Fy2013 research enterprise annual report

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RESEARCH ENTERPRISE ANNUAL REPORT Northern Arizona University Office of the Vice President for Research

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RESEARCH ENTERPRISE ANNUAL REPORT

The Research Enterprise Annual Report is published every year by the Office of the Vice President for Research. This report is a snapshot of the innovative and important work done by NAU faculty in FY2013.

CONTENTS Messsage from the Vice President............... 2 Increasing Capacity in 2013........................... 4 Spotlight on New Faculty.............................. 8 Understanding Our World........................... 10 Native American Health............................... 12 Innovation....................................................... 14 Scholarship......................................................15 Research Performance Data..........................19

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Message from the Vice President

Fiscal Year 2013 has been an important year for developing NAU’s research capacity. Over the past few years, we have been driven by the Arizona Board of Regents 2020 Higher Education Enterprise Plan, which sets ambitious goals for all three state universities’ research enterprises. These goals include almost doubling the volume of research that is done at NAU as demonstrated by research expenditures, substantially increasing the dissemination of innovations through commercialization, and increasing the impact of research on state economic and social development. To achieve these goals, NAU has increased its support of current areas of research strengths, developed new strategic research directions, formed productive research centers, and supported larger interdisciplinary activities. These new initiatives will strengthen NAU’s prominence as a nationally-recognized research university.

“High Research” at NAU

Dr. William “Bill” Grabe, Regents’ Professor of Applied Linguistics, serves as NAU’s third Vice President for Research.

In this role, Dr. Grabe has the challenge of increasing research volume and capacity, and enhancing NAU’s national research prominence.

Northern Arizona University is a Carnegie-designated “high research” university, which places us squarely among the top universities in the nation. In addition to being a national leader in research areas that have specific relevance to our region, much of NAU’s research activity is focused on issues that are national and international in scope. Our research strengths in biosciences, environmental sciences, astronomy, forestry, renewable energy, and applied linguistics have all brought significant international recognition to NAU. In order to retain our “high research” designation and our leadership position in some research areas, and to achieve national prominence in others, new ideas and strategies are needed. For example, it is evident that research activities at national and international levels are changing rapidly with the exponential growth of informatics, data science, and “big data” research. There are overwhelming amounts of new information being generated, collected, stored, and used in innovative ways to address new research questions. In response, in 2013, NAU approved a plan to develop a new Informatics and Computing Programs (ICP) which is intended to support existing research strengths, support NAU’s educational mission, and establish NAU as a lead contributor in applied informatics research. This initiative will invigorate both

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existing and new research across all disciplines at NAU while establishing complementary elements in NAU’s teaching and research enterprises. Informatics is a critical enabling area of expertise in modern research and is rapidly becoming a core skill expected of graduates entering the workforce. Institutions without research and pedagogical informatics support will quickly fall behind. It is therefore imperative that we move forward to create the critical infrastructure that will maintain and grow NAU’s research and teaching mission well into the 21st century.

In FY2013, we also began to develop a collaborative relationship with Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC). A call for proposals from the Flinn Foundation to develop projects involving basic scientists and clinicians led NAU and FMC to develop a collaborative proposal which was eventually funded (“Precision Medicine and Transitional Care for Cardiac Disease”) as well as serious discussions between NAU and Northern Arizona Healthcare (Flagstaff Medical Center’s parent company) to go beyond the one project and establish a formal, continuing partnership. We anticipate that these discussions will lead to many collaborative research efforts that will begin to expand significantly the Northern end of the bio-sciences research corridor in Arizona.

Research at NAU results in new knowledge and generates outcomes that benefit society locally, nationally, and globally. Through our research enterprise, NAU faculty, staff, and students collaborate with an international network of scientists and scholars. Very talented students choose to come to NAU to engage in research and scholarship that has broad, global significance. We recognize and proudly acknowledge the major research advances through which NAU receives national recognition.

Bill Grabe Vice President for Research

Teshia Solomon, UACC (leftmost) and Octaviana Trujillo, NAU (rightmost) are principal investigators of the Community Outreach Program of the Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention, which develops community education and cancer prevention research in the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation and Tohono O’odham Nation.

