Ball State University Research

News about research and sponsored projects from the office of Sponsored Projects Administration

Category: Faculty Highlights

  • Getting the Scoop: Southeast Asian Students Learn Emerging Media and American Culture
    November 5, 2012 by

    During the summer of 2012, students from Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines visited Ball State as participants in the Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) program. With a focus on new media in journalism, this is the second year that Mary Spillman, assistant professor in journalism, and Suzy Smith, assistant professor in telecommunications, have received a grant from the U.S. […]

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  • Goal! Using Soccer as a Diplomatic Tool
    November 4, 2012 by

    Sports can have a profound impact on a community, a country, and the world. It can also serve as an effective path of diplomacy, helping to transcend cultural differences and bringing people together, which is the mission of Sports United, a cultural exchange program of the U.S. Department of State. With the support of a grant […]

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  • Take a Moment to Listen: Using Oral Histories to Preserve Individual Experiences
    November 3, 2012 by

    Oral traditions long preceded written records. Legends, myths, histories, and cultural traditions were passed from generation to generation through the spoken word. Historically, these orations served to preserve the traditions of entire civilizations. Today, oral histories are used to preserve the experiences of the individual. Oral histories detail individuals’ personal experiences, capturing their memories and […]

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  • Purpose in Rural Youth
    November 2, 2012 by

    What constitutes having a purpose in life? What difference does it make? Those are questions that Kendall Cotton Bronk, assistant professor of educational psychology, has attempted to address. Bronk believes that purpose represents “an intention to accomplish something in life that is at once meaningful to the individual and at the same time leads to productive engagement with […]

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  • Creative Endeavor Awardee: Beth Turcotte
    November 1, 2012 by

    Beth Turcotte’s vita includes everything from being an agent for actors to finding ways to ensure children can study the arts even as funding is cut in schools. “The arts give students tools that can be applied in whatever they decide to do,” says Turcotte, Ball State’s Outstanding Creative Endeavor Awardee for 2012. “They are equipped to […]

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  • Environmentally Sound, Sensibly Sustainable
    November 6, 2011 by

    The light bulb has long been the symbol for bright ideas, but now thanks to an effort by a Ball State professor, it’s also a symbol for how discussions about technology and environmentally sustainable practices go hand in hand. Mary Annette Rose, associate professor of technology, is integrating environmentally friendly practices into the advanced technology curriculum […]

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  • Indiana Writing Project
    November 6, 2011 by

    How do you get 20 elementary-age children out of bed and into a computer lab on a hot summer morning? Promise to teach them writing skills, of course. Barbara Miller and three student teachers did just that during the summer’s Composition Camp. Miller, an English teacher at Cowan High School, has been involved with Comp Camp […]

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  • Creative Endeavor Awardee: Sean Lovelace
    November 5, 2011 by

    Ball State’s 2011 Creative Endeavor Awardee, Sean Lovelace, began his professional career in nursing, and he was quite successful. “It was definitely very fulfilling and rewarding,” says Lovelace, now an associate professor of English, “but even when I was practicing nursing, I would write.” Lovelace’s venture into the world of writing has taken many forms, from creating […]

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  • Past, Present, Future: CAP Generates Research to Stand the Test of Time
    November 4, 2011 by

    CENTER FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: REDESIGNING HISTORY Susan Lankford and her students are making history by preserving the past. As director of the Center for Historic Preservation (CHP), Lankford leads a team of preservationists from Ball State who join forces with other disciplines across campus to help revitalize historic features in communities in and around Muncie—and beyond. A […]

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  • The Little Things: Microelectrode Instrumentation
    November 3, 2011 by

    Melody Bernot’s projects are numerous, enterprising, and diverse. An early-career faculty member in the Department of Biology, she is collaborating with students on eight funded projects, including research on the habitat of an endangered pupfish population in the hot, shallow salt creek of Devils Hole in Death Valley, Nevada. That study is funded by the National Science […]

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