Faculty Grant Winners

$1000 awards are granted each year to faculty who submit proposals identifying a specific need or gap in the Library’s collection.

2024

• Sophia Clark, PhD, Modern Languages
  Proposal: Interdisciplinary manga collection to support comics and Japanese media courses
• Jerry Green, PhD, Humanities and Philosophy
  Proposal: Conspiracy Theories

2023

• Dr. Edward Collins, Advanced Professional and Special Services
  Proposal: Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots usage for education
• Dr. Breana Downey, Psychology
  Proposal: Sport Psychology

2022

• Dr. Jaime Burns, Criminal Justice
  Proposal: Educating criminal justice majors about mental health issues
• Dr. DiAnn McDown, Curriculum & Instruction
  Proposal: Scholarly Activities and Leadership in Teaching

2021

• Dr. David Chapman, Finance, & Dr. Justin Olmstead, History
  Proposal: Protective Security, a defensive form of counter terrorism to deter terrorist attacks against crowded places
• LaDonna McCune, Sociology, Gerontology, and Substance Abuse Studies
  Proposal: Addiction Counseling (new program)

2020

• Amanda Horton & Sam Washburn, Design
  Proposal: User experience, or UX design, and user interface design, or UI design
• Cynthia Johnson, English
  Proposal: Technical Communication and Digital Writing

2019

• Dr. Mark Janzen, Museum Studies
  Proposal: International Handbooks on Museum Studies; 4 volume set
• Dr. Jill Davis & Dr. Darlinda Cassel, Early Childhood and Elementary Education
  Proposal: Early childhood literature on teaching math

2018

• Dr. Kristin Karber, Math & Statistics
  Proposal: Instructional design technology 
• Angela Marks, Theater Arts
  Proposal: Theatrical design, stage and production management and shop supervision

2017

• Dr. Linda Sealey-Holtz, Speech-Language Pathology
  Proposal: Resources to enhance the Speech Language and Pathology program
• Dr. Margaret W. Musgrove & Dr. Joey Williams, Humanities
  Proposal: Diversity in the Classical World, these books focus on disability, ethnicity, and old age during ancient times

2016

• Dr. Susan Spencer, English
  Proposal: Asian literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries

2015

• Dr. Janette Wetsel, Early Childhood Education
  Proposal: Literature on teaching through play

2014

• Dr. LaDonna McCune, Sociology, Gerontology, and Substance Abuse
  Proposal: Compulsive gambling resources
• Dr. Chris Butler, Biology
  Proposal: Ornithology resources

2013

• Dr. Jaime Burns, Criminal Justice
  Proposal: Criminal Justice and Corrections (new program)
• Dr. Wayne Stein, English
  Proposal: Video games as resources of emergent media

2012

No grant funded

2011

• Dr. Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen, History & Geography
  Proposal: British Women's History
• Dr. Ted Honea & Dr. Tess Remy-Schmacher, Music
  Proposal: Music Historical Performance Practice

2010

• Dr. Rozilyn Miller & Mary Carver, Communication 
  Proposal: Women's Rhetoric Historical Documents
• Dr. Robert Glaubitz, Theater Arts
  Proposal: Musical Theater Vocal Scores and Vocal Selections

2009

• Dr. Ted Honea, Music
  Proposal: Music Education Early Childhood
• Dr. Timothy Petete, English
  Proposal: American Indian Studies

2008

• Dr. LaDonna Atkins, Early Childhood Education
  Proposal: Early Childhood Education - Reggio Emilia Philosophy
• Dr. Margaret Musgrove, Humanities
  Proposal: Classical Studies: Greek and Latin languages and literature and the history and culture of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

2007

• Dr. Michael Springer, History & Geography
  Proposal: The Works of Martin Luther
• Dr. Jeff Plaks, History & Geography 
  Proposal: Holocaust Studies
• Dr. Christy King, Communication
  Proposal: Mass Communication
• Dr. Kenneth Swezey, Journalism
  Proposal: Journalism: Race Relations

2006

• Lauren Donaldson, Library
  Proposal: Seven Revolutions by the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Dr. Ted Honea, Music
  Proposal: Music Education

2005

• Dr. Brian Lamb, Music
  Proposal: Music
• Bonnie McNeely, Library
  Proposal: Passport to Italy (for the new Passport UCO program)