2015-16 Junior/Senior Faculty Grant Recipients

COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
Alvin Rangel-Alvarado, (junior), Theatre and Dance
African-American Concert Dance Legacy: 1930-1970s

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Carol Lundberg (junior), Educational Leadership
Institutional Predictors of Success for Latina/o Community College Students

Rosario Ordonez-Jasis (senior), Reading
Write Here Professional Development Project: Using Community Mapping to Improve Writing Outcomes through Culturally Nested Instructional Learning

Nawang Phuntsog (senior), Elementary and Bilingual Education
Dual-Language Programs: A Pathway to Academic Success for English Learners

COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Hye Kyeung Seung (senior), Human Communication Studies
Examination of a Developmental Screening Test, First Year Inventory (FYI), in Korean Children

Micheal McAlexander (junior), Communications
The Producers: Art of the Impossible

Phillip Weir-Mayta (junior), Human Communication Studies
Effects of Feedback Schedule on Speech Motor Learning

Robert Davis (senior), Radio-TV-Film
Research travel to Vancouver, Hong Kong and Cannes

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Salvador Mayoral (junior), Mechanical Engineering
Development of a Relative Positioning System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Joseph Piacenza (junior), Mechanical Engineering
Exploration of Additive Manufacturing Design Strategies for Commercial Food Applications

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Leah Brew (senior), Counseling
Applied Helping Skills: Transforming Lives, 2nd Edition

Koren Fisher  (junior), Kinesiology
Sit Less vs. Move More: Shifting Focus to Examine Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults

John Gleaves (junior), Kinesiology
The Sporting Prometheus: Myth, Medicine and Public Perceptions of Performance-Enhancing Technology in Sport

Claudia Pineda (junior), Child and Adolescent Studies
Emo Kids and Metalheads: Tales of Misunderstanding by Mexican-American High School Students in a Drama Class

Nicholas Gorman (junior), School of Nursing
Vaccines, Language And Misinformation: Exploring The Landscape Of Knowledge Exchange Social Websites

Yuying Tsong (junior), Human Services
Asian American College Students’ Mental Health Treatment Experiences and Perceived Barriers to Seeking Help

Juye Ji (junior), Social Work
Health Disparity Among Maltreated Adolescents: Mediation of Stress-Reactivity and Moderation of Genetic Factors

 COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Carrie Lane (senior), American Studies
An Organized Life: What Professional Organizing Can Teach Us about How Americans Live, Work and Shop

Brady Heiner (junior), Philosophy
Abolitionism, Decolonization and Restorative Justice: An Encounter Between African American and Native American Critical Theory

Terri Snyder (senior), American Studies
Marriage, Race and the Meaning of Freedom in Early America

Jeeloo Liu (junior), Philosophy
Conceptions of Time in Chinese Philosophy

Christine Gardiner (junior), Politics, Administration and Justice
Does College Matter?  A National Survey Of Law Enforcement Agencies

Eliza Noh (senior), Asian American Studies
Asian American Female Suicide

Jennifer Trevitt-Carlson (senior), Psychology
The Effects of Diet, Stress and Exercise on Anxiety

Robert Castro (senior), Politics, Administration and Justice
Captivity in U.S. Administrative Materials

 LIBRARY
Barbara Miller (senior), Library – Administration
Giving a voice to Cal State Fullerton's early Chicana and Chicano activism

MIHAYLO COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Matthew Lancellotti (senior), Marketing
Place As Product: Determinants of Community Desirability Using Geographic Information Systems As a Roadmap for Advertising Effectiveness

Shaun Pichler (junior), Management
Evaluation of a Work-Family Intervention

Daniel Cavagnaro (junior), Information Systems and Decision Sciences
Better Data And Shorter Experiments Using Adaptive Designs Optimization For Random Preference Models.

Hui Pan (junior), Economics
Government Debt and Bank Stability: New Evidence from the U.S. and the EU

Atul Teckchandani (junior), Management
Reinventing Entrepreneurship Education: Lessons and Insights from a University-Incubator Partnership

Jing Yang (senior), Finance
The Roles of Local Commercial Property Markets in a Corporation’s Financing Choices

Pawel Kalczynski (senior), Information Systems and Decision Sciences
Shift Scheduling For Community Service: A Practical Approach

Rommel Salvador (junior), Management
Food Safety Training: A Meta-analytic Review

Chiranjeev Kohli (senior), Marketing
Research for REAL Improvement in Learning. Use of Online Video Modules in Flipped Classes: A Department-Wide Initiative

COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
John Haan (junior), Chemistry and Biochemistry
Understanding the Behavior of Pd-Cu Catalysts for Fuel Cells Powered by Renewable Alcohol Fuels as Alternatives to Ethanol

Alison Miyamoto (junior), Biological Science
Increasing the Biological Relevance of In Vitro MAGP2 Studies Via Genome Editing

Joseph Carlin (junior), Geological Sciences
Investigating the Impact of Hurricanes and Sea Level Rise on Coastal Barrier Islands

Hans Schenk (senior), Biological Science
Chemistry of Surfactants in Xylem of Flowering Plants