2007-08 Student Dissertation Research Initiation Grant Recipients

Graduate student Dissertation Research Initiation Grants for College of Education doctoral students at University Park are offered each fall and spring semester through the generosity of the Office of the Dean of the College of Education. Students must be at the dissertation level to apply. Below are the 2007-08 recipients.

Laurence Boggess- $600.00

Home Growing Teacher Quality through District Partnerships with urban Teacher Residencies

Jennifer Domagal-Goldman- $600.00

Teaching for Civic Capacity & Engagement: How faculty members align teaching with purpose

Carson Ham- $600.00

The Wounded healer: A Phenomenological Investigation of the Recovering Substance Abuse Counselor

Betty Harper- $600.00

An Investigation of the Role of Continuous Improvement in Student Learning Outcomes

Emily Janke- $600.00

Faculty-Community Partnerships: Understanding the Effects of Organizational & Personal Identities

Hilary Knipe- $600.00

Working Memory, Reasoning and Mathematics Proficiency in Elementary School Students

Brenda Lutovsky- $600.00

Understanding Why College Students Cheat

Randy Patterson- $600.00

Relational health, Perfectionism, and Eating Disorders: Effects of interpersonal and intrapersonal factors on eating disorder status

Hector Sambolin- $600.00

The Changing Role of the University President During an Era of Accountability

Hsin-I Yung- $600.00

Effects of Animated Agent with Instructional Strategies in Facilitating Student Achievement of Different Educational Objectives in Multimedia Learning