What is the Summer Research /Publication Fellowship Program?
The Summer Research/Publication Fellowship Program at Canisius College exists to contribute to the professional development of the faculty, particularly in the area of research and/or publication. The funding of the application must be based on the mutual benefit to the individual faculty member and to the college. The fellowships are not intended to fund course preparation and curriculum development. Regulations regarding these fellowships are found in the current Faculty Handbook, 2007 Chapter 7 Section B.
This program is open to full-time faculty members who have completed at least two academic years of full-time service at Canisius College. Two summers must elapse between the awarding of one fellowship and that of another. Thus, a faculty member who received a summer fellowship for 2007 would not be eligible for another fellowship until the summer of 2010.
The Fellowship program is competitive.
Evaluation Criteria for SummerResearch/Publication Fellowships
Intellectual merit – up to 40 points
How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields? To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore creative and original concepts? How well conceived and organized is the proposed activity? Is there sufficient access to the necessary resources?
Clarity of presentation - up to 25 points
Past record of scholarly publication – up to 10 points
Probability of completion of the project within one year – up to 10 points
Dean’s Recommendation – up to 10 points
Chair’s Evaluation – up to 5 points
The maximum score for the proposal is 100 points.
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Debra Burhans, PhD Associate Professor of Computer Science/Director of Bioinformatics Program | |
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Michael Gent, PhD Professor of Management/Marketing | |
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Robert Grebenok, PhD Professor of Biology | |
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Marjorie Harrington, PhD Associate Professor of Deaf Education And Director of Deaf Education Cooperative Program | |
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John Kalb, PhD Associate of Biology | |
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Sara Morris, PhD Professor of Biology and Director of Enviromental Science | |
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Harvey Pines, PhD Chair of Psychology & Professor of Philosophy | |
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Nancy Rosenbloom, PhD Professor of History | |
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Kenneth Sroka, PhD Professor of English |
2008 Winners
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Susan Aronica, PhD Associate Professor of Biology "Breast Cancer Metastasis: Exploring the Chemokine/Integrin Connection" | |
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George Boger, PhD Chair of Department of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy "Aristotle's ancient underlying logic - translating Prior Analytics A1-2, A4-6, A7, A23" | |
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Keith Burich, PhD Professor of History "Conceived in Hope, Born in Despair: The Thomas Indian School and the "Forgotten" Indian Children of NY" | |
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Robert Butler, PhD Professor of English "Richard Wright's Uses of His Religious Background in Uncle Tom's Children and Collected Haiku Poems" | |
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Kristin Finn, PhD Associate Professor of Adolescence Education "Adolescent Misbehavior in School" | |
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Judith Larkin, PhD Professor of Psychology "A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Understanding Student Retention" | |
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Ronald Rivas, PhD Associate Professor of Management and Marketing "A Study of Corporate Rejuvenation in the Global Biomedical and Genetics Industry: The Role of Speed Entry and Speed of Accumulation of Resources" | |
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Philip Sheridan, PhD Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry "Continuing Construction of a Molecular Jet/Laser Ablation Spectrometer for Studying Metal Containing Molecules" | |
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Steven Szczepankiewicz, PhD Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry "Light-Activated Chemistry of Carbon Dioxide" | |
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Timothy Wadkins, PhD Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theology "Getting Saved In El Salvador: A Public Polling Project on Religious Belief and Practices in El Salvador" |
2007 Winners
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M. Fernanda Astiz, PhD Assistant Professor of Adolescence Education "Education for Citizenship. An International and Comparative Perspective." | |
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Rene A. De La Pedraja, PhD Professor of History "The Insurgency in Venezuela, 1960-1980: Reasons for its Defeat and Permanent Disappearance" | |
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Michael G. Dolan, MA Professor of Sports Medicine "Effects of analgesic balms on pain and function following delayed onset muscle soreness." | |
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Guy H. Gessner, PhD Associate Professor of Management and Marketing | |
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Raymond W. Vegso, PhD Associate Professor of Management and Marketing | |
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Linda A. Volonino, PhD Professor of Information Systems "Development of Assurance of Learning Assessment Tools for Busniess Ethics" | |
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Marya Grande, PhD Assistant Professor of Education "The Effectiveness of the 6+1 Traits of Writing on the Writing Performance of At-Risk Students in Urban Schools" |