Faculty Research & Scholarship Funding: 2007-2008

Calvin Research Fellowships:

Joel Adams, Computer Science, 2 Course Units: Comparing Supercomputer Topologies
Carolyn Anderson, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2 Course Units*: Development of a New Synthetic Organometallic Method as a Gateway to Prove Organic Bonding Motifs
Roy Anker, English, 2 Course Units: Like Shining from Shook Foil: Cinematic Modes of Religious Experience
Johnathan Bascom, Geography, Geology & Environmental Studies, 3 Course Units: Country at Crossroads: The Geography of Eritrea
†Bruce Berglund, History, 2 Course Units: Plecnik in Prague: Christianity, Culture, and Modernity in Central Europe, 1905-1935
†Michael Bolt, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units: Geometric Estimates for Complex Analysis
Cheryl Brandsen, Social Work, 2 Course Units: Appropriating Historical Scholarship for Integrating Christian Faith and Social Work Practice: The Early church and the Provision of Social Welfare
†Crystal Bruxvoort, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 1 Course Unit: Promoting college Science Students' Understanding of the Nature of Science
†Debra Buursma, Education, 2 Course Units: Discourse, Pedagogy, and Teacher Learning Communities
†Terrence Cuneo, Philosophy, 2 Course Units: The Moral Philosophy of Thomas Reid
Roger DeKock, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 1 Course Unit: Tunable Laser Studies of Chemical Reactions
David Dornbos, Biology, 2 Course Units: Characterization of the Physiological Capacity of Invasive Plant Species to Inform Restoration of Urban Green-space Enabling Efforts to Live More Sustainably
Ruth Groenhout, Philosophy, 2 Course Units: On Love: Investigating Love's Nature and Role in Human Life
Stan Haan, Physics & Astronomy, 2 Course Units: Classical Modeling of Double Ionization of Atoms by Intense Laser Light
Loren Haarsma, Physics & Astronomy, 2 Course Units: Investigation of Type and Function of Ion Channels in Duct Cells of the Lacrimal Gland
Irene Konyndyk, French, 2 Course Units: Foreign Language Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
Won Lee, Religion, 2 Course Units: Amos: A Form-Critical Analysis
Henry Luttikhuizen, Art & Art History, 2 Course Units: Late Medieval Netherlandish Sculpture Exhibition
Larry Molnar, Physics & Astronomy, 2 Course Units: Dynamical Studies: Binary Stars and Asteroids
†Chris Moseley, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units: Optimal Control of Spin Transfer in a Three-Spin Chain
Diane Obenchain, Religion, 1 Course Unit: Chinese Academy: Why is the Religion Department the Same as the Philosophy Department?
Carl Plantinga, Communication Arts & Sciences, 2 Course Units: Moral Judgment and the Spectator
Randy Pruim, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units: Statistical Genetics Investigation of Type-2 Diabetes
†Rachel Reed, Education, 2 Course Units: Maximizing Innovative Science Education in West Michigan
Shirley Roels, Economics, 2 Course Units: Faith, Gender, and Organizational Leadership
Bill Romanowski, Communication Arts & Sciences, 2 Course Units: Protestants and the American Cinema
†Pearl Shangkuan, Music, 2 Course Units: The Shorter Sacred Choral Works of Stephen Paulus
Kumar Sinniah, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2 Course Units: A Single Molecule Study of Enzyme Inhibitor Interactions
†Chad Tatko, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2 Course Units: The Study of Noncovalent Interactions Within a Membrance Context
Jim Turner, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units: Applications of Cohomology to Moduli Spaces
†Jennifer Van Antwerp, Engineering, 2 Course Units: Engineering Student Retention in a Non-PhD-Granting 4-year College
†Elizabeth Van Arragon, Art & Art History, 2 Course Units: The Photo League: Views of Urban Experience in the 1930s and 1940s
†Doug Vander Griend, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 1 Course Unit: Supramolecular Self-assembly of Discrete Coordination Networks
Matt Walhout, Physics & Astronomy, 3 Course Units: Studies of Exotic Krypton Molecules in an Atom Trap; Concepts that Control Scientific Discourse
†David Wunder, Engineering, 2 Course Units: Antibiotics in Slow-rate Biofiltration Processes: Fate and Impact
*Recommended recipient of Science Division Developmental Research Fellowship (The Science Division Developmental Research Fellowship is a gift funded two-course-unit CRF fellowship which is awarded to one individual whose research during the time of the award will lead to the submission of a major peer-reviewed research grant. Priority is given to faculty in the physical and biological sciences.)
† indicates Diekema Fellowship Recipient

Sabbatical Leave of Absence:

Marjorie Gunnoe, Psychology, Interim & Spring: Panel Study of American Religiosity and Ethnicity (PS-ARE) Youth
Nancy Hull, English, Interim & Spring: Unfinished Business: a Northern Woman and Her Books
Jan Koop, Mathematics & Statistics, Academic Year: A Study of Professional Development in Mathematics for K-5 Teachers
David Laverell, Computer Science, Fall & Interim: Understanding the Big Emulab Picture
Steve Matheson, Biology, Academic Year: Investigating Points of Convergence among Signaling Systems that Control the Shape of Nerve Cells
Greg Mellema, Philosophy, Interim & Spring: Complicity in Wrongdoing
Michael Page, Communication Arts & Sciences, Interim & Spring: Shakespeare and Performance in Transylvania
Amy Patterson, Political Science, Interim & Spring: Comparison of Church Political Engagement on AIDS in Zambia and Ghana
Marcie Pyper, Spanish, Spanish, Fall & Interim: Music and Affect in Second Language Learning
Charsie Sawyer, Music, Fall & Interim: A Classical Song book of African-American Comen Composers for Solo voice
David Smith, Germanic and Asian Languages, Academic Year: Towards a Christian Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Christina Van Dyke, Philosophy, Academic Year: The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy
Bill Vande Kopple, English, Fall & Interim: Language, Ethics, and Some Contributions to Secondary English Curricula
Richard Whitekettle, Religion, Interim & Spring: When Shakespeare and Linneaeus Meet: Poetry and Zoological Classification in Psalms 104 and 148

Summer 2007 Calvin Research Fellowships:

Sheila Bluhm, Sociology: The Social Construction of the Climacteric Throughout the 20th Century
Randy Bytwerk, Communication Arts & Sciences: The Nazi Party Propaganda System
Sergio da Silva, Psychology: Cardiac Autonomic Control During Sleep as Predictor of Sleep Disturbance
Christiana deGroot, Religion: Let Her Speak for Herself: 19th Century Women Writing on Women in the Deuteronomistic History
David Dornbos, Biology: Estimation of Annual Carbon Sequestration Potential of Planned Communities on the Calvin Campus
Kristin Du Mez, History: Warriors for Christ; The Forgotten Woman's Bible
Margaret Edgell, Economics: Comparative Higher Education Policy
Chad Engbers, English: Discovering Renaissance Literature of Repentance
Glenn Fetzer, French: Writing and Transnationalism in the Work of Lorand Gaspar
Benita Wolters-Fredlund, Music: Judas Maccabaeus as Sung by Jews in Yiddish Translation During the Holocaust
Debra Freeberg, Communication Arts & Sciences: The Mission is Possible: Mature Theatre in the Christian Academy
Doug Howard, History: The Ottoman Empire in World History
Clarence Joldersma, Education: A Case for Sustainability Education Across the Curriculum in Religious Higher Education
Paul Moes, Psychology: Exploration of Language Skills in children with and without Complete Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
Karen and Mark Muyskens, Chemistry and Biochemistry: Laser-Based Studies of Molecular Photoelimination in Fluorine-Containing Organic Molecules
Corey Roberts, Germanic & Asian Languages: German Pietism, the Discourse of Experience, and the Birth of Literary Aesthetics
Andrew Samuel, Economics: Collusion Among Ethical Agents with Endogenous Effort
Charsie Sawyer, Music: Classical Song Book of African-American Women Composers for Solo Voice and Recordings
Otto Selles, French: Research on Voltaire and French Protestants
Anding Shen, Biology: On-Going Viral Replication in Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy Treated HIV Patients
Patric Spence, Communication Arts & Sciences: The Role of Gender, Presence and Media Enjoyment During Times of Crisis
Chad Tatko, Chemistry & Biochemistry: Interdisciplinary Environmental Chemistry: Biocatalysts and Diesel Fuel
David Urban, English: The Parabolic Milton: The Self and the Bible in John Milton's Writings
Deanna van Dijk, Geography, Geology & Environmental Studies: Contemporary Aeolian Activity in a Midlatitute Freshwater Coastal Dune System
Christian Van Dyke, Philosophy: Between Aristotle and Augustine: Robert Grosseteste's Surprising Theory of Illumination
Judith Vander Woude, Communication Arts & Sciences: Exploration of Language Skills in Children with and without Complete Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
Ellen Van't Hof, Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance, and Sport: Finding Their Own Dance: Reawakening The Alutiiq Arts, A Documentary Film
Jolene Vos-Camy, French: Critical Thinking in Agnes Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri's Cuisine Et Dependances
David Warners, Biology: Assessing Prairie Pots as a Restoration Strategy