Department of Applied Psychology

Steinhardt's Internal Grants Will Support an Array of Faculty Projects

The Steinhardt School has announced a series of grants aimed at stimulating research, innovative scholarship, and artistic work. Administered by the Office of Research, the grants program also offers full-time faculty support to collaborate with communitybased organizations and write grants during the summer session.

“This year we have made an effort to diversify the type of funding available to be better able to capture the variety of disciplines in the Steinhardt School,” said Perry Halkitis, Steinhardt’s director of research. “We hope that the seed money available from these internal grants will serve as a stimulus for our faculty to seek funding through public and private external sources, as well as private donors interested in supporting this type of work. The bottom line is that there are many interesting projects and wonderful ideas among our faculty.”

Faculty may apply for five different awards. Support is offered for pilot studies that show clear promise to yield findings; an arts and culture award supports faculty whose projects may not be able to receive funding through traditional grant mechanisms. Community collaborative awards offer support for researchers working with community- based organizations. In addition, the Office of Research offers a summer grant development award for faculty interested in developing a research proposal, and provides funds for faculty who are developing projects with doctorallevel graduate assistants.

RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP

  • LaRue Allen, Applied Psychology, American Youth in Civic Affairs: A Project Investigating the Influence of Race, Education, and Religious Involvement
  • Alisha Ali, Applied Psychology, An Exploratory Investigation of Psychological Correlates in the Transition Out of Poverty
  • Sarah Beck, Teaching & Learning, Learning the Genres of History and English: An Action Research Study in Urban Schools
  • Norm Fruchter, Institute for Education & Social Policy, Exploring High School Contribution to Success at CUNY
  • Charlton McIlwain, Culture & Communication, A Content Analysis of Racial Messages in Televised Political Advertising, 1952-Present
  • Aurora Wallace, Culture & Commuication, Blogs and the Crisis of Journalism

SUMMER GRANT DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

  • Alisha Ali, Applied Psychology, Investigating the Peer- Lending Model as a Pathway to Self-Sufficiency
  • Joshua Aronson, Applied Psychology, Improving School Reform with Social Psychological Interventions
  • Bruce Homer, Applied Psychology, The Effects of Methamphetamine Abuse and Stress on the Frontal Lobes and Social Cognitive Functioning of Emergent Adults
  • Kristie Lancaster, Nutrition, Feasability of a Church-wide Intervention in an Urban Black Community
  • Jacqueline Mattis, Christine McWayne, Applied Psychology, A Community Based Approach for Developing Culturally Relevant Measure of Parenting Competence Among Low-Income African Americans
  • Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Assistant Professor, Humanities & Social Science, Generational and Cultural Gaps in Student Teacher Conceptions of National Identity and Civic Engagement
  • Jan Plass, Administration, Leadership and Technology, Optimizing Visual Cognitive Load for Science Learning
  • Arvind Rajagopal, Culture & Communication, Hindu-Muslim Riots in Gujarat, India: Media Coverage and Its Effects
  • Lisa Stulberg, Humanites & Social Sciences, Racial and Academic Identity-Building in Successful African American Public Schools

Interested in learning about research at the Steinhardt School of Education?
Visit our Academic Affairs website at http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/office_research/