Summer 2009 CRF awardees

  • Eric Arnoys
    Chemistry
    Protein Diffusion and Transport
  • Mark Fackler
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Media and Peace in Kenya
  • Brian Fuller
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Camera Obscura
  • Becky Haney
    Economics
    Clergy Compensation and Performance
  • Craig Hanson
    Art and Art History
    Print Collections in 17th Century England
  • Johanna Kuyvenhoven
    Education
    Literacy Keys: The development of a tertiary level syllabus for the Teaching of Reading in Sierra Leone
  • Beth Macauley
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Documenting the Effectiveness of Equine-Assisted Therapy
  • Otto Selles
    French
    The Boudaries of Tolerance
  • Anding Shen
    Biology
    A novel pathway for activation of resting CD4+ T cells and re-activation of latent virus in the SIV/macaque model of HIV-1 latency
  • James Skillen
    Geography, Geology, & Environmental Science
    Ecosystem Management: The Ecology and Politics of Flux
  • Dianne Slager
    Nursing
    Curriculum Development for HIV/AIDS for West African Church Leaders
    Jamie Smith, Philosophy, Thinking in Tongues: Towards a Pentecostal Philosophy
  • Ralphy Stearley
    Geography, Geology, & Environmental Science
    Fossil Evidence for the Historical Development of Pacific Salmonid Ecosystems
  • Katherine van Liere
    History
    Historia Sacra: Christian Origins and Historical Imagination in the Renaissance (1450-1650)
  • Ellen Van't Hof
    HPERDS
    Voices of the Alaskan Alutiiq Cultural Awakening
  • Judith Vander Woude
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Intervention for Children At-Risk for Literacy Failure
  • Jolene Vos-Camy
    French
    Gender Issues in the works of Catherine Bernard
  • Joel Westra
    Political Science
    Assessing Proposed UN Reforms
  • Jennifer Williams
    English
    Ghosts in the Machine: Modernism's Religious Other
  • Amy Wilstermann
    Biology
    Characterization of Interactions at the ATP-Binding Site of Topoisomerase II and Investigation of Eukaryotic Responses to Prokaryotic Collangenolytic Proteases

CRF awardees

  • You Kyong Ahn
    Art & Art History
    Adaptive-use of Historic Churches: Comparison of Professionals' and Public Perception of New Uses
  • Carolyn Anderson
    Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Synthesis of 2-Pyridone Substituted Beta- and Gamma-Amino Acids
  • Eric Arnoys
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Protein Transport and Diffusion
  • Adjoke Ayoola
    Nursing
    The Meaning and Process of Pregnancy Recognition among Women of Childbearing Age
  • David Benson
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Ultrasensitive and Selective Sensors for Biomedical and Environmental Samples
  • Crystal Bruxvoort
    Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Investigation of a Paradigm Shift in Science Teacher Education
  • Mandy Burrow
    Art & Art History
    "Americans"
  • Rebecca DeYoung
    Philosophy
    "The Vices Tradition: Wrath, Avarice, and Vainglory"
  • Mark Fackler
    Communication Arts and Science
    Handbook of Global Communication Ethics
  • Debra Freeberg
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Three Strong Women: Stories from Alaska
  • Deborah Haarsma
    Physics & Astronomy
    Star Formation in the Cool Cores of Galaxy Clusters
  • Loren Haarsma
    Physics & Astronomy
    Investigation of possible neuronal function for Probst’s bundles
  • Douglas Howard
    History
    Empire of the Borderlands: the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923
  • Beryl Hugen
    Social Work
    The Influence of Faith in the Delivery of Human Services
  • Todd Kapitula
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Waves in Hamiltonian systems with applications to Bose-Einstein condensates
  • Young Kim
    History
    Constructing an Orthodox World: Epiphanius of Cyprus and Fundamentalist Christianity in Late Antiquity.
  • Youngkhill Lee
    HPERDS
    Time for Life of Individuals with Physical Disabilities: Monitoring Everyday Life (TIME Project)
  • Stephen Matheson
    Biology
    Forming signaling in cancer and development
  • Suzanne McDonald
    Religion
    Beholding the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ: a Reformed approach to the beatific vision
  • Karen Miller
    Spanish
    Effects of unreliable input on children’s acquisition of Spanish
  • Paul Moes
    Psychology
    Investigation of possible neuronal function for Probst’s bundles
  • Larry Molnar
    Physics & Astronomy
    Dynamics of Asteroids and Binary Stars
  • Christopher Moseley
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Dynamics of Asteroids
  • Marilyn Myers
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Class numbers of cyclotomic function fields
  • Amy Patterson
    Political Science
    The Church, Politics and AIDS in Africa
  • Gary Schmidt
    English
    Imagining the American Democracy
  • James Skillen
    Geography, Geology, & Environmental Science
    Ecosystem Management: The Ecology and Politics of Flux
  • Peter Snyder
    Business
    Factors Affecting Positive and Corrupt Innovations
  • Patric Spence,
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Disaster data analysis: Handbook of Applied Methods in Crisis Communication
  • Ralph Stearley
    Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science
    Fossil Evidence for the Historical Development of Salmonid Ecosystems
  • Chad Tatko
    Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Development of Peptide Based Biocatalysts for the Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene
  • Deanna van Dijk
    Geography, Geology, & Environmental Science
    Wind Erosion and Dune Changes in Winter on Lake Michigan Coastal Dunes
  • Christina Van Dyke
    Philosophy
    Beatified Bodies: Mysticism, Philosophy, and Ultimate Happiness
  • Jennifer VanAntwerp
    Engineering
    Career pathways of degreed engineers
  • Jason VanHorn
    Geography, Geology, & Environmental Science
    Viewshed Algorithms for Mobile Homeland Security Protection
  • John Wertz
    Biology
    Cultivation and Characterization of Microaerobes from the Human Microbiome
  • Benita Wolters-Fredlund
    Music
    Why is this night different from all other nights?: Memorialization in Max Helfman's post-Holocaust cantata Di Naye Hagode