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Increasing Capacity in 2013

Infusing New Talent into the NAU Research Enterprise Post-docs bring cutting-edge expertise to Northern Arizona University In the Spring, a dozen new post-doctoral scholars arrived at NAU from places like UCLA, Princeton, Michigan State University, and beyond—recruited under the university’s Support for Post-doctoral Associates (SPA) Program. The goal of SPA is to bring new skills and expertise to NAU, increasing research capacity and expanding collaborative opportunities both within NAU and between NAU and other institutions. Post-docs hired through the SPA program will impact NAU’s research capacity ina number of ways, including the formation of collaborations between their previous institutions and NAU. “To my knowledge, this is something that hasn’t been done before in Arizona,” says Lesley Cephas, NAU Director of Technology Transfer. “Faculty hire Post-docs all of the time—one at a time. But we’re bringing on board Postdocs, simultaneously, under one program. Our research community is small enough so that sixteen Post-docs should have a tangible impact on NAU’s overall research capacity and productivity.”

NAU researchers are excited by the possibilities the new Post-docs bring. “After twenty years as a university professor, I have yet to work with a post-doctoral researcher,” said Darrell Kaufman, NAU Regent’s Professor of Geology. “The time is right to engage a postdoctoral associate to help pursue larger and more sophisticated scientific questions, and to open the door to new research directions and funding opportunities.”

Post-docs in the program are also increasing NAU’s research capacity by bringing expertise in the areas of astronomy, biomechanics, ecohydrology, ecology, environmental science, forestry, informatics, microbes and genomics, molecular and cellular biology, speech analysis and programming, and wind and solar energy.

Advancing Paleoclimatic Research Darrell Kaufman, NAU Regent’s Professor of Geology, has hired David Fortin from Queen’s University in Canada to work with him and Erik Schiefer, NAU Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning & Recreation, to advance paleoclimatic research. Fortin is developing a modeling and monitoring project for three lake systems— important information for understanding global climate change. Fortin will also help launch NAU’s new interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability.

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Exploring Acoustic Technology Richard Hofstetter, NAU Associate Professor in the School of Forestry, said the new Post-doc program may help him get closer to developing a prototype for a patentpending invention to control insects with acoustic technology. Although Hofstetter is a forest entomologist and has specialized in wood-infesting insects for over 20 years, his knowledge and experience using acoustic technologies is limited. Kristen Potter from the University of Arizona brings that expertise to NAU. She will help expand, test, and commercialize the acoustic technology developed by Dr. Hofstetter.

Genomic Data Analysis David Wagner, Associate Director of The Center for Microbial Genetics & Genomics, hired Katy Califf from Michigan State University to analyze large genomic datasets that can identify a possible new vaccine and therapeutic targets for melioidosis. “The ability to generate large amounts of genomic data has revolutionized the biomedical sciences. However, handling and analyzing these large datasets is not trivial and requires specialized skills that currently do not exist in my research group,” Wagner explained. This work has great potential to develop new intellectual property for NAU.

Geographic Regression Modeling When he joined Regents’ Professor Paul Beier in testing the efficacy of the design and implementation of wildlife conservation corridors, Fabio Suzart de Albuquerque, from Universidad de Alcalá in Spain, was the only person at NAU with experience applying Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) in an ecology context—a skill essential to the team’s goal of studying long term gene flow between linked wildlife parks. Beier is confident that Suzart de Albuquerque’s expertise in spatial habitat modeling and spatial genetic analysis will be invaluable in generating interest for the project.

Renewable Energy Research and Solutions Northern Arizona University’s new Institute for Sustainable Energy Solutions (ISES) brings together the university’s energy researchers to expand research capacity in wind, solar and renewable energy. The institute’s goal is to develop and increase access to new technologies and shape energy decision-making in both the private and public sectors. The university’s support (through the Technology & Research Initiative Fund) allows ISES to “galvanize clean energy research at NAU, engaging our students and addressing problems of worldwide importance,” said Tom Acker, director of the institute and professor of mechanical engineering.

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Increasing Capacity in 2013

Simulation Modeling William Flatley from Texas A & M University brought a new element to Peter Fule’s wildfire management research team this year: advanced skills in state-of-the-art simulation modeling never before used at the university. Flatley will apply his unique skillset to adapting wildfire management for climate change at Grand Canyon National Park, one of the Arizona’s most ecologically and socially significant areas.

Neuroengineering and Biomechanics Regents’ Professor Kiisa Nishikawa needed a scientist with a strong background in both engineering and biology to advance her team’s work on the development of intellectual property based on the winding filament theory of muscle contraction. With specialties in Biomechanics and Neuroengineering, Robert LeMoyne (University of California, Los Angeles) will apply his background in neuro-musculo-skeletal modeling to the development of computer models and simulations based on Nishikawa’s theories, assisting with the design and manufacture of robotic muscles based on these simulations.

