The Wrap-Up: October
Elena Jackson Albarrán, associate professor of History and Global and Intercultural Studies, is author of a new book published in September, “Good Neighbor Empires: Children and Cultural Capital in the Americas” (Brill). The book brings together the metaphorical and real representations of children in the cultural politics of inter-American relations in the 1930s and 1940s.
A published study by Elizabeth Lokon, founder and recently retired director of the Opening MInds Through Art (OMA) program, titled “Creating Relationships & Erasing Ageism with Online Art Classes,” received the Gold Award from the Mather Institute’s 2024 Innovative Research on Aging Awards. The awards were created by the Mather Institute to inspire evidence-based next practices that can improve the lives of older adults. This year’s awards cover a variety of categories from Aging in Place to Technological Advancements for Older Adults, and beyond. Miami University was honored for an innovative 2024 study addressing loneliness in older adults and ageism in university students through an arts-based intergenerational program.
James Walden, professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering and director for the Center for Cybersecurity, recently received the Test of Time Award at the 2024 International Symposium on Software Reliability. Walden, Jeff Stuckman, and Riccardo Scandariato were honored for their work “Predicting Vulnerable Components: Software Metrics vs Text Mining.”
Jeff Kuznekoff, associate professor of Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies, is co-author of “The Try Guys Try Image Repair: Apologia in the Age of Influencers and Digital Media,” published in the Western Journal of Communication. Co-authored with Leland Spencer, the article analyzes how the YouTube group The Try Guys dealt with a public relations crisis in 2022 and repaired their image afterward.
Monica Rothe, academic success coordinator in the Tutoring and Learning Center, has been recognized as a Professional Development Innovator by Innovative Educators. She is the first (and to date the only) person from a Strategic Council Ohio Higher Education SOCHE member institution to complete all 12 professional development Microcredentials.
Honglu Jiang, assistant professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering; James Walden, professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering; Marianne Murphy, professor of Computer and Information Technology; and Joseph Nwankpa, associate professor of Information Systems and Analytics, received $199,850 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for their project titled “Multidisciplinary Pathways to Cybersecurity Professionals.” Theirs is one of 15 cooperative agreements at education and community organizations in 11 states totaling nearly $3 million aimed at developing the workforce needed to defend the nation’s organizations and infrastructure from cybersecurity risks.
Aaron Shield, associate professor of Speech Pathology and Audiology, and Jennifer Green, clinical professor of Psychology, received $433,438 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication for a project entitled "Attention Regulation Strategies Used by Deaf and Hearing Parents of Autistic Children."
Hui Wang, associate professor of Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering, received $200,000 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for a project to develop a reliable optical imaging phantom for optical imaging applications.
Brian Schultz, associate dean for external relations and partnerships, and Amity Noltemeyer, interim dean of the College of Education, Health, and Society, received $415,000 from the U.S. Department of Education, of which $346,195 is for the project entitled "TEACh Cincinnati: Cincinnati-Based Support." The remaining awarded amount of $68,805 is designated for the evaluation portion of the project.
Michael Crowder, dean, and Jason Abbitt, acting associate dean of the Graduate School, received $212,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)."
Jeong-Hoi Koo, professor, and Benjamin Carter Hamilton, associate professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received 270,000,000 Korean Won (about $198,801) from HUBIS Co., pass-through funds from the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology, for a project entitled "Development of a Multiphysics Simulation Model for Laser Welding Applications."
Rebecca Crews, associate teaching professor of Marketing, and Kerri Cissna and Greg Dern visiting assistant professors of Entrepreneurship, received $50,000 from Wake Forest University, with pass-through funds from Lilly Endowment Inc., for the project entitled "The Character of Entrepreneurship: Preparing Tomorrow's Entrepreneurial Leaders."
Robert Applebaum, senior research scholar, Jennifer Heston-Mullins, associate director of research, and John Bowblis, research fellow, of the Scripps Gerontology Center, received $74,976 from Ohio State University, pass-through funds from Ohio Department of Medicaid, for a project entitled "Evaluation of Ohio's MyCare Demonstration: Phase 2."
John Bowblis also received $34,979 from Johns Hopkins University, pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, for a project entitled "Private Equity Expansion in Assisted Living: Implications for Dementia Care."
Denise Tyler, research scientist in the Scripps Gerontology Center, received $21,890 from Brown University, pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for a project entitled "Effects of Expanding Medicare Advantage Enrollment to Persons with End-stage Renal Disease."
Giancarlo Corti, associate professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $23,400 from the Ohio Space Grant Consortium, pass-through funds from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for a project entitled "Synthesis and Characterization of High Carbon - PEEK Compounds by Pyrolysis."
Beth Rimer, director of the Ohio Writing Project, received $47,000 from Community Initiatives for the project entitled "National Writing Project Grant Rimer 2024-2025."
Matt Omasta, professor and chair of Theatre, received $30,000 from the Seattle Children's Theatre for the project entitled "Impacts of Seattle Children's Theatres One & Five Program."
Deidra Jacobsen, director of the Conservatory, and Savannah Ballweg, Conservatory manager, received a grant from the Ohio Environmental Education Fund of the Ohio EPA to improve the bog exhibit at The Conservatory. The project involves the Conservatory’s outdoor bog exhibit to showcase native bog species and this imperiled ecosystem.
