Faculty Accomplishments

Valerie Barr (Computer Science) received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for: "CUE Ethics: Collaborative Research: Evaluating Frameworks for Incorporating Computing Across the Curriculum." The project is for 18 months.

Valerie Barr Received a subaward from the National Science Foundation (NSF) via Duke University for The Alliance  for Identity-Inclusive  Computing  Education  (AIICE):  A Collective Impact Approach to Broadening Participation in Computing.

Katie Berry received a National Science Foundation (NSF) subaward from Oregon State University for the project “Discovery of novel functional RNA classes by computational integration of massively-parallel RBP binding and structure data.” The project is for five years.

Katie Berry received a collaborative Ideas Lab grant from The National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project: “RNA-encoded Molecular Memory (REMM).” The project is for three years.

Katie Berry received the Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for her project: Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial RNA-Binding Proteins. The project is for five years.

Received a supplement to her grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (subaward from the University of Georgia) for “Examining the Processes and Outcomes of Reading Comprehension (EXPO-SWD). The project is in its sixth year. (2022)

Kathy Binder  received an award by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for “R15 A Multi-skills Approach for Low Literate Adult Learners.” The project is for three years.

Awarded a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship for her project, "A Time Capsule in Glass: Stella Variable and the Life of Henrietta Swan Leavitt".  Over the next 18 months she will conduct research at the Astronomical Photographic Plate Collection at the Harvard College Observatory (Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.) (May, 2020)

Received an R15 grant from the National Institutes of Health for “Why does oral fluency predict silent reading comprehension? Neurocognitive markers of implicit meter as a potential mediator.” The project is for three years. (2022)

Patricia Brennan received a grant from the National Science Foundation for the project 'CAREER: Integrating Form and Function in the Coevolution of Copulatory Traits. The project is for five years (2021).