General Research Fund (GRF) Awards: Fiscal Year 2007

Giselle Anatol

The Things That Fly in the Night: Images of Female Vampires in Literature of the African Americans (Chapter 4)

English

Christopher Anderson

The Geography of Value Versus Growth: Spatial Distribution of Films and Implications for Investors

School of Business

Elissa Armstrong

Kemper Museum Solo Show and Subsequent Work

Design

James Backes

Safety and Efficacy of Policosanol Added to Chronic Statin Therapy: A pilot Study

Pharmacy

Yong Bai

Improvement of Bridge Replacement Capability After Extreme Events

Engineering - CEAE

Vincent Barker

More Direct Measurement of Managerial Discretion: A Leadership Influence Approach

School of Business

Frank Baron

The Humboldt Digital Library: A Global Network of Knowledge

German

Robert Bayliss

Lope de Vega and the Performance of Desire

Spanish & Portugese

David Bergeron

London 1613: Two Weddings and a Funeral

English

Raj Bhala

International Trade Law: Theory and Practice-3rd Edition

Law

Sharon Billings

Repair of the Gas Chromatograph Detector

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Ross Black and George Tsoflias

Imaging the deformational history of alluvial fans cut by active faults using shallow seismic reflection and GPR techniques

Geology

Ruth Bowman

"Mixed Belongings"

Design

Rafe Brown

Processes and Stages of Evolutionary Diversification in Replicated Radiations of Forest Frogs from SE Asia and the SW Pacific

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Nathaniel Brunsell

Water and Heat Fluxes in a Prairie Ecosystem Assessed with Scintillometry and Physically - Based Modeling

Geography

Ralph Byers

Bistructured Computational Problems

Mathematics

Byron Caminero-Santangelo

"Imperial Green: Environmentalism and Colonialist Literature in Africa" & "Protecting and Questioning the Indegenous: Ecological Imperialism and Heart of Redness"

English

Diana Carlin

A Visual Analysis of the 2004 Presidential Debates

Communication Studies

John Carswell

pilot Study: Identification of Architectural Research Agendas in Boomer-Housing

Architecture & Urban Design

Tailan Chi

Choice of Market Entry Modes Under Uncertainty: An Empirical Investigation

School of Business

Edith Clowes

The Center at the Periphery: Eccentric Identities in Contemporary Russian Writing

Slavic

Richard Colgran

The Modeling and Simulation of a Generic Hypersonic Vehicle

Engineering - Aerospace

John Colombo

Alpha-amylase and cortisol responses to social and non-social dynamic scenes in youngh children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Psychology

Cynthia Colwell Dunn

The impact of training in Orff Music Therapy on session plan development

Music & Dance

Karen Cook

Strategies for Survival at Hermannsburg Mission, Cerntral Australia, 1877-1978

University Libraries

Shannon Criss

Advancing the Whole Subject in Affordable Housing

Architecure & Urban Design

Ann Cudd

Feminism and the Fetishes of Capitalism and Tradition

Philosophy/Women's Studies

Gregory Cushman

The Lords of Guano: Global Science and Peru's Marine Environment

History

Michael Detamore

Novel Biomaterial Approaches for TMJ Tissue Engineering

Engineering - Chemical & Petroleum

Frances Devlin

Assessing the Kansas Academis Cooperative Chat Service

University Libraries

Christopher Drahozal

Private Ordering and International Commercial Arbitration

Engineering - Chemical & Petroleum

Ben Eggleston

Rules and their Reasons: Mill on Instrumental Rationality and Moral Obligation

University Libraries

David Ekerdt

Longitudinal Observation of Household Disbandment

Law

Tamara Falicov

Transnational Film Production in Latin America: The Role of Spain and the United States on Co- Production Initiatives

Philosophy

Christopher Fischer

ATP - Dependent DNA Translocation by S. cerevisiae RSC

Sociology

Bryan Foster

Exploring the Connections of Soil Bacterial Diversity to Plant Community Structure and Ecosystem Function

Theatre & Film

Elizabeth Friis

Preliminary Characterization of piezoelectric Nanoparticle Reinformced Polymer Composites

Physics & Astronomy

Phillip Gallagher

Effects of Various Core-Temperature on HSP70 Expression

Ecol & Evol Biol.

Sandra Gray

Drought, famine, and disarmament in northeastern Uganda: biobehavioral consequences in a nomadic population

Engineering - Mechanical

J. Megan Greene

History

Robert Gregory

Aging and Sense of Effort

HSES

James Guthrie

Turnover at the Top: Top Management Team Departures and Firm Performance

School of Business

Lena Hileman

Characterization of the MADS-Box Gene Family Across Angiosperms

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Feldman Hume

Dynamical Probes of Cosmology

Physics & Astronomy

Ann Huppert

Perspectival Projection: Representational Techniques and Design in the Drawings of Baldassarre Peruzzi

Architecture & Urban Design

Stephan Ilardi

Therapeutic Lifestyle Change for Depression

Psychology

Vladimir Ivanov

Family Ownership and the Value and Performance of IPO Firms

School of Business

Caroline Jewers

Lost in Translation: Searching for Kind Arthur in Occitan Lyric

French & Italian

William Johnson

Soil, development, and carbon seqestration along the east-west climatic gradienct of the central great plains - forest/prairie ecotone of central missouri to the foothills of the colorado rockies

