The Jackson State University Academy for Research and Scholarly Engagement held a reception for its second cohort of scholars on April 11 in the Engineering Building Atrium.
The program included testimonials about the program from scholars and their coaches and remarks from JSU President Carolyn W. Meyers and Dr. James C. Renick, JSU Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs.
COHORT II Scholars
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Dr. Palaniappan Thiagarajan
Associate Professor, Department of Management and Marketing
Proposal Title: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Its Impact on Organizations
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Jie Ke
Assistant Professor, School of Lifelong Learning
Proposal Title: Developing Model Human Resource Development Curricula to Establish Boundaries for the Field and Prevent Marginalization
Dr. Tabitha Otieno
Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies
Proposal Title: The Power of Resilience and Tolerance in Mississippi Teacher Workshops
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Dr. David Akombo
Assistant Professor and Director of Music Education, Department of Music
Proposal Title: The Effects of Music and Movement on Childhood Obesity
Prof. Chung-Fan Chang
Assistant Professor, Department of Art
Proposal Title: “Drawing with Noise”
Dr. Helen Crump
Assistant Professor, Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages
Proposal Title: The Bodied Southern Voice: Coming-of-Age Narratives of Girls and Women of Color in the South
Dr. Yumi Park Huntington
Assistant Professor, Department of Art
Proposal Title: Bringing the Digital Gallery into the Communities of Jackson
Dr. Lomarsh Roopnarine
Associate Professor, Department of History and Philosophy
Proposal Title: Small-Scale Gold Mining in Guyana’s Interior Region
Dr. Leniece Smith
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Proposal Title: HBCU Cyber Survey
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr. Nola Radford
Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders
Proposal Title: Cyberlearning and IRIS to Enhance Undergraduate Student Performance
Dr. Gina Scutelnicu
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration
Proposal Title: How Can 311 Centers Enhance Service Delivery?
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Fengxiang Han
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Proposal Title: A Novel Gastrointestinal Model for the Assessment of Bioavailability and Bioaccessibility of Heavy Metals and Trace Elements in Children’s Playgrounds
Dr. Ifedayo Victor Ogungbe
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Proposal Title: Solution Structure and Novel Inhibitors of T. brucei cathepsin L
Dr. Maricica Pacurari
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Proposal Title: A Novel Triple-Coculture Model to Study Carbon Nanofiber Potential to Induce Lung Fibrosis
DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Dr. Ying Liu
Instructor, International Programs
Proposal Title: Fostering Institutional Change for Job-Oriented Multiliteracy as a Catalyst for Youth Employment Development
ACADEMY COACHES
Dr. Mario Azevedo, Chair, Department of History and Philosophy
Dr. Robert Blaine, Special Assistant to the Provost, Division of Academic Affairs
Dr. Ronica Arnold Branson, Associate Professor, Department of School, Community and Rehabilitation Counseling
Dr. Marino Bruce, Executive Director of Faculty Development, Research and Creative Expression, College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Johnny Gilleylen, Interim Program Director, Department of Public Policy and Administration
Dr. Ramzi Kafoury, Interim Chair, Department of Biology
Dr. Lurlene Irvin, Director, Center for Business Development and Economic Research
Dr. Evelyn J. Leggette, Dean, Division of Undergraduate Studies
Dr. Loretta A. Moore, Interim Vice President, Division of Research and Federal Relations
Dr. Deborah Barnes, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Robert Luckett, Director, Margaret W. Alexander Research Center
Mr. Jimmy Mumford, Associate Professor, Department of Art
Dr. Hongtao Yu, Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry