Faculty Grant News
Dr. Anne Mattina, Professor of Communication, was awarded a fellowship by Mass Humanities, as part of the Reading Frederick Douglas Together program.
David Kinsey, Assistant Professor of Studio Arts, was named the winner of the Acrylic Award in Jackson's Painting Prize 2023, for his work, "Untitled.". He is one of 16 winners selected from a pool of 11,225 entries submitted this year!
Dr. Eunhye Flavin, Assistant Professor of STEM Education, partnered with STEM for all Brockton to facilitate a course designed to introduce children from low-income backgrounds to opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Dr. Kristi Burkholder, Associate Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences and Studies, will be a co-PI and receive funding on a subcontract with the MIT Sea Grant partnership.
Dr. Danielle Waldron, Assistant Professor of Healthcare Management, received funding from The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation.
Christina Burney, Executive Director of Student Success, obtained a prestigious award from the Davis Educational Foundation for the development of the Navigation Center.
Prof. Adam Lampton, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Visual & Performing Arts, received an award from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation. The funds will be used to support his project, Lessons in Seeing: A Survey of Photogenic Education. Prof. Lampton will visit the extensive collection at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, to gain a broader perspective on approaches to teaching photography and, as a result, develop new courses using these pedagogical techniques.
Dr. John McCoy, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, received a grant from the VA Boston Healthcare System.
Dr. Tracy Rosebrock, Assistant Professor of Biology, was honored by the American Association of University Women.
Dr. Kristi Burkholder, Associate Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences and Studies, received funding from the Maine Sea Grant partnership in the amount of $5,000 to support her research project, Student-Built, Fisherman-Deployed, Satellite-Tracked Drifters: A Relaunch. In 2004, scientists at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center launched the Student Drifter Program (SDP), which provided many students across New England with the opportunity to build and deploy surface drifter sensors in the Gulf of Maine. Over the years, abundant scientific data has been received from these sensors; however, dwindling numbers of drifters and COVID have negatively impacted the project.​​​​Dr. Burkholder’s work will provide the groundwork for a larger more comprehensive relaunch of the SDP.
Dr. Leyda Almodóvar Velázquez, Associate Professor of Mathematics, received funding from both the Tensor Foundation at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and the United Way of Greater Plymouth County to support the second year of the GirlsGetMath@Stonehill program. This five-day, non-residential program in July 2022 hosted sixteen high schoolers who are rising 10th and 11th grade students. Dr. Janelle Hammond, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, and Dr. Jane Lee, Associate Professor of Mathematics, were instructors in the program.
The Space to Explore: Professors receive three coveted NASA grants for innovative work in their varied fields of study.
Dr. Linnea Carlson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Director of Community-Based Learning, and Dr. Wanjiru Mbure, Assistant Professor of Communication Integrating Democratic Education (IDEAS) Program Director received a Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Professional Development Award in the amount of $10,000 from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). The funds will be used to support the Called to Serve: Exploring Vocation for Social Justice program, which seeks to expand campus conversation about vocation more formally through faculty participation under the leadership of the Office of Community-Based Learning (CBL) and the Integrating Democratic Education at Stonehill (IDEAS) program. A cohort of ten Stonehill faculty will be selected to come together to learn collaboratively through readings and guest speakers about how best to link social justice advocacy and vocational training. Participants will be better equipped to empower students to achieve a deeper understanding of their authentic selves and to recognize the value they bring in helping to create a more just and compassionate world.
Dr. Daniel Rogers, Associate Professor of Chemistry, received a generous gift of $10,000 to support his research on the Cape Cod Environmental Restoration Internship from Trustee Elizabeth Hayden ’76. The Bass River, like many waterways, has experienced algae blooms that are toxic to shellfish and other fish. Dr. Rogers, along with an undergraduate student and a graduate student, worked in conjunction with the Friends of Bass River Yarmouth during the summer of 2021 to sample waters and process data from the Bass River. The results will determine the health of ecosystem and if it has improved due to restoration efforts.