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Research and Creative Scholarship

2018-19 External Research Grants

Federal Grants

Shandelle M. Henson and James L. Hayward. RUI: Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Cannibalism, and Reproductive Synchrony: The Effect of Food Shortages on Life History Strategies of Marine Organisms. National Science Foundation (2014-2019).

Jay R. Johnson and Simon Wing. Comparing Global Gyrokinetic Simulations of Ballooning Instability in the Near-Earth Plasma Sheet with Wave Observations Associated with Substorm Onset. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2016-2019).

Peter Damiano, Christopher Chaston, Arthur Hull, Jay R. Johnson, Eun-Hwa Kim and Simon Wing. Energized Electron Signatures Associated with the Ballooning Mode in the Terrestrial Magnetosphere. National Aeronautics and Space Administration: NASA Heliospheric Supporting Research (University of Alaska, Fairbanks subaward) (2019-2022).

Peter Damiano, and Jay R. Johnson. An Investigation of Electron Acceleration and Energy Transport by Alfven Waves in the Jovian Magnetosphere. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (University of Alaska, Fairbanks subaward) (2017-2019).

Eun-Hwa Kim, Hyomin Kim, and Jay R. Johnson. GEM Collaborative Research: Global Propagation Characteristics of Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves. National Science Foundation (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory subaward) (2017-2020).

Yu Lin, Jay R. Johnson, Vassilis Angelopoulus, J. Perez, and X. Wang. Global Coupling of Fast Flows in the Magnetotail to Kinetic Scales by Alfvenic Processes. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Auburn University subaward) (2017-2020).

Katariina Nykyri, Jay R. Johnson, Peter Delamere, and Eun-Hwa Kim. Cross-Scale Wave Coupling Processes in Kelvin-Helmholtz Structures in the Magnetospheric Boundary Layer. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University subaward) (2017-2020).

Sarah Vines and Jay R. Johnson. Determining the Fundamental Physics of EMIC Waves: Observations and Theor y. National Aeronautics and Space Administration: NASA Heliospheric Guest Investigator Program (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory subaward) (2019-2022).

Hyun Kwon, Rodney Summerscales, and Padma Tadi Uppala. RUI: Development of a Portable ECL Immunosensor with Mobile Technologies. National Science Foundation (2017-2020).

Church Grants

Alina Baltazar.  Qualitative Assessment of Christian College Students’ Perceptions of Motivations and Influences for Health Risk Behaviors. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (2018-2019).

Petr Činčala. Employing Blind People into Ministry. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2018-2019).

Petr Činčala. Church Planting Research Project. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2019-2020).

Petr Činčala. Leaving Pastoral Ministry: A multifaceted study to understand long-term pastoral longevity. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2019-2020).

Petr Činčala. Understanding Pastoral Ministry in China: A Descriptive Comprehensive Study (Qualitative). Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (2019-2020).

Petr Činčala. Understanding Pastoral Ministry in China: A Descriptive Comprehensive Study (Qualitative). General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (2019-2020).

David Sedlacek. Parental Reactions, Responses, and Adjustment after a Child Comes Out as LGBT+ Among Seventh-Day Adventist Families  North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2018-2019).

David Sedlacek and Alina Baltazar. Male Spouses and Female Pastors: Stressors and Coping Strategies. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (2017-2019).

Other Grants & Foundations

Oliver Glanz. Creating Annotated Corpora of Classical Hebrew Texts (CACCHT). Charis Charitable Foundation (2018-2022).

Martin Hanna and John Peckham. Facilitating Science-Theology Dialogue at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. Science for Seminaries Grant, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2018-2019).

Oystein S. LaBianca. Frerich Annual Professor Fellowship. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research. Jerusalem, Israel (January-May, 2019).

Stephen Eccles and Curtis VanderWaal. Benton Heights Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Evaluation. United Way of Southwest Michigan (2019-2020).

Curtis VanderWaal. United Way Programs Evaluation. United Way of Southwest Michigan (2018-2019).

Curtis VanderWaal. Girls on the Run Data Collection. United Way of Southwest Michigan (2019-2020).