Faculty Development Grants
Faculty development grants are awarded on an annual basis from the Academic Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate.
Criteria and applications for these grants are communicated to the faculty in September through e-mails and the Academic Affairs web site. Examples of previous grant proposals are shown below. Want additional information? Please contact Jim Reburn, chair of the Academic Affairs 2007-2008 Committee.
2006 - 2007 Faculty Development Grants
David Bains (Religion) Religious Capital: The "National Churches" of Washington, D.C., from Denominational to Postdenominational America
Jonathan Bass (History) He Calls Me By Lightning: Caliph Washington and the Search for Justice in the South's Courtrooms, Prison Cells, and Death Chambers, 1957-1972
Charles Carson (Business) The Business of Government: Seed Money for IBM Center for the Business of Government Grant ($20,000)
Hugh Floyd (Sociology) A Continuing Trail of Tears in Emergence of the New South: The Fontana Lake Diaspora
Jackie Goldstein (Psychology) Community Mental Health Care in Caring Communities: Defining a Concept of "Community Recovery"
James Jensen (Performing Arts) International Artist Residency, Banff Centre
Alan Jung (ESSM) Interaction of carbohydrate feeding and exercise on body composition in mice
David Luthin (Pharmacy) Development of a pharmacology laboratory supplement to demonstrate pharmacological concepts discussed in PHRD403
Chuck Sands (ESSM) The purpose of this project is to assess the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of the citizens of Perry County, Alabama.
Fred Shepard (Political Science)
Teresa Wilborn (Pharmacy) Effect of drug-metabolizing enzyme genetic variants on drug metabolism
2005 - 2006 Faculty Development Grants
Angela Ansah (Education) Exploring Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions in a University Setting using Hollins' Structured Dialogue
Charles Carson (Business) Development of an Entrepreneurship Research Program
Randolph Horn (Political Science) Context and Culture as Constraints on Individual Behavior
Amanda Hilsmier (Education) Professional Development in the Strategic Instruction Model
Moya Nordlund & Kathryn Fouse (Performing Arts) Sight Singing and Aural Skills Development: An Instructional Manual
Audrey Oyama (Nursing) Improving the Initiation Rates of Breastfeeding in Perry and Dallas Counties through a Dedicated Program of Education of Care Providers and Childbearing Families
Barry Robinson (History) Archival Research Project in Central-Western Mexico
Kenneth Roxburgh (Religion) The Impact of the Billy Graham 'Scotland Crusade' on the growth and decline of Christianity in Scotland (1947-1963)
Alan Spies (Pharmacy) Psychological Contract Violations in Samford University Students and their Affect on Outcomes
Condit Steil (Pharmacy) Healthcare Coordination in a Community: A Model for Pharmacy Student Training
Perry Tompkins (Physics) Physics Education in Latin America
Brian Toone (Math & Computer Sciences) Exploring the Application of Design Patterns with Robotics and AI Applications
