CAS Faculty Research Support Awards for 2011-2012
The CAS Faculty Research Support Award Committee recently met to review 14 applications. The following is a list of faculty who will receive Faculty Research Support Awards for 2011-2012:
- Associate Professor Erik Esselstrom, Ph.D., History Department, for his proposal: "Kaji Wataru and China-Japan Relations in the Crucible of Cold War.”
- Assistant Professor Madalina Furis, Ph.D., Physics Department, for her proposal: "Imaging Electrons, Spin Coupling and Magnetism in Discotic Crystalline Organic Semiconductors.”
- Assistant Professor Sarah Nilsen, Ph.D., English Department, for her proposal: “The Mickey Mouse Club: A Cultural History.”
- Assistant Professor Reecia Orzeck, Ph.D., Geography Department, for her proposal: “International Law in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”
- In addition, Assistant Professor Katrinell Davis, Ph.D., Sociology Department, was awarded the Joan Smith Faculty Research Support Award for her proposal: "Overworked and Stressed Out: African American Women Operators in the Urban Transit Industry.”
For more information on the proposals, please visit: http://www.uvm.edu/artsandsciences/forfaculty/deanfundawrd/?Page=frsawinners.html&SM=frsasubm.html