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Bioinformatics With experience in both wet-lab biology and bioinformatics, Crystal Hepp (PhD, Arizona State University) is a perfect fit for big data researchers Talima Pearson and Greg Caporaso of NAU’s Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics (MGGen). “Biology is rapidly becoming a data intensive field,” explained Pearson. “The required toolbox of the modern biologist is expanding to include computer programming, non-parametric statistics, high-performance and cloud based computing, and many other skills outside of the scope of traditional training in biology.” Hepp will quantify communities of microorganisms to develop wet lab protocols and new software for the emerging field.

Data Mining Alongside Associate Professor of Astronomy David Trilling, Paulo Fernando Penteado (University of Arizona) has contributed significantly to NAU’s research capacity in informatics—a field important to the goals of the university’s research enterprise in coming years. Applying advanced skills in big data research, Penteado will focus on data mining large astronomical datasets to provide constraints on the dynamic evolution of our Solar System.

Climate Change Analysis Kees Jan van Groenigen from Wageningen University in the Netherlands brought highly sought-after skills in modeling and data assimilation to the MerriamPowell Elevation Gradient Climate Change Experiment and the Southwestern Elevation Gradient Array (SEGA). Working with Bruce Hungate, van Groenigen will examine interactive effects of altered precipitation, chronic warming, and acute climate change and will conduct new, global-scale syntheses of the effects of global change on methane and nitrous oxide fluxes.

Ecohydrology Frances O’Donnell from Princeton University brought a new angle to the ambitious FourForests Restoration Initiative (4FRI) with a specialty in ecohydrology. Though the first phase of the ten-year, large-scale restoration of Arizona’s ponderosa forests focuses on forest thinning and prescribed burning projects, Professor Abe Springer saw the need for a ecohydrologist to advise sustainable water policies for the long-term health of the forests. O’Donnell will develop the framework for a hydrologic response model to be used in predicting the impact of forest-management decisions.

Wind and Solar Energy The university’s new Institute for Sustainable Energy Solutions (ISES) saw a welcome addition this year in Eric Morgan (University of Massachusetts). Morgan’s background in mechanical engineering meshed seamlessly with the Institute’s need to focus on theoretical, modeling, and experimental projects related to wind and solar power resources and their integration into the broader utility system.

Microbes & Genomics With a specialty in microbes and genomics, Chase Williamson (Colorado School of Mines) was already a good fit for Jeff Foster’s team in the Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics (MGGen). But according to Foster, it was Williamson’s computational experience that really set him apart from the wealth of microbiology graduates who emerge each year. “Chase is going to bring new insights into this system and begin to analyze the dataset in ways we haven’t imagined,” said Foster. Williamson will use the technique to genetically characterize the genomes of the toxic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, which will help determine the bacteria’s global distribution.

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Spotlight on New Faculty

Credit: Northern Arizona University IDEA Lab

The Microbial Community in our Bodies Connecting environmental factors with bacterial cells For years, the Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics (MGGen) has built an international reputation on delving into the mysteries of infectious diseases and organisms that are or may become possible bioterror threats—but the research performed by MGGen isn’t limited to anthrax and the plague.

Greg Caporaso, Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics, (pictured on page 9) is more concerned with the trillions of microbes that live in constant symbiosis in our bodies. “You may or may not know, but there are 10 times as many bacterial cells that live in your body as there are human cells,” says Caporaso. These “gut communities” of microbes help us to extract nutrients from the food that we eat and may have a role in the prevalence of some diseases. “What we’ve been learning is the microbial communities that live in and on our bodies can play a big role in our health,” he explains.

What’s more, the communities of microbes living in each individual can differ by as much as 50 percent. As the human genome is 99 percent the same from person to person, that’s a significant difference. Caporaso believes that understanding what makes our microbial communities so different will be key to figuring out a way to solve certain health issues in the future.

Working with one hundred student volunteers from three universities, Caporaso was able to generate more than 100 gigabytes of data describing the differences between microbial communities from four sample areas (hand, gut, forehead, and tongue) of each student. By asking the students to report on a number of environmental factors such as diet and living situation, Caporaso hopes to quantify how certain influences affect our bodies’ microbial communities.

Understanding what environmental factors affect microbes will bring scientists closer to finding new solutions for disease. For example, previous research has demonstrated that overweight mice tend to have 8

Credit: Northern Arizona University IDEA Lab

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similar microbial communities; Caporaso believes that if this link is also present in human microbes, we may be able to manipulate it to our advantage. “This research holds the potential to help treat conditions like obesity by altering the microorganisms living in our bodies,” he says.

