Research

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has honored George Diak with its 2021 Outstanding Thesis Award.

A Granite City native, Diak earned a master’s in history in December 2020. Having developed great interest in both history and German in high school, Diak was able to explore both at length while pursuing an advanced degree in the College of Arts and Sciences.

His thesis entitled, “Gorleben Soll Leben! German Anti-Nuclear Power and Waste Protest through Imag...

As the food and agricultural sector, like many industries, becomes progressively more reliant on data and digital technologies, the development of a highly-trained data-savvy workforce is critical. To meet that need, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has received $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to advance data training resources available in Illinois through statewide collaborations.

The project, “Crossin...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has selected 12 recipients for 2021 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students (RGRDS) awards.

The RGRDS program awards grants up to $1,000 on a competitive basis to support research/projects initiated and conducted by students of the SIUE education doctorate (EdD) programs, doctor of nursing practice (DNP) programs and co-operative PhD programs to enhance their academic progress. Although faculty advisors oversee the research, t...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville continues to excel in library and information science, gaining national funding for its innovative, collaborative programming. SIUE’s Diverse Librarianship Career Training and Education Program has received $249,999 in funding as part of the Institute for Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) $22.7 million investment in U.S. library initiatives.

In collaboration with East St. Louis Senior High School, the Diverse Librarianship Career Training ...

What has been the highlight of your summer? For seven Southern Illinois University Edwardsville scholars it was a 3,500-mile trek across parts of the U.S. to chase storms and visit interesting natural features.

The scholars are part of the collaborative GEOPATHS program, funded by the National Science Foundation. The program engages undergraduates in geoscience-related research opportunities.  

“The GEOPATHs program as a whole has been one amazing, career-empowering experience ...

SIUE’s Julie Zimmermann, PhD, professor and chair of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Anthropology, shared her archeological expertise as a featured guest of the Madison County Historical Society’s Online Speaker Series.

Zimmermann’s presentation, “In Our Own Backyard: SIUE Investigations of the Gerhing Site,” was published Sunday, June 20.

 The Edwardsville Intelligencer recapped Zimmermann’s presentation in an article posted Thurs...

SIUE’s Riza Demirer, PhD, professor in the School of Business Department of Economics and Finance, and fellow researchers are making international headlines for their findings on green investment bonds. 

Learn more in this article, entitled “Looking to Bonds for Volatility Protection? Going Green May Be Golden,” posted on Yahoo.com on Friday, June 11. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville continues to excel in the digital humanities, gaining national funding for its innovative, collaborative programming. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $24 million in grants for 225 humanities projects nationwide. SIUE’s project, CODES: Community-Oriented Digital Engagement Scholars, has received $100,000 in funding.

CODES is a three-year project that will implement a general education pathway that introduces underser...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Alicia Plemmons, PhD, has established herself among U.S. legislators, policy groups and community leaders as a go-to expert with research-backed insights related to the economic impacts of regulation, particularly in healthcare.

Plemmons, assistant professor of economics in the SIUE School of Business and undergraduate economics program director in the College of Arts and Sciences, has advised legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives and...

Susanne DiSalvo, PhD, assistant professor in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biological Sciences, has received the highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award totaling $463,557.

The award supports her research entitled, “Population and evolutionary dynamics of bacteriophage-symbiont-host interactions: Development of a multi-layered model microbiome,” the findings of which will elucidate virus-host ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jason Stacy, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (CAS) Department of History, has been named the 2021 Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award recipient. 

The highly competitive award is annually presented by the SIUE Graduate School to a faculty member who has a proven record of combining scholarship and teaching. The recognition demonstrates the belief that to be a good teacher, one must also be a good scholar. A...

Which mode of exercise most effectively reduces cardiac fat in women? How can different modes of exercise improve cardiac function? These are among the questions Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Maria Fernandez del Valle, PhD, is asking through her research aimed at optimizing women’s health.

Fernandez del Valle is an assistant professor of exercise physiology in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s Department of Applied Health. She is a prime exam...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has announced the winners of the 2019 Visualizing Research Impacts (VRI) competition, which encourages SIUE scholars to show the results and impacts of their research to the public through images.

The recipients are Rodrick Whetstone, professor of graphic design in the Department of Art and Design, and Laura Strand, professor and head of textile arts in the Department of Art and Design. Their works were selected from eight faculty an...

Last month, eight Southern Illinois University Edwardsville exercise and sport psychology students attended and presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) 34th Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon. The conference is the largest of its kind worldwide, and features over 100 workshops, lectures and panels for students and professionals alike.

Lindsay Ross-Stewart, PhD, associate professor of exercise and sport psychology (ESP) and graduate program director in the SIUE Depart...