Montclair State University Grants 2009 and 2010

Grants Received2009 and 2010

Office of

Research andSponsored Programs

Office of

University Advancement

May 3, 2011

Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of Constantine Theodosiou, Vice Provost for Research, Vice President Jack Shannon, and myself, I am pleased to welcome you to this first celebration of Montclair State University recipients of extramural support from federal, state, business, and individual sources. These 250 grants through the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and Office of Development that were received during the calendar years 2009 and 2010 are another testimony to the active intellectual life of our colleagues.

Competitively received grants are a major indicator of the creativity and originality displayed in the research and program development efforts of the university faculty, administrators and our students. Externally submitted proposals must be competitive and original at regional, national and often international levels, and so successful proposals attest to the insight, creativity, persistence, and methodological craftsmanship of their authors.

Programmatic activities, funded through the Office of Development, represent the initiatives of faculty and staff that reach beyond the University’s walls to support K–12 education, senior citizen projects, and arts presentations, in addition to much-needed scholarships for Montclair State students. These activities fulfill part of the University’s mission, to “play a role beyond the campus community … and to share the rich array of intellectual and cultural resources of the University with the people of New Jersey,” and the face of the University to the public. The quality of these programs represents the best that Montclair State has to offer to the state and the region.

To each of our current recipients, congratulations.

Willard Gingerich Provost &Vice President for Academic Affairs

On behalf of Constantine Theodosiou, Vice Provost for Research, Vice President Jack Shannon, and myself, I am pleased to welcome you to this first celebration of Montclair State University recipients of extramural

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Competitively received grants are a major indicator of the creativity and originality displayed in the research and program development efforts of the

rnally submitted proposals must be competitive and original at regional, national and often international levels, and so successful proposals attest to the insight, creativity, persistence, and methodological craftsmanship of their authors.

tivities, funded through the Office of Development, represent the initiatives of faculty and staff that reach beyond the University’s walls to

12 education, senior citizen projects, and arts presentations, in for Montclair State students. These

activities fulfill part of the University’s mission, to “play a role beyond the campus community … and to share the rich array of intellectual and cultural resources of the University with the people of New Jersey,” and are frequently

the University to the public. The quality of these programs represents the best that Montclair State has to offer to the state and the region.

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GRANTS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH & SPONSORED PROGRAMS

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION Gregory Bressler University Facilities Improving Accessibility for Disabled Persons at Freeman Hall Essex County Block Grant: $60,000 Grant funds were dedicated to several improvements and upgrades to the Freeman Hall lobby, making it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines and regulations. Structural changes included reconfigured entrances with accessible railings, ramps, sidewalks, doors to the dining and residential halls entrances, and an elevator with safety sensors. Marie Cascarano Student Development and Campus Life, Health Promotion Alcohol Prevention Project William Paterson University: $24,000 To support expansion of the Alcohol Task Force by creating educational publications, distributing brochures, and increasing membership in Alcohol Task Force. Through the Peer Advocacy Program, Health Promotion will create campaigns to reduce alcohol advertisements and promote alcohol-free resources and activities. Formed by specially trained student volunteers, the Peer Advocacy Program develops and implements programs that are critical to fostering healthy lifestyle choices. Marina Cunningham International Affairs, Global Education Center Contemplating China’s Past and Future: a Festival of Chinese Arts and Humanities New Jersey Council on the Humanities: $10,000 This multi-disciplinary festival of Chinese culture took place on campus from February 24 through April 25, 2010 and featured more than 20 exhibits, concerts, programs and events, including filmmakers, artists, writers, scholars, and musicians from China. The festival provided the general public a basic understanding of the culture of Asia's most populous and economically powerful nation. More than 2,000, students, faculty and community members attended the events.

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Yanling Sun Technology, Training and Integration, Information Technology Making Connections: e-Portfolios for Learning and Transfer LaGuardia Community College with funds from the U.S. Department of Education: $11,500 Funding to enhance the ePortfolio program at Montclair State University. The ePortfolio initiative will foster a collaborative and dynamic approach to assessment and will better meet consistent accreditation requirements within the University’s programs. In 2010, the project would expand to the Fine Arts Program, the General Education Program, and in Student Career Development through the Cooperative Education Program. This project was welcomed by faculty and students in Student Experience Program and benefit students in the College of Arts. Kenneth Bain, University Learning and Teaching, Research Academy for University Learning, Academic Affairs Bryan Murdock, Psychology, CHSS Americorps project New Jersey Commission on National and Community Service: $260,000 This collaboration among MSU’s New Jersey School of Conservation, the Service Learning and Community Engagement Program, and the Center for Student Involvement will build and develop a multi-site, campus-based national service program to engage University resources in three areas: education, environment and community and economic development. Kenneth Bain University Learning and Teaching, Research Academy for University Learning, Academic Affairs Toward Deep and Transformational Learning: The Bringing Theory to Practice Engaged Fellows Program at Montclair State University Association of American Colleges and Universities: $10,000 This project engages students more deeply with community involvement and civic activities to increase their involvement in interpersonal, social, professional and political communities. Paul Cell University Police Live Scan/Mugshot Photo Workstation New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness: $25,831 To purchase a Live Scan/Mugshot Photo Workstation which will provide fingerprints directly to the FBI and the New Jersey State Police for immediate identification.

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COLLEGE OF THE ARTS Elizabeth McPherson Theatre and Dance Staging of Paul Taylor’s Company B National Endowment for the Arts – American Masterpieces Grant: $15,000 Originally choreographed by Paul Taylor to the music of the Andrews Sisters for The Houston Ballet, the work premiered in 1991. Company B will be the centerpiece of a repertory theme of Americana for the MSU’s 2010/11 academic year. Many public schools in the neighboring region will attend these dance performances and they will be accompanied by conversations, talkbacks, community outreach events, and a symposium. This project will create an immensely meaningful experience for Montclair State’s dancers, audience members, faculty, and guest faculty in looking at how different choreographers express and embody the American experience. Teresa Rodriguez University Art Galleries General Program Support for FY 2010 New Jersey State Council on the Arts: $11,854 Funds are to be used for ongoing support of the gallery, which promotes culture and art through exhibitions and educational programs. The George Segal Gallery focuses on modern and contemporary art and uses its collection as well as local, statewide and international sources. In 2009, the gallery featured an Andy Warhol photography exhibition which attracted a large audience from the community and the region. In early 2010, it featured Art Connection 6, a fundraising exhibition that includes Best of New Jersey artists. In March, “The Enduring Artistic Traditions of China” exhibition examined how ancient traditions are kept alive in contemporary Chinese works on paper. The Gallery also attracts a significant number of culturally diverse groups. Teresa Rodriguez University Art Galleries Support for the George Segal Gallery’s exhibitions and educational programs for one year New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA): $14,817 A major highlight this past year was the exhibition of George Segal’s selected works from New York museums. The Segal Gallery primarily serves Essex, Passaic, Morris, Hudson, and Bergen counties and broadens participation through educational programs for schools and senior centers and by distributing educational program booklets through the mail.

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Jedediah Wheeler Arts and Cultural Programming Access to Artistic Excellence grant for “Arts and Cultural Programming 2008” National Endowment for the Arts: $35,000 Supported to three Peak Performances projects that represented new trends in contemporary dance, music and performance art: Pay Up directed by Dan Rothenberg and the Pig Iron Theater Company; Hey Girl! directed by Romeo Castellucci and the Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio; and a new commissioned work by Susan Marshall, Adamantine. Jedediah Wheeler Arts and Cultural Programming Access to Artistic Excellence grant for Peak Performances @ Montclair State University National Endowment for the Arts: $50,000 Partially supported the commission of a new work My Coma Dreams by acclaimed American Jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch, the presentation of Passport by Robert Whitman followed by an extended artist’s residency, and The Matter of Origins, a new work by American choreographer Liz Lerman. Jedediah Wheeler Arts and Cultural Programming Access to Artistic Excellence grant for Peak Performances @ Montclair State University National Endowment for the Arts: $40,000 Partially supported three productions of contemporary theater, dance and music: Lolita, a multi-media opera with music composed by Joshua Fineberg and based on the Nabokov novel, Everywhere is the Best Seat by Christopher Janney is an interactive light and sound installation and a newly choreographed work performed by Vincent Dance Theater, If We Go On, by Charlotte Vincent. Jedediah Wheeler Arts and Cultural Programming American Masterpieces: Presenting National Endowment for the Arts: $70,000 Partially supports Shlemiel the First, an interdisciplinary musical theater work based on the play by Isaac Bashevis Singer, as conceived and adapted by Robert Brustein, Hankus Netsky and Arnold Weinstein. The production is in partnership with The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and directed by David Gordon.

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Jedediah Wheeler Arts and Cultural Programming General Program Support for FY 2009 New Jersey State Council on the Arts: $37,523 Provided partial support for the presentation of Peak Performances annual programs and helps to increase audience participation in educational discussions, workshops and collaborations. Peak Performances activities enrich the community and challenge preconceptions about the marketplace for contemporary art in New Jersey and beyond. Jedediah Wheeler Arts and Cultural Programming General Program Support for FY 2010 (with commitment to continue funding through FY 2012) New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA): $30,018 Helped to support the presentation of theater, dance, music, and multidisciplinary works by artists from across the world and around the country. It will also support outreach activities that increase community awareness and support of the arts, and training for regional artists. This year marked the fifth season of unique and critically acclaimed programming from the Office of Arts and Cultural Programming.

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Jennifer Brown Urban Family and Child Studies A Phase II Trial of the Systems Evaluation Protocol for Assessing and Improving STEM Education Evaluation Cornell University for a National Science Foundation funded project: $326,442 This project explores how effective evaluation systems are developed both generally and for STEM education programs. Brown Urban is identifying the needs that STEM educators and evaluators have for evaluation of their programs; developing a formal model of an evaluation system to address those needs; identifying the major components of that system and how they might work together. She will operationalize one or more measures of evaluation capacity building that can be used to assess the development of that evaluation system. One graduate student is assisting on the project. Jennifer Brown Urban Family and Child Studies A Phase II Trial of the Systems Evaluation Protocol for Assessing and Improving STEM Education Evaluation Cornell University for a National Science Foundation funded project: $60, 478 Supplemental Award for this project whose purpose is to develop and test a new systems-driven approach to evaluation that can be used to enhance evaluation capacity and quality for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programs specifically and outreach programs generally. Elizabeth Erwin Early Childhood, Elementary Education and Literacy Education Building Foundations for Self-Determination in Young Children with Disabilities US Department of Education grant held by the University of Kansas: $223,154 Dr. Erwin has partnered with the University of Kansas’ Center for Research to develop an intervention that provides families and professionals with skills to support three to five year old children with disabilities in the development of social-emotional competence, communication and other related skills that lay the foundation for self-determination. One graduate student is working with Dr. Erwin on this project. Margaret Freedson Early Childhood, Elementary Education and Literacy Education A Dual Language Learned Staffing Study Rutgers University’s National Institute for Early Education Research: $29,117

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Producing timely, objective research that contributes to state and national level public debates on advancing high-quality prekindergarten for three and four year olds. Dr. Freedson is collecting data in 80 classrooms in Passaic, New Jersey. Constance Gager Family and Child Studies Effects of Parental Marital Discord on Adult Child Outcomes National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: $143,696 This research examines whether parental conflict affects adult children’s’ level of conflict with their current dating, cohabiting, or marital partner. An early finding confirmed that adolescents’ report of control/conflict with mothers predicted later romantic relationship quality. Working with Dr. Gager are several graduate students who are helping her examine the mechanisms through which parental conflict or marital quality is transmitted to adult children.

Dana Heller-Levitt Counseling, Human Development and Educational Leadership Outcomes-Based Assessment in Counselor Education: A Proposed Model for New Standards Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs: $1,338 Participants in this research project are asked to respond to a survey to compile impressions and recommendations for program area standards for the Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling programs at their sites. A final template and assessment rubric is developed and disseminated for counseling programs to use to evaluate their programs. Marybeth Henry Family and Child Studies / Center for Career Services and Community-based Learning The Effect of Cooperative Education on Student Civic Development and Well-Being Cooperative Education and Internship Association: $3,000 In this pilot project, Dr. Henry uses qualitative and quantitative research methodology to systematically assess student outcomes not generally associated with cooperative education, such as student civic and personal development and overall student well-being. Cheryl Hopper Center for Pedagogy Intel Math Professional Development Program New Jersey Department of Education: $105,290

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With this funding, 25 K-8 certified teachers from three New Jersey districts are being trained in elementary mathematics, content knowledge, and pedagogy. The course addresses number theory, operations, algebra and functions and the themes of math as problem-solving; arithmetic, algebra and geometry intertwined; and mathematics as a second language. Mark Kaelin Health and Nutrition Science Epidemiology and the Energy Balance Equation National Institutes of Health: $1.4 million This project will prepare teachers to teach, evaluate and disseminate a middle school epidemiology curriculum. Dr. Kaelin and his team are exploring patterns of physical activity and their impacts on health. The project is capturing the attention of middle school students given its relevance and potential for informing personal decision-making at an important stage in their lives. The teacher-friendly curriculum and its accompanying professional development experiences offer teachers who have little knowledge of epidemiology the foundation needed to teach the “science of public health.” One student assistant is working on this project. Lisa Lieberman Health & Nutrition Sciences Adolescent Family Life Program Inwood House in New York, funded by the Department of Health & Human Services: $670,344 The goal of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of Inwood House’s continuum of care for pregnant teens when enhanced by specific additional services offered to pregnant teens and a significant other. A full-time Graduate Student Assistant assists with development of surveys, protocols and approval documents, as well as a second research assistant. Suzanne McCotter Counseling and Educational Development A Model of Professional Learning Communities for School Leaders New Jersey Department of Education: $112,903 Dr. McCotter is researching adult learning and professional development for school principals. Best practices that are required by all school leaders are not necessarily mastered by them, according to Dr. McCotter’s proposal, and there is little opportunity to pass them along without systematic and deliberate effort. In the implementation of her grant, she provided individual coaching and networking to bring together successful and emerging leaders and virtual communities using the internet. School principals from different regions of New Jersey participated in this project.

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Robert Reid Family and Child Studies Paterson (NJ) Minority Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Initiative Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration: $1,676,665 Along with co-PI Pauline Garcia Reid, Dr. Reid is implementing culturally-tailored, comprehensive, community-based substance abuse and HIV prevention services targeting underserved and at-risk African American and Hispanic/ Latino youth from the ages of 12 to 17 in the City of Paterson. These services are endorsed by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This is Dr. Reid’s second grant from SAMHSA, which served 254 participants in the 2009/10 second project year. Robert Reid Family and Child Studies Project C.O.P.E. (Communities Organizing for Prevention & Empowerment) Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration: $944,865 This project expands access to substance abuse and HIV prevention programs in a city with vulnerable and at-risk populations and high incidence rates of substance abuse and HIV infection. Over 300 participants receive intensive case management services, and 1,639 students attend substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention workshops. Alina Reznitskaya Educational Foundations Measuring the Dialogic Quality of Classroom Talk Spencer Foundation: $39,224 The goal of this project is to design and validate a new measurement instrument, called the “Dialogic Instruction Tool” that will help elementary school teachers to assess the dialogic quality of their interactions with students in language arts classes. Jennifer Robinson Center for Pedagogy Improving Teacher Quality Partnership New Jersey Department of Education: $805,855 Provides research-based professional development and follow-up support in core academic subjects to personnel in the East Orange (NJ) School District. The training is strengthening the skills of district-level professionals and offering intensive intervention for subject-area coaches, teachers, technology coordinators, district leaders and mentors. Provides content-based pedagogical support to more than 160 middle school teachers, coaches, supervisors and administrators.

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Jennifer Robinson Center for Pedagogy New Teacher Pipeline Project Congressionally-directed grant from the US Department of Education: $190,000 This project will expand minority teacher recruitment, and provide retention support and services to better meet the needs of New Jersey school districts. It addresses the significant educational challenges facing New Jersey public school districts by identifying 20 new talented minority teacher candidates who will receive support and services in teacher preparation, writing and ESL coaching. Selected school districts will be assisted to develop pre-collegiate models of teacher recruitment. Jennifer Robinson Center for Pedagogy Newark-Montclair Teaching Residency Program U.S. Department of Education: $6,348,432 Partners in this project include Montclair State's College of Science and Mathematics, Newark Public Schools, and the Newark Teachers' Union. 100 teacher residents are participating in full-time, paid clinical apprenticeships with highly qualified mentor teachers. Simultaneously, residents are engaging in rigorous coursework and will receive a master's degree and teacher certification in mathematics, science, or elementary and special education. Upon completion of the master's degree, residents will be hired by Newark Public Schools and will receive induction support through the project, which will also be made available to all new teachers in Newark Public Schools. Dr. Robinson is the Project Director. Jennifer Robinson, Center for Pedagogy Helen Roberts, Mathematical Sciences Traders to Teachers Initiative II New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development: $400,000 Provides training to former employees of the financial services industry to prepare them to be second career math teachers. Currently, there are 53 participants enrolled in this project. At the end of three months of intensive training, trainees will take an equivalency exam along with the required exam. Those who pass will be granted a Certificate of Eligibility by the State to teach K-12 mathematics. MSU is collaborating with schools in high risk areas that will employ these candidates.

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Vincent Walencik Curriculum and Teaching Stevens Institute of Technology's Mathematics and Science Partnership Program Stevens Institute of Technology, funded by the NJ Department of Education: $20,098 To improve the academic achievement of students in grades 3-5 and elementary teachers’ content knowledge in earth science, astronomy, space science and technology and their pedagogical content knowledge. Throughout the project, they conduct activities to promote a culture of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship among teachers and students by linking curricula assessment and real world examples of innovation. Dr. Walencik co-leads the initiative and collaborates in the delivery and support of the summer institute; he also provides instruction. Dr. Gregory Pope and Dr. Matthew Gorring from Earth and Environment Studies, CSAM, address topics in geology and earth science. Barice Williamson Center of Pedagogy Hosting a conference for the NJ Future Educators Association in May 2009 College of New Jersey, funded by US and NJ Departments of Education: $8,371 More than 350 participants, mostly high school students in New Jersey, attended this conference to learn from distinguished New Jersey teachers about pursuing careers in teaching. Linda Wise Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education Reading Specialist Endorsement Program Paterson Public Schools: $373,573 The Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education in the College of Education and Human Services (CEHS) is preparing a cadre of 20 Paterson teachers to become reading specialists through participation in a 33-credit Master’s program. This grant enables these teachers to meet present and future demands as literacy leaders in the Paterson Public School District. Led by Dr. Linda Wise, an expert in literacy and social context issues in literacy related to urban schools, this two year project includes a combination of supervised hands-on field experience and graduate level coursework taught in the public school district by MSU literacy faculty and qualified Paterson teachers endorsed by the Department.

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Shahla Wunderlich Health and Nutrition Sciences MSU Nutrition & Wellness Project Hudson County Department of Health and Human Services’ Area Agency on Aging, funds originate from the NJ Department of Health and Human Services: $340,000 Montclair State University, NJDHHS, and the Area Agency on Aging have been collaborating for several years to provide support programs such as education, counseling and food safety, to senior citizens who live in Hudson County. Assisting Dr. Wunderlich in implementing this project are Drs. Yeon Bai and Charles Feldman, Health and Nutrition Sciences, CEHS. Hudson County residents over age 60 are eligible for the nutrition programs served on weekdays to about 400 seniors. A Montclair State University nutritionist visits each of these sites four times a year to conduct a food safety evaluation and give a presentation on nutrition. Food safety issues are discussed with site managers and two in-service programs are conducted for them by MSU’s team. MSU graduate students analyze the menus to ensure that the meals meet the recommended dietary allowances. Mayida Zaal Curriculum and Teaching Supports work with Pre-service and In-service Teachers in New Jersey Community Studies, Inc.: $11,313 Pre-service and In-service teachers will be learning about effective performance assessment models developed in New York City schools and observing those models of instruction that engage students in inquiry.

