Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Awards

The Center for Teaching and Faculty Development congratulates the following faculty, all of whom have been selected to receive Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Awards for 2008-2009.

CSU Mini-Grant Award

• Blanchard, Jean-Marc
  International Relations, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Gushers and Dry Wells: The Political Economy of Russia's Dealings with the Major Integrated Oil Companies
• Boyd, Nan Alamilla
  Women Studies, Humanities
  Sex, Race and Tourism in San Francisco
• Boyer, Katharyn
  Biology, Science and Engineering
  Do Epifauna Invaders to San Francisco Estuary Threaten Conservation and Restoration of Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) Beds?
• Catanese, Paul
  Design and Industry, Creative Arts
  Multi-Touch Computing Interface LABoratory (MLAB)
• Cohler, Deborah
  Women Studies, Humanities
  Queer Inversions: Book Completion Funds
• Dekens, Petra
  Geosciences, Science and Engineering
  Response of California Current to Global Warmth
• Ferreira, Mariana
  Anthropology, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Toward a Center of Excellence for American Indian Youth in Northern California
• Fields, Jessica
  Sociology, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Women of Color and Leadership at the SFSU Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality
• Hennessy, Logan
  Liberal Studies, Undergraduate Studies
  Indigenous Environmental Politics and Climate Change: Marking the Progress at COP14
• Hong, Sunggye
  Special Education, Education
  Computer Assisted Technology Instruction for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (CATPVI)
• Hu, Bo
  Hospitality Management, Business
  Member Segmentation of Vacation Travel Market
• Kim, Mi-Sook
  Kinesiology, Health and Human Services
  Precursors of Healthy Cognitive, Behavioral, and Emotional Outcomes Among Youth Physical Activity Participants
• Paik, Jae
  Psychology, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Integrating Transparent Language When Teaching Fraction Concepts: Cross-Cultural Studies Between U.S. and French Children
• Sehgal, Ravinder
  Biology, Science and Engineering
  Effects of Avian Malaria on Bird Migration
• Wolf, Michelle
  Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, Creative Arts
  Disability, Television, and Self-Conception: A Qualitative Study of How Women (Ages 20-30) with Physical Disabilities Think and Feel About Their Bodies

CSU Summer Stipend

• Blesius, Leonhard
  Geography, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Landslide Susceptibility Model Derived from High Resolution Satellite Imagery Using Geotechnical Models
• Brown, Elizabeth
  Criminal Justice Program, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Governing Childhood: Crime, Race, and Space in the Juvenile Justice System, 1905-2005
• Chaudhuri, Anoshua
  Economics, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Socio-Economic and Gender Disparities in Disaster Preparedness of Disabled and Elderly Consumers of In-Home Supportive Services in San Francisco
• Crow-Sanchez, Karen
  Biology, Science and Engineering
  The Role of Hox Cluster Duplication in the Evolution of a Noel Feature-rostrum Elongation in the American Paddlefish
• Dariotis, Wei Ming
  Asian American Studies, Ethnic Studies
  Development Phase: Mixed Race Studies Professional Association
• Dungy, Camille
  Creative Writing, Humanities
  Since Everyone Can Never Be Safe: A Poetry Manuscript
• Fuse, Megumi
  Biology, Science and Engineering
  An Insect Model For Chronic Pain Research
• Gard, David
  Psychology, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Remediating Motivational Deficits in Schizophrenia Using Targeted Cognitive Training
• Guedes, Claudia Maria
  Kinesiology, Health and Human Services
  Adolescere: Yoga and Teenagers
• Harris-Wilson, Diane
  Psychology, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Trajectories Leading to Overweight in Multi-Generational Families of African Ancestry: A Request to Write the Revised Research Proposal
• Henderson, Jason
  Geography, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Level of Service: Bicycle Transport and Debates About Street Space in San Francisco, CA
• Lee, Yeon-Shim
  School of Social Work, Health and Human Services
  Elder Mistreatment: Prevalence, Risk/Protective Factors and Mental Health among Chinese and Korean Elderly Population
• Mahi, Humaira
  International Business, Business
  Mapping the Development and Growth of Consumer Culture in an Emerging Market
• Ray, Kasturi
  Women Studies, Humanities
  Domestic Workers and "Sex Slaves": Rethinking Divisions in the Trafficking of Women
• Sowaal, Alice
  Philosophy, Humanities
  "Mary Astell's Epistemology": Chapter Three of Mary Astell: A Rationalist, A Feminist
• Volk, Lucia
  Anthropology, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Manuscript Completion for No Victor, No Vanquished: The Politics of Memory in Lebanon
• Zhang, Weimin
  Cinema, Creative Arts
  Feature Documentary Film Project: The Last Days of Beijing Hutongs

