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Research and Creative Scholarship

2019-20 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 (2014-2021).

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).

Jay R. Johnson. Generation and Propagation of Non-Thermal Terrestrial and Kilometric Continuum Radiation. Department of Energy (2019-2022).

Jay R. Johnson. GEM Collaborative Research: Global Propagation Characteristics of Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves. Department of Energy (2019-2022).

Jay R. Johnson. Simulating Active Longitudes by Coupling Magnetograms with a Nonlinear MHD Tachocline Model: A Data Assimilation Approach. NASA (2019-2022).

Simon Wing and Jay R. Johnson. Untangling the Drivers of the Radiation Belt Environment. NASA (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory subaward) (2019-2022).

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 Theory. 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

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. Pastoral Longevity in Ministry. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2019-2020).

Petr Činčala. Pastoral Wellness and Thriving Study. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2019-2020).

Petr Činčala. Views of Future Pastoral Ministry. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2019-2020).

Petr Činčala. View from the Pew (MegaStudy 4). 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).

Petr Činčala. FACT Congregational Survey 2020. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2020).

Duane McBride, et al. Indianapolis Study. 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).

Anthony WagenerSmith and Petr Činčala. North American Division Church Planting Research Project. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2019-2022).

Other Grants & Foundations

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

Stephen Eccles and Curtis VanderWaal. Be Healthy Berrien. United Way of Southwest Michigan (2019-2020).

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

Daniel Gonzalez. Can Sonar Technology Aid in the Detection and Monitoring of the Vulnerable Amazonian Manatee? Fulbright US Scholar Program. (2020-2021).

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).

Curtis VanderWaal. United Way Programs Evaluation. United Way of Southwest Michigan (2019-2020).

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