Caporaso’s expertise in informatics is essential to processing the large sets of data generated from studying trillions of microbes. “This is the first time we have technology to study the human microbiome in such great detail,” he explains. With Caporaso at the helm of this exciting field, MGGen is well on its way to aanother claim to fame.

“There are 10 times as many bacterial cells that live in your body as there are human cells.”

Greg Caporaso, Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics

Paul Keim named Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) named Paul Keim, Northern Arizona University (NAU) Regents Professor (Department of Biological Sciences) and Director of NAU’s Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics (MGGen), as the 2012 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year.

Professor Keim was nominated for the AZBio honor by members of the Arizona bioscience community and selected by an independent, statewide panel of leaders for this recognition of his research and innovation in the field of pathogen genomics and microbiology.

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Understanding Our World

Frozen in Time Reconstructing the past to predict the future For Regents’ Professor Darrell Kaufman, the key to predicting the future in climate change lies deep in the heart of Alaska’s lakes and glaciers—an archive of environmental history told through thousands of years of sediment and ice.

His current work in the Brooks Range of Arctic Alaska is an integral component of the Past Global Changes project’s 2k Network (PAGES 2k), an international effort of 78 scientists to reconstruct the past 2,000 years of climate change by region. The reconstruction relies on indirect evidence, or proxies, of climate change available through ancient glacial deposits and lake sediment. The lead author of the PAGES 2k Consortium synthesis paper published in May 2013, Kaufman’s emphasis on regional climate variability adds a layer of complexity to the current discourse on global warming.

The PAGES 2k reconstruction reveals that the earth’s natural warming and cooling trends peak at different times for different regions—a fact that has climate scientists shifting gears from the standard global focus. “Earth’s climate is a global system, but it’s the smaller-scale features of climate that most directly influence human and ecological systems,” Kaufman explains.

“These findings point to the necessity of understanding local differences for a truly global view.”

According to Kaufman, understanding how historical climate change has varied by region is key to understanding the exception to the rule that is human-influenced global warming and the resulting climate changes of the twenty-first century. To learn more about the use of climate proxies, regional climate variability over the last 2,000 years, and Kaufman’s work in Alaska’s Brooks Range, be sure to see the NAU IDEA Lab production “Taking Earth’s Temperature: Delving into Climate’s Past,” which has an expected release of summer 2014.

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Brandon Boldt (MS Quaternary Sciences 2013) and Professor Al Warner (Mt Holyoke College) examine a sediment core from Cascade Lake, Alaska

Searching for Solutions to Climate Change New facility will allow scientists to identify those plants most likely to survive in future climates The Southwest Experimental Garden Array, or SEGA, is a new genetics-based research platform that will make it possible for researchers to identify those individuals and populations of plants that will survive in the climates of the future. SEGA, funded by a $2.5 million National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation grant, will create a system of 10 gardens along an elevation gradient in northern Arizona. The gardens mimic the effects of climate change because temperature and moisture predictably change with elevation. By planting the same plant species and genotypes in different environments, scientists can identify which ones perform best and are most likely to survive changing conditions. During 2013, the SEGA research team advanced agreements with partners such as the Grand Canyon Trust for garden sites, completed a successful strategic planning process, and made progress on the complex engineering issues associated with wireless data collection at the remote garden sites. In the year ahead, the team will finalize the permits and agreements for all 10 gardens, establish a science advisory board, install physical infrastructure, and solicit proposals for research projects.

Tom Whitham, left, is leading a team of researchers who will examine how climate change affects the ecology and evolution of individual plant species, plant communities, and ecosystems.

Also pictured, from left: Brian Geils, Amy Whipple, George Koch and Paul Flikkema.

Laura Hagenauer, an NAU student in the Department of Biological Sciences, pictured with cottonwood seedlings.

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Native American Health

Resiliency in Practice Prioritizing the battle against American Indian health disparities Diabetes, obesity, and infant mortality are just a few examples of the health issues which are more prevalent among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities than other ethnic groups. Though there are a variety of factors that contribute to an unusual prevalence of disease among any population, cultural barriers shouldn’t be one of them. Patricia Sanderson, assistant professor of health sciences and applied indigenous studies and member of the Navajo nation, is working to address this issue with the new Center for American Indian Resilience (CAIR).

