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    FUSE Grant Recipients

    • 2021

      FUSE Grant Teams and Research Topics

      • Danielle Hartsfield, associate professor of elementary and special education along with student Sebastian Cherres – A Collective Case Study on K-12 Book Challenges.
      • Jessy Patterson, lecturer of biology along with student Nicolas Szabo – The Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on Scavenging Communities in Southern Appalachia.
      • Ralph Hale, assistant professor of psychological science along with students Patsy Folds and Kyle Kroeger – Influence of Various Gestalt Cues on Perceptual Organization of Ambiguous Figure/Ground Images & Watercolor Illusions vs. Priming: An Assessment of the Strongest Figure-Ground Cues.
      • Dobrusia Bialonska, associate professor of biology and Paul Johnson, associate professor of biology along with student Madison Bunch – Do KT Tapes Increase Skin Exposure to Disease Causing Bacteria?
      • Robin O’Day, associate professor of history, anthropology, and philosophy along with students Cursten Howard and Maryann Seaman – Voices from Tohoku: Oral Narrative Translate Project, Tokumizu Rie & Ise Kumiko
      • William Balco, associate professor of history, anthropology, and philosophy along with student Lucy Kendrick – Exploring Ancient Middle Woodland Structures at Rice Farm
      • Abby Neyer, assistant professor of biology along with student Kaili Boyes – The Effects of Warmer Winter Temperatures on Blood Metabolite Levels and Reproductive Health in Ornate Box Turtles
      • Amanda Moffett, assistant professor of physics and astronomy along with student Destin Encardes – Mapping the Cosmic Web: Capturing Extragalactic Structures with Zooniverse
      • Denise Woodall, senior lecturer of sociology and human services along with students Tameron Smith and Daniel Jackson – The Problems with Needle Exchange Programs & Is there a High Prevalence of Unwanted Sexual Contact in the LGBTQ+ Community?
      • Margaret Smith, associate professor of biology and Nancy Dalman, professor and department head of biology along with students Grace Maurer and Kacie Miller – The Effect of Salinity and pH on Development in Lytechinus variegatus
      • Chuck Robertson, professor of psychological science along with student Alyssa McGrail - Are Smart Home Devices Good Study Partners?
      • Ami Everett, lecturer of biology and Jessy Patterson, lecturer of biology along with student Anna Cronan – Determining Safe Concentrations for the Chronic Exposure of Amphibians to Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Southern Appalachia
    • 2020

      FUSE Grant Teams and Research Topics

      • Swapna Bhat, associate professor of biology, Jeanelle Morgan, associate department head of biology, and Margi Flood, associate professor of biology along with student Tyler Henderson - Enumeration of coliforms and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Tumbling Creek construction zone.
      • Ami Everett, lecturer of biology and Jessy Patterson, lecturer of biology along with students Brandon DeBlois and Amanda O’Connell - Elucidating the effects of Eastern Hemlock chemical treatments on amphibian feeding behaviors.
      • Gregory Feiden, associate professor of physics and astronomy along with student Rebecca Corley - Planet Hunting at UNG: Developing a Data Reduction Pipeline for UNG's Echelle Spectrograph.
      • Tatiana Maslova, lecturer of modern & classical languages along with students Tucker Coan and Samuel Hicks - Intercultural Competence in Learning Russian.
      • Connie Ringger, professor of psychological science along with students Allyson Porras and Caitlyn Wlosko - Race and gender identity: Do the combination of defendants' characteristics affect juror decisions?
    • 2019

      FUSE Grant Teams and Research Topics

      • William Balco, assistant professor of anthropology along with students Ethan House and McKenna Johnson – Archaeological Investigation of the prehistoric enclosure ditch at Rice Farm near Dawsonville, Georgia
      • Michael Bender, assistant professor of biology along with student Maggie Woodall – Investigating the influence of small-scale light pollution on bat activity
      • Frank Crittenden, lecturer of biology along with student Elisabeth Bradberry – Using CRISPR genome editing technology to engineer gene deletions in a neuron-derived cancer cell line
      • Gregory Feiden, assistant professor of physics and astronomy along with student Miles Johnson — Mottled Stars: How Does Starspot Surface Coverage Affect Stellar Brightness Variability
      • Lauren Johnson, assistant professor of Culture, Language & Leadership along with students Madison Rodriguez and Josue Zavala — RISE Program Research Project
      • Alison Kanak, assistant professor of biology along with student Samantha Kates — Genomic evaluation of novel Mycobacteriophage
      • Abby Meyer, assistant professor of psychological science, Jennifer Mook, associate professor of biology and Natalie Hyslop, associate professor of biology along with students Hailey Echols and Ben Wortman — Pesticides and the Harm They Cause
      • Sonny Mantry, associate professor of physics and astronomy and Mark Spraker, professor of physics along with student Tyler Wilson - Development of computer-generated experiments to analyze the outcome of proton-proton collisions inside a Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe.
      • Abigail Neyer, assistant professor of biology — Interactions between physiology, habitat use, and temperature in a long-lived ectothermic vertebrate
      • Thomas Vogel, assistant professor of physics and astronomy – Energy audits of UNG buildings

      SUPRE Grant Teams & Research Topics

      • John Dewey, assistant professor of psychological science along with student Siena Dittrich - Applied Lab to exam technology integration factors that enhance statistical learning.
      • Chuck Robertson, professor of psychological science along with student Hannah Johnson - Cognitive Aging Lan that will design and experimentally test natural naming schemes/commands that match hierarchical industry with designs toward improved usability of IoT smart homes toward developing a single home infrastructure that supports independent living in an aging population.
      • Tyler Harrison, assistant professor of psychological science along with students Ashley Minor and Alletta Morris - Memory Lab will study cognitive ability constructs such as fluid intelligence and working memory as they relate to self-defining memories to establish the construct validity of self-defining memories and particular features of self-defining memories as an operational definition of intelligence.
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