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COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Fawzia Afzal-Khan, English Norma Connolly, Justice Studies EnGendering Justice: Women’s Cross Cultural Prison Narratives New Jersey Council For The Humanities: $15,434 This project will conduct a two day symposium at Monclair State University with plenary speakers and panelists as well as make a presentation at Newark Public Library. The speakers presenting are: N. El Sadaawi, B. Harlow, M. Sweeney and M. Tarter. This symposium will seek to help people see themselves as a part of a continuum of human cultures, connected through social systems even when the experiences are different. Autobiographical writing by women prisoners will become the tool to explore and learn from the human experience, thus, helping the authors understand their reality. Yasemin Besen-Casino Women's and Gender Studies Pay Gap Report: Analysis of the Disparity between the Yearly Income of Men and Women in New Jersey American Association of University Women: $2,000 In collaboration with Rutgers University, funding was received for this project. As a result of this grant, Besen-Casino prepared a report called: “The Pay Gap in New Jersey,” which was presented at the AAUW conference in April 2010. Mary Call Linguistics ELMS Conference Contract 2008-2010 New Jersey Department of Education: $21,400 To support ELMS and Montclair State University’s hosting of the statewide Education of Language Minority Students Conference during the fall of 2009. The goal of this conference was to provide continuing professional development at a low cost to English as a second language faculty in New Jersey universities and colleges through a one-day conference. A review of the conference and workshop evaluations indicated that 80% of the 193 attendees who responded to the workshop evaluation strongly agreed that the conference as a whole was a success, and 81% felt the individual workshop increased their professional knowledge. Susan Curcio Center for Child Advocacy Investigation and Trial Crimes Against Children: A Course for Professionals New Jersey Department of Children and Families: $61,026

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The course educates government attorneys and investigators in New Jersey on a range of child maltreatment topics, including Internet crimes, Megan’s Law, human trafficking and expert testimony. Targeted participants include assistant prosecutors, prosecutor’s investigators, municipal law enforcement officers, lawyers, and investigators of the Office of the New Jersey Law Guardian. One student assistant worked Curcio on this project. Jason Dickinson Psychology The Impact of Cuing and Comfort Drawing on the Eyewitness Testimony of Behaviorally Inhibited and Uninhibited Children National Science Foundation: $76,677 This is a collaborative project with Central Michigan University. Dr. Dickinson is testing the effectiveness of different forensic interviewing strategies in eliciting accurate reports from young children who are victims or witnesses of crimes. This grant is being funded with Recovery Act Funds. Anthony D'Urso Psychology Post-Doctoral Specialization in Forensic Psychology New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect: $74,880 Dr. D’Urso, assisted by Dr. Jason Dickinson, is developing curriculum in forensic psychology. He is recruiting students by reaching out to practitioners interested in working with the Department of Children and Families, the Division of Youth and Family Services, the Juvenile Justice Commission, and the Administrative Office of the Courts. Drs. D’Urso and Dickinson are developing a marketing strategy geared toward early career professionals who are members of the New Jersey Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association. Sarita Eisenberg Communication Sciences and Disorders A Domain-Referenced Strategy for Differentiating Children With and Without Language Impairment National Institutes of Health: $535,779 Developing an assessment tool based on non-transcribed conversational language samples providing data sensitive to the variable representations on language impairment in preschool children. This tool is easier to administer than the currently available norm-referenced standardized tests. One graduate assistant and one post-doctoral researcher are assisting Dr. Eisenberg with participant recruitment, preliminary evaluations, data collection, transcription, language transcript coding, and data analysis.

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Anna Feldman Linguistics NAACL-HLT2009 Workshop on Computational Approaches to Linguistic Creativity National Science Foundation: $20,656 Funding for this two-year project is enabling Dr. Feldman to design and implement a workshop that strengthens research in automatic detection, classification, understanding, and generation of neologisms, figurative language, indirect speech acts, poetry, fiction, and other phenomena illustrating linguistic creativity. One undergraduate student is working part-time on this project. Anna Feldman Linguistics Resource-Light Morphosyntactic Tagging of Morphologically Complex Languages National Science Foundation: $169,174 This project develops a tagging method that does not rely on target language data or bilingual dictionaries to develop rapid, low-cost methods for using existing resources from one language and applying them to another. Two undergraduate students are participating in the project. This grant is funded with Recovery Act funds. Anna Feldman Linguistics & Computer Science RI: EAGER: A Montclair Group in Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Language and Speech Processing: An Exploration National Science Foundation: $75,117 The goal of this project is to explore the possibility of establishing a research group in Language and Speech Processing at Montclair State University as a venue for faculty and students to bring together cross-disciplinary strengths, share ideas, collaborate on research topics, and discuss the current state of the arts. One graduate assistant will work on this project. Anna Feldman Linguistics Undergraduate Research for Resource-Light Morphosyntactic Tagging of Morphologically Complex Languages National Science Foundation: $16,000 Dr. Feldman is developing a tagging method which relies neither on target-language training data nor requires bilingual dictionaries and parallel corpora. Dr. Feldman is building a team of undergraduate students in Linguistics and Computer Science to work on the research project collaboratively. The students

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are learning about linguistic properties of many interesting languages and acquiring mathematical modeling and algorithmic skills while working as part of the research team. Eileen Fitzpatrick Linguistics Interview Analysis for the Detection of Deception University of Maryland’s U.S. Department of Defense: $542,375 This grant supports a collaborative research project. With the assistance of five undergraduate students, Dr. Fitzpatrick is studying whether indicators of deception in the speech of native speakers of English apply to non-native speakers of English. In addition, experimental protocols are being designed to test speakers of three distinct languages and cultural backgrounds in a laboratory setting for cues to deception. Eileen Fitzpatrick Linguistics Verbal Analysis of Laboratory Screening Interviews International Telephone & Telegraph: $32,200 Dr. Fitzpatrick and her students will develop remote, non-invasive automated sensor technology capable of detecting hostile intention and deception in interviews with research participants. Behavioral analysis of the experimental data will include linguistic cues to hostile intent and deception. Three students will work with Dr. Fitzpatrick on this project. Robert McCormick Center for Child Advocacy New Jersey Child Welfare Training Program Rutgers University: $3.8 million Creates a New Jersey Welfare Training Partnership with Rutgers and Richard Stockton College. The Center provides training for Area Directors, Assistant Directors, Local Office Managers and Case Work Supervisors employed by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) in Essex, Union, Hudson, Bergen and Passaic Counties. These supervisory and case aide staff, who are employed by DYFS, must complete 20 hours of training from professionals with expertise in child welfare and related topics. The objective of this training program is to manage and coordinate a competency-based, family-centered, culturally relevant statewide workforce development program for the child welfare/child protection agency in New Jersey. Training includes the following topics: child advocacy in the foster care setting; cultural competence; reporting and confidentiality; separation and loss and clinical consultation. MSU is providing case model practice training to 11 offices.

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Robert McCormick Center for Child Advocacy Post BA Certificate in Child Advocacy New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services: $1.6 million This is an ongoing certificate program that in collaboration with DYFS provides students with a multidisciplinary understanding of the role of the child advocate as seen through the disciplines of law, psychology, and social work. Under the guidance of Dr. McCormick, students gain the necessary knowledge and skills to work effectively for DYFS and other child welfare agencies. The current student population of this program is largely DYFS employees. Students participate in “outside the classroom” learning experiences through conferences, lectures, and site visitations. The Center for Child Advocacy co-sponsors and hosts an annual conference on child abuse and neglect which is now in its fifth year. In 2009, an online version of the program was launched to be able to reach DYFS workers in the more remote areas of the state. Timothy Renner Classics and General Humanities Houses and Concepts of Home: Place and Belonging in a Global World New Jersey Council for the Humanities: $9,999 This project was developed by faculty from the Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies (CHAS) and the Institute for the Humanities. The faculty hosted eight bi-monthly public seminars/workshops which included presentations by a diverse group of humanities scholars who examined the concepts of houses and home locally in New Jersey and across world cultures. The series traced how these concepts have evolved over time. One student assistant is helping to manage the grant. Valerie Sessa Psychology Campus Change for Learning Leadership Coalition Association of American Colleges & Universities: $10,000 To strengthen the MSU campus culture to help students develop their leadership skills through civic engagement with the community. The objective of this grant is to better equip students to participate in community life and become life-long learners who are able to understand, analyze and address current issues in a socially responsive manner. Valerie Sessa Psychology Expanding Capacity for Engaged Learning across Montclair State University: Building Academic, Personal and Civic Development through a Service Leadership Program

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Association of American Colleges & Universities – Bringing Theory to Practice grant: $90,000 The team is developing, establishing and assessing an interdisciplinary, cross-divisional leadership and service program that includes both curricular and co-curricular components; promotes engaged pedagogies and campus-wide engagement; and maximizes existing institutional strengths. One graduate student and two graduate research assistants are working on this project. Peter Siegel Anthropology Historical Ecology in the Pre-Columbian Caribbean National Science Foundation: $90,726 This project is investigating the synergy between human culture and the physical environment in the context of the first peopling of the Caribbean and subsequent migrations of later peoples from South America. Peter Siegel Anthropology Historical Ecology in the Pre-Columbian Caribbean National Science Foundation: $116,426 A second award to continue his work to address the synergy between human-land relations in the Pre-Columbian Caribbean, from initial occupations of the Islands, ca. 6,000 BC, to the arrival of European interlopers. Dr. Siegel convened a team of collaborators from universities throughout the country and overseas. Results from this interdisciplinary project will be relevant for researchers studying paleoenvironments, origins and spread of agriculture, and island biogeography. Peter Siegel Anthropology Historical Ecology in the Pre-Columbian Caribbean: Paleoenvironmental Research and Historical Ecology in Nariva Swamp, Trinidad National Geographic Society: $27,100 Conducting environmental coring in the wetlands near selected known prehistoric sites across the Lesser Antilles and Trinidad to investigate human impacts on landscapes and to understand landscapes as contexts for human behavior in the Caribbean. The research is providing important environmental and cultural landscape baseline data in a variety of settings across the eastern Caribbean. This award supplements the research being conducting under Dr. Siegel’s NSF grant.

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Peter Siegel Anthropology Research Team Short Seminar Grant School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, funded by the National Science Foundation: $4,200 Supporting a seminar for the interdisciplinary team, lead by Dr. Siegel, to discuss and integrate the results that they have obtained from their four rounds of historical ecology/ paleoenvironmental research in the Caribbean. Dr. Siegel, a recipient of several NSF grants and another from the National Geographic Society, is bringing together colleagues and researchers from five US universities and two archaeologists from Leiden University in the Netherlands for a summer seminar in 2010. The grant supports travel, lodging and per diem for the team of seven researchers. David Townsend Psychology Eye-Tracking Analysis of Temporal Processing in Sentence Comprehension National Institutes of Health: $199,356 Studying the time course of the processing of temporal information in English sentences, including verb aspect, semantics, object number, adverbial phrases, etc, while employing eye-tracking technology. This grant is funding the purchase of equipment that will supplement current equipment owned by MSU. Dr. Mary Call, Linguistics, is the Co-Principal Investigator on this project. The funding includes a sub-award to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst to collect and analyze data to parallel data acquisition and analysis efforts taking place at MSU. Two students are assisting on the project. This grant is funded with Recovery Act funds. Elizabeth Wishnick Political Science and Law China as a Risk Society Smith Richardson Foundation: $58,698 This project examines Chinese foreign policy by focusing on the impact of transnational problems originating in China, such as environmental degradation, unsustainable energy demand, epidemics, and migratory flows, on its relations with neighbors in Asia. The grant is enabling Dr. Wishnick to write two chapters of her book which a major university press has agreed to review.

