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Grants and Research
Zois Boukouvalas (mathematics & statistics)听was granted $200,000 from Energetics Technology Center, with prime funding from the Office of Naval Research, for his project titled "Data-Driven Multi-model Fusion for the Analysis of Energetic Material Systems."听December 2020
Anastasia Snelling (health studies)听was granted $33,000 from DC听Central Kitchen (DCCK) for her project called "Assessing the role of corner stores for promoting and selling fresh produce."听December 2020
Vladimir Airapetian (physics)听received an award of $21,366 from NASA for his project called "Exploring Evolving Magnetic Activity of Young Suns with Nicer."听December 2020
Anastasia Snelling (health studies)was awarded $110,00, representing year three, from the District of Columbia Department of Health, for her project called "Multi-Component Obesity Prevention in Targeted Settings."听November 2020
Jessica Gephart (environmental science)听received $17,226 from Stanford University, prime funding from the MAVA Foundation, for her project called "The Environmental Performance of Blue Foods."听November 2020
Gregory Lane (economics)听was awarded $12,521 from Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) for his project called "Coping with the Loss of Home: Improving Adolescent Mental Health with Education."听October 2020
Gregory听Harry (physics)听received $92,407 from the National Science Foundation, which will span over three years, for his project called "Collaborative Research: LSC Center for Coatings Research."听October 2020
Jesse Meiller (environmental science)听received an award of $5,000 from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, with prime funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, for her project called "Microplastic Research in the Anacostia River Watershed."听October 2020
Kim Blankenship (sociology)听received an award of $11,986 for her project called "District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR)" from George Washington University.听October 2020听
Kathryn Walters-Conte (STEM partnerships and outreach)听was awarded a听$52,522 supplement from NSF. She is working with John Bracht and Bill Bellows to continue science innovation and entrepreneurship training through the Tenleytown I-Corps Site听during the COVID-19 pandemic.听October 2020
Becca Peixotto (anthropology)听was awarded $5,000 from the 猫咪社区app Association for the Advancement of Science for her project called "Maroons in the Great Swamp Comic/Graphic Novella."听October 2020
Walter Park (economics)听was granted $94,444, from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for his project entitled COVID-19 and Patenting.听July 2020听
Molly Dondero (sociology)听was awarded an incremental fund of $23,127, from an expected total funding of $46,948, from the University of Texas Austin for her project called "Reproductive Responses to the Zika Virus Epidemic in Brazil."听September 2020
Elizabeth Cotter听(health studies)听was awarded $144,143 from NIH, representing one year of an expected $716,046 over five years, for her project called "Reducing Maternal Stress to Improve Obesity-related Parenting Practices."听September 2020
Anthony Ahrens (psychology)听was awarded $40,935, from Lubuto Library Partners, for his听project called "Honesty and HIV Prevention: Promoting Adolescent Sexual Health through Traditional Storytelling."听September 2020
Gregory Lane (economics)听was granted $16,865, from The World Bank Group, for his听project called "Fostering Resilience in Low-Income Countries."听September 2020
Ignacio Gonzalez-Garcia (economics)听was awarded $150,363, from the New Venture Fund, for his work entitled "Changes in Taxation and Inequality: A quantitative exercise for the 猫咪社区app."听September 2020
Glen Kwende听(economics)听was granted $15,000, from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, for his project entitled 听September 2020
Gregory Harry (physics)听was awarded $92,410 for his project called, "Collaborative Research: LSC Center for Coatings Research."听August 2020
Sauleh Siddiqui (environmental science)听was awarded $200,000 from the National Science Foundation for his project, entitled "RAPID: Time-Sensitive Human Forest and Model Forecasts for COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Trails."听August 2020
Gregory Harry (physics)听was awarded $99,984, representing year one of an expected $299,955 award, stretched over three years, from the National Science Foundation, for his project called "Aluminum Gallium Arsenide Coatings to Improve LIGO Sensitivity."听August 2020
Boncho Bonev (physics)听received $347,553听from the National Science Foundation for his project, entitled: "Collaborative Research: Pushing the Boundaries of Post-Rosetta Cometary Science with the New Generation of Near-Infrared Spectographs."听August 2020
