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Rhonda Cooper, clinical assistant professor and pre-law advisor in the Department of Political Science, proposes the Enhanced Law School Readiness Program, which will create a system to engage students from their first year at JSU through timely graduation and successful law school admission.
Dr. Rodney Washington, chair and associate professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, proposes a study to develop strategies to increase black, male retention rates in higher education.
Dr. Nola T. Radford, professor in the Communicative Disorders Program in the School of Health Sciences, and Dr. Robert Blaine, interim associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and director of the Global Inquiry Faculty Teaching Seminar, proposes a research project to evaluate the relationship between stereotype threat and student underachievement.
Dr. Tony Latiker, assistant professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, proposes a pilot program examining whether a traditional or web-based approach to Praxis I preparation is more effective in teacher education programs serving a majority black student population.
Dr. Johnnie M. Griffin, assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, proposes a study to raise awareness about abandoned cemeteries and to encourage an increase in the interdisciplinary participation of JSU faculty and students in the growing interest of the sociology of burial grounds.
Dr. Francis Tuluri, associate professor in the Department of Technology, proposes the creation of a cybersystem for education and research that integrates smart devices, such as cell phones, with passive devices capable of collecting data.
Dr. Everett G. Neasman, assistant professor of British Literature in the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages, proposes a study based on one of William Shakespeare’s plays with the goal of bolstering research skills of Liberal Arts majors.
Dr. Nicholas J. Hill, assistant professor of economics in the Department of Economics, proposes research to examine how teacher preparation, classroom practices and self-efficacy of high school economics teachers in urban school settings influence student performance on standardized economics tests.
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