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Sandra Adams and Kirsten Monsen Biology and Molecular Biology National Genomics Research Initiative Howard Hughes Medical Institute and its Science Education Alliance: Provided necessary supplies This project fosters collaborations between scientists and educators to transform science education nationally. The purpose of this project is for students to participate in a course to identify and characterize previously unknown bacteriophages. Approximately 24 incoming freshmen will be selected to participate in the program. Kirk Barrett Passaic River Institute MSU REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) SITE National Science Foundation: $373,618 This project will provide 10 students a year, for four years, with a valuable summer educational experience by participation in transdisciplinary, hands-on field research in environmental sciences. Two MSU graduate students will serve as Peer Mentors. The objective is to inspire and enable these “Research Experience for Undergraduates” scholars to pursue degrees and careers in science/engineering research and to build their confidence that such degrees/careers are desirable and feasible. Much of the research will take place at MSU’s field campus, New Jersey School of Conservation. Seven faculty members will serve as mentors on the project. The faculty members participating on the project are: Dibyendu Sarkar, Josh Galster, Gregory Pope, Huan Feng and Duke Ophori, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and MeiYin Wu, Biology and Molecular Biology. Lora Billings Mathematical Sciences Controlling Interacting Systems in Noisy Environments US Department of the Army: $133,426 Dr. Billings is exploring the swarming behavior of many-particle systems in a noisy environment. Examples of these systems include, but are not limited to, mobile sensing arrays or arrays of different platform, like miniature submarines in the ocean and insect robots on land or air. Potential applications of the project include battlefield sensing, mapping of contaminated areas by interacting sensors, control of epidemics, cooperation with noise in separating particles and biological objects, and avoidance of obstacles.

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Lora Billings Mathematical Sciences Multi-scale Modeling of Infectious Disease in Fluctuating Environments National Institutes of Health: $799,310 Dr. Billings is leading a team that includes scientists from Johns Hopkins University and the College of William and Mary on this collaborative project which aims to develop new mathematical models and methods that predict and prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases. The team is examining the dynamics of disease spread in fluctuating environments modeled at various population scales. They are working on developing new mathematical models of infectious disease transmission that will effectively capture the impact of stochasticity of dynamics and lead to more effective control. One Montclair State University graduate student is assisting on this project. Paul Bologna Biology and Molecular Biology Assessment of Sea Nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) Polyps in Barnegat Bay in New Jersey Bay National Estuary Program (Ocean County College in Barnegat): $2,669 Surveying sea nettle polyps in Barnegat Bay focusing on fixed substrates, such as docks and bulkheads, of various materials. The resulting data will provide critical life history information which could be useful in predicting future population fluctuations. One graduate assistant is collaborating on this project. Stefanie Brachfeld Earth and Environmental Studies Acquisition of a Spinner Magnetometer and Ancillary Paleomagnetic Equipment at MSU. National Science Foundation: $132,443 To support the purchase of a suite of paleomagnetic equipment to enhance research opportunities for students and faculty and will complement the existing rock-magnetic capabilities, allowing faculty to conduct in-house paleomagnetic analyses in support of geosciences, environmental science, physics research, and laboratory research. The equipment will benefit several research projects, such as studies of the carriers of magnetic anomalies on Earth and on Mars, and the examination of paired paleomagnetic and paleoclimate studies around the Antarctic margin. Many students are involved in these research projects that will impact six master’s theses, two senior projects, and seven independent study projects.

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Stefanie Brachfeld Earth and Environmental Studies Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environment Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System National Science Foundation: $247,458 This project supports a combined marine geology, glaciology, and biology study of the former and current Larsen-B and Larsen-C ice shelves, respectively, their tributary glaciers, and the benthic biology under the ice shelves. This collaborative research project investigates the modern geology, glaciology, oceanography, and biology of the Larsen Ice Shelf system, and applies the modern system relationships to the interpretation of past records (sediment and ice cores) of ice shelf behavior and stability. Stefanie Brachfeld Earth and Environmental Studies Enhancing Holocene Ice Sheet and Ice Shelf Geochronology Using Geomagnnetic Paleointensity Variations National Science Foundation: $119,406 This research examines the sedimentary records of climate change and magnetic field variability from Maxwell Bay, South Shetland Islands. The records from the Maxwell Bay core serve as regional reference curves for tuning and dating records of ice sheet, ice shelf, and glacier history on both sides of the northern Antarctic Peninsula. Two Montclair State University undergraduate students are participating in the research. This grant is funded with American Recovery Act funds. Stefanie Brachfeld Earth and Environmental Studies Geomagnetic Paleointensity Dating and Environmental Magnetism of the McMurdo Ice Shelf and Southern McMurdo Sound Paleorecords National Science Foundation: $29,078 This project is a continuation of Dr. Brachfeld’s project four years ago. The research team is focusing on the magnetic mineralogy in the science documentation phase of work with the goal of assessing the fidelity of the magnetic recording assemblage downcore. Two undergraduate students and one graduate student are participating in the project. Stefanie Brachfeld Earth and Environmental Studies Static and Shock Pressure Treatment of Synthetic Mars Basalts: Implications for Understanding the Evolution of Crustal Magnetic Anomolies National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $451,342

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MSU collaborates with the University of Hawaii, University of Minnesota and Harvard University to synthesize basalts of Martian composition and subject them to static and shock pressure experiments. The goal is to simulate impact cratering and understand the effects of high pressure on crustal magnetization. One graduate assistant will receive a stipend to work on the project after the first batch of samples has been synthesized at the University of Hawaii, and participate in the preparation of publications. Stefanie Brachfeld Earth and Environmental Studies Tracing Antarctic Sediment Transport Pathways and Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability Using Iron-Titanium Oxide Magnetic and Chemical Fingerprints. National Science Foundation: $400,301 Dr. Brachfeld is developing a comprehensive suite of provenance tracers in order to reconstruct sediment transport pathways and processes around the Antarctic margin and to monitor the stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Major themes are being developed into global change lessons for school teachers and field tested in cooperation with New Jersey educators and disseminated through geo-science education websites. Mark Chopping Earth and Environmental Studies A Decade of Changes in Aboveground Live Standing Dry Biomass, Canopy Cover, Height, and Understory Density in the Southwestern United States from EOS MISR and MODIS National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $182,385 The goal is to leverage previous successful research supported by the NASA Earth Observing System program to develop novel and innovative methods for mapping woody plant canopies (forests and shrubs) in the southwestern U.S. and assess trends in disturbance regimes across the region during the period of 2000-2009. A post-doctoral research associate will be engaged at MSU for 12 months to work full-time with Chopping, and will work on improving the MISR/MODIS woody plant mapping method. Other responsibilities include: analysis of modeling outputs with field plot data and outputs from CANAPI/high resolution imagery; science coding; extraction and processing of MISR/MODIS and other data sets; development of remote sensing map products with the PI; co-ordination with collaborators; evaluation of the accuracy, precision and utility of multi-year maps; and manuscript preparation. Mark Chopping Earth and Environmental Studies Forest and Shrub Mapping with MISR National Aeronautics and Space Administration /Jet Propulsion Laboratory: $135,546

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Using a geometric-optical model inversion approach to allow the large area mapping of forest and shrubs in grasslands. He is using data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’S Earth Observing System Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer. Mark Chopping Earth and Environmental Studies Mapping Changes in Shrub Abundance and Biomass in Arctic Tundra using NASA Earth Observing System Data and Geometric-Optical Modeling National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $522,358 Leading a team of researchers from the University of Alaska and Boston University, Dr. Chopping is developing modeling methods to map changes in the northern Arctic Tundra’s high latitude vegetation within 2000-2010. Assisting with the research at Montclair State University is one graduate assistant who is responsible for data acquisition, processing and analysis, and image and data manipulation. Mark Chopping Earth and Environmental Studies A New Approach for Mapping Woody Plants in the Southwestern United States using NASA Earth Observing System Data National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $192,993 The goal of this project is to apply multi-angle remote sensing methods to map woody plant crown cover, mean canopy height, aboveground woody biomass, and understory foliage density over large areas in the southwestern United States, for landscapes in which either shrubs or trees are abundant. Saliya DeSilva Chemistry The Design and Study of Molecular-Scale Photonic Devices and Green Chemistry Approaches Toward Their Synthesis American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund Grant: $58,000 Dr. DeSilva is studying several new molecules that show fluorescence modulation as a result of cation binding. These molecules are expected to have a significant impact on the design of molecular-scale photonic devices. Two undergraduate students are working with DeSilva on this project and are learning how to use new software commonly used in computational chemistry. Charles (Chunguang) Du Biology and Molecular Biology TRPGR: New Reverse Genetics Resources for Maize: Production and Indexing Using Next-Gen Sequencing Rutgers University’s National Science Foundation: $201,479

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Provides investigators an opportunity to use next generation sequencing technology to analyze the maize genome. Funds from the grant are being used to support a bioinformatics server. Dr. Du is analyzing bioinformatics sequence assembly, annotation, and mapping of millions of short reads to the maize reference genome and developing a web-searchable database of insertion site sequences cross-referenced to lines hosted at MSU. Students at MSU are participating in the project as summer interns in the molecular biology lab and maize genetics nursery. Huang Feng Earth and Environmental Studies System Dynamic Model Development for Passaic River Watershed Sustainability and Environmental Management Study New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium: $4,912 The principal goals of this project are to apply a state space model to study the environmental and socioeconomic development status of the Passaic River Watershed system, and to visualize, predict, and manage the effects of land use practices on the input of contaminants into estuarine ecosystems. Eric Forgoston Mathematical Sciences Sensing in Stochastic Environments Using Coupled Systems Naval Research Laboratory: $49,990 This project will allow Dr. Forgoston to continue his research in modeling and analyzing the dynamics of a swarm of mobile sensors operating in stochastic environments, such as the ocean, with and without communication between the swarm agents. Evan Fuller Mathematical Sciences Proving Styles in University Mathematics National Science Foundation grant held by Rutgers: $49,961 The project will investigate the prevalence and correlation with success of different proving strategies used by undergraduate math majors. One hundred math majors will be interviewed as they complete tasks. Their proving strategies will be examined to determine how their preferred strategy correlates with intelligence or academic success as measured by SAT scores and grades. Joshua Galster Earth and Environmental Sciences Identifying the Source of Excess Fine-Grained Sediments in New Jersey Rivers Using Radionuclides Rutgers University’s grant funded by the US Geological Survey: $30,000