Elizabeth Cotter (health studies) received $144,143 from the National Institute of Health to听develop and pilot test a culturally relevant mindful parenting program intended to reduce maternal stress and improve obesity-related parenting behaviors. July 2020
Alexander Zestos (chemistry) received $50,000 when he won the Pittcon Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) Starter Grant Award.听July 2020
Nancy Snider听(performing arts)听was awarded $12,500, from The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation, Inc., for her project called: "Koster Foundation Summer Study Grant."听June 2020
Molly Dondero听(sociology)听received听$29,750, from the Russell Sage Foundation, for her project entitled:听"Immigrant Integration and Institutional Attachments in an Era of Enforcement."听June 2020
Adam McKay (physics)听was awarded, from NASA, $20,454.43 in new funding, with a total expected funding of $147,944, for his project called: "Observational Analysis Support for Giant Plants and Small Bodies in the Solar System."听April 2020
Adam McKay (physics)听received an incremental funding of $57,754, with an expectance of $115,042 over four years from NASA, for his work entitled, "Observational Analysis Support for Giant Planets and Small Bodies in the Solar System."听April 2020
Buck Woodard (anthropology)听received $22,700 as Lead Ethnographer for the "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP Tribal Affiliation Study," National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Washington, DC. April 2020
Hanning听Chen (chemistry)听was awarded $35,000 from George Washington University for his project, entitled: 鈥淐ollaborative Research: Integrated Experimental and Computational Studies for Understanding the Interplay of Photoreactive Materials and Persistent Contaminants.鈥澨April 2020听
Hanning听Chen (chemistry)听was awarded $18,000 from听his prime funder,听George Washington University,听for his project, entitled: 鈥淒evelopment of Graphitic-Carbon-Nitride-Based Antimicrobial Nanomaterials for Safe Food Processing and Packaging.鈥澨April 2020听
Hanning听Chen (chemistry)听was awarded $11,250, as an incremental fund, from Utah State University, prime funder Honda Research Institute 猫咪社区appA, Inc.,听for his project, named: 鈥淪ystematic Exploration of MEG Materials for Solar Energy Conversion.鈥澨鼿e is expecting a total funding of $45,000.听April 2020
Boncho听Bonev听(physics)听was awarded $64,955 from John Hopkins University, primarily funded by NASA, as a first-year payment. His three-year project 鈥 entitled: 鈥淎 Comparative Study of How Ices are Stored in Cometary Nuclei鈥 鈥 is expected to receive a total funding of $198,855.听April 2020听
Kim Blankenship (sociology)听was sponsored by Yale University and awarded $40,958, which represents year one of an expected $153,675 award over five years, from the Federal Awarding Agency: NIH/NIDDK for her project, titled: 鈥淭he effects of affordable housing access on type two diabetes self-management and control.鈥澨April 2020听
Boncho听Bonev听(physics)听was awarded听an incremental funding of $20,000听from听the Regents of the University of Michigan, primarily funded by NASA,听for his听three-year project 鈥 entitled: 鈥淭he Dynamics, Thermodynamics and Composition of the Cometary Coma鈥 鈥撎齱hich is expected to have a total funding of $127,626.听April 2020听
Vladimir Airapetian (physics)听was granted an听incremental fund听of $10,052, while expecting a total fund听of $50,259 in the future, from the Space Telescope Science Institute for his project entitled: "The Evolving Magnetic Lives of Young Suns."听April 2020
Michael Alonzo (environmental science)听was awarded a grant for听$416,659 from the National Science Foundation for his work titleled 鈥淯nderstanding Tree Species Response to Urban Heat Using High Resolution Remote Sensing.鈥听April 2020
Laura Cutler听(Center for Israel Studies)听was awarded a grant for听$40,000 from the Israel Institute Inc. for her Teaching Expansion project.听April 2020
Pankaj Kumar (physics) received a grant for $74,536 from NASA for his work "Observational Determination of the Filament Channel Formation and Eruption of Solar Filament Channels.鈥 April 2020
Pankaj Kumar (physics) received a grant for $112,234 from NASA for his project "Observational Determination of the Filament Channel Formation and Eruption of Solar Filament Channels鈥. This represents one of three years of funding with the total amounting to $341,376. April 2020
Pankaj Kumar (physics) received a grant for $30,774 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County听for his work on "Observational Determination of the Filament Channel Formation and Eruption of Solar Filament Channels鈥 Research for the Center for Research and Exploration in Solar-Planetary Science. April 2020
