Teaching Innovations

In the fall of 2016, the Office of the Provost solicited proposals for course design or redesign using innovative methods tied to one or more of the thematic areas of focus. A total of 12 faculty received awards.

• Sarah Wheeler, Department of Specialized Education Services

  SES300-level: Disability in Global Contexts

• Deborah Taub, Department of Specialized Education Services

  SES 100-level: Madness, Freaks, and Others: History of Disability

• Tonya Rutherford-Hemming, School of Nursing

  NUR 420: Community Health and Nursing

• Jeanie Reynolds, Department of English

  Summer Institute for Writing

• Hemali Rathnayake, Department of Nanoscience

  NAN 705: Macromolecular and Supramolecular Chemistry

• Elizabeth Perrill, Department of Art

  ARH 370: African Art, Digital and Experiential Redesign

• Heather Helms, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

  HDF 212: Families and Close Relationships

• Michael Frierson, Department of Media Studies

  MST 485: Client Based Production

• Benjamin Filene, Department of History

  HIS 317: Creating a Public Past: History beyond the University

• Mark Elliot, Department of History

  HIS 210: Human Rights in Modern World History

• Barbara Campbell Thomas, School of Art

  VPA 533: Mindfulness for Artists

• Jeannette Alarcon, School of Education

  TED 646: Introduction to Equity Education

Research and Creative Activity

In the fall of 2016, proposals were solicited for seed grants to fund collaborative research and creativity activity tied to the thematic areas of focus in the UNCG strategic plan. After a review process that included both peers, community members, and campus leadership, the following faculty received awards for projects that will be completed in the fall of 2018.

Research

• Gabriela Stein, Psychology; Laura Gonzalez, Counseling and Educational Development; Andy Supple, Human Development and Family Studies; & Stephanie Coard, Human Development and Family Studies

  Promoting Dialogues: Racial/Ethnic Socialization in Racially/Ethnically Diverse and Immigrant Families

• Randy Schmitz, Kinesiology; Robin Wilkins, ORED; Louisa Raisbeck, Kinesiology; Chris Rhea, Kinesiology

  Neural Correlates of Effective Motor Transference Following an Attentionally Focused Neuromuscular Intervention

• Sherri McFarland, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Jianjun Wei, Nanoscience; Liam Duffy, Chemistry; & Colin Cameron, Chemistry

  Using Nanophotomedicine to Fight Cancer

• Prashanti Manda, Computer Science & Xiaoli Geo, Mathematics

  Robust Integrative Data Analysis for Ontology-Powered Big Biological Data

• David Gwynn, University Libraries; Lisa Tolbert, History; & Nora Bird, Library and Information Studies

  North Carolina Runaway Slave Project

• Allan Goldfarb, Kinesiology; Blair Wisco, Psychology; & Joseph Starobin,Nanoscience

  Identifying Electrophysiological and Blood Markers

• Allison Bramwell, Political Science; Al Link, Economics; Daniel Herr, Nanoscience; & Jim Ryan, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

  Creating Nano Opportunity

Community Engaged Research

• Sandy Shultz, Kinesiology; Emily Janke, Peace and Conflict Studies; Lauren Haldeman, Nutrition; & Marianne LeGreco, Communication Studies

  Lifetime Eating and Physical Activity Practices (LEAP)Forward: Common Goals and Common Measures

• Christine Murray, Counseling and Educational Development; Rick Bunch, Geography; & Xiaoli Gao, Mathematics

  Identifying High-Risk and Underserved Neighborhoods for Interpersonal Violence and Abuse in Greensboro Using GIS and Big Data Analysis

• Duane Cyrus, Dance; Cerise Glenn, Communication Studies; & Erin Lawrimore, University Libraries

  Comanche: Hero Complexities