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Research Asst and Two Conferences for research projects on Sport Education, Communication and Leadership

2020

Jennifer Walinga

Dr. Walinga used Research and Professional Development funds to hire a research assistant and to present two research papers at two academic conferences in 2020.

Communication & Culture

Applied Research in Doctoral Education

2020

M. Hassan Wafai

Dr. Wafai was awarded a Research and Professional Development grant to research the production of innovative research from doctoral education using the theories and models of management areas.

Business

Speculative futures workshop at the Networked Learning 2020 conference

2020

Dr. Veletsianos received Research and Professional Development funds for a workshop on the application of the field of educational technology for learning, design, and technology.

Education & Technology programs

What’s in a Frame? Communication and Eco-Comedy in a Polarized, ‘Changing’ Climate

2020

Geo Takach

Dr. Takach was awarded Research and Professional Development funds for a virtual presentation on the rising controversy over the positioning of ‘climate’ in public discourse.

Communication & Culture

Follow up meta study: Action Research Engagement framework

2020

Wendy Rowe

Dr. Rowe was granted Research and Professional Development funds for a meta analysis of 60 student capstone projects and thesis projects as related to the Action Research Engagement framework.

Leadership Studies

Dowry and consumption

2020

Drs. Prasad and Wasdani received Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funds to research the South Asian dowry system and the physical and the symbolic violence resulting from it.

Business

Stepping toward a sense of place: A choreography of natural and social science. A co-authored paper and presentation for the Making Space(s) for Sustainability: Bringing Forward the Ecological University Symposium in Canterbury, UK

2020

Michael-Anne (Mickie) Noble

Dr. Noble was awarded Research and Professional Development funds to present live cases and design examples of how natural and social sciences can be integrated for a sense of place.

Environment & Sustainability

Disseminating child-focused research within three conferences

2020

Kathleen Manion

Dr. Manion was granted Research and Professional Development funds to attend conferences to present their findings from three child-focused research projects.

Humanitarian Studies

Beyond the kindness of strangers – Conceptualizing retirement planning for working animals

2020

Will Low

Dr. Low was awarded a Research and Professional Development grant to examine and advocate for right to a funded retirement for working animals in the same way that human workers are granted.

Business