Douglas Fox听(chemistry) received $36,519 of additional funding from the 猫咪社区app听Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Inc. for his project titled "14C Labeled Cellulose Nanofibrils for EHS Studies鈥. The new total award for this project is $89,377. April 2020
Maria Floro (economics) received a grant for $50,000 from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) for the project "Capacity Building for Policy Advocacy on Care鈥. This is a supplement to a previous award from OSF to expand the scope of the project. April 2020
Victoria Connaughton (biology) received a grant for $10,000 from the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) - Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) for her work on the project "Using zebrafish to assess water health of Paint Branch Stream, an upstream tributary within the Anacostia watershed.鈥澨March 2020
Mark Nelson (computer science) received a $174,951 grant from the National Science Foundation to systematically characterize the performance and robustness of AI decision-making algorithms, using games as benchmark domains. March 2020
Anastasia Snelling (health studies) received a grant for $33,000 from DC听Central Kitchen (DCCK) for her work on 鈥淗ealthy Corners Evaluation Project.鈥 March 2020
Philip Johnson (physics) received a grant for $119,677 from NASA for the project 鈥淩emote Sensing of Planetary Atmospheres in the Solar System and Beyond.鈥 This amount represents incremental funding with a total expected funding of $758,114 through March 31, 2023. March 2020
Molly Dondero (sociology) received a pipeline grant from the Russell Sage Foundation/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for her work on 鈥淚mmigrant Integration and Institutional Attachments in an Era of Enforcement.鈥澨March 2020
Anastasia Snelling听(health studies) received a grant for $80,609 from District of Columbia Public Schools 鈥 Food and Nutrition Services for her work on 鈥淧lant-Based Meals in DC Public Schools.鈥澨Feb. 2020
Hanning Chen (chemistry) received a grant for $18,000 from 猫咪社区app听Department of Agriculture for a project titled "Development of Graphitic-Carbon-Nitride-Based Antimicrobial Nanomaterials for Safe Food Processing and Packaging."听Jan. 2020
Hanning Chen (chemistry) received a grant for $35,000 from the National Science Foundation for his project "SusChem: Collaborative Research: Integrated Experimental and Computational Studies for Understanding the Interplay of Photoreactive Materials and Persistent Contaminants."听Jan听2020
Stephen Casey听(math & statistics) received a grant for $77,648 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) for his project 鈥淣ovel Techniques for Signal Analysis and Processing: Sampling Non-Euclidean Geometries, Network Tomography, Time-Frequency Analysis, and the Analysis of Point Processes.鈥 This represents funding for one year of a three-year project with an expected total funding of $228,269. Jan. 2020
Zois Boukouvalas听(math & stats) received a grant for $40,000 from Energetics Technology Center (prime funding from Office of Naval Research) for his work on 鈥淯ndersea Weapons and Energetics Technology Development Using Machine Discovery & Invention (MD&I).鈥 Jan. 2020
Anastasia Snelling听(health studies) received a two year grant for $100,000 from the District of Columbia Department of Health for the project, Faithfully Fit 鈥 鈥淢ulti-Component Obesity Prevention in Targeted Settings.鈥 Jan. 2020
Appointments and Honors
Dan Kerr (history)听has moved to the position of President for the Oral History Association.听October 2020
Orisanmi Burton (anthropology)听received a fellowship from the .听June 2020
Bob Connelly (women's, gender and sexuality studies) worked on Disasters at Sea, a TV series aired on the Smithsonian Channel that won a 2020 Canadian Screen Award for Best Factual Series. May 2020
Aaron Posner (theatre) won the 2020 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Play for Life Sucks, a loose adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. May 2020
Melissa Scholes Young (literature) has been appointed editor of Furious Gravity. May 2020
Laura Brower Hagood (art history/arts management)听has been appointed听executive director of the Historical Society of Washington. April 2020
Pamela S. Nadell (Jewish studies) was awarded the top prize in the 2019 National Jewish Book Awards, the Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year for her work 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today鈥. March 2020
Terry Davidson (psychology and neuroscience)听has been appointed as a Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience by 猫咪社区app University鈥檚 Board of Trustees.听March 2020
Kareem Rabie (anthropology) has been awarded an 猫咪社区app Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship for next year. Feb. 2020
Rachel Louise Snyder (literature)听was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction for her book No Visible Bruises.听Jan 2020
Publications, Exhibitions, and Productions
Rachel Louise Snyder听published an article听鈥"听in the New York Times. December 2020.听
Alexander Zestos (chemistry)听published an article in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.听December 2020
Michael Brenner (center for israel studies)听authored an in Forward about CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour apologzing for comparing President Trump to Nazis.听November 2020
Chet'la Sebree听(MFA in creative writing)听wrote a book called that will be published, by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, a major publishing company, that will be released in June, 2021.听November 2020
Valzhyna Mort (MFA in creative writing)听was about a book of poetry she wrote听called "Music for the Dead and Resurrected"听that was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, one of the biggest publishers in the U.S.听November 2020
Donald Earl Collins (critical race, gender and cultural studies collaborative)听published an article in Al Jazeera English called 听November 2020听
Shouzhong Zou (chemistry)听and his team at AU had their research on if spinach-based catalysts have听the ability to power fuel cells published in .听October 2020
Laura Beers (history)听published an opinion article in about the possible appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and what that would look like for the future of women.听October 2020
Christine Platt听(Antiracist Research and Policy Center)听spoke with the for a story about how Black parents and discussions about racism and protests are evolving in the wake of the social justice movement.听September 2020
Grace Hasson (literature)听is a junior at AU and wrote a book called which focuses on her own poetry.听September 2020
Stefano Costanzi (chemistry)听co-authored an article entitled in the Journal of Chemical of Information and Modeling.听September 2020
Lindsay Milliken (political science)听co-authored an article called September 2020
David Vine (anthropology) published a new book, . October 2020
K. Tyler Christensen (critical race, gender and culture studies) published a poetry collection, . June 2020
Donald Earl Collins (history) reflects on the current state of the U.S. in "," published in Al Jazeera, and in a live interview, "" in The Signal.听August 2020
Donald Earl Collins (history) writes about the experience of being Black in America in "," published in Al Jazeera, and 鈥,鈥 in NBC News Think. July听2020
Brooke Wong (health studies)听is the first author of a JAMA article entitled听听August 2020
Alexander Zestos (chemistry) published an article called听 in the Journal ECS Transactions.听July 2020
Alexander Zestos (chemistry) published an article entitled听 in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.听July 2020
Stephen Casey (mathematics) co-authored a new book, , based on talks given at 猫咪社区app University at SampTA 2015, an international conference of mathematicians, engineers, and applied scientists. June 2020
Sarah Bea Katz (creative writing)听published an article, ","听for Al-Jazeera. April 2020
Buck Woodard (anthropology)听published a research article called, "" in Comparative 猫咪社区app Studies, Volume 17, Number 2.听April 2020
Buck Woodard (anthropology)听published a book entitled, "Building the Brafferton: The Founding, Funding and Legacy of America's Indian School" with Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, from the Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary.听April 2020
Stefano Costanzi (chemistry)听presented a virtual poster for the National Spring Meeting of the 猫咪社区app Chemical Society entitled 鈥溾 Undergraduate student Charlotte Slavick is one of the co-authors of the poster.听April 2020
Stefano Costanzi (chemistry)听co-authored an article entitled "Updating the Chemical Weapons Convention: How We Got Here and What Is Next," published in . April 2020
Max Paul Friedman (history) wrote an op-ed titled 鈥淗ow the Democratic candidates should talk to voters about Cuba鈥 in The Hill. March 2020
Alexander Zestos (chemistry) published an article "Carbon Nanotube Yarn Microelectrodes Promote High Temporal Measurements of Serotonin Using Fast Scan Cyclic Voltammetry" in the journal, Sensors. Feb. 2020
Lily Donaldson (computer science)听was invited to present her research at the 猫咪社区app听Department of Energy's 2020 Lighting R&D Workshop. Feb. 2020
Stefano Costanzi (chemistry) co-authored the article 鈥,鈥 published in a special issue on 鈥渆merging technology鈥 of the journal Strategic Trade Review.听Jan 2020
Stefano Costanzi (chemistry)听published an article in The Non-Proliferation Review, entitled "" Co-author: Gregory Koblentz, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. Jan 2020
Stefano Costanzi (chemistry) co-authored听an article entitled 鈥溾 in a special issue on 鈥渆merging technology鈥 of the journal Strategic Trade Review.听Jan 2020
Stefano Costanzi (chemistry)听published an article in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, entitled "Influence of the Structural Accuracy of Homology Models on Their Applicability to Docking-Based Virtual Screening: The 尾2 Adrenergic Receptor as a Case Study."听Three students are co-authors of this article. Jan 2020
Liz Cotter (health studies) Published a systematic review 鈥溾 in the journal Mindfulness with co-author Naya Jones. Jan 2020
Melissa Scholes Young (literature) published an article, "I Can't Be Your Becky: The Risk of 猫咪社区app Readers What They Want, " in the Mark Twain Journal. The journal was founded in 1936 and is one of the oldest 猫咪社区app journals dedicated to a single author.听Jan. 2020
In the Media
Kara Reynolds (economics)听appeared on PRI's The World to discuss the new trade group, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.听November 2020
Nika Elder (performing arts)听was interviewed in The Washington Diplomat for听听October 2020
Mary Gray (mathematics and statistics) and Andrew Gelman, a Columbia University professor,听 the 猫咪社区app Statistical Association in the Reddit "Voting in America" Ask Me Anything Series.听October 2020
Daniela听Mu帽oz (communications and culture)听was quoted in a听 discussing the embracement of听the term "Latinx," by saying that, "Latinx gives people the freedom to identify as they wish, 'the "x" in Latinx is a placeholder for whatever you want it to mean.'"听October 2020
David Vine (anthropology) and his research on the expansion of 猫咪社区app military bases were the subject of an article by the . September 2020
David Vine (anthropology)'s research on wartime population displacement since 9/11 was written up in . The article was shared on by 猫咪社区app Representative Ilhan Omar. September 2020
Stefano Costanzi (chemistry)听was quoted, as a chemist and nonproliferation analyst, in the story published in Science Magazine.听September 2020
Vladimir Airapetian (physics)听was interviewed on explaining what is hopefully discovered when听researchers look outside of our solar system.听August 2020
Mary Ellen Curtin (猫咪社区app studies) spoke to about America's history of leasing African-猫咪社区app prison labor. August 2020
Donald Earl Collins (history) spoke to PBS 39 WLVT-TV's Courageous Conversations about .听August 2020
Jody Gan (health studies)听was quoted extensively in an article on swimming safely during COVID-19 appearing in .听August 2020
Jessica Owens-Young (health studies)听was quoted in about racial disparities connections to the coronavirus pandemic, D.C.'s response, and old, negative patterns coming back.听July 2020
Juliana Martinez (world languages and cultures) appeared in a WESH 2 segment to discuss best-selling books on racial issues. June 2020
Melissa Scholes Young (literature) was a guest on the Kojo Nnamdi Show talking about the literary partnership between AU & Politics & Prose Bookstore. May 2020
Caleen Jennings (theatre) was quoted in the on the subject of theatre during coronavirus. April 2020
Gabriel Mathy (economics) was quoted in the as media seeks to understand the economic upheaval. April 2020
Melissa Hawkins (health studies)听was quoted in about telemedicine during the pandemic. April 2020
Alan M. Kraut (history)听had his book Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the "Immigrant Menace"听named one of听's "10 brilliant nonfiction听pandemic books." March 2020
Andrew Taylor(arts management) was quoted in the , commenting on the Kennedy Center President forgoing her salary. March 2020
Dustin Friedman (literature) was in the Los Angeles Review of Books for his work Before Queer Theory: Victorian Aestheticism and the Self.听Jan 2020
David Pike (literature) published a review-essay on Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite听which was featured on the website听Bright Lights Film Journal.听Jan 2020
Rachel Louise Snyder (literature)听was featured by the editors of the New York Times Book Review on a list of the 10 Best Books of 2019 for her book听No Visible Bruises: What We Don鈥檛 Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us.听Jan 2020
Sandra Beasley (literature)听was featured on Poem-A-Day for her poem "Say the Word."听Jan 2020
Jeffrey Middents (literature)听was cited on the British Film Institute's list of the Best Video Essays of 2019听for听Memorias de C/Leo: On Auteurism and Roma.听Jan 2020