Faculty Research & Scholarship Funding: 2002-2003
(including summer 2002)
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
Summer 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