Faculty Travel Grant Awardees
Faculty travel awards are granted based on impact to the research area as well as potential to secure future funding from external sources.
Fall 2025 Awardees
| Applicant First Name | Applicant Last Name | College | Department | Conference or Group Name | Travel Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy | McLain | CHSE | Library & Information Science | RIMPA Live | 2025 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Paul | Soto | CHSS | Psychology | Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis | Richmond, Virginia |
| Jeanne | Donaldson | CHSS | Psychology | Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis | Richmond, Virginia |
| Christopher | Trapani | MDA | Music | NOW! Festival 2025 / Theater und Philharmonie Essen (Germany) | Essen, Germany |
| Monique | Domingo | COB | Management | Coordinator for the Administrator Consortium at SMA | Greensville, SC |
| Sibei | Xia | COAG | Textiles, Apparel Design & Merchandising | International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Annual Conference (ITAA) | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Chuanlun | Liu | COAG | Textiles, Apparel Design & Merchandising | International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Annual Conference (ITAA) | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Farzaneh | Oghazian | CA&D | Architecture | IASS (International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures) | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Wan-Chun | Su | CHSE | Kinesiology | fNIRS in Action: Real-World Methods for Autism Researchers | Boston, MA |
| Jaclyn | Hadfield | CHSE | Kinesiology | Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Kristina | Shiroma | CHSE | Library & Information Sciences | Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Ashley | Mack | CHSS | Communication Studies | National Women’s Studies Association | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Bryan | McCann | CHSS | Communication Studies | National Communication Association Annual Convention | Denver, CO |
| Kalling | Heck | CHSS | English | World Picture Conference | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Joyce | Jackson | CHSS | Geography & Anthropology | International Longevity Summit Africa--2025 | KwaZula-Natal (near Durban) and Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Michael | Ardoline | CHSS | Philosophy | COMET: Continental Metaphysics Workshop | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Alejandro | Cortazar | CHSS | World Languages, Literatures & Cultures | 30 Coloquio Internacional de Literatura Mexicana e Hispanoamericana | Hermisillo, Sonora, MEXICO |
| Rafael | Orozco | CHSS | World Languages, Literatures & Cultures | New Ways of Analyzing Variation: Sociolinguistics, Conflict, Justice and Peace | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Alan | Sikes | MD&A | Theatre | American Society for Theatre Research | Denver, CO |
| Naohiro | Kato | COS | Biological Sciences | ASCB EMBO Meeting CELL BIO 25 | Philadelphia/PA |
| Roger | Laine | COS | Biological Sciences | Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting | San Diego, CA |
| Sviatoslav | Baranets | COS | Chemistry | The 76th Southeastern and 81st Southwest Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society | Orlando, FL |
| Brandon | Shuck | COS | Geology & Geophysics | 2025 Fall American Geophysical Union | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Jianwei | Wang | COS | Geology & Geophysics | 2025 American Geophysical Union (AGU) | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Tracy | Quirk | CC&E | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences | Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Conference | Richmond, Virginia |
| Qiankun | Zhou | COB | Economics | The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG) | Urbana, IL |
| Thomas | Greckhamer | COB | Management | Strategic Management Society Annual Conference | San Francisco, CA |
| Asha | Winfield | Mass Comm | Mass Communication | National Communication Association | Denver, Colorado |
| Ruth | Moon Mari | Mass Comm | Mass Communication | Future of Journalism 2025 | Cardiff, UK |
Spring 2025 Awardees
| Applicant First Name | Applicant Last Name | College | Department | Conference or Group Name | Travel Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett | Boutwell | CMDA | Music | Music Biennale Zagreb 2025 | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Kathleen | Bratton | CHSS | Political Science | Southern Political Science Association | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Lauren | Cardenas | COAD | Art | The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency | North Adams, MA |
| Emily | Davis | CHSS | Political Science | 82nd Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference | Chicago, IL |
| Heena | Dhasmana | COE | Construction Management | Transportation Research Board Conference | Washington, DC |
| Joshua | Ellis | CHSE | Education | 2025 American Educational Research Association | Denver, CO |
