STAR Grant Award Recipients
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Applied Research (STAR) Grants Program
The purpose of the STAR Grants program for Faculty and Staff is threefold:
- To fund instructional research projects that will benefit the JCSU teaching and learning community
- To build capacity at JCSU for faculty and staff to engage in further externally- funded research
- To provide students with research experiences that enhance their research skill development and prepare them graduate school or research-related careers
- To support and build a culture of research that benefits the JCSU community
Recipients of STAR Grants include:
| Project Title | Principal Investigator | Other team members |
| Employability: Promoting Student Intelligence | Monika Rhue | |
| Investigating Perspectives of Current Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Students to Improve Recruitment and Retention | Tracy Brown | Danielle Excell (biology major, junior), Terry Muldrow (Biology major, junior), Jennifer Phipps (computer science, senior) |
| Evaluating Professional Readiness in Dance | Wanda Ebright | Students: Surya Swilley, Njeri Rutherford, Amina Kane, Fredrico Harrell, Brittane Goines, and Marissa Duff |
| Cindy Lane/Dillon Lakes Neighborhood Survey | Deborah Carter Quick | 6 Criminology Students |
In Fall 2015, Smith Institute introduced the STAR Student Grants which fund faculty-mentored projects proposed by students based on students’ interests. This program is designed to support the Smith Institute’s aims to provide more opportunities for students to engage in research and to promote a culture of research excellence. Student recipients include:
| Project Title | Student Principal Investigator | Faculty Mentor |
| The Impatient Giant: The Non-Electoral Mobilization of Latinos in the South | Ramon Garibaldo-Valdez | LaTonya Williams |
| Attendance Matters: A School Based Parental Engagement Intervention to Facilitate Student Achievement | Davonya Henderson | Ruth Greene |
Selected Previous Smith Institute Grant Recipients
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Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
Other team members |
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Metacognitive Factors that Impact Student Success |
Antonio Henley |
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Indu Gopal |
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Tanya Greene |
Demesha Leathers, Dezette Johnson, Pastor Percy Dunn |
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UBUNTU (I AM BECAUSE WE ARE): Understanding the Psychosocial Impact of Undergraduate Peer Mentorship |
Marsha Rhee |
Katrina Watterson (Spanish); Refiloe Seakamela (student), |
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Breast Reconstruction and Body Image |
Harriet Richard |
Antonia Mead (HHP), Precious Battle (student), Frantzcise |
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Serological Survey of Trypanosoma cruzi in raccoons from Tennessee |
Alexa Rosypal |
Pashuan Chisholm (student), Trynecia Smith (student) |
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Principal Investigator |
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Quantitative Stability-Flexibility Relationships (QSFR) in Sickled and Normal Hemoglobin |
Timothy Champion |
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The Freedom Riders of Johnson C. Smith University at the Arts Factory |
Wanda Ebright |
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Study Abroad and Applied Research in Senegal, West Africa |
Adelheid Eubanks |
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From Cotton Fields to Classrooms: Freed Slaves attend JCSU |
Jonathan Hutchins |
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Saving the Elderly: preventing abuse in later life |
Dezette Johnson |
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Eisenhower Presidential Library Field Excursion |
Brian Jones |
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Incivilities, neighborhood association participation, and neighborhood safety, satisfaction, and evaluations of police |
Tom Priest |
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Environmental perceptions, beliefs, and behavior among African American neighborhood residents & college students |
Deborah Quick |