Geography

Mary Anne Jordan

Production of 15 Quilts for Two Solo Exhibitions in 2006 & 2007

Design

Kissan Joseph

ROI of Generic Drug Sampling Programs

School of Business

Juliet Kaarbo

Coalition Politics & Foreign Policy: A Comparative Multi-Methodological Analysis

Political Science

Paul Kelton

The Enduring Cherokees: Ecological Imperialism and the Survival of an Indigenous Nation, 1492-1838

History

Marni Kessler

Chapter 4 "Foot Fetishes and Pediatric Anxieties in The Pedicure of 1873," of book-in-progress. "In Sickness and Ill Health: Edgar Degasand Late 19th Century French Medical Practices"

History of Art

Paul Koch

Disagreement, Retail Trading, and Stock Price Behavior Around Earnings Announcements: Chinese A Shares

School of Business

Elizabeth Kowalchuk

Variety and Forum: What Works in Public Art Education

Design

Janice Kozma

An English Translation of Grazia Deledda's Novel Anime Oneste (1895) [Honest Souls]

French & Italian

Steven Lee

The Children's Anxiety Project Phase II

Psychology and Research and Education

Linda Lee

Case Study of Tropical Beverage Introduction

Journalism

Mechele Leon

Moliere and the French Revolution

Theatre & Film

Beverly Mack

Images of Islam: Women and the Expectaion of Equity

African/American Studies

Gregory Madden

Is delay tolerance predictive of preferences for gambling?

Applied Beh Science

Satyagopal Mandal

Some Obstruction Groups

Mathematics

Margaret Marco

"Editing and Recording of French Baroque Chamber Music Not Currently Published in Modern & International Venues"

Music & Dance

Danny Marfatia

The Neutrino Matrix

Physics & Astronomy

Kirk McClure

Deconcentration of Poverty Through Federal Housing Programs

Architecture & Urban Design

Judith McCrea

Rude Awakenings "Paintings of Women Within Trans-Cultural Concepts

Art

Mario Medina

Enhancing the Experimental and Computational Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics Capabilities of Engineering

Engineering - Civil, Architectural, Environmental

Mark Mort

Phylogenetic Placement of the Extra-African Members of Crassula (Crassulaceae)

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Yoonmi Nam

Reinterpretations of The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting through drawings

Art

Anna Neill

Evolution and Dissolution in the Victorian Novel

English

Bangere Purnaprajna

Topics in Algebraic Geometry

Mathematics

Clifton Pye

Documenting Mayan Language Acquisition

Linguistics

Eric Rath

Sweetness and Power in Early Modern Japan

History

Mark Reaney

Virtual Reality Lighting Simulations for Theatrical Productions

Theatre & Film

John Rury

Closing the Black-White Secondary Enrollment Gap, 1950 - 1980

Teaching & Leadership

Paul Scott

Manipulating Martyrs: The Representation of Martyrdom in Early Modern France

French & Italian

Joan Sereno

Native Language influences on Native and Non-Native Perception

Linguistics

David Smith and Eric Hanley

The Swing Voter

Sociology

Rajendra Srivastava

Analytical Models for Assessing Internal Controls Reliabilities under Sarbanes Oxley Act

School of Business

Marjorie Swann

Vegtable Love: Botany and Sexuality in Early Modern England

English

Mark Thompson

The Truth Behind Social Smoking: Assessment of Social Smoking Dynamics Among College Students

Health, Sport and Exercise Science

Carsten Timm

Ferromagnetic Ordering in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors

Physics & Astronomy

May Tveit

Made in China: Deconstructing the Mantra

Design

David Vertacnik

Maquettes Expressed as Monumental Sculpture

Design

Marta Vicente

Pornography and the Spanish Inquisition: The Reading of a Forbidden Best Seller in Eighteenth Century

History/Women's Studies

Joy Ward

Comparing the Effects of Atmospheric CO2 Concentration and Climate Variability on Tree Growth at Glacial and Modern Times

Ecol & Evol Biol.

Catherine Weaver

Global Development and the Reform of the World Bank

Political Science

Elizabeth Weeks

Temptation in the Garden: Norms, Ethics, and Competition in Health Care Markets

Law

Stacey White

Protection Planning in a Contested Landscape: Mapping the Terrain

Architecture & Urban Design

Susan Williams

Fabrication of Oxygen Permeable Dense Thin Films on Porous Substrates

Engineering - Chemical & Petroleum

Lyn Wolz

Janet Blunt: Folk Songs Collector

University Libraries

Fiona Yap

Evaluating the Military's Restraint in Asia: Model and Evidence from South Korea, Taiwan, and Indonesia

Political Science

Asma Zaidi

Trafficking of the Neuronal Plasma Membrane CA 2+ - ATPase

Pharmacology & Toxicology

Michael Zogry

Playing or Praying?: The Cherokee Anesto Ceremonial Complex

Religious Studies