Research Grants Presented to SIUE Doctoral Students
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has selected the recipients of the 2022 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students (RGRDS) awards. The RGRDS program awards grants of up to $1,000 on a competitive basis to support research and projects initiated and conducted by students of SIUE’s EdD, DNP , and cooperative PhD programs to enhance their academic progress.
Although faculty advisors oversee the research, the purpose of the program is to support the research of doctoral students. Proposals must be approved by the student’s major advisor. The RGRDS Review Committee of the Graduate School makes the recommendations on funding.
The following are 2022 RGRDS award recipients:
School of Engineering
Mostafa Ebrahimi of Civil Engineering, “Soil Erosion Analysis Using the Portable Scour Testing Device (PSTD)”
Roohollah Farzalizadeh of Civil Engineering, “Influence of Pre-Seismic History on Liquefaction Resistance of Sand”
College of Arts and Sciences
Jennifer Backer of Environmental Sciences, “Locally Available Produce in St. Louis: An Evaluation of Access and Distribution”
Renatto Carr of History, “Come as You Are, Hoods Not Required: The 1942 Lynching of James Edward Person in Edgar County, Illinois”
School of Nursing
Kaleigh Peters of Nurse Anesthesiology, “Emotional Intelligence and Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists (SRNA) Success”
School of Pharmacy
Ariel Magee of Pharmaceutical Sciences, “Sigma Receptor Targeting for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease”
School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
Kimberly Anderson of Educational Leadership, “Teacher Student Relationships”
Amanda Bagley of Educational Leadership, “Trauma-Informed Intervention and its Effects on Teachers’ Discipline Practices”
Mark Bearley of Educational Leadership, “Vaping in High Schoolers: Teen and Parent Perspectives”
Gwendolyn Brunaugh of Educational Leadership, “A Mixed Method Study of Social Capital Availability and Value: Perceptions of Rural High School Students”
Melisha Carson of Educational Leadership, “Students and Teachers Learning Experience During the Pandemic”
Zoe Chin of Educational Leadership, “Importance of Grades?”
Casey Garrett of Educational Leadership, “Remote Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic and the Impact on Low Socioeconomic Students’ Learning”
Jeff Morris of Educational Leadership, “Preventing African American Adolescent Male Suicide”
Pamela Saffore of Educational Leadership, “African American Girls College Outcomes Based upon Their Preparation in America’s K-12 Education System”
Bradley Snow of Educational Leadership, “Truancy-Related Perceptions of Parents and Students”
Daniel Toberman of Educational Leadership, “Marginalized Students and the Messages They Receive about Going to College”
Nancy Werden of Educational Leadership, “Budgeting for K-12 District-Level Administrators and the Impact Allocations have on Rural School Resources”
Robert Werden of Educational Leadership, “Superintendents’ Perceptions of the Role of Politics in Education”
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