Faculty Diversity Support

• Abeywickrama, Priyanvada
  English Language and Literature, Humanities
  Investigating the Use of Non-Native and Accented English as Input in Listening Comprehension Tests
• Akom, Antwi
  Africana Studies, Ethnic Studies
  Data Analysis: Black Youth as Public Intellectuals
• Chitewere, Tendai
  Liberal Studies, Undergraduate Studies
  Book Prospectus: Green Lifestyles - Consuming Our Way to Sustainability
• Domizio, Hsiu-huei Lin
  Foreign Languages and Literatures, Humanities
  Creating Prototype Rubrics for Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA)
• Gen, Sheldon
  Public Administration Program, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  The Impact of Private Philanthropy in Public K-12 Education
• Shahani, Gitanjali
  English Language and Literature, Humanities
  The Bard in Bollywood: Shakespearean Adaptations in Hindi Cinema
• Smith, Amy
  Psychology, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Death Be Not Proud: An Analysis of Attitudes Toward Punishment Options in Death Penalty Cases
• Sveinsdottir, Asta
  Philosophy, Humanities
  The Metaphysics of Sex and Gender
• Wang, Deanna
  Marketing, Business
  Doing Well by Doing Good: The Mediating Role of Brands Linking Corporate Environmental Performance to Financial Performance

Vice President's Assigned Time

• Allen, Gwen
  Art, Creative Arts
  Art On and Off the Page: Artists' Magazines, 1965-79
• Boushey, Graeme
  Political Science, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Diffusion Dynamics: Incremental and Non-Incremental Patterns of Policy Diffusion in the American States
• Curtis, Sarah
  History, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  French Colonial Historical Society Conference, May 2009
• Filippini, Alexis
  Special Education, Education
  Using Authentic Video of Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies to Improve Special Educators' Teaching of Diverse Learners
• Hackenberg, Sara
  English Language and Literature, Humanities
  "Beyond Fashion": Nineteenth-Century Mystery into Twentieth-Century Modernity
• Lenz-Rashid, Sonja
  School of Social Work, Health and Human Services
  Program Evaluation of SF State's Guardian Scholars Program
• Martin, Benjamin
  History, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  A New Order for European Culture: the German-Italian Axis and the Reordering of International Cultural Exchange
• McCaughan, Edward
  Sociology, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Vital Signs: The Art of Social Movements in Mexico and Aztlan
• Olsher, David
  English Language and Literature, Humanities
  Teacher Questioning and Learner Participation: Interactional and Ethnographic Perspectives on Adult ESL Classroom Learning
• Rubin, Jasper
  Urban Studies Program, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Completion of Book Manuscript: A Negotiated Landscape: the Transformation of San Francisco's Waterfront Since 1950
• Santos, Maricel
  English Language and Literature, Humanities
  Collaborative Research on Leadership Perspectives Among Adult ESL Learners
• Sears, Clare
  Sociology, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  The Queens' Tank: the Institutional Management of Transgender Prisoners in the United States
• Tiwald, Justin
  Philosophy, Humanities
  Conference and Edited Volume on Neo-Confucian Ethics
• Wang, Jun
  Health Education, Health and Human Services
  Herbalists and Colorectal Cancer Prevention among Chinese Americans in San Francisco
• Williams, Megan
  History, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Religion and the Fate of Empire: The Fall of Rome in Late Antique Historiography
• Zeemering, Eric
  Public Administration Program, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Local Government Service Organization and Partnership Monitoring in Northern California