The Mission of the Research Office The mission of the Research Office is to promote scholarly and
creative activity at Assumption College by seeking and securing
funds from Federal agencies and private foundations
in support of curriculum development, faculty research and other academic initiatives.
2010 Undergraduate Symposium April 19-20, 2010
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Honors Program Summer Fellowship Recipients for 2009:
Dr. Elizabeth Colby Davie and Candice Baird '10 "Investigation of Nucleophilic Catalysis for Formation of 4- and 5- Membered Rings"
Dr. Regina Kuersten-Hogan and Courtney Carpenter '10 "Coparenting and Family Dynamics from Pregnancy to Early Childhood"
Dr. Heather Wilkins and Amber Morra '10 "The Effect of Gossypol on Colon Cancer Cells"
Dr. J. Patrick Corrigan and Matthew Owens '10 "Aristotle on Becoming Vicious"
Honors Program Summer Fellowship Recipients for 2008:
Dr. Paula Fitzpatrick and Cathryn Cortesa, Honors Program Summer Fellowship, "The effects of handwriting instruction methods on students transcription skill and automaticity"
Dr. Michelle Lemons and Victoria Duke, Honors Program Summer Fellowship, "How do integrins, netrin-1 and cAMP impact growth cone motility?"
Dr. Smritri Rao and Christina Presenti, Honors Program Summer Fellowship, "Studying the causes of sexual trafficking in women"
Grants for 2008-2009:
Dr. Elizabeth A. Colby Davie, $50,000 from ACS Petroleum Research Fund, "Method for Ring Formation"
Dr. Kathleen Fisher and Nancy Small, M. Div., $10,746, Teagle Foundation, with College of the Holy Cross and St. Anselm College, phase II for a project measuring Spiritual Development
Dr. Paula Fitzpatrick, $17,794 from the National Science Foundation, "Holy Cross Supplement"
Prof. Kevin Hickey, $50,000 from the Cargill Foundation for the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association
Fr. Salvator Musande, $31,432 for the Augustinians of the Assumption from the Vatican Children's Missionary Fund, "Kindugu Social Center in the Congo"
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, $19,500 from CT Dept. of Social Services for training of vocational rehabilitation workers, Renewal
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, $92,492 from the U.S. Department of Education, "Rehabilitation Continuing Education"
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, $1,645,120 from the U.S. Department of Education, "TACE"
Mr. Robert Murphy, $4,983 from the Executive Office of Public Safety, Alcohol Enforcement
Mr. Robert Murphy, $22,800 from the Executive Office of Public Safety, Traffic Enforcement and equipment
Mr. Robert Murphy, $500 from MADD, "Alcohol Enforcement"
A. Lee Pearson, $153,640 from the U.S. Department of Education, "Rehabilitation Counseling"
Dr. Dawn Thistle, $118,000 Congressionally-Directed Grant for Information Technology
Grants for 2007-2008:
Dr. Kathleen Fisher and Nancy Small, M. Div., $22,895, Teagle Foundation, with College of the Holy Cross and St. Anselm College, for measuring Spiritual Development, Press Release
Dr. Amy Gazin-Schwartz and Dr. Leslie Choquette, $500,000 over 3 years (shared with other institutions), U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History, "Citizenship, Property, Identity and Representation: The Historical Journey of Southern New England's Native Peoples," Press Release
Prof. Kevin Hickey, $1,000, Travel Grant from Northeast-10 Athletic Conference to attend National NCAA Convention
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, $19,500 from CT Dept. of Social Services for training of vocational rehabilitation workers, Renewal
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, $10,000 from Massachusetts Commission for the Blind for vocational rehabilitation personnel
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, additional $30,000 from Massachusetts Commission for the Blind for vocational rehabilitation personnel
Dr. John McClymer, Dr. Deborah Kisatsky and Dr. Lucia Knoles, $1,000,000 over 3 years (shared with other institutions), U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History, "Preserving Our Democracy," Press Release
Prof. Kevin Hickey, $7,000 from The Trust for Mutual Understanding to pay for foreign professors to attend a conference of the Interdisciplinary Economics Association
Prof. N. Johnson Smith, $92,345 with United Way, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, $19,500 from CT Dept. of Social Services for training of vocational rehabilitation workers
Grants for 2005-2006:
Prof. Patrick Corrigan, $10,000 over 2 yrs. Ernest Fortin Memorial Foundation, for the Foundations of Western Civilization Program
Prof. Stuart Cromarty, $11,673 (shared with U. of Rhode Island)
Rhode Island Sea Grant, for development of project on lobster shell disease
Prof. David Crowley, $9,900, for National Science Foundation summer project on DNA repair in halophilic archaea at Portland State University
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, $3,240 for U.S. Department of Education Vermont State Impovement Grant
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, $78,704 for U.S. Department of Education Supplement
Prof. John McClymer, $1,000,000 over 3 yrs. (shared with partner institutions) U.S. Dept. of Education, for training public school history teachers
A. Lee Pearson, $750,000 over 5 yrs. U.S. Dept. of Education, for Master of Arts in Rehabilitation Counseling program
Mimi Royston, $171,885 over 3 yrs. (shared with College of the Holy Cross) National Science Foundation, for high performance networking connection with Internet2 (no-cost extension received)
Dr. Dawn Thistle, $3,000 Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, for D’Alzon Library assessment project
