Faculty Research & Scholarship Funding: 2002-2003
(including summer 2002)
Summer 2002 Calvin Research Fellowships
- Eric Arnoys, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Intracellular targeting of galectin-3 (gal3), a protein involved in cell division as it is required for processing of messenger RNA
- Johnathan Bascom, Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies
- Development of textbook: Geography of Eritrea
- Martin Bolt, Psychology
- Continued work on book-length manuscript that explores the growing literature in "positive" psychology
- Charles Farhadian, Religion
- Research for article on the subject of youth agency and globalization and the critical role of Christianity in the understanding of self among youth of the Pacific
- Arie Griffioen, Religion
- Work on book project entitled, Orestes Brownson and the Problem of Revelation: The Protestant Years
- Mark Hanisch, Mathematics & Statistics
- The mathematical analysis of elastic plates that is germane to the study of vibrations in circuit boards and musical instruments
- John Netland, English
- Continued work on an "Anthology of Victorian Religious Discourse"
- Gary Schmidt, English
- Book project exploring mid-20th Century authors and illustrators to see how they contributed to, and pushed against, the optimistic vision of America almost universal during the mid-century
- Ralph Stearley, Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies
- A collaborative update and expansion of Christianity and the Age of the Earth (1982), by D.A. Young
- Todd Vanden Berg, Sociology & Social Work
- Focused research on the implications of modernization on religious beliefs based on previous fieldwork in Adamawa State, Nigeria
- Judy Vander Woude, Communication Arts & Sciences
- Development of Parental Conversation Repair in Conversations with Young Children
- Dave Warners, Biology
- Natural Areas Inventory of the Greater Grand Rapids Region
Calvin Research Fellowships (CRFs)
- Dale Brown, English
- Interviews with Contemporary American Writers
- Kevin Corcoran, Philosophy
- Bodily Beings
- David Crump, Religion
- Knockin/ On Heaven's Door: Petitionary Prayer in the New Testament
- Simona Goi, Political Science
- Agonal Politics: A Model for Democratic Engagement
- Deborah Haarsma, Physics & Astronomy
- Gravitational Lenses, Galaxies, and the Expansion of the Universe
- Paul Harper, Physics & Astronomy
- Phase Transitions of Lipid-Water Systems
- David Hoekema, Philosophy
- Uncivil Religion and the Culture of Democracy: When Should We Tolerate the Intolerant?
- Beryl Hugen, Sociology & Social Work
- Identifying Characteristics of Religious Human Service Organizations and the Impact of Public Sector Collaboration
- Ed Miller, Spanish
- Five Hours with the Devil: The Short Stories of Argentina Diaz Lozano, 1963-1968
- Garth Pauley, Communication Arts & Sciences,
- We Shall Overcome: Lyndon Johnson and the Voting Rights Crisis of 1965
- Kumar Sinniah, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Screening DNA Binding Drugs by Chemical Force Microscopy
- James Turner, Mathematics & Statistics
- Research in Algebraic Topology
- Deanna van Dijk, Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies
- Winter Wind Erosion and Sediment Movement on Lake Michigan Coastal Dunes
- Gerard Venema, Mathematics & Statistics
- Research in Geometric Topology
Sabbatical Leave
- Roy Anker, English
- Fifty Films in Religious Perspective
- Jim Bradley, Mathematics & Statistics
- Mathematical Models in Voting Theory and Arms Control
- Jim Bratt, History
- A Biography of Abraham Kuyper
- Kelly J. Clark, Philosophy
- A Tale of Two Deities
- Janel Curry, Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies
- Great Barrier Marine Reserve: Understanding Community Worldviews in the Development of Resource Management Plans
- Chris deGroot, Religion
- Florence Nightengale's Interpretation of Scripture
- Glenn Fetzer, French
- Emmanuel Hocquard and the Poetics of Negative Modernity
- Robert Fortner, Communication Arts & Sciences
- International Communications: An Update
- Anna Greidanus-Probes, Art
- International Exhibition in Friesland
- John Hare, Philosophy
- Moral Authority
- Robert Hubbard, Communication Arts & Sciences
- Reservation Revelation: Exploring Native Drama on the Rosebud Indian Reservation
- Clarence Joldersma, Education
- Precarious Pedagogy
- Doug Koopman, Political Science
- Faith Alone: The Faith-Based Initiative in the Bush Presidency
- Won Lee, Religion
- The Macrostructure of Numbers 1:1-10:10
- Beverly Morrison, Student Academic Services
- Resource for Counselors in Student Academic Services
- Karen Muyskens, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Photodissociation dynamics of free radicals and small molecules
- Mark Muyskens, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Photodissociation dynamics of free radicals and small molecules
- Jim Penning, Political Science
- The Political and Social Attitudes of CRC and RCA Clergy and Congregants at the Turn of the Millenium
- William Romanowski, Communication Arts & Sciences
- Protestants and the American Cinema
- Stephanie Sandberg, Communication Arts & Sciences
- Theatre and Christianity--Professional and Academic Development
- Kurt Schaefer, Economics & Business
- How Robust are Gravity Models in International Economics?
- Steve Steenwyk, Physics & Astronomy
- Magnetic Structure and Hysteresis in Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Thin Film Couples
- Yvonne Van Ee, Education
- A Collaborative Model for Early Childhood Preservice Teacher Development
- Keith Vander Linden, Computer Science
- Integrating Interface Design and Documentation in Practice and Education
- Steve Vander Veen, Economics & Business
- Mustard Seed Marketing
- Matt Walhout, Physics & Astronomy
- Studying Quantum Physics with Cold Atoms: Collaborative Research at l'Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, France
- Dean Ward, English
- Designing and Composing Academic Web Pages