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This project examines the major pollutants in streams and lakes that affect the feeding and reproduction of aquatic animals in the water supply. This project will sample channel bank material, watershed soils, and in-stream fine sediment and analyze them for radionuclide activity. The relative contribution of sediments from the watershed and channel banks in New Jersey will be identified and will allow for improved stream and watershed management along with the possible initiation of sediment-reduction programs. Dr. Huan Feng, Dr. Kirk Barrett, Passaic River Institute, and two student assistants are involved in the program. Joshua Galster, Earth and Environmental Sciences Kirk Barrett, Passaic River Institute Does Urbanization Decrease Water Availability During Dry Weather? A Historical, Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Imperviousness and Stream Baseflow in the Eastern United States New Jersey Water Resources Research Institutes at Rutgers University; funded by the US Geological Survey: $82,489 Working with Kirk Barrett, of the Passaic River Institute, to determine whether the relationship between urbanization and baseflow is confounded by other processes, such as lawn irrigation and treated wastewater discharge. Matthew Gorring Earth and Environmental Sciences of the Optical Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) at Montclair State University National Science Foundation: $28,050 This grant will enable the department to upgrade the computer system that supports geochemistry research and education in the College of Science and Mathematics. Faculty and students are actively involved in diverse research projects ranging from mantle and crust dynamics to surface processes and bioremediation. Working alongside Dr. Gorring on this project are Drs. Stefanie Brachfeld, Sandra Passchier, Dibyendu Sarkar and Gregory Pope. Reginald Halaby Biology and Molecular Biology Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program at Montclair State University National Institutes of Health: $1,483,766 The goal of this project is to increase the number of underrepresented students involved in the biomedical sciences by creating an environment conducive to research and learning. Since the inception of the program, approximately 13 students have benefitted from intensive mentoring, workshops on research ethics, instruction in literature searches, GRE exam preparation and guidance in how to examine, analyze and present research data. MARC students also

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receive hands-on research experience in the form of laboratory rotations and research in a mentor’s laboratory. Students also attend departmental colloquia, make presentations and attend external scientific meetings. Mentors for this program include faculty from the Departments of Earth and Environmental Studies, Biology and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry. Lisa Hazard Biology and Molecular Biology Impact of Salinization on New Jersey Amphibian Species: A Physiological Approach to Water Quality Issues New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute at Rutgers University; funded by the US Geological Survey: $18,919 To pursue research evaluating the sensitivity of several New Jersey amphibian species to the contamination of aquatic habitats by road deicers. This study is using a conservation physiology approach to evaluate water quality, integrating behavioral and physiological responses of adult amphibians to elevated levels of road deicers with ecological monitoring of breeding attempts by amphibians in contaminated habitats. Aihua Li and David Trubatch Mathematical Sciences CURM: Collaborative Research Opportunities in Mathematics for Undergraduate Students Brigham Young University’s Center for Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM) from the National Science Foundation: $33,900 ($15,950 of the grant was allocated to Principal Investigator Dr. Li and $17,950 was allocated to co-Investigator Dr. Trubatch.) The goal of this project was to enhance the research experiences of undergraduate students by enabling them to work on a research problem and make presentations in regional and national math conferences. Students were encouraged to publish their results in math journals. The CURM grant has been successful in getting students to consider careers in the math sciences. Five undergraduate students participated in the program. Aihua Li and David Trubatch Mathematical Sciences CURM: Collaborative Research Opportunities in Mathematics for Undergraduate Students Brigham Young University’s Center for Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM) from the National Science Foundation: $10,500 Additional mini-grant for CURM. The main objective of this project was to provide student participants an undergraduate research experience in mathematics. Each student was required to work on a research problem and

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made presentations in regional and national math conferences and published the results in math journals. Drs. Trubatch and Li formed a joint CURM team on campus which enables practical training for faculty mentors and valuable opportunities for students to join researches in mathematics field. Donna Lorenzo Health Careers Program Upward Bound Project US Department of Education: $1,259,000 Upward Bound improves the academic skills and motivation of low income and first generation students to pursue post-secondary education. More than 16 students participate in the program each year and the project aims to retain 60% of the 9th, 10th and 11th grade students annually. Students participate in SAT preparation and improve their scores on the GEPA and HSPA assessments. At MSU, 65% of all Upward Bound students expected to graduate each year will enroll in a post-secondary education program following graduation. The Upward Bound program has graduated 110 underserved minority students over the past seven years with funds from this grant and its predecessor. Kirsten Monsen and Lisa Hazard Biology and Molecular Biology Prevalence of the Batrachochytrium Fungai Pathogen among New Jersey Amphibian Populations and Habitat New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish and Wildlife: $3,500 Batachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus (Bd) is the root of infectious diseases among amphibians which has decreased their populations around the world. At the present time, there are no known cures for the diseases caused by the fungus. Drs. Monsen and Hazard are researching invasive molecular tests to screen for the presence of Bd in New Jersey amphibians and their habitats and increasing public awareness of amphibian conservation, wildlife disease, and the threat of introduced species. Sandra Passchier Earth and Environmental Studies Cenozoic Antarctic Ice-Sheet Dynamics Based on Ice-Rafted Debris and Bulk Sediment Geochemical Studies of Sites U1356, U1358, and U1359 Consortium for Ocean Leadership: $53,485 This grant will carry out post-cruise activities such as the comparison of Wilkes Land margin records with similar records of Prydz Bay and the Ross Sea. The research team will be able to provide a more complete reconstruction of the East Antarctic ice sheet through critical time intervals of climate change and warming. Dr. Passchier will carry our sedimentological studies and work with

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the core descriptions and images to produce facies models. Student assistants (undergraduate and graduate) will be working on this research project. Sandra Passchier Earth and Environmental Studies Determining Middle Miocene through Pliocene Changes in Paleo Ice-Flow and Basal Ice Conditions in East Antarctica through Sedimentological Analyses of Core Samples National Science Foundation: $75,817 This pilot study focuses on the analysis of sediment cores in the Ross Sea area. Dr. Passchier is using an integrated approach involving laser particle size analysis, scanning electron microscopy of quartz micro-textures, sediment geochemistry and heavy mineral analysis. Two graduate students are working closely with Dr. Passchier on this research, which is her third NSF-funded project. This grant is funded with Recovery Act funds. Sandra Passchier Earth and Environmental Studies Recording Glacier Regime and Sediment Dispersal through the Neogene Using Analysis of Sedimentary Facies and Laser Particle Size Measurement University of Nebraska’s ANDRILL Science Management Project, funded by the National Science Foundation: $46,069 This project documents the initiation of cooling and the formation of a quasi-permanent ice sheet in Antarctica. One student is helping Dr. Passchier with this research. Sandra Passchier Earth and Environmental Studies Recording Middle Miocene through Pliocene Antarctic Cryospheric Change Based on Shifts in Sedimentary Facies, Particle Size, Heavy Minerals and SEM Analyses of Quartz Grain Surface Textures University of Nebraska’s ANDRILL Science Management Project, funded by the National Science Foundation: $71,229 Two graduate and one undergraduate student are processing and measuring the sedimentological core samples collected by Dr. Passchier during her Antarctic research. She expects to demonstrate that if the middle Miocene period was a time of major cryospheric change in East Antarctica, it would be accompanied by major shifts in ice sheet drainage patterns reflected in the composition of the sediments.

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Jing Peng Computer Science Closed-Loop Learning Integrated Robust Information Fusion Department of Air Force sub-award held by Syracuse University: $29,040 The goal of this project is to prove a strong result for the proposed algorithm by casting it within the adversarial multi-armed bandit framework and further validate the analysis using wide area image data for persistent target tracking. Robert Prezant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics LSAMP: The Garden State Alliance for Minority Participation Rutgers University, funded by the National Science Foundation: $560,935 The goal of this project is to increase the participation of African American and Hispanic students in the sciences and address the national shortage of STEM-trained professionals from underrepresented minority groups. New Jersey is ranked high in the nation in terms of the highest degree of education attained by its population. However, in the northeast urban regions which have large minority populations, it ranks below average in terms of highest degree of education attained. In the 2009/10 academic year, 25 scholars and nine mentors are participating in the LSAMP program, with the goal of increasing the number of underrepresented minority students pursuing careers in science and mathematics. Helen Roberts, Mathematical Sciences Jennifer Robinson, Center for Pedagogy, CEHS Traders to Teachers Initiative New Jersey Department of Education: $50,000 This initiative provides training to former employees of the financial services industry to prepare them to be second career math teachers. In 2010, there were 53 students enrolled in this project. At the end of three months of intensive training, trainees will take an equivalency exam along with the required exam. Those who pass will be granted a Certificate of Eligibility by the State to teach K-12 mathematics. MSU is collaborating with the New Jersey Department of Education to identify schools in high need areas that will employ these candidates. Stefan Robila Computer Science Major Research Instrumentation (MRI): Acquisition of a High Performance Computer Cluster Supporting System National Science Foundation: $190,010