Funded by a $6 million grant from the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, this collaboration between Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona, and Diné College hopes to work

The Partnership for for Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP) A partnership between Northern Arizona University (NAU), the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC), the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), NACP works closely with Hopi, Navajo, and Tohono O’odham tribal communities to target research on cancer in Native American populations in the southwest. Specifically, NACP hopes to build capacity for cancer-related research at NAU, train Native American students for careers in health care and biomedical research, and to alleviate disparities in cancer in Native American communities through targeted health programs.

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“Our partnership has provided some of our researchers with access to the resources of a major cancer center,” says Provost Laura Huenneke, Lead Principal Investigator on NACP. “It’s also helped make NAU more

Participants of the Strengthening Community Health through Stories of Resilience conference work on their storyboards about personal concepts of resilience. Agnes Attakai presented this digital storytelling workshop.

with AI/AN communities to increase resiliency in the face of troubling health disparities. According to CAIR, resiliency encompasses “the ability to move forward like a willow with renewed energy, with a positive outlook, with attainable goals to achieve one’s dreams, and overcome negative life experiences from current and past political and historical events, with the goal to reduce health disparities among American Indians.”

“Some people are able to get beyond health challenges,” adds Sanderson, principal investigator for the five year project. “We want to find out how to build the skills to endure hardship and improve the ability to cope.”

Sanderson believes that the key to long-lasting success is working with AI/AN cultures, not against them. “CAIR research will deepen our scientific knowledge of existing positive health outcomes in tribal communities, and then we will translate this knowledge to practice through public health education and policy,” she says.

In addition to harnessing the power of community assets like traditional knowledge and collective memory, CAIR hopes to stir an interest for medicine in community youth. “We’re trying to encourage young Native Americans to get a college education and become researchers or go into health professions,” Sanderson says.

“We hope they will go home to the reservation and implement these strategies.”

competitive for other sorts of NIH funding, a major strategic goal for us as an institution.”

In 2013, assistant professor Priscilla Sanderson (pictured page 12) worked together with UACC researcher Sylvia Brown to evaluate cancer screening behaviors of the Hopi tribe. “Many Native Americans perceive cancer as a major health challenge,” says Sanderson, adding that available health surveys aiming to detect early signs of cancer “failed to provide the information needed by individual tribes.” By working with the Hopi Office of Health Services and Hopi Cancer Support Services, the research team was able to create a culturally-appropriate risk factor survey that had a 62% participation rate in its first year on the reservation—a vast improvement from the homogenous telephone surveys administered nationally in previous years.

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Innovation

Technology Transfer Increased commercialization efforts lead to a stronger “brand” At NAU, technology transfer—the transfer of technologies and know-how from the university to private entities that will further develop and commercialize the technology—is more and more becoming an important tool in carrying out our institutional research agenda. As a mechanism for disseminating the outcomes of research, technology transfer at NAU is aimed at helping investigators recognize potential commercial applications for their work, building research partnerships with established companies who may be interested in funding NAU research as well as commercializing university intellectual property, and providing financial support to pursue the development of new ideas. At NAU, technology transfer is managed through the Office of the Vice President for Research by NAU Innovations, which oversees research development, intellectual property management, and technology commercialization activities.

Increases in technology transfer efforts enabled NAU to do more in FY2013. NAU Innovations was represented at two major technology conferences in FY2013—TechConnect 2013, held in Washington DC and BIO2013 in Chicago, sponsored by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the world’s largest biotechnology trade association. Having a booth at these and similar events is an important aspect of marketing the NAU Innovations “brand” as well as for seeking industry research support and potential licensees for specific technologies.

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Faculty Accomplishments Book Publications Alvarez, Alexander Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice Native America and the Question of Genocide Violence: The Enduring Tradition, 2nd Edition Amer, Beverly E Principal Lecturer, W.A. Franke Business Emerge with Computers 5

Brown, Monica Alexandria Professor, English Maya’s Blanket Tito Puente: King of Mambo/El Rey del Mambo Waiting for the Biblioburro, Illustrated by John Parra.

Brugger-Schorr, Carrie Rae Lecturer, School of Earth Sciences and Env Sust.

Exercises in Geologic Disasters

Amundson, Michael A Professor, History Passage to Wonderland: Rephotographing J.E. Stimson’s Views of the Cody Road to Yellowstone, 1903 and 2008 Wyoming Revisited: Rephotographing Joseph Stimson’s Wyoming

Bull, Russell Chapman Assistant Clinical Professor, Educational Psychology Being multiethnic: How ethnic identification, integration, and self efficacy relate to subjective well being (SWB) in Mexican American/anglo American undergraduates

Anderson, R Scott Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Env Sust.

