International Projects - International Research Awards
2006-2007 Program

For the 2006-2007 academic year, the Center for International Studies received seven proposals for the International Research Awards program. The following four proposals were selected for funding:

1. Fang Fang Chen, Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, "A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Similarity and Intergroup Relations," $10,000
   
   
2. Marsha Dickson, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, "Strengthening the Partnerships of Central American Suppliers and US Apparel Retailers in a Dynamic Trade Environment," $10,000
   
   
3. Jaehee Jung, Assistant Professor, Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, "Sociocultural influences on body image, psychological functioning, and eating disorder symptoms: A cross-cultural study of adolescents," $10,000
   
   
4. Ismat Shah, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, "International Collaboration for the Application of Environmental Nanotechnology," $10,000
   
   

For the 2005-2006 academic year, the Center for International Studies received 15 proposals for the International Research Awards program. The following six proposals were selected for funding:

1. Chandra L. Reedy, Professor in the Museum Studies Program, “Preservation and Change in Traditional Tibetan Craft Technologies,” $10,000
   
   
2. Yihshyan (alias Ivan) Y. Sun, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, “The Evolution of Policing in Taiwan: The Impact of Political, Economic, and International Factors,” $10,000
   
   
3. Julie Anne Legate, Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, “Complex Predicates: The Expression of Manner and Result in Warlpiri, and Endangered Pama-Nyungan Language,” $9,000
   
   
4. Andreas Münchow (Muenchow), Associate Professor in the College of Marine Studies, “Climate change from biological and physical observing systems,” $9,000
   
   
5. Anna Papafragou, Assistant Professor of psychology, “Cross-linguistic studies of event cognition,” $5,000
   
   
6. Blake C. Meyers, Assistant Professor of Plant & Soil Science, “Functional Analysis of Small RNA in Rice”, with Pam Green as a co-investigator, $7,000
   
   

For the 2004-2005 academic year, the Center for International Studies received nine proposals for the International Research Awards program. The following seven proposals were selected for funding:

1. David Shearer, History. $10,000 for his project, "Russian Explorers in Central Asia"
   
   
2. Tammy Anderson, Sociology. $9,925 for her project, "Electronic Dance Music and Youth Culture: Exploring Change and Consequence in London, England"
   
   
3. Matt Hoffman and Robert Denemark, Political Science. $8,500 for their project, "Treaties in the Global System: Incidence, Duration and Patterns of Cooperative Behavior"
   
   
4. Nancy Schweda-Nicholson, Linguistics. $6,000 for her project, "Due Process, Equal Justice and Human Rights for Linguistic and Ethnic Minorities: A Comparison of Interpreting Services in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the US Federal Courts"
   
   
5. Barbara Settles, IFS. $5,575 for her project, entitled "An International Perspecitve Family Life and Sexuality Education and Policy Implications"
   
   
6. Evelyn Hayes and Leta Aljadir, Nursing. $5,000 for their project, "A Comparison of Selected Characteristics and Dietary Intakes among Pregnant Smokers and Nonsmokers in Scandinavia: A Pilot Study"
   
   
7. Stuart Semmel, History. $5,000 for his project, entitled "An Anthropology of Ourselves: Mass Observation, a Cultural and Intellectual History"
   
   

For the 2003-2004 academic year, the Center for International Studies received 20 proposals for the International Research Awards program. The following eight proposals were selected for funding:

1. Charles Bartlett, assistant professor of entomology and applied ecology, “International Research and Education in the Hong Kong Territories of the South China Seas,” $4,700
   
   
2. Craig Cary, visiting scientist in plant and soil sciences, “Molecular Assessment of a Toxic Harmful Algal Bloom Species, Anabaena planktonic: An International Collaboration,” $9,900
   
   
3. Jeffrey B. Miller, professor of economics, “Non-Bank Financial Institutions in Bulgaria,” $2,300
   
   
4. Frederick Nelson, professor of geography, “The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program: Field Studies in Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Alaska,” $10,000
   
   
5. David Pong, professor of history, “Industrial Development and Industrial Relations, 1861-1912: China in a Global Context,” $10,000
   
   
6. Deborah Steinberger, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, for a project on the work of Jean Donneau de Visé (1638-1710), founder and editor in chief of “Le Mercure Galant,” one of France’s first newspapers, $3,000
   
   
7. Margaret Wilder, professor in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, “Housing Policy and Institutional Roles in the U.S. and the Netherlands: Neighborhoods in the Balance;” $3,000
   
   
8. Robert Wilson, associate professor in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, and Bethany Hall-Long, associate professor of nursing, “Life and Death Decisions in the Netherlands and in Delaware: A Comparison of Policy Decision-Making for the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Abuse and Drug Abuse in Small Geographic Areas,” $7,000
   
   

For the 2002-2003 academic year, the Center for International Studies received 20 proposals for the International Research Awards program. The following six proposals were selected for funding:

1. April Veness, Geography. $10,000 for her project, "The Pilot Study of Guatemala/Delaware Migrations and How They Are (Re)defining Home Places and Directing Decisions about Permanent Residency in the US versus Guatemala."
   
   
2. Jean Pfaelzer, English. $7,000 for her project, "The Role of the Government of China in Resisting Violence Against Chinese Immigrants in California in Rural Towns in the Late Nineteenth Century."
   
   
3. Robert Carroll, Thomas Evans, with Dr. Mohamed Sedegui, Visiting Scientist, Plant and Soil Sciences. $8,500 for their project, "Development of a Seed Potato Certification Program for the Middle East."
   
   
4. Charles Link, Economics, and Panos Kanavos, Economics, Athens National University. $8,000 for their project, "Quality of Care Issues in the Uptake and Use of New Pharmaceutical Treatments in the United States and the United Kingdom."
   
   
5. George Bear, School of Education. $9,900 for his project, entitled "Development of Responsible Behavior: Differences Between American and Japanese Students and Schools."
   
   
6. Jinfa Cai, Mathematical Sciences. $6,600 for his project, "What is Effective Teaching: East meets West in Mathematics Classroom."
   
   

A faculty committee chaired by Lesa Griffiths, director of CFIS, and including George Bear, professor of education, Jean Pfaelzer, professor of English, and Sean Cox, associate director of international projects for CFIS, evaluated proposals and made recommendations to the Office of the Provost.