concerns
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Terri Snyder, American Studies
Women Claiming Freedom: Slavery, Race, and Resistance Across the Americas
Jennifer Yee, Asian American Studies
Empowering Next-Gen Leaders and Activists: A Service-Learning Partnership as a Site for Radical Care in the University and Community
Brady Heiner, Philosophy
Decolonizing Settler Existence: Settler Colonialism and Existential Thought
Sarah Hill, Division of Politics, Administration and Justice
The Plural Executive: Who Are They?
Maria Malagon, Sociology
Resisting Erasure: Life Histories of Mexican American Youth in California Reformatory Schools
Irena Praitis, English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics
Dropped in the Traces: A Collection of Poetry
Aitana Guia, History
Healthy Cities, Thriving Humans: Car Culture, Environmental Social Movements, and the Greening of the Turia River in Valencia Spain (1957-2018)
Yuko Okado, Psychology
Prevention of Stress-Related Symptons Through Cognitive Training: A Pilot Study
Saul Tobias, Liberal Studies
What is Buddhist Critique? Epistemology and Ethics in Buddhist Social Thought
Satoko Kakihara, Modern Languages and Literatures
Performative Words: Women's Writings and Identity Construction in the Japanese Empire
Nancy Segal, Psychology
Decolonizing Settler Existence: Settler Colonialism and Existential Thought
Jindong Wu, Geography and the Environment
Assessing Salton Sea Water Surface Change with Landsat TM and OLI Satellite Imagery
MIHAYLO COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Gabriela Best, Economics
The Role of Monetary Policy during The Great Inflation
Mira Farka, Economics
Unconventional Tools for Unconventional Times: How Effective are LSAPs and Forward Guidance?
Gagan Ghosh, Economics
Logrolling and Political Capital: Strategic Concessions in Political Wars of Attrition
Ryan Gottfredson, Management
Leadership Mindsets: Extending the Influence of Leaders beyond Behaviors
Neil Granitz, Marketing
Transmedia Storytelling: Understanding its Effect upon Consumer Brand Engagement and Likelihood to Participate
Yi Jiang, Finance
Labor Union Presence and CEO Compensation
Pawel Kalczynski, Information Systems and Decision Sciences
Self-Organized Carpools for Self-Driving Cars
Sinjini Mitra, Information Systems and Decision Sciences
Building models of student success in bottleneck courses via deeper analytics
Shaun Pichler, Management
Success of CSUF Students: A Social Support Perspective
Jungmin Seo, Management
The effects of leader differentiation on work-group function
Ofir Turel, Information Systems and Decision Sciences
The Neural Basis of Texting While Driving
Xiaoying Xie, Finance
Does Enterprise Risk Management Spur Corporate Innovation?
Jing Yang, Finance
The Effects of Initial Public Offerings on Local Housing Markets
COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
Jennifer Burnaford, Biological Sciences
How will sea level rise affect important canopy-forming seaweeds?
Joseph Carlin, Geological Sciences
A Song of Fire and Flood: Identifying Past Wildfire-Flood Events in the Geologic Record
Esther Chen, Biological Sciences
Investigating whether the expression of three sRNA genes is controlled by ExoS/ChvI in Sinorhizobium meliloti
Diane Clemens-Knott, Geological Sciences
In Search of California's Jurassic Arc
Amybeth Cohen, Biological Sciences
Assessment of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a nutrient-dense food source for farm-raised fish
Jeffrey Knott, Geological Sciences
Tephrochronology of the Monterey Formation
Zhuangjie Li, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Cataphotolytical removal of pesticides from water
Sean Loyd, Geological Sciences
Assessing the controls and impacts of carbon dioxide degassing from fissure ridge hot springs
Andrew Petit, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Computation Meets Experiment for a Greener Route Towards New Medicines
Valerie Poynor, Mathematics
Hierarchical Modeling for Student Critical Thinking Assessment
Nicholas Salzameda, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Synthesis and discovery of novel inhibitors for the botulinum neurotoxin
Parvin Shahrestani, Biological Sciences
Elucidating the complex relationship between immune defense and aging
Adam Woods, Geological Sciences
Determining Environmental Stress in the Aftermath of the Permian – Triassic Mass Extinction: A Case Study from East-Central California
Danielle Zacherl, Biological Sciences
Effect of shell contraction behavior on gamete dispersal and fertilization success of the red abalone, Haliotis rufescens