Faculty Research & Scholarship Funds Awarded: 2005-2006

Calvin Research Fellowships:

Roy Anker, English
Displaying the Sacred on the Screen: A Sequel to Catching Light: Looking for God in the Movies.
Michael Bolt†, Mathematics
"Invariant Arclength from Distance Functions"
Kelly Clark, Philosophy
"A Tale of Two Deities"
Ruth Groenhout, Philosophy
" Agape, Altruism, and Care: Aspects for Love in Human Life"
Stan Haan, Physics & Astronomy
"Classical Simulations of Double Ionization of Helium by Intense Laser Fields"
Matthew Halteman†, Philosophy
"The Problem of Transcendence in Heidegger and Derrida"
Paul Harper†, Physics & Astronomy
"Kinetic Studies of Lipid-Water Structural Changes"
Stephen Matheson†, Biology
"Roles of Diaphanous-related Formins in Nerve Cell Development"
Darla McCarthy†, Chemistry
"Characterization of Genes Required for Metabolism of Pentachlorophenol in "Mycobacterium chlorophenoloicum" PCP-1"
Randall Pruim†, Mathematics
"Investigating Genetic Predisposition to Type 2 Diabetes"
Del Ratzsch, Philosophy
"Science, Religion and the Deep Structure of Belief"
William Romanowski, Communication Arts & Sciences
"Protestants and the American Cinema"
Kumar Sinniah, Chemistry
"Using Biophysical Methods to Study Molecular Recognition"
Bill Stevenson, Political Science
" Freedom's Flaws: A Calvinist Critique of Libertarian, Communitarian, and Revolutionary Views of Human Freedom"
Doug Vander Griend†, Chemistry
"Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Coordination Networks"
Matt Walhout†, Physics & Astronomy
"Experimental Research on Atoms in Metastable Energy States"

† indicates Diekema Fellowship Recipient


Sabbatical Leaves of Absence:

Eric Arnoys, Chemistry
Rates and Regulation of intracellular Protein Transport
Hessel "Bud" Bouma
Biology Neither Male nor Female, God Created Them: The Biological and Genetic Basis of Sex and Gender with Implications for the Christian Community
Cheryl Brandsen, Social Work
Integrating Christian Faith and Social Work Practice: Appropriating Biblical and Historical Scholarship
Herm DeVries, Germanic Languages
Indentity in Flux: The Netherlands and Present Cultural Transitions
Konyndyk-De Young, Rebecca, Philosophy
Seven Capital Vices
Susan Felch, English
Metaphors We Live By
Debra Freeberg, Communication Arts & Sciences
What's Right About Theatre in the Christian Academy
Margaret Goetz, Communication Arts & Sciences
Verbal Justifications in the Talk of 5- to 7-year-old Children
Arie Griffioen, Religion
Readings in the Theology of Orestes A. Brownson
Susan Hasseler, Education
Educating for Shalom: Shaping Schooling to Promote Justice and Reconciliation
David Hoekema, Philosophy
Peacemaking as the Christian's Calling: A Reappraisal of the Morality of Peace and War
Jennifer Holberg, English
E.M. Delafield and the "Feminine Middlebrow Novel": Reconfiguring Literary Modernism, 1920-1940
Will Katerberg, History
The End of the West: History, Utopia, and Apocalypse in the American West
Henry Luttikhuizen, Art
The Art of Devotion in Fifteenth-Century Holland
Dan Miller, History
A History of the Christian Reformed Church in Cuba
John Netland, English
Beyond Existentialism: Roconciling Cultural Identity and Religious Faith in the Fiction of Shusako Endo
Harry Plantinga, Computer Science
A Digital Talmud
Gary Schmidt, English
Imaging America: Children's Artists and the American Mythos
Donald Tellinghuisen, Psychology
The Influence of Perceptual Load on the Ability to Effectively Ignor Irrelevant Information
Dwight TenHuisen, Spanish
Revision and Expansion of Hagiography and Alternity in the Early Modern Captivity Narrative: Naufragios, Wahrhaftige Historia, and Peregrinacao
Thomas Thompson, Religion
Imatatio Trinitatis: The Trinity as Social Model in Contemporary Theology.
John Timmerman, English
A Pilgrim's Guide to Hell
Jim Turner, Mathematics & Statistics
Research in Algebraic Topometry
Deanna van Dijk, Geology, Geography & Environmental Studies
Understanding Lake Michigan Coastal Dunes for Wiser Management
Randall Van Dragt, Biology
Stream and Prarie Restoration in the American West
Jolene Vos-Camy, French
Catherine Bernard: Faith, Love and Heroism
Ron Wells, History
A Protestant Contribution to the Life and Work of Cesar Chavez