Faculty Travel Grant Awardees
Faculty travel awards are granted based on impact to the research area as well as potential to secure future funding from external sources.
Spring 2025 Awardees
| Applicant First Name | Applicant Last Name | College | Department | Conference or Group Name | Travel Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett | Boutwell | CMDA | Music | Music Biennale Zagreb 2025 | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Kathleen | Bratton | CHSS | Political Science | Southern Political Science Association | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Lauren | Cardenas | COAD | Art | The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency | North Adams, MA |
| Emily | Davis | CHSS | Political Science | 82nd Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference | Chicago, IL |
| Heena | Dhasmana | COE | Construction Management | Transportation Research Board Conference | Washington, DC |
| Joshua | Ellis | CHSE | Education | 2025 American Educational Research Association | Denver, CO |
| Lauren | Griffin | CHSS | Philosophy & Religious Studies | American Historical Association | New York, NY |
| Robert | Herbert | COE | Mechanical & Industrial Engineering | SPIE Smart Structures + NDE | Vancouver, Canada |
| Leslie | Koptcho | COAD | Art | American College of the Mediterranean, Institute for American Universities | Aix in Provence, France/ Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain |
| Zhihong | Pang | COE | Construction Management | 2025 ASHRAE Winter Conference | Orlando, FL |
| Eirini | Poulaki | COS | Geology & Geophysics | European Geological Union | Vienna, Austria |
| Leonard | Ray | CHSS | Political Science | Southern Political Science Association | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Maria | Rethelyi | CHSS | Philosophy & Religious Studies | American Hungarian Studiess Association | Pecs, Hungary |
| Erin | Richard | CHSE | Leadership & Human Resource Development | Academy of Human Resource Development | Arlington, VA |
| Judith | Sylvester | Mass Comm | Mass Comm | Southern Political Science Association | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Jessica | Valdez | CHSS | English | Urban Mediations: International Conference on the Narratives, Ecologies & Poetics of the City | Hong Kong, China |
| Xu | Yan | CHSS | Sociology | Population Association of America | Washington, DC |
| Allison | Young | COAD | Art | College Art Association | New York, NY |
| Zhixiu | Yu | COB | Economics | Annual Allied Social Science Associations/American Economic Association | San Francisco, CA |
Fall 2024 Awardees
| Applicant First Name | Applicant Last Name | College | Department | Conference or Group Name | Travel Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse | Allison | CMDA | Music | International Conference on AI and Musical Creativity | Oxford, UK |
| Ethan | Anderson | Vet Med | Comparative Biolomedical Sciences | 63rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) | Phoenix, AZ |
| Lynne | Baggett | COAD | Art | Museum of Printing History | Haverhill, MA |
| Courtney | Barr | COAD | Art | Southeastern College Art Conference 2024 | Atlanta, GA |
| Nicole | Bauer | CHSS | Political Science | American Political Science Association Annual Meeting |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Jennifer | Baumgartner | CHSE | Education | Oral History Association Annual Meeting | Cincinnati, OH |
| Kellie | Brisini | CHSS | Communication Studies | Annual Conference of the National Communication Association | New Orleans, LA |
| Juliet | Brophy | CHSS | Geography & Anthropology | Rising Star Cave system, South Africa | Zagreb and Krapina, Crotia |
| Kelly | Clark | CHSS | Psychology | Advancing School Mental Health Annual Conference and Research Summit | Orlando, FL |
| Alex | Cohen | CHSS | Psychology | Society for Research in Psychopathology | Montreal, Canada |
| Bastien | Craipain | CHSS | French Studies | The Semicentennial Nineteenth Century French Studies Colloquium | Durham, NC |
| Kristine | DeLong | CHSS | Geography & Anthropology | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2024 | Washington, DC |
| Zevi | Gutfreund | CHSS | History | Southern Historical Association | Kansas City, MO |
| Jan | Hodzinski | CHSE | Kinesiology | Society for Neuroscience | Chicago, IL |
| Charlotte | Jacobs | COB | Management | Strategic Management Society Annual Conference | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Karim | Joharikhatoonabad | CHSS | Communication Sciences & Disorders | Society for Neuroscience | Chicago, IL |
| Boryung | Ju | CHSE | Library & Information Science | 87th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology | Calgary, Canada |
| Cecilia | Kang | CMDA | Music | Featured solo recital at the Ulju Culture and Arts Center | Toronto, Canada |
| Yann | Kerevel | CHSS | Political Science | American Political Science Association |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Jean | Martinez | CHSE | Kinesiology | European Association of Sports Management |
Paris, France |
| Laura | Piestrzynski | CHSE | Education | Literacy Research Association | Atlanta, GA |
| Lindsey | Pruett | CHSS | Political Science | American Political Science Association | Philadelphia, PA |
| Yizhou | Qian | CHSE | Kinesiology | 2024 Sport Marketing Association | St. Louis, MO |
| Fanny | Ramirez | Mass Comm | Mass Comm | National Communication Association | New Orleans, LA |
| Luisa | Restrepo Perez | COAD | Art | Southeastern College Art Conference | Atlanta, GA |
| Guillaume | Spielmann | CHSE | Kinesiology | International Society of Exercise & Immunology | Vienna, Austria |
| Casey | Stannard | COA | Textiles, Apparel Design & Merchandising | International Textiles & Apparel Association | Long Beach, CA |
| Samuel | Stroope | CHSS | Sociology | Society for the Scientific Study of Religion | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Raymond | Tucker | CHSS | Psychology | Association of Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies | Philadelphia, PA |
| Ye | Xu | COE | Chemical Engineering | 4th International Conference on Fundamentals and Applications of Cerium Dioxide in Catalysis | Portoroz-Portorose, Slovenia |