Paleoflora y Paleovegetacion de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares: Plioceno-Cuaternario

Christensen, Stephanie Cotton Senior Lecturer, Health Sciences Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide for Speech and Hearing

Banks, Cyndi Associate Vice Provost, University College Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice, Edition 3 Youth Crime and Justice

Crawford, William J Associate Professor, English Teaching Grammar

Battles, Patrick J Associate Professor, Theatre Technical Editor: Designer Drafting for the Entertainment World 2nd Edition By Patricia Woodbridge BeDuhn, Jason D Professor, Comparative Cultural Studies Augustine’s Manichaean Dilemma, 2: Making a “Catholic” Self, 389-401 C.E. The First New Testament Berglund, Jeffrey Duane Professor, English Sherman Alexie: a Collection of Critical Essays.

Biber, Douglas Edward Regents’ Professor, English Corpus Linguistics: Grammar Corpus Linguistics: Methods Corpus Linguistics: Varieties Corpus Linguistics; Lexical Studies Discourse characteristics of writing and speaking responses on the TOEFL iBT Bounds, Laura Elliott Assistant Clinical Professor, Health Sciences Health & Fitness: A Guide to a Healthy Lifestyle. 5th edition.

Crites, Terry Wayne Associate Professor, Math and Stats Putting Essential Understanding of Functions into Practice, Grades 9-12 Putting Essential Understanding of Geometry into Practice, Grades 6-8 Cruickshank, Brandon J Professor, Chemistry and biochemistry Instructor’s Manual to accompany Chang’s Chemistry, 11th edition Student Solutions Manual to accompany Chang’s Chemistry, 11th edition Culbertson, William R Professor, Health Sciences Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide for Speech and Hearing Danielson, Leilah Claire Associate Professor, History Pragmatist and Prophet: A.J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the American Century De Toledo, Rodrigo Bastos Associate Professor, Communication Chronicles of Entanglement

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Faculty Accomplishments Book Publications (continued) Dehn, Richard William Founding Chair, Physician Assistant Studies Essential Clinical Procedures 3rd Edition Dereshiwsky, Mary Irene Professor, Educational Leadership Continual Engagement: Fostering Online Discussion Donnelly, Paul B Associate Professor, Comparative Cultural Studies Like a Waking Dream: The Autobiography of Geshe Sopa Evans, Ronald A Professor, Hotel and Restraurant Mgt Strategic Hospitality Human Resources Management

Hales, Jonathan A Associate Professor, Hotel and Restraurant Mgt Accounting and Financial Analysis in the Hospitality Industry - Chinese Edition Hall, Melvin E Professor, Educational Psychology Prospectus for an Edited Volume on The Many Faces and Facets of Cultural Competence in Program Evaluation

Ferraro, Kathleen Chair, Sociology and Social Work Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2012

Hansen, Angela L Associate Professor, English Teaching language arts to English language learners.

2nd edition

Francis, Norbert Professor, Educational Specialties Bilingual development and literacy learning: East Asian and international perspectives

Harris, Michelle Ann Associate Professor, Sociology and Social Work Contemporary Emergent Indigenous Identities

Gehring, Catherine A Professor, Biological Sciences Dynamic interplay in a multivariate world: case studies in mycorrhizal and endophytic fungal interactions with herbivores. Pages 185-204, In: Biocomplexity of Plant-Fungal Interactions, D. Southworth (ed) Gilbert, Willard Nathan Professor, Educational Specialties Honoring Our Children: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students Glau, Gregory R Director, English The WPA Outcomes Statement—A Decade Later Gordon, Corrine J Assistant Clinical Professor, Personalized Learning Beauty Isn’t Pretty Gray-Rosendale, Laura A Professor, English College Girl: A Memoir Greenberg, Mary E Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing The art and science of telephone triage: How to practice nursing over the phone 16

Hackstaff, Karla B Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Biography and Turning Points in Europe and the Americas

Jones, Janna Professor, Communication The Past is a Moving Picture: Preserving the Twentieth Century on Film Kilpatrick, Bob Grissom Professor, W.A. Franke Business Bender’s 2013 Payroll Tax Guide Employee Compensation and Benefits Tax Guide Klesman, Charlotte Lord Lecturer, Communication Communication Challenges Associated with Voyageurs National Park: A Discourse Analysis Kosso, Cynthia K Associate Vice President, Vice Provost-Academic Affairs (edited) Poverty and Prosperity from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era Krondorfer, Bjorn Martin-Springer Inst Endo Ch/D, College of Arts and Letters Journal Co-Editor: Religion and Masculinities: Continuities and Change

