To support research that leads to real-world solutions, Walden University awarded two faculty members and five faculty teams the 2008 Faculty Research Initiative Grants, totaling $110,000.

This year’s grants, which are in $10,000 and $20,000 allotments, support research projects ranging from students’ health risks to prisoners’ “reentry” perspectives to peer mentoring. Thirteen educators were recognized.

The grant program helps fund select faculty research projects that are deemed exceptional in merit. The program goal is to support excellence in scholarly work. The grants provide seed money for the development of faculty research agendas.

Walden University and the Walden community congratulate the following individuals and research teams for their standout projects:

Examination of Students’ Health Risk Behaviors that Contribute to Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity in Mississippi
Dr. Clifton C. Addison (PI), The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
Monique S. White (Co-PI), doctoral student, School of Health Sciences
Grant Amount:$20,000

Training the Resilient Psychotherapist: What Graduate Students Need to Know About Vicarious Traumatization
Dr. Alethea Baker (PI), School of Psychology
Grant Amount: $10,000

Prisoner Reentry: Success and Failure from the Prisoners’ Perspectives
Dr. Marvel Lang (PI), School of Management
Dr. Charles Corley (Co-PI), School of Public Policy and Administration
Gary Lucy (Co-PI), doctoral student, School of Management
Grant Amount: $20,000

Student Satisfaction and Perception of Instructional Quality in Online Education
Dr. Tracy Marsh (PI), Ph.D. programs in the School of Psychology
Dr. Regina A. Galer-Unti (Co-PI), Master’s and Ph.D. programs in the School of Health Sciences
Grant Amount: $20,000

Dr. Ahmed Naumaan

Analysis and Evaluation of a Voluntary Peer Mentoring Among Online, Remote Engineering Faculty in the Walden University NTU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Dr. Ahmed Naumaan (PI), NTU School of Engineering and Applied Science
Lisa Ward (Co-PI), doctoral student, The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
Grant Amount: $10,000

Bringing Hope: Toward an Administrative Training Program for Chinese Private Migrant Schools
Dr. Steven Wells (PI), The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
Grant Amount: $10,000

Dr. Martha Giles

A Qualitative Exploration of Life in the Oldest Old
Dr. Lee Stadtlander (PI), College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Martha Giles (Co-PI), College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Grant Amount: $20,000

About the Grants

The Faculty Research Initiative Grants program is open to all faculty who have been employed