Sabbatical leave of absence awardees

  • Roy Anker
    English
    Pilgrim Bergman: A Revaluation of Belief and Denial in the Films of Ingmar Bergman
  • Michael Bolt
    Mathematics and Statistics
    The Möbius geometry of hypersurfaces
  • Jim Bratt
    History
    Abraham Kuyper: A Life in Religion, Politics, & Culture
  • Joel Carpenter
    Administration
    Christian Universities Worldwide: A Global Survey
  • Kelly Clark
    Philosophy
    Science and Religion Textbook for a Chinese Audience
  • Janel Curry
    Geography, Geology, & Environmental Science
    Toward an Integrative Model of God, Nature and Society
  • Christiana deGroot
    Religion
    Let Her Speak for Herself: Women Writing on Women in Exodus - II Kings
  • Glenn Fetzer
    French
    Lorand Gaspard : Poetry and Nomadism
  • Roland Hoksbergen
    Economics
    Following God’s Call: Preparing for a Career in International Relief and Development
  • Clarence Joldersma
    Education
    Book Project: Ethics, Justice, Prophecy: Education in a Levinasian mode
  • Bob Keeley
    Education
    Encouraging Thoughtful Worship in High School Chapel and Helping Children Understand the Psalms
  • Doug Koopman
    Political Science
    Assessments of the Faith-Based Initiative in a New Administration
  • Won Lee
    Religion
    To write a commentary of the book of Amos (as part of the Forms of the Old Testament Literature series)
  • Ed Miller
    Spanish
    The Voices of Black Argentines and Uruguayans: the Afro-Argentine and Afro-Uruguayan Presses, 1825-1900
  • Mark Mulder
    Sociology
    Subdivided By Faith
  • Jim Penning
    Political Science
    The Changing Politics of American Clergy
  • Carl Plantinga
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Spectator Judge: A Poetics of Moral Emotion in Film
  • Bill Romanowski
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Reforming Hollywood: American Protestants and the Movies
  • Stephanie Sandberg
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Always Among Us: An Ethnographic Play Exploring Racism and Poverty in Grand Rapids, MI
  • Kurt Schaefer
    Economics
    The Economic Context of the New Testament Household Codes
  • Chris Smit
    Communication Arts & Sciences
    Screeening Disability 2011: essay, book project, conference
  • David Urban
    English
    “Through the Real: Embracing or Evading the Finite in Shakespeare, Milton, Hawthorne and Modern Drama”
  • Elizabeth Van Arragon
    Art & Art History
    The Photo League: Views of Urban Experience in the 1930s and 1940s
  • Doug Vander Griend
    Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Augmentation of Factor Analysis Software for use in the Study of Thermochromic and Supramolecular Systems
  • Dean Ward
    English
    The Role of Faculty Development Seminars in Achieving “Transfer” of Learning in Higher Education