SIUE Graduate School 2024 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students Announced

SIUE Graduate School 2024 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students Announced

July 25, 2024, 4:05 PM

The recipients of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School's 2024 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students (RGRDS) awards have been selected.

The RGRDS program awards grants of up to $1000 on a competitive basis to support research/projects initiated and conducted by students of the SIUE EdD program, PharmD program, DNP programs, and the co-operative PhD programs to enhance their academic progress. The purpose of this program is to support the research of doctoral students under the guidance of faculty advisors.

The following is a list of the 2024 RGRDS award recipients:

School of Engineering

Daniel Durbin in Engineering Sciences, "Drop Size Distribution Retrieval Using Dual-Polarization Radar Observations at C-Band and S-Band"

College of Arts and Sciences

Emily Eckles in History, "Exist, Persist, Resist: Queer Lives in Early Twentieth Century Germany"

John Keck in History, "Forsaken Nations: Settler Polities and the French Colonial Empires"

School of Nursing

Christopher DeBoe in Family Nurse Practitioner, "Evidence-Based Practices for Non-Surgical and Non-Pharmacological Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders: In Guatemalans with Limited Economic and Educational Resources"

Elizabeth Penick in Nurse Anesthesiology, "Emotional Intelligence Training: A Standardized Post Simulation Debrief for SRNA Students"

School of Pharmacy

Ena Kovac in Pharmacy, "Exploring the Relationship between Sense of Belonging and Burnout Experience in Pharm.D. Students Attending Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy: A Quantitative-Comparative Study"

School of Education, Health and Human Behavior

Laura Bauer in Educational Leadership, "Teachers' Experiences Transitioning from Balanced Literacy Instruction to Structured Literacy Instruction"

Crystal Brandt in Educational Leadership, "Teachers' Experiences with Standardized Testing"

Lexie Cuppett in Educational Leadership, "PD and Coaching for Novice Teachers in Special Education: An Action Research Study"

Jamie Pence in Educational Leadership, "The Administrator's Perspective of Teacher Turnover"

Kelli Pirtle in Educational Leadership, "Exploring Educators' Experiences with Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): A Qualitative Study"

Alice Trinidad in Educational Leadership, "Experiences of International Latina/o Bilingual Teachers in K-12 U.S. Public Schools"

Barry Wittler in Educational Leadership, "How are Illinois Prisons Preparing Individuals in Custody for Reentry into the Workforce according to Educational Administrators?"

Congratulations to all RGRDS award recipients.

PHOTO: Ryan Cafarelli, current cooperative PhD student in Engineering Sciences and one of 2023 RGRDS recipients, presenting his research at the 2024 Graduate School Research Symposium