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To purchase equipment for computational science research and education that can be accessed by many researchers, collaborators, undergraduate and graduate students involved in both research and educational activities. The cluster will be used in diverse interdisciplinary projects that include faculty from three MSU departments: Communication Sciences, Mathematics, and Linguistics; as well as colleagues from Syracuse University. Drs. Lora Billings, Hao Chen, Anna Feldman, and Bogdan Nita are involved in the project. Stefan Robila Computer Science Montclair REU Site in Imaging and Computer Vision (iMagine) National Science Foundation: $259,715 This project supports research opportunities for 24 undergraduate students with projects related to imaging and computer vision. More than 50% of these students belong to underrepresented groups and over 80% come from institutions other than MSU. The iMagine project helps students shape their research experience by teaming them with experienced faculty members working on state of the art problems and providing them enriching academic and social activities throughout the stay. Senior personnel on this project included MSU faculty Drs. Lora Billings, Anna Feldman, Bogdan Nita, and Dajin Wang. Each year, one undergraduate student is selected to join the program as peer mentor, and student participants are engaged in preparatory work and research projects which provide better results by encouraging the students to communicate and to challenge. Stefan Robila Computer Science Montclair REU Site in Imaging and Computer Vision (iMagine) National Science Foundation: $287,760 This grant will enable an additional 8 students per year, until 2013, to engage in research and encourage them to continue their graduate studies and embark upon research-related careers in STEM fields. Students work closely with faculty mentors, meet with industry researchers, gain hands on experience with state-of-the-art imaging and vision technology, and enhance their presentation skills through conference presentations and journal articles. This project is academically challenging to students and helps them to focus on team research. Faculty mentors for iMagine include Drs. Bogdan Nita, Aparna Varde, Jerry Fails and Jing Peng. Stefan Robila, Computer Science Michael Weinstein, Institute for Sustainability Studies Decision Support System (DSS) for IT Management PSE&G: $218,000

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Co-Principal Investigators are Michael Weinstein, Director of the Institute for Sustainability Studies, and Aparna Varde, Computer Science. The overarching goal of the project is the creation of a DSS that supports business and organizational decision-making and will streamline operations and save energy and operational costs for the MSU data center. The Decision Support System (DSS) is an interactive software-based system intended to compile useful information from a combination of sources - raw data, documents, personal knowledge, or business models to provide solutions to multi-faceted problems. A properly designed DSS can also assist in the decision making in the trade-offs on performance versus cost issues and contribute to sustainable operations of the data center. Dr. Robila’s grant will support two undergraduate students and one Graduate Assistant to assist with data collection and monitoring as well as implementation and testing of the data monitoring tool and the decision support system. Johannes Schelvis Chemistry and Biochemistry Molecular Mechanisms of Photolyase and Cryptochrome National Science Foundation: $419,453 Dr. Schelvis along with a post doctoral associate, a graduate student and an undergraduate student is elucidating the mechanisms by which photolyases use blue light to repair DNA and cryptochromes use blue light for signal transduction. Ultraviolet component of solar light is the most common environmental source of DNA damage. This grant is funded with Recovery Act funds. David Trubatch Mathematical Sciences CSAM Acquisition of Scientific Computing Capacity National Science Foundation for a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI-R2): $129,372 The computing resources provided through this equipment grant are providing the capability to access high-performance computing (HPC) for CSAM faculty who propose significant, computationally intensive extensions of their ongoing research activities. Specifically, grant funds are being used to acquire a HPC cluster, enabling faculty to accelerate and expand their individual and joint research programs. The cluster is being used to generate additional opportunities for students to participate in leading-edge research. These developments complement an ongoing effort by CSAM to strengthen individual degree programs and increase student (undergraduate and master’s degree) involvement in research. This grant is funded with Recovery Act funds.

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David Trubatch Mathematical Sciences Collaborative Research RUI: Dynamics of Soliton Interactions and their Applications National Science Foundation: $142,168 To study the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) and develop the Inverse-Scattering Transform (IST) and soliton dynamics for defocusing the VNLS system. Studying these equations will likely result in further refinements of the IST and the synergetic study of nonlinear evolution equations. It is anticipated that this will accelerate the development of an interconnected research community accessible to students at Montclair State that will prepare them for advanced study n applied mathematics and Science, Technology, Engineer and Math (STEM) careers. Significantly, the student population in applied mathematics includes a substantial number of underrepresented minorities and this research opportunity will leverage existing MSU programs directed to support these students. Dr. Trubatch is collaborating with a colleague at Colorado State University on this project. Quinn Vega Biology and Molecular Biology Bridges to the Doctorate grant National Institutes of Health: $747,261 Provides stipends, research assistantships, tuition and fees for qualified underserved minority graduate students. Bridges helps to build the academic skills of these students while they are enrolled at MSU and encourages them to continue their biomedical sciences careers. Successful students are transferred into the doctoral program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey (UMDNJ). More than 16 students at different academic levels have completed this program. Jacalyn Willis Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics (PRISM) CUSP: Creative University-School Partnership New Jersey Department of Education: $1,776,000 This project builds on three seminal bodies of research that demonstrate how students learn, how to transform teacher behavior and how to build a teacher workforce that is responsive to changing student needs. The program is intended to increase the academic achievement of students in mathematics and science by enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers. In this project, MSU is partnering with 25 school districts to address multiple challenges to teaching and learning by retooling the teacher workforce. The grant funds teacher stipends, a summer institute, outreach activities, STEM

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faculty workshops, and evaluation and will impact 135 teachers and an estimated 9,000 students. Jacalyn Willis Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics (PRISM) Elementary Creative University-School Partnerships (eCUSP) NJ Department of Education: $1,710,250 Provides in-class support, workshops for teachers, and on-campus student programs for Bergen, Essex, Sussex, Union and Passaic public schools, to help ensure students an early awareness and readiness for pursing their college educations. Approximately 60 teachers of grades 3 and 4 attend an intensive summer experience followed by professional development courses. In–class coaching visits and faculty mentoring provide a cohesive and sustained program of professional development. Consistent pedagogy and classroom application have been the focus of the e-CUSP project design. Teachers are offered follow-up credit-bearing content courses to extend the summer experience. Jacalyn Willis Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics (PRISM) Participation in the “GEAR UP” program Passaic Department of Education, funded by the US Department of Education: $117,286 Each year the project provides teacher professional development, lesson and unit planning for Geometry teachers and project management and documentation. 2010 marks the fourth year of this project. Jacalyn Willis, Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics (PRISM) Jennifer Robinson, Center for Pedagogy, CEHS STEM Teachers for the 21st Century Congressionally-directed grant from the US Dept. of Education: $190,000 Drs. Jacalyn Willis and Jennifer Robinson are offering STEM training and equipment for new teacher recruits in the existing Prudential Scholars Programs and conduct 50 STEM workshops for more than 300 experienced teachers in 32 school districts in New Jersey. The project is addressing the need for a workforce of teachers in grades 3 to 12 who will be trained to work within the context of a diverse range of schools from urban to suburban communities. Local school district officials were involved in the design of the program. Kenneth Wolff Mathematical Sciences New GK-12 Fellows in the Middle: Partnerships for Inquiry and Interdisciplinary Middle School Science and Mathematics National Science Foundation: $2,925,141

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This program supports the research efforts of eight graduate students in science and mathematics who work in five local school districts. The grant helps to infuse the middle grades curricula with hands-on, inquiry-based activities that incorporate cutting edge research results and utilize the scientific process. International collaborations and cultural exchange with China, South Africa, Belize and Panama have occurred. Co-Principal Investigators are Drs. Mika Munakata and Mary Lou West. MeiYin Wu Biology and Molecular Biology Develop a Wetland Monitoring Program and an Invasive Plant Management Program for the AuSable River Watershed The Research Foundation of SUNY to conduct research under the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): $25,710 Dr. Wu continues her research on developing a wetland monitoring program in a 512 square mile watershed in the Champlain Adirondack Biosphere Reserve. She is constructing an apparatus for aquatic invasive plant management and examine the environmental implications of this emerging technology. Some outcomes of this funding include: comprehensive baseline wetland data for future comparison; wetland monitoring protocols; and identifying volunteers for the monitoring program and invasive plan management program. One student is assisting. MeiYin Wu Biology and Molecular Biology Collaborative Research Greenhouse Gas Balance National Science Foundation: $14,138 This project seeks to address recent and increasing concerns to restore wetlands in order to avoid greenhouse gas emissions. The objective is to access the dangers that wetlands pose to global climate change by studying methane production and carbon dioxide dynamics on urban temperate wetlands. MeiYin Wu Biology and Molecular Biology Great Lake Restoration Initiative Program US Department of the Interior with funds from the US Environmental Protection Agency: $673,530 Testing environmentally-sound ultrasound technology for ship ballast water treatment. The University of Vermont and the Great Ships Initiative are partners on this project.

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Philip Yecko Mathematical Sciences Multi-scale Modeling of Interfacial Flows of Magnetic Fluids with Microchain Aggregates National Science Foundation: $226,059 To develop, validate and apply multi-scale code for the numerical simulation of interfacial flows of magnetic fluids. This research is multi-disciplinary and will involve students form a wide range of scientific preparations.

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GRANTS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION 2009 Bergen County Retired Educators Association Scholarship Bergen County Retired Educators Association, Inc.: $1,000 Harold Sloan Award Harold S. Sloan Trust: $932 Sarah, Earl and Donald Ryan Memorial Scholarship JP Morgan Private Bank: $5,000 Second Century Scholarship Follett Higher Education Group: $500 Terplan Scholarship The Terplan Family Foundation: $1,560 Verizon Scholarship Verizon Foundation: $7,000 Amanda Birnbaum Health and Nutrition Sciences Team Health Grant Mountainside Health Foundation, Inc.: $15,874 This grant supported the MSU Emergency Medical Technicians Cooperative Education Scholarship Program. Bryan Murdock Research Academy for University Learning, Academic Affairs Support for the Silver Scribes program Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement: $3,000 A creative writing program for older adults taught by a teaching artist with the goal of engaging senior citizens in artistic creation as a means of promoting and fostering well-being.

