The Graduate School

Summer Grant Proposal Development

FY2023 Awards List

Faculty Department  Title
Lauren Covey Linguistics Disentangling the cognitive mechanisms that underlie comprehension of a second language
Ying Cui Earth and Environmental Studies Carbon cycle dynamics during past global warming events
Steven Greenstein Mathematics Nurturing Creativity and Innovation through Qualitative Mathematics
Emily Hodge Educational Leadership Understanding the Spread of Anti-Critical Race Theory Sentiment in Public Education
Erin Kang Psychology Characterizing Electrophysiological Index of Neural Plasticity of the Social Brain in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Joshua Sandry Psychology Bayesian neurocomputational model of cognitive change in multiple sclerosis
Blanca Vega Educational Leadership Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Administrators’ Experiences with Undocumented Students and Related State Policies
Patricia Virella Educational Leadership Disrupting Inequity: Equity Audits and Equity Leadership Professional Development as Programmatic Interventions for District Transformation
Ilse Wambacq Communication Sciences and Disorders Tackling The Wicked Problem of Speech Perception in Noise within Challenge-Based Learning (CBL)

FY2022 Awards List

Faculty Department  Title
Kent Leung Physics and Astronomy Precision fundamental symmetries and low-energy nuclear physics with neutrons at low temperatures
Patricia McGaughey School of Nursing Disparities in Health Care and Associated Outcomes by Race, Ethnicity and Nativity, Exploring the Contributions of Patient Residential Location and Health Care Site
Blanca Elizabeth Vega Educational Leadership Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Administrators’ Experiences with Undocumented Students and Related State Policies
Weitian Wang Computer Science Human Comfort-Based Robot Autonomy to Improve Worker-Robot Collaboration Productivity for Future Smart Manufacturing

FY2021 Awards List

Faculty Department  Title
Vaibhav Anu and Aparna Varde Computer Science Using Commonsense Knowledge and Deep-Learning Based Text Mining to Identify Implicit Software Requirements
Jennifer Bragger and Laura Lakusta Psychology The Role of Service to Others in the Development of Leaders
Matthew Cuellar Social Work and Child Advocacy Do the Ends Justify the Means? Proposing a Longitudinal Study to Examine the Effects of “Lockdown” Drilling in Urban Public School Districts in New Jersey
Ying Cui Earth and Environmental Studies End-Permian extinction intensified by the weak buffer of ocean carbonate chemistry
Joshua Lupinek Hospitality and Tourism Virtual Reality Broadcast Advertisement Placement: Uncovering New Inventory Through Eye Tracking
Jessica Miller and Masia Taha Earth and Environmental Studies/Anthropology Developing a Discourse Based Research Coordination Network
David Phillips Exercise Science and Physical Education Muscle Activation Timing in ACL Injuries with a Focus on Female Adolescents
Alina Reznitskaya Educational Foundations The Rational Force Model: A New Approach to Assessing Argumentative Writing in Elementary Classrooms
Matthew Schuler Biology Quantifying the effects of salt pollution on aquatic-terrestrial linkages
Junzhou Zhang Marketing Enhancing Middle-School Students’ Understanding of Coordinate Systems (Mid-CoS) Project

FY2020 Awards List

Faculty Department  Title
Edmond Berisha Economics Economic Uncertainty and Income Inequality
Tara Conley School of Communication and Media The Hashtag Project
Ying Cui Earth and Environmental Studies End-Permian extinction intensified by the weak buffer of ocean carbonate chemistry
Michael Hannon Counseling and Educational Leadership Black and Latinx fathers of students with autism: A pilot for effective school engagement
Jonathan Howell Linguistics Prosody, Big and Small
Glen O’Neil Chemistry and Biochemistry Continuous monitoring of heavy metals in environmental and biological fluids
Gregory Pope Earth and Environmental Studies Developing an REU/IRES in Cultural Stone Heritage and Sustainability
Michael Viega and Brian Abrams Cali School of Music Developing The Digital Musical Pain Assessment App
Mayida Zaal Secondary and Special Education Muslim American Teachers Study

FY2019 Awards List

Faculty Department  Title
Matthew Aardema Biology An examination of genetic convergence and evolutionary conservation in blood-feeding arthropods
Jessica Bacon Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education The Increasing Access to College Project
Nicole Lytle and Jason Dickinson Social Work and Child Advocacy Investigative interviews of fresh complaint witnesses
Colette Feehan Biology Eddy-driven larval transport and consequences for connectivity among marine subpopulations
Jie Gao Marketing Measuring Emotions over an Event with Big Data
Rachel Garver Counseling and Educational Leadership Policing in Schools: School Resource Officers’ Practices & Perceptions
Archana Kumar Marketing Marketing Strategies to Promote Locally Grown Produce: Targeting the USDA Funded New Jersey Speciality Crop Block Grant
Rebecca Linares Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education The Role of Children’s Literature in the Content-Area Instruction of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Rodica Martin Physics and Astronomy Low-loss Vacuum-compatible Faraday Isolators for Next Generation Gravitational-wave Detectors
Teo Paoletti Mathematical Sciences Enhancing Middle-School Students’ Understanding of Coordinate Systems (Mid-CoS) Project
Jorge Lorenzo Trueba Earth and Environmental Studies From Surface Dynamics to Stratigraphy: Quantifying Signal Storage in Time and Space
Yingying (Jennifer) Yang Psychology Gender Differences in Wayfinding