Lancaster, Kurt W Associate Professor, Communication DSLR Cinema: Crafting the Film Look with Large Sensor Video, 2nd edition Video Journalism for the Web: A Practical Introduction to Documentary Storytelling Lew, Alan August Professor, Geography, Planning, and Rec Geography of the USA (in English and Chinese) Liu, Xiaoyi Lecturer, Global Languages and Cultures Dashing to the Moon (Chinese Edition) Lockard, Louise Associate Clinical Professor, Educational Specialties Honoring Our Children Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students Maciha, Mark J Asst Professor of Practice, Geography, Planning, and Rec Outdoor Hospitality Essentials: A Foundation for Success Martin Jr, William Eugene Professor, Educational Psychology Quantitative and statistical research methods: From hypothesis to results Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods: From Hypothesis to Results Medoff, Norman J Director, Communication Electronic Media: Then, Now, and Later Portable Video: Electronic News Gathering (ENG) and Electronic Field Production (EFP) 6th Ed. Nair, Sheila Professor, Politics and Intntl’ Affairs International Relations and States of Exception Ng, Pin Tian Professor, W.A. Franke Business Instructor Solution Manual - Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel, 7th edition Study Guides - Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel, 7th edition Test Bank - Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel, 7th edition

Ort, Michael Harold Professor, Earth Sci and Env Sust Field Trip Guide, Maar rims, crater deposits, diatremes and root zones; Hopi Buttes Field Workshop, Oct. 21-27, 2012 Papa, Rosemary Del & Jewell Lewis Chair, Educational Leadership The Contours of Great Educational Leadership.

Paradis, Thomas Chair, Geography, Planning, and Rec Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Landmarks Parsons, Evangeline Yazzie Professor, Global Languages and Cultures My Land My Love Ninaanibaa’: Woman of the Water Flows Together People Plonsky, Luke Doyle Assistant Professor, English Second language acquisition: An introductory course (4th ed.)

Poloni-Staudinger, Lori Associate Professor, Politics and Intntl’ Affairs Terrorism and Violent Conflict: Women’s Agency Leadership and Responses Prior, Jennifer Lynn Associate Professor, Teaching and Learning Amazing Americans Biographies: Abigail Adams (Primary Source Readers Level 2) Amazing Americans Biographies: Paul Revere (Primary Source Readers Level 2) America’s Manmade Landmarks (Primary Source Readers Level 3) America’s Natural Landmarks (Primary Source Readers Level 3) Be a Leader (Primary Source Readers Level 1) Be Fair (Primary Source Readers Level 1) Our Capital Resources (Primary Source Readers Level 3) Our Laws (Primary Source Readers Level 2) Our Natural Resources (Primary Source Readers Level 3) The U.S. Government and You (Primary Source Readers Level 2)

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Faculty Accomplishments Book Publications (continued) Reese, Marilya Veteto Professor, Global Languages and Cultures Collected Works of Isabelle Eberhardt: Writings from the Sand, Volume 1

Smith, Zachary A Regents’ Professor, Politics and Intntl’ Affairs U.S. Public Policy in an International Context The Environmental Policy Paradox - 6th edition

Reich, Jennifer Lee Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Days of Faith: Poems on Healing

Speer, George Van Cleve Associate Professor, Comparative Cultural Studies THINGS OF THE SPIRIT: ART AND HEALING IN THE AMERICAN BODY POLITIC, 1929-1941

Renner, Karen J Lecturer, English The ‘Evil Child’ in Literature, Film and Popular Culture Reppen, Randi Professor, English Corpus Linguistics: Grammar Corpus Linguistics: Methods Corpus Linguistics: Varieties Corpus Linguistics; Lexical Studies Grammar and Beyond Level 3.

Grammar and Beyond Level 4.

Reyhner, Jon Allan Professor, Educational Specialties Honoring Our Children: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students Schehr, Robert Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice Arizona Innocence Project Student Manual Schipper, Janine Associate Professor, Sociology and Social Work Introductory Sociology: A Critical and Contemporary Perspective

Swanson, Kristen Kathleen Professor, Communication Guide to producing a fashion show (3rd ed.)

Tanner, Dennis C Professor, Health Sciences Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide for Speech and Hearing CNA Observations could save a resident: An Interview Exploring Communication Disorders: A 21st Introduction through Literature and Media (2nd edition) Tu, Chih-Hsiung Professor, Educational Specialties Strategies for building a Web 2.0 learning environment Vallen, Gary Keith Professor, Hotel and Restraurant Mgt Check-In Check-Out Instructor’s Manual (9th Edition)

Senese, Guy B Professor, Educational Leadership School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.