| Lauren | Griffin | CHSS | Philosophy & Religious Studies | American Historical Association | New York, NY |
| Robert | Herbert | COE | Mechanical & Industrial Engineering | SPIE Smart Structures + NDE | Vancouver, Canada |
| Leslie | Koptcho | COAD | Art | American College of the Mediterranean, Institute for American Universities | Aix in Provence, France/ Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain |
| Zhihong | Pang | COE | Construction Management | 2025 ASHRAE Winter Conference | Orlando, FL |
| Eirini | Poulaki | COS | Geology & Geophysics | European Geological Union | Vienna, Austria |
| Leonard | Ray | CHSS | Political Science | Southern Political Science Association | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Maria | Rethelyi | CHSS | Philosophy & Religious Studies | American Hungarian Studiess Association | Pecs, Hungary |
| Erin | Richard | CHSE | Leadership & Human Resource Development | Academy of Human Resource Development | Arlington, VA |
| Judith | Sylvester | Mass Comm | Mass Comm | Southern Political Science Association | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Jessica | Valdez | CHSS | English | Urban Mediations: International Conference on the Narratives, Ecologies & Poetics of the City | Hong Kong, China |
| Xu | Yan | CHSS | Sociology | Population Association of America | Washington, DC |
| Allison | Young | COAD | Art | College Art Association | New York, NY |
| Zhixiu | Yu | COB | Economics | Annual Allied Social Science Associations/American Economic Association | San Francisco, CA |
Fall 2024 Awardees
| Applicant First Name | Applicant Last Name | College | Department | Conference or Group Name | Travel Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse | Allison | CMDA | Music | International Conference on AI and Musical Creativity | Oxford, UK |
| Ethan | Anderson | Vet Med | Comparative Biomedical Sciences | 63rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) | Phoenix, AZ |
| Lynne | Baggett | COAD | Art | Museum of Printing History | Haverhill, MA |
| Courtney | Barr | COAD | Art | Southeastern College Art Conference 2024 | Atlanta, GA |
| Nicole | Bauer | CHSS | Political Science | American Political Science Association Annual Meeting |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Jennifer | Baumgartner | CHSE | Education | Oral History Association Annual Meeting | Cincinnati, OH |
| Kellie | Brisini | CHSS | Communication Studies | Annual Conference of the National Communication Association | New Orleans, LA |
| Juliet | Brophy | CHSS | Geography & Anthropology | Rising Star Cave system, South Africa | Zagreb and Krapina, Crotia |
| Kelly | Clark | CHSS | Psychology | Advancing School Mental Health Annual Conference and Research Summit | Orlando, FL |
| Alex | Cohen | CHSS | Psychology | Society for Research in Psychopathology | Montreal, Canada |
| Bastien | Craipain | CHSS | French Studies | The Semicentennial Nineteenth Century French Studies Colloquium | Durham, NC |
| Kristine | DeLong | CHSS | Geography & Anthropology | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2024 | Washington, DC |
| Zevi | Gutfreund | CHSS | History | Southern Historical Association | Kansas City, MO |
| Jan | Hodzinski | CHSE | Kinesiology | Society for Neuroscience | Chicago, IL |
| Charlotte | Jacobs | COB | Management | Strategic Management Society Annual Conference | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Karim | Joharikhatoonabad | CHSS | Communication Sciences & Disorders | Society for Neuroscience | Chicago, IL |
| Boryung | Ju | CHSE | Library & Information Science | 87th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology | Calgary, Canada |
| Cecilia | Kang | CMDA | Music | Featured solo recital at the Ulju Culture and Arts Center | Toronto, Canada |
| Yann | Kerevel | CHSS | Political Science | American Political Science Association |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Jean | Martinez | CHSE | Kinesiology | European Association of Sports Management |
Paris, France |
| Laura | Piestrzynski | CHSE | Education | Literacy Research Association | Atlanta, GA |
| Lindsey | Pruett | CHSS | Political Science | American Political Science Association | Philadelphia, PA |
| Yizhou | Qian | CHSE | Kinesiology | 2024 Sport Marketing Association | St. Louis, MO |
| Fanny | Ramirez | Mass Comm | Mass Comm | National Communication Association | New Orleans, LA |
| Luisa | Restrepo Perez | COAD | Art | Southeastern College Art Conference | Atlanta, GA |
| Guillaume | Spielmann | CHSE | Kinesiology | International Society of Exercise & Immunology | Vienna, Austria |
| Casey | Stannard | COA | Textiles, Apparel Design & Merchandising | International Textiles & Apparel Association | Long Beach, CA |
| Samuel | Stroope | CHSS | Sociology | Society for the Scientific Study of Religion | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Raymond | Tucker | CHSS | Psychology | Association of Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies | Philadelphia, PA |
| Ye | Xu | COE | Chemical Engineering | 4th International Conference on Fundamentals and Applications of Cerium Dioxide in Catalysis | Portoroz-Portorose, Slovenia |