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UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION 2010 Alumni Networking Programming Sponsorship Alumni Relations Programs / Operating Fund Liberty Mutual Group: $5,000 Annual Fund On Behalf of Preston Pinkett Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Incorporated: $12,500 Bergen County Retired Educators Association Scholarship Bergen County Retired Educators Association, Inc.: $1,000 Center for Career Services and Community-based Learning Animal Shelter Summer Project Jack Finn & Co. Building Contractors, L.L.C.: $1,500 Fred C. Rummel Leadership Scholarships The Fred C. Rummel Foundation: $20,000 Supports two students participating in the Leadership Admissions program. Fred C. Rummel Leadership Scholarships The Fred C. Rummel Foundation: $25,000 Supports two students participating in the Leadership Admissions program. Harold Sloan Award Harold S. Sloan Trust: $596 Robert Sydney Needham Memorial Scholarship Robert Sydney Needham Foundation: $10,000 Sarah, Earl and Donald Ryan Memorial Scholarship JP Morgan Private Bank: $5,000 Second Century Campaign On Behalf of Preston Pinkett Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Incorporated: $7,500 Second Century Scholarship Follett Higher Education Group: $5,000 Terplan Scholarship The Terplan Family Foundation: $3,560

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Bryan Murdock Research Academy for University Learning, Academic Affairs Financial Education Corps Program Capital One Services, Inc.: $35,000 In partnership with Montclair State University, Capital One Bank is piloting the Financial Education Corps program. The goal of the program is to engage college students in advancing financial education programming to middle school students from low-to-moderate income neighborhoods, while offering valuable leadership, civic and career development skills, and experience to the college students in the program. The Financial Education Corps program will recruit a small cohort of student leaders from the Montclair State University community, most likely from the University's Bonner Leader AmeriCorps Program. This cohort of student leaders will be matched with local middle school students for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year. After receiving training that reflects the NJCCCS for Personal Financial Literacy, the goal is that the student leaders from Montclair State University will facilitate in-school, classroom-based programming once a week from October 2011 through April 2012.

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COLLEGE OF THE ARTS 2009 Bluestein Music Scholarship Bluestein Family Foundation, Inc.: $13,000 Scholarships for Cali School Students Cento Amici Scholarship Cento Amici, Inc.: $7,500 Scholarships for CART students Cento Amici Scholarship Cento Amici, Inc.: $10,000 Scholarships for CART students John J. Cali School of Music Program Fund Commissioning Project The Parum Fund: $2,500 Support for the Cali School commissioning project John J. Cali School of Music Scholarships The Parum Fund: $1,000 Scholarships for Cali School students John J. Cali School of Music Scholarship for one student The Presser Foundation: $4,800 John J. Cali School of Music Program Fund Shanghai Quartet Scholarship The Zufall Family Foundation: $2,000 Scholarships for students of the Shanghai Quartet Radio Club of America Scholarship The Radio Club of America, Inc.: $2,000 Carolyn Jones Center for Career Services and Cooperative Education The Silver Family Foundation: $8,000 CART community outreach in collaboration with the Montclair Animal Shelter Dorothy Heard Art and Design Dingler Foundation Scholarship Christian and Teresa M. Dingler Foundation: $2,500 Scholarships for students in the visual arts

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Dorothy Heard Art and Design Machuga Visual Arts Scholarship The John Victor Machuga Foundation, Inc.: $25,000 Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming New England Foundation for the Arts: $4,750 This grand supported the Peak Performances presentation of David Roussěve/REALITY’s Saudade. Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming DumbType's Voyage The Japan Foundation, New York: $20,000 This grant supported a residency and performances of their ground-breaking work Voyage by Dumb Type, one of Japan’s leading avant-garde performing groups, in the Peak Performances series. Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming Looking for Josephine The Grand Marnier Foundation: $5,000 This grant supported the Peak Performances production of Looking for Josephine, the American premiere of Jérôme Savary’s homage to Josephine Baker, which starred Montclair native Nicolle Rochelle. Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming Travel to Festival d' Automne in Paris Association of Performing Arts Presenters: $1,240 Travel grant for the Office of Arts and Cultural Programming

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COLLEGE OF THE ARTS 2010 Bluestein Music Scholarship Bluestein Family Foundation, Inc.: $10,000 Scholarships for the John J. Cali School of Music students Cento Amici Scholarship Cento Amici, Inc.: $20,000 Scholarships for CART students John J. Cali School of Music Scholarships Lois D. Schenck Irrevocable Trust: $10,000 Scholarships for Cali School students John J. Cali School of Music Building Fund Building Dedication Lakeland Bank: $2,500 Support for the opening of the John J. Cali School of Music John J. Cali School of Music Commissioning Project The Parum Fund: $1,750 Support for the commissioning project John J. Cali School of Music Program Fund Coccia Foundation: $2,000 Support for the production of Mozart's La finta giardiniera John J. Cali School of Music Program Fund Shanghai Quartet Scholarship June & Ira Kapp Foundation, Inc.: $2,500 Scholarships for students of the Shanghai Quartet John J. Cali School of Music Program Fund Tiro A. Segno Foundation, Inc.: $4,000 John J. Cali School of Music Program Fund The Presser Foundation: $4,800 Presser Scholarship for one John J. Cali School of Music student John J. Cali School of Music Program Fund The Vance Wall Foundation: $1,000 Memorial gift in honor of Alice Treewak

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MSUF Holding Fund The Vance Wall Foundation: $10,000 Support for the John J. Cali School of Music endowed professorship Oscar Ravina Talent Grant The Silver Family Foundation: $1,008 Memorial gift to the Oscar Ravina Talent Grant Radio Club of America Scholarship The Radio Club of America, Inc.: $4,000 Shanghai Quartet Commissioning Music/USA-Meet The Composer Meet the Composer, Inc.: $10,000 This grant supported the commission and national performances of a new work for pi’pa and string quartet for the Shanghai Quartet by Chinese American composer Lei Liang. Roberta Friedman Art and Design Film Internship Program Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences: $5,000 This grant supports internships on professional film production crews for students with financial need. Dorothy Heard Art and Design Dingler Foundation Scholarship Christian and Teresa M. Dingler Foundation: $5,000 Scholarships for students in the visual arts Dorothy Heard Art and Design Machuga Visual Arts Scholarship The John Victor Machuga Foundation, Inc.: $25,000 Clay James Theatre and Dance Theatre and Dance Fund TD Bank, N.A.: $10,000 Supported the 2009–2010 season of musical theatre productions at MSU

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Lori Katterhenry Theatre & Dance Dance Program The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation: $2,000 This grant supports the Dance Division’s season, which examines various facets of American choreography, drawing upon works by the important American choreographers Paul Taylor, Charles Weidman, Sophie Maslow, and Donald McKayle. A humorous vintage-era solo by Hortense Lieberthal Zera, faculty member at The Bennington School of the Dance and the New Dance Group, will provide levity to the program. World premieres set to American music by MSU faculty members Nancy Lushington and Maxine Steinman complete the repertory. Janet Lemansky Music Preparatory Center Jazz Connection Summer Scholarships The ASCAP Foundation: $5,000 Eight full scholarships of $500 and four half-scholarships for the 2009 JazzConnections Summer Jazz Workshop at the MSU Music Prep Division were awarded to students representing East Orange, Paterson, Rockaway, Montclair, and Plainfield. Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming New England Foundation for the Arts: $16,950 Three grants supported the Peak Performances presentation of Wayne McGregor/Random Dance, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, and Margaret Jenkins Dance Company/Guandong Modern Dance Company. Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming Alexander Kasser Theater maintenance K & M Company LLC: $10,000 Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming Creative Campus Innovation Grant Association of Performing Arts Presenters: $251,670 Supports the integration of the creative approaches of Peak Performances artists into the intellectual and cultural environment of the campus, in order to foster students’ understanding of and confidence in their creative abilities in their academic and personal lives. The key partnership is between Arts and Cultural

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Programming (ACP), MSU’s presenting arm under the banner of Peak Performances @ Montclair, and the Research Academy for University Learning (RAUL), the academic unit charged with developing deep learning initiatives across campus. The primary output is the development of a semester-long course, called Creative Learning. Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming Creative Campus II Duke Association of Performing Arts Presenters: $7,000 This planning grant supported the integration of the creative approaches of Peak Performances artists into the intellectual and cultural environment of the campus, in order to foster students’ understanding of and confidence in their creative abilities in their academic and personal lives. The key partnership is between Arts and Cultural Programming (ACP), MSU’s presenting arm under the banner of Peak Performances @ Montclair, and the Research Academy for University Learning (RAUL), the academic unit charged with developing deep learning initiatives across campus. The primary output is the development of a semester-long course, called Creative Learning. Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming Peak Performances: Dark Matters The Jim Henson Foundation: $5,000 Supported the Peak Performances production of Crystal Pite's Dark Matters, a dance work that included a bunraku puppet. Jedediah Wheeler Arts & Cultural Programming Peak Performances Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation: $20,400 Supported the Peak Performances presentation of Doug Elkins Dance Company’s Fraulein Maria and a performance of the Kronos Quartet.

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES 2009 Panzer Undergraduate Trust Scholarship Panzer College Trust Fund: $6,000 Teachers Club of Montclair Scholarship Teachers Club of Montclair: $5,000 This grant supported scholarships for 10 CEHS teacher education students. Eva Goldfarb Health and Nutrition Sciences HIV Prevention Program The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey: $7,500 This gift supported provided professional development services to K-12 school staff responsible for providing instruction in health education, with emphasis on content addressing human sexuality, family life, and HIV prevention. Jennifer Robinson Center of Pedagogy Honors Institute support Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Incorporated: $50,000 This grant supported the Honors Institute, which was designed to create a new pipeline of excellent teachers from among our best and brightest students for New Jersey’s public schools, especially for its urban, high-need school districts.

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES 2010 Addiction Workforce Promotion Scholarship Associated Treatment Providers, Inc.: $14,060 Ben Samuels Children's Center Program Fund Frances Elk Scher Philanthropic Fund: $1,000 Panzer College of Physical Ed & Hygiene Scholarship Panzer College Trust Fund: $46,892 Teachers Club of Montclair Scholarship Teachers Club of Montclair: $10,000 This grant supported scholarships for 10 CEHS teacher education students. Gregg Festa Center of Pedagogy Instructional Technology Design Laboratory ADP Foundation: $49,492 This grant supports the acquisition of equipment for a second Instructional Technology Design Laboratory in the ADP Center for Teacher Preparation and Learning Technologies. Maughn Gregory Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children American Philosophical Association: $3,230 Cheryl Hopper Center of Pedagogy Digital Scholars Program E. Franklin Robbins Trust: $24,000 This grant supports the Digital Scholars program, which supports the integration of technology for differentiating instruction across the curriculum. The Digital Scholars program, advanced through the ADP Center for Teacher Preparation and Learning Technology and the MSU Network for Educational Renewal, provides a team of five teachers in a year-long intensive action research/self-study professional development experience that involves researching and transforming teaching practice. A focus on technology gives the teachers access to technology tools and the training to implement a “classroom of the future” in any classroom setting or subject area.

