Research Grants and Awards
Below are selected research grants and fellowships awarded to SJMC faculty in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
2006 Grants and Fellowships, including research grants
Forde, Kathy Roberts, U of M Faculty Summer Research Fellowship; and McKnight Summer Fellowship, "The 'Wayward Press' & The Public Sphere: Toward a Theory of Press Criticism," $10,000.
Huh, Jisu, U of M Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, "Website Credibility and Its Influence on Consumers' Responses to Information on the Website," $5,000.
Huh, Jisu, U of M Graduate School Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship for "Website Credibility & Its Influence on Consumers' Responses to Information on the Website:" $24,000.
Schwartz, Dona, Griffin Award, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
Schwitzer, Gary, grant from Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making for continued research on HealthNewsReview.org. August 2006: $134,799.
Yzer, Marco, U of M Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, "A Multi-Construct, Multi-Behavior Analysis of Health Control Perceptions," $5,000.
2005 Grants and Fellowships, including research grants
Brazeal, Donald. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program to attend the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Lexington, VA., April, $1,100.
Dickens-Garcia, Hazel. CLA Supplemental Sabbatical Grant for research. $27,383.
Hansen, Kathleen A. and Nora Paul, "Instructional application of interactive scenario simulations using a commercial game engine: Jour 3004W, Information for Mass Communication." One-time award from the CLA Infotech Fees Committee for development of a role-playing game for Jour 3004W. $16,000.
Mazingo, Sherrie and Abraham, Linus, Northwest Area Foundation Grant for content analysis of newspaper coverage of poverty in eight states (March-August): $35,000.
Schwitzer, Gary, U of M Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, $5,000.
Schwitzer, Gary, grant from Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making for development of HealthNewsReview.org concept and website. August 2005: $94,913.
Southwell, Brian. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to American Institute of Physics for the Discoveries & Breakthroughs Inside Science television news program. Program evaluation contract. Fall 2003-Spring 2007. Contingent upon annual renewal by NSF: $323,011.
2004 Grants and Fellowships, including research grants
Brazeal, Donald. Received $20,000.00 University of Minnesota Grants-in-Aid Award to undertake research on the e-mail study, "When E-mail Wasn't E-Mail: Social Construction of First-Circuit Technology Decisions for E-mail." January 2004.
Dicken-Garcia, Hazel, Bush Sabbatical Grant for Research, December 2004.
Doyle, Kenneth, Minnesota Telethnography Project, DDB Needham Contract (2001-04)
Hansen, Kathleen A., "'The Next Generation of 'The Search Strategy Game'." One-time award from the CLA Infotech Fees Committee for conversion of the computer game to the next generation of programming.
Huh, Jisu, Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship, the University of Minnesota Graduate School for research on "Perceived Effects of Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising among Physicians and Its Behavioral Influence: Applying the Third-Person Effect Framework," 2004. $18,250.00.
Kenix, Linda, McKnight Summer Fellowship ($5000.00). University of Minnesota. Summer of 2004.
Kenix, Linda, Faculty Summer Research Fellowship ($5000.00). University of Minnesota. Summer of 2004.
Kirtley, Jane. Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Estonia, March 8-12, 2004: $4,072.00.
Schwitzer, Gary. Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship from the Graduate School effective January 1, 2004 through June 30, 2004: $25,300.
Southwell, Brian, National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to American Institute of Physics for the Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science television news program. Program evaluation contract. Fall 2003-Spring 2007. Total Amount Rewarded: $323,011.00 Contingent upon annual renewal by NSF.
Southwell, Brian, University of Minnesota. Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship. Proposal title: A computer laboratory for research on reading fluency. Primary investigators: Charles R. Fletcher (Psychology) and Paulus van den Broek (Educational Psychology), Listed participants: Charles R. Fletcher, Paulus van den Broek, David Rapp, Brian Southwell, and Andy Elfenbein. Award period: January 2004-December 2004. $11,738.