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Coffin Grants and Summer Stipends
Posted 4/20/2005
Fifteen faculty members have been awarded Vincent B. Coffin Grants and Summer Stipends for 2005-06. The grants and stipends, of about $2,500 each, are awarded to full-time faculty for a variety of scholarly activities.
Coffin Grants may be used for various purposes, including research costs, equipment and materials, publication costs, and computer hardware and software. Summer Stipends may be used for release time to engage in scholarly or creative activities in lieu of teaching a summer course.
Coffin Grant Recipients
Robert Churchill, assistant professor of history, Hillyer College, will complete revisions of his manuscript, The Duty of Freemen: Liberty and Political Violence in American History. The work, based on primary research, is a historical treatment of the militia movement—its deep roots in American history, and its role as a precursor to the larger challenges we face in the war on terror.
Charlsye Smith Diaz, assistant professor of rhetoric, language, and culture, A&S, will participate in the Computers in Writing-Intensive Classrooms Summer Institute (CIWIC) at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich. Diaz will focus on integrating new media into her teaching and preparing accessible, cross-platform electronic materials.
Clara Fang, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, CETA, will refine and further develop a new traffic signal control system to reduce congestion on urban arteries and interchanges.
Warren Goldstein, associate professor and chair of history, A&S, in preparation for his fourth book, plans to document the experience of religious liberalism in the second half of the 2Oth century and its continuing importance in spite of the dramatic growth and increased political power of evangelicals and fundamentalists.
Diana J. LaRocco, assistant professor of education, ENHP, will conduct a case study of one suburban Connecticut middle school to understand faculty and administrators' perceptions of their school as a professional learning community.
William Major, assistant professor of English, Hillyer, will continue working on his manuscript for Grounded Vision: The Radical Agrarian Alternative. The book examines new agrarianism in relation to current forms of critical theory—including postmodernism, feminism, and ecological literary criticism—and contends that agrarianism provides a necessary critique of modernity.
Ingrid Russell, professor of computer science, A&S, will present a paper, along with customized computer programs, at the annual Frontiers in Education Conference in Indianapolis in October 2005. The paper will describe Russell’s work as lead principal investigator on a project funded by the National Science Foundation involving materials for introductory artificial intelligence (AI) courses.
Ellen Wetherbee, assistant professor of physical therapy and academic coordinator, clinical education, ENHP, will study the teaching effectiveness of clinical instructors (Cis) of physical therapy (PT) students to determine whether Cis who are credentialed by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) show better clinical teaching results than non-credentialed Cis.
Summer Stipend Recipients
Yvette Blanchard, associate professor of physical therapy, ENHP, will write sections of a handbook to accompany the Newborn Behavioral Observational (NBO) system in collaboration with her colleagues at the Brazelton Institute at the Children’s Hospital in Boston. The NBO system has been developed for clinicians caring for infants up to the age of 3 months. Blanchard’s contribution is application of the model with at-risk infants.
Stephan Bullard, assistant professor of biology, Hillyer, will study an aggressive and rapidly spreading marine invertebrate, the ascidian Didemnum sp. (sea squirt), that has recently become established on both coasts of the U.S. Bullard’s project represents an initial effort to understand Didemnum sp.’s basic ecology to serve as a basis for future studies aimed at eradicating it or limiting its spread.
Robert G. Dryden, assistant professor of English, Hillyer, will complete work on the second of three essays on the naval officers in Jane Austen’s novels. With the working title of “Did Jane Know Jack? Assessing the Significance of Austen’s Other Navy,” the essay demonstrates Austen’s understanding of the Royal Navy and the degradations suffered by those in the profession.
Ivana M. Milanovic, assistant professor and chair of mechanical and audio engineering technology, CETA, will conduct an analysis of experimental results on synthetic jets in a cross flow (SJCF). This study will supplement research and databases that have previously addressed the dynamics of synthetic jet issuing into a quiescent ambient.
David Pines, assistant professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering, CETA, will evaluate alternative ways of controlling the causes of excessive nitrogen in Long Island Sound. The research will develop a methodology that sewage treatment plants can use for improving nitrogen removal systems.
James C. Shattuck, associate professor of chemistry, A&S, will develop a new laboratory experiment that will permit students to use state of the art equipment while working on a timely study of a pain reliever. The experiment will separate ibuprofen into its two chemical structures, potentially permitting only the effective form to be administered to a patient.
Ken Steen, associate professor of music theory and composition, The Hartt School, will prepare performance and publication materials (score and parts) for his piano trio, Memos to Mr. Palomar. The structure of the trio is a set of memoranda composed in response to specific chapters of Italo Calvino’s novel, Mr. Palomar.
Coffin Grants may be used for various purposes, including research costs, equipment and materials, publication costs, and computer hardware and software. Summer Stipends may be used for release time to engage in scholarly or creative activities in lieu of teaching a summer course.
Coffin Grant Recipients
Robert Churchill, assistant professor of history, Hillyer College, will complete revisions of his manuscript, The Duty of Freemen: Liberty and Political Violence in American History. The work, based on primary research, is a historical treatment of the militia movement—its deep roots in American history, and its role as a precursor to the larger challenges we face in the war on terror.
Charlsye Smith Diaz, assistant professor of rhetoric, language, and culture, A&S, will participate in the Computers in Writing-Intensive Classrooms Summer Institute (CIWIC) at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich. Diaz will focus on integrating new media into her teaching and preparing accessible, cross-platform electronic materials.
Clara Fang, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, CETA, will refine and further develop a new traffic signal control system to reduce congestion on urban arteries and interchanges.
Warren Goldstein, associate professor and chair of history, A&S, in preparation for his fourth book, plans to document the experience of religious liberalism in the second half of the 2Oth century and its continuing importance in spite of the dramatic growth and increased political power of evangelicals and fundamentalists.
Diana J. LaRocco, assistant professor of education, ENHP, will conduct a case study of one suburban Connecticut middle school to understand faculty and administrators' perceptions of their school as a professional learning community.
William Major, assistant professor of English, Hillyer, will continue working on his manuscript for Grounded Vision: The Radical Agrarian Alternative. The book examines new agrarianism in relation to current forms of critical theory—including postmodernism, feminism, and ecological literary criticism—and contends that agrarianism provides a necessary critique of modernity.
Ingrid Russell, professor of computer science, A&S, will present a paper, along with customized computer programs, at the annual Frontiers in Education Conference in Indianapolis in October 2005. The paper will describe Russell’s work as lead principal investigator on a project funded by the National Science Foundation involving materials for introductory artificial intelligence (AI) courses.
Ellen Wetherbee, assistant professor of physical therapy and academic coordinator, clinical education, ENHP, will study the teaching effectiveness of clinical instructors (Cis) of physical therapy (PT) students to determine whether Cis who are credentialed by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) show better clinical teaching results than non-credentialed Cis.
Summer Stipend Recipients
Yvette Blanchard, associate professor of physical therapy, ENHP, will write sections of a handbook to accompany the Newborn Behavioral Observational (NBO) system in collaboration with her colleagues at the Brazelton Institute at the Children’s Hospital in Boston. The NBO system has been developed for clinicians caring for infants up to the age of 3 months. Blanchard’s contribution is application of the model with at-risk infants.
Stephan Bullard, assistant professor of biology, Hillyer, will study an aggressive and rapidly spreading marine invertebrate, the ascidian Didemnum sp. (sea squirt), that has recently become established on both coasts of the U.S. Bullard’s project represents an initial effort to understand Didemnum sp.’s basic ecology to serve as a basis for future studies aimed at eradicating it or limiting its spread.
Robert G. Dryden, assistant professor of English, Hillyer, will complete work on the second of three essays on the naval officers in Jane Austen’s novels. With the working title of “Did Jane Know Jack? Assessing the Significance of Austen’s Other Navy,” the essay demonstrates Austen’s understanding of the Royal Navy and the degradations suffered by those in the profession.
Ivana M. Milanovic, assistant professor and chair of mechanical and audio engineering technology, CETA, will conduct an analysis of experimental results on synthetic jets in a cross flow (SJCF). This study will supplement research and databases that have previously addressed the dynamics of synthetic jet issuing into a quiescent ambient.
David Pines, assistant professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering, CETA, will evaluate alternative ways of controlling the causes of excessive nitrogen in Long Island Sound. The research will develop a methodology that sewage treatment plants can use for improving nitrogen removal systems.
James C. Shattuck, associate professor of chemistry, A&S, will develop a new laboratory experiment that will permit students to use state of the art equipment while working on a timely study of a pain reliever. The experiment will separate ibuprofen into its two chemical structures, potentially permitting only the effective form to be administered to a patient.
Ken Steen, associate professor of music theory and composition, The Hartt School, will prepare performance and publication materials (score and parts) for his piano trio, Memos to Mr. Palomar. The structure of the trio is a set of memoranda composed in response to specific chapters of Italo Calvino’s novel, Mr. Palomar.
