Summer Research Fellows Program (SRFP)

The APSU Summer Research Fellows Program provides an opportunity for up to 20 tenured or tenure-track faculty to receive an award of up to $5,000 to develop a research project (scholarly/creative activity), during a month of the summer, that may place them in a better position to seek external funding. This program is a collaboration between the Office of the Provost, the Office of Grants and Sponsored Research, and the College of Graduate Studies.   Awardees are announced by mid-March, and a “Congratulatory Dinner” is held in late spring. Opportunities  for awardees to showcase their work to the community/university are held through the Provost Lecture Series. 

Summer 2011 Awardees

Kell Black/Barry Jones
Associate Professors in the Department of Art
A Remix of the Artist as a Young Man 

Susan Bryant
Professor in the Department of Art
Photo Alchemy: Exploring the Wet-Plate
Photography Process in the Digital Age 

Dwayne Estes
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
Genetic Diversity and Morphological Variation of the Eastern North American Wild Gingers 

Korre Foster
Assistant Professor in the Department of Music
The Choral Music of Alfreds Feils 

Daniel Frederick
Professor in the Department of Geosciences
Taxonomy of the Foraminiferal Genus Lenticulia 

Rebecca Johansen
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
Systematics and Conservation Status of the Redband Darter, Etheostoma luteovinctum (Percidae) 

Tim Leszczak
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health & Human Performance
Effects of Eccentric and High Velocity Exercise on Function and Strength in Community Dwelling Older Adults: A Pilot Study 

Marsha Lyle-Gonga
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science
Young Women Leadership Symposium: Increasing Political Efficacy Through Leadership Development and Civic Engagement Activities 

Clark Maddux
Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages & Literature
Biblia Americana Volume IV 

Sergei Markov
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
Conformational Regulation of Hydrogenase Expression 

Cynthia Marsh
Professor in the Department of Art
Papermaking in Tanzania - Ancient Technology Brings Industry, Prosperity, and Craft to an African Community 

Christine Mathenge
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences
Impact of HIV/AIDS on Land in Southwest Uganda 

Robert Shelton
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry
Computational Investigation of Organometallic Complexes as Catalyst for the Production of Polycarbonates from Biorenewable Resources 

Ann Silverberg
Professor in the Department of Music
The Guzheng in Contemporary China 

Allyn Smith
Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy
Development of an Integrated Astronomical Flux Calibrating System for Telescopes 

Ellen Smyth
Instructor in the Department of Mathematics
Open Access Core Courseware Next Generation Learning Challenge 

Cameron Sutt
Assistant Professor in the Department of History & Philosophy
Comparative Aspects of Slavery in Medieval Europe 

Tim Winters
Professor in the Department of Languages & Literature
The Origin of the Cast Collection at the Nashville Parthenon 

Amy Wright
Professor in the Department of Languages & Literature
The Creative Critical Trajectory