Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, Visiting Law Fellow, 2000-2001

Professor Sullivan received a lecturing award for the faculty of law at the University of Warsaw.  He will join the faculty of laws and administration to teach administrative & constitutional law for the fall term.  Research topic:  Towards A More Robust Theory of Professionalism in American Law.

International Trade Commission, Visiting Scholar in Residence, 2000-2001

The Limits to Globalization.  This project explores why international borders so strongly diminish trade, even in the absence of formal or informal barriers to commerce.

Krzysztof Jasiewicz,
Professor, Sociology

Based on a post-election survey of voters, this project examines the relationship between religiosity and voting behavior in Poland.

The Earhart Foundation, 2000-2001

This project examines Lech Walesa's defeat in the 1995 election, utilizing public opinion data and content analysis of TV debates.

Central Europe/Russia Task Force of the Global Partners Project, Summer Research Project

Support given to Professor Jasiewicz for a summer research project on political rhetoric in Poland.

 
Elizabeth Knapp,
Assistant Professor,
Geology

National Science Foundation, 2000-2001 (with Drs. Harbor & Settle)

The grant provides an inductively coupled plasma spectrometer to be used for curriculum enhancement and research development.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 2000-2001 (with Dr. Harbor)

David Harbor,
Associate Professor,
Geology

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 2000-2001 (with Dr. Knapp)

The grant initiates a volunteer-based community organization investigating the water quality of the Maury River watershed.

Frank Settle, 
Professor, Chemistry

National Science Foundation, 2000-2001 (with Dr. Whaley) Digital Library Project

The project will be a component of a large, national digital library for science, mathematics, engineering and technology.  It focuses on the Manhattan Project but also includes reference on the origins and legacies of the project.  The library provides annotations on books, web sites, CD ROMs, images and audio clips on nuclear issues.

Tom Whaley, 
Professor, Computer
Science

Jim Kahn, 
Professor, Economics

The teaching focuses on environmental economics while research is in the areas of sustainable forestry, ecotourism, and environmental and socio-economic impacts of petroleum and transport in the Amazon.  The location of the project is Universidade do Amazonas in Manaus, Universidade Santa Ursala (Rio de Janeiro), Federal University of Ouro Preto (School of Mines) and Federal University of Permumbuco (Department of Oceanography).   

Matthew Tuchler,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry

The goal of the Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement grant is to introduce sophisticated technology into the physical chemistry and physics curriculum at W&L.  Specifically, a set of laser-based experiments will result from this grant and will serve as the foundation for a new physical chemistry laboratory class required of the majors and a modifies modem physics course.

Robert Stewart,
Assistant Professor,
Psychology

The project investigates physiological processes responsible for conversion of taste stimulus chemical energy into changes in taste receptor cell membrane potential.

Helen I'Anson,
Associate Professor,
Biology

Professor I'Anson received an international science fellowship for a six-month sabbatical at the Nagoya's department of bioagricultural sciences, working with the research team on determining the site of metabolic sensors in the brain that regulate partitioning of energy to various bodily functions, particularly the metabolic regulation of reproductive function by the brain.

Jeffress Memorial Trust, 2000-2001

The Jeffress Memorial Trust supports Dr. I'Anson's research study on determining the site of action in the brain of metabolic signals and the pathway from this site to the region of the brain which regulates the reproductive axis.

 
Marcia France,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry

Research is part of the Waymouth Group at Stanford University which focuses on the rational design of metallocene catalysts for the polymerization of olefins to make materials with elastomeric and other useful properties.

Ken Van Ness,
Professor, Physics &
Engineering

Continued support for the research project entitled "Viscuous Behavior of Miscible Polymeric Blends".

David Sukow,
Assistant Professor,
Physics

The ILX Lightwave grant provides electro-optics laboratory equipment for teaching and research involving semiconductor lasers.

Mark Rush,
Associate Professor,
Politics

American Political Science Association, 2000

"Building Blocks of Democratic Theory and Institutions:  Voters and their Relationship to their Political Environment"  is a comparative study of how changes in the electoral environment alter the partisan behavior of voters.  This has important consequences for theories of democracy and contemporary proposals for electoral reform.

Dabney Stuart,
Professor, English

The project will enable Dr. Stuart to collect family poems previously published in various books over the past 35 years.

Ken Ruscio,
Associate Professor,
Politics

The VFH supports a lecture series on "Growth and Conservation:  Lessons from the Humanities."  During the fall term, 2000, four nationally-recognized scholars will visit the community and discuss the challenges of balancing economic growth with the need to preserve the natural heritage of the region.  The series will culminate in a community forum that will include students and faculty as well as citizens and local officials.

Ellen Mayock, 
Assistant Professor, Romance Languages

The research focused on the role of the female protagonist in twentieth-century Spanish literature.

Robin LeBlanc, 
Assistant Professor, 
Politics

Opportunity to join faculty from six other institutions in an investigation of educational opportunities available for leading classes abroad in East Asia.

Kipling Pirkle, 
Professor, Management

ASIANetwork, Freeman Foundation, 2000 (with Dr. LeBlanc)