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Cheryl Hopper Center of Pedagogy Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal Passaic Valley Regional High School District No. 1: $2,975 This grant supports the Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal (MSUNER), one of the foremost university-school partnerships in the nation, which promotes the simultaneous renewal of schools and teacher education through collaboration between and among the University and member school districts. Mark Kaelin Health and Nutrition Sciences Young Epidemiology Scholars Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $125,000 This grant supports efforts to increase the frequency with which epidemiology is taught by middle and high school teachers, from disadvantaged school districts throughout the United States. Jennifer Robinson Center of Pedagogy Support for the Classroom Inquiry Project (CIP) The Provident Bank: $7,500 Enables Newark teachers to develop competence in implementing inquiry-based pedagogy in their classrooms. Barice Williamson Center of Pedagogy Urban Teaching Academy Scholarship The PNC Foundation: $5,000 This grant supported two $2,500 scholarships for students who are future teachers of pre-kindergarten children in urban areas. Barice Williamson Center of Pedagogy Urban Teaching Academy Scholarship II The PNC Foundation: $5,000 This grant supported two $2,500 scholarships for students who are future teachers of pre-kindergarten children in urban areas.

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COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 2009 Coccia Institute Program Fund Coccia Foundation: $11,000 J. Anderson Journalism Scholarship PICA Club, New Jersey Chapter: $2,971 Scholarships for students in PR/Communications Studies Marie Manzetti Study Abroad in Siena Fellow Coccia Foundation: $2,000 Milton Fuentes Psychology Peace Camp Puerto Rican Family Institute Inc.: $4,800 This grant supports Peace Camp, a week-long, summer day program that teaches youth of violent behavior creative ways to deal with conflict, stress and anger by providing tools for cooperative living and conflict resolution.

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COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 2010 Coccia Institute Program Fund Coccia Foundation: $16,000 Coccia Institute Program Fund Inserra Supermarkets, Inc.: $2,000 Coccia Institute Program Fund Coccia Foundation: $23,000 Communication Sciences and Disorders Scholarship New Jersey Hearing Health Center, Inc.: $2,500 Marie Manzetti Study Abroad in Siena Fellow Coccia Foundation: $2,000 Philosophy & Religion Scholarship The Brand Foundation of New York, Inc.: $8,500 Rita Jacobs English Terhune Journalism Scholarship The Albert Payson Terhune Foundation: $3,000 This grant supports a journalist-in-residence speaker program. Milton Fuentes Psychology Peace Camp Puerto Rican Family Institute Inc.: $4,800 This grant supports Peace Camp, a week-long, summer day program that teaches youth of violent behavior creative ways to deal with conflict, stress and anger by providing tools for cooperative living and conflict resolution. Brian Smith Political Science and Law Guest Speaker Program: "Liberty in America" Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation: $8,000 This grant supports a spring 2011 lecture series titled “Liberty in America.” The series will bring three speakers to campus for one to two days each to contribute to intellectual life and conversations about this vital topic on campus. In addition to a public lecture, each speaker will have the opportunity to visit one or more classes at Montclair State.

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS 2009 Kirk Barrett Passaic River Institute Support for the Eco-Explorers Summer Program The Landsberger Foundation: $10,000 This program gives 60 middle school students from Newark the opportunity to experience a unique blend of scientific investigation, nature observation, field trips to natural areas, and computer lab activities at Montclair State. Lynn English Biology and Molecular Biology Weston Science Scholars Program Josh and Judy Weston Fund, Inc.: $89,132 This grant supports the Weston Science Scholars Program, which offers specially selected ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders from Montclair High School the opportunity to learn science “by doing science.” The program recognizes high-achieving students with significant potential in science, mathematics, and related fields. Jacalyn Willis Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics: PRISM BMS Teaching Excellence Bristol-Myers Squibb Company: $75,000 This grant supports the Bristol-Myers Squibb – Montclair State University Grants for Teaching Excellence. This program is improving inquiry-based and problem-solving teaching and learning by supporting teacher professional development in public school districts and private schools.

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS 2010 Kurt & Anny Landsberger School for Environmental Studies The Landsberger Foundation: $500 Kurt & Anny Landsberger School for Environmental Studies The Landsberger Foundation: $3,500 Pharmfest 2010 Cianci Street Realty Corp.: $1,000 Samuel and Esther Buchalter Scholarship Fund The Samuel & Esther Buchalter Foundation, Inc.: $20,000 Sustainability Initiative The S/L/A/M Collaborative: $5,000 Kirk Barrett Passaic River Institute Support for the Eco-Explorers Summer Program Investors Savings Bank Charitable Foundation: $2,500 This program gives 60 middle school students from Newark the opportunity to experience a unique blend of scientific investigation, nature observation, field trips to natural areas, and computer lab activities at Montclair State. Kirk Barrett Passaic River Institute Support for the Eco-Explorers Summer Program The Landsberger Foundation: $10,000 Kirk Barrett Passaic River Institute Support for the Eco-Explorers Summer Program TD Bank, N.A.: $5,000 Kirk Barrett Passaic River Institute Support for the Eco-Explorers Summer Program TD Charitable Foundation: $10,000 Kirk Barrett Passaic River Institute Support for the Eco-Explorers Summer Program Victoria Foundation, Inc.: $10,000

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Kirk Barrett Passaic River Institute Support for the Eco-Explorers Summer Program Victoria Foundation, Inc.: $12,500 Kirk Barrett Passaic River Institute PREEMO 2009 The CMX Community Foundation: $1,000 This grant supported the Passaic River Environmental Education and Monitoring Organization (PREEMO), which brings together a diverse set of high schools within New Jersey’s Passaic River basin to study and monitor aquatic ecology and water quality. The five New Jersey high schools participating in PREEMO are Passaic Valley High School (Little Falls), Wallington High School (Wallington), Barringer High School (Newark), Newark Academy (Livingston), and the Montclair Kimberly Academy (Montclair). Lynn English Biology and Molecular Biology Weston Science Scholars Program Josh and Judy Weston Fund, Inc.: $112,129 This grant supports the Weston Science Scholars Program, which offers specially selected ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders from Montclair High School the opportunity to learn science “by doing science.” The program recognizes high-achieving students with significant potential in science, mathematics, and related fields. Lynn English Biology and Molecular Biology Weston Science Scholars Program Josh and Judy Weston Fund, Inc.: $21,726 Robert Prezant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics General Operating Support Roche: $20,000 This grant supports general operating support for CSAM. Robert Prezant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics Merck Science Honors Innovation Program Merck & Company: $160,000

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This grant supports the creation of the Science Honors Innovation Program (SHIP), a 10-year program to create an annual cohort of 12 highly skilled CSAM graduates trained and fully prepared for careers in innovative science. Robert Prezant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics Pharmfest 2010 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company: $10,000 This grant supported PharmFest 2010, a daylong program designed to broaden awareness on the current and future state of the pharmaceutical life sciences industry, featuring industry and government executives as well as the University’s research faculty. Robert Prezant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics Pharmfest 2010 Novo Nordisk, Inc.: $5,000 Robert Prezant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics Roche Science Honors Innovation Program The Roche Foundation: $120,000 This grant supports the creation of the Science Honors Innovation Program (SHIP), a 10-year program to create an annual cohort of 12 highly skilled CSAM graduates trained and fully prepared for careers in innovative science. Robert Prezant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics Sustainability Initiative Public Service Electric & Gas Company: $400,000 This grant supports the administrative, education, and research activities of the PSEG Institute of Sustainability Studies, founded in 2009 to play a transformative role in transdisciplinary research and education to address the relevant sustainability issues of our time. Robert Prezant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics Sustainability Initiative Public Service Electric & Gas Company: $10,000 This grant supported the PSEG ISS’s International Symposium on Sustainability Science: The Emerging Paradigm and the Urban Environment, October 25–27, 2010.

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Robert Prezant Sustainability Initiative Sodexho, Inc. & Affiliates: $1,000 This grant supported the PSEG ISS’s International Symposium on Sustainability Science: The Emerging Paradigm and the Urban Environment, October 25–27, 2010. Jacalyn Willis Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics: PRISM BMS Teaching Excellence Bristol-Myers Squibb Company: $50,000 This grant supports the Bristol-Myers Squibb – Montclair State University Grants for Teaching Excellence. This program is improving inquiry-based and problem-solving teaching and learning by supporting teacher professional development in public school districts and private schools. Jacalyn Willis Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics: PRISM BMS Teaching Excellence The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation: $25,000 Jacalyn Willis Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics: PRISM Support for PRISM/Living Laboratory The Ambrose Monell Foundation: $25,000 PRISM/Living Laboratory provides comprehensive approaches to science, math, engineering, and technology education for students, teachers, and administrators of grades K–12. Jacalyn Willis Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics: PRISM Video conferencing for Effective Science Instruction Bristol-Myers Squibb Company: $15,000 This grant supports the videoconference program of PRISM, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning. Program development funds will support PRISM in delivering live, real-time connections between the world's leading scientists and students of grades K-12 in New Jersey, Texas, Ohio, New York, and other states.

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 2009 Accounting Scholarship Edward W. O'Connell Scholarship Fund: $2,000 Accounting Scholarship New Jersey Association of Public Accountants: $2,238 Accounting Scholarship NJ Association of Public Accountants Bergen/Passaic Chapter: $762 Accounting Scholarship Tax Executives Institute, Inc.: $2,000 NJSCPA Scholarship New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants: $32,000 North Jersey Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation Award North Jersey Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $2,000

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 2010 Accounting Scholarship New Jersey Association of Public Accountants: $2,878 Accounting Scholarship NJ Association of Public Accountants Bergen/Passaic Chapter: $122 Accounting Scholarship O'Connor, Davies, Munns & Dobbins, LLP: $2,000 Accounting Scholarship Tax Executives Institute, Inc.: $2,000 Accounting Scholarship Wiss & Company, LLP : $1,000 BASF Accounting Scholarship BASF – The Chemical Company: $5,000 General Support for the School of Business Cianci Street Realty Corp.: $750 General Support for the School of Business Cianci Street Realty Corp.: $750 Management & Information Systems Support Cianci Street Realty Corp.: $15,000 NJSCPA Scholarship New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants: $23,000 North Jersey Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation Award North Jersey Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $2,000 Stacey Kessler Management and Information Systems The CrossRoads Leadership-Now Target Foundation: $5,000 This grant supports a one day off-campus retreat for our School of Business undergraduate club leaders as well as additional qualified students nominated by faculty members. The retreat will focus on helping students to develop their authentic leadership skills and use these skills to make ethically and practically sound decisions.

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