Vining, David Allen Associate Professor, School of Music Daily Routines for Tuba CC Edition

Skinner, Lisa A Lecturer, School of Earth Sciences and Env Sust.

Exercises in Geologic Disasters

Walker, Nicole Assistant Professor, English Bending Genre Quench Your Thirst with Salt

Smiley IV, Francis E Professor, Anthropology Grand Canyon Prehistoric Settlement Patterns: A GIS Analysis

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Stephens, Pamela Kay Associate Professor, School of Art Puffer Learns about Ceramics

Research Performance Data

Sponsored Projects Data NEW PROPOSALS AND AWARDS The following metrics on proposals and awards reflect all sponsored project activities--research, public service, etc.

Sponsored Project Metric

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

414

442

429

372

338

Dollars Requested*

$121,985

$160,171

$124,016

$95,725

$119,123

No. of New Awards

195

248

240

177

148

$42,900

$45,500

$51,800

$47,513

$41,653

No. of New Proposals

Dollars Received*

TOP FUNDING SOURCES IN FY2013 Awarding Sponsors

Amount Awarded

U.S. Department of Education

$8,882

National Science Foundation

$4,314

National Institutes of Health

$4,294

Environmental Protection Agency

$2,353

Health Resources and Services Adnimistration

$1,540

Department of Economic Security

$1,391

Arizona Department of Education

$1,280

Battelle Memorial Institute

$1,126

Department of Homeland Security

$1,012

U.S. Geological Survey

$818

* dollar values are in thousands

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SOURCES OF SPONSORED PROJECTS FUNDING IN FY2013

Non-Profit Organizations Other Colleges and Universities Private, Industry, and Foreign Sponsors

21%

State Government Local Government

4%

8%

Federal

1% 6%

11%

FY 2013 10%

70%

10%

17%

2%

4%

6% FEDERAL SPONSORS U.S. Department of Education National Science Foundation Forest Service Environmental Protection Agency Corp. for Nat’l & Community Service National Institutes of Health Other Federal

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SPONSORED PROJECTS FUNDING BY UNIT, FY2013

Arts & Letters Education Engr, Forestry & Nat Sciences Health & Human Services Social & Behavioral Sciences W.A. Franke, Business Administrative Units* $0

$2M

$4M

$6M

$8M

$10M

$12M

$14M

$16M

Amount Awarded * Administrative units include Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Office of the Vice Provost, Vice Presidents’ offices, and NAU-Yuma

DISTRIBUTION OF SPONSORED PROJECT AWARDS BY ACTIVITY TYPE, FY2013

Research

45%

Public Service

33%

Instruction and Other Support

22% $0

$4M

$8M

$12M

$16M

$20M

Amount Awarded

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RESEARCH EXPENDITURES The annual Higher Education Research & Developement survey is administered by the National Science Foundation each year and is used as the metric for evaluating university research performance. While proposal and award data represent all sponsored project activity types, R&D expenditures reflect only research and development activity.

SOURCES OF R&D EXPENDITURES IN FY2013

Federal

State & Local

51%

$0M

$5M

$10M

Nonprofit

16%

$15M

$20M

Institution

Business

2% 9%

$25M

19%

Other sources

3%

$30M

Amount Expended

R&D Expenditures*

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Federal

$13,333

15,070

17,765

16,015

15,638

Nonfederal

$12,850

13,733

13,020

12,085

14,878

$26,183

28,803

30,785

28,100

30,516

Total

* dollar values are in thousands

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R&D EXPENDITURES BY UNIT, FY2013 Amount Expended $8M

Federal

$7M

Nonfederal

$6M $5M $4M $3M $2M $1M $0 Environ.

Science

Physical Science

Engineering Other Science

Social Science

Nonscience

Psychology

Field of Science

5-YEAR R&D EXPENDITURE TREND

$35M

Amount Expended

$30M $25M $20M $15M $10M $5M $0M 2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

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RESEARCH ENTERPRISE ANNUAL REPORT

Contact

Office of the Vice President for Research PO Box 4087 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 ovp-research@nau.edu 928.523.4340

research.nau.edu

Credits Publisher: William Grabe Managing Editor: Lesley Cephas Editors: Clara Buchanan, Crystal Diaz, Sylvia Somerville Writers: Clara Buchanan, Lesley Cephas, Crystal Diaz, Sylvia Somerville Front Cover: Photo by John Ingraham [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-sa/3.0)

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