Research

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School is pleased to announce the spring 2021 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) award recipients.

The awards, valued at up to $500 each, will support the research and creative activities of 28 graduate students studying in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Schools of Engineering; Pharmacy; and Education, Health and Human Behavior.

“Graduate students at SIUE engage in their profession through the creation and publicatio...

Each semester, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program recognizes outstanding faculty mentors and student researchers through four awards.

The URCA program encourages, supports and enables undergraduate students of all disciplines to participate in research and creative activities under faculty mentorship. These experiences allow undergraduate students opportunities to engage in scholarship, interact with faculty, and fully...

Fascinating research projects and excellent creative endeavors will be featured during the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate Student Research Symposium to be held virtually Tuesday, April 6.

Hosted by the SIUE Graduate School, the annual symposium is a much-anticipated event for graduate students to share their research and creative projects with the campus community. And, thanks to a positive outcome of the need to go virtual, broader community members can explore their presen...

Real-world applications are essential to college student development, specifically for those pursuing data sciences. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Center for Predictive Analytics’ (C-PAN) Data Science Internship (DSI) Program is providing students with the opportunity to gain applied experience in data analysis to prepare for their future careers while aiding the local region with affordable and novel data solutions.

C-PAN was founded in 2019 to support the growing nee...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s high-performance computing resources will be enhanced for the benefit of computationally intensive research and education activities, thanks to a $395,580 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Campus Cyberinfrastructure program.

SIUE Information Technology Services’ (ITS) Daniel Chace, deputy chief information officer and director of the Network and System Infrastructure group, is principal investigator of the projec...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has recognized Deborah Sellnow-Richmond, PhD, with the 2021-22 Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award for her exemplary scholarship and commitment to conducting outstanding and timely research.

Sellnow-Richmond is an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (CAS) Department of Applied Communication Studies (ACS). Her research focuses on the efficacy and unforeseen effects of public relations messages in health ...

Effective mentorship plays a pivotal role in the success of graduate students, as supportive mentorship relationships are linked to student retention, degree completion and early career success. 

That’s why the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has centered its new Innovation and Excellence in Graduate Education (IEGE) grant program’s inaugural funding on projects that enhance the quality and effectiveness of graduate student mentorship.

“Transfor...

Researchers, parents and practitioners may soon be privy to interesting and revealing data related to tween television programming, specifically its portrayals of gender and race.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Ashton Speno, PhD, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Department of Mass Communications, has earned the SIUE Graduate School’s 2021-22 Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award in support of her research on this understudied topic.

The...

The Innovation and Excellence in Graduate Education (IEGE) grant program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is funding new initiatives aimed at enhancing the quality and effectiveness of the graduate student mentorship.

“We are excited for the inaugural year of the IEGE program. We focused this year’s efforts on mentoring, because the guidance and support graduate students receive from their faculty mentors is crucial to their success, during the pursuit of their advanced ...

There is a growing need for statisticians and data analysts across all sectors nationwide, as advancements in computational power have afforded researchers the ability to generate and analyze mass quantities of data. To meet the demand, employment opportunities for statisticians are expected to grow by 33% within the decade.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Center for Predictive Analytics (C-PAN) is leading a statewide, multi-institutional fellowship program funded by the Uni...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has presented its 2021-23 Hoppe Research Professor Award to Adriana E. Martinez, PhD, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (CAS) Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences and Department of Environmental Sciences.

The Hoppe Research Professor Award recognizes and supports SIUE faculty members whose research or creative activities have the promise of making significant contributions to their ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Pietro Sasso, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership’s College Student Personnel Administration program, has been named the inaugural faculty research fellow for the Timothy J. Piazza Center for Fraternity and Sorority Research and Reform at Penn State University.

Sasso’s research exploring the fraternity/sorority experience spans more than a decade, and especially considers the experience as a cocurricu...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program encourages, supports and enables undergraduate students of all disciplines to participate in research and creative activities under faculty mentorship. Each semester, the URCA program recognizes outstanding faculty mentors and student researchers through four awards.

The fall 2020 Vaughn Vandegrift URCA Research Mentor of the Semester Award was presented to Myron Jones, PhD, associate...