November & December 2016 College News

16 | November & December | College News GRANT RECIPIENTS For Spring and Summer 2017 Texas State’s Research Enhancement Program is an internally funded grant competition intended to encourage and provide support for faculty research and other creative activities. All full-time Texas State faculty members, tenured or tenure-track, are eligible to apply. Individuals are eligible to apply for a maximum of $8,000; two or more eligible faculty, for a maximum of $16,000. The College of Fine Arts and Communication just set a new record with a total of 16 awards: Ana Baer , Theatre and Dance Vlasta Silhavy (CoPI) LEAP: Leadership, Empowerment and Arts Project Award Amount: $16,000.00 Caroline Beatty , Music Jonathan Babcock (CoPI) Gesture Matters: Developing Conducting Into Conversation Award Amount: $16,000.00 Lynn Brinckmeyer , Music A Toolbox for Teaching Kids to Sing Award Amount: $7,250.00 Sean Justice , Art and Design Families Learning Together Award Amount: $8,000.00 Jessica Mallios , Art and Design The Panorama Project Award Amount: $3,000.00 Mark Menjivar , Art and Design The Execution Files: Activating Historical Archives Award Amount: $8,000.00 Kathryn Moore , Art and Design Arabesques, Grotesques, and the European origin of Islamic art Award Amount: $3,000.00 Alexander Muk , Journalism and Mass Communication Millennials’’ Perceptions of Green Advertising: A Cross- Cultural Study Award Amount: $8,000.00 Prisca Ngondo , Journalism and Mass Communication Title: Bridging the Continental Divide: Exploring Public Relations Practices in a Developing Nation Award Amount: $8,000.00 Michael Rau , Theatre and Dance Theater Director Training through an International Lens Award Amount: $8,000.00 Jennifer Stob , Art and Design With and Against Cinema: The Place of Film in the Situationist International Award Amount: $8,000.00 Miriam Sobre-Denton , Communication Studies Emily Ehmer (CoPI) Strategic and Intercultural Communication with Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Texas Award Amount: $16,000.00 Amanda Soto , Music ¡Viva la Musica Mexicana! An Examination of Mariachi Pedagogy at the Collegiate Level in the State of Texas Award Amount: $8,000.00 Barry Stone , Art and Design Phototelegraph: Writing with Light from a Distance Award Amount: $8,000.00 Rebecca Tast , Music A Means to an End...Pin Length: A Comparison of Pedagogical Methods for Determining an Appropriate Cello Endpin Length Award Amount: $6,000.00 Maia Wright , Art and Design Building Dialogue and Empathy: Combating Anti- LGTBQ Prejudice through Participatory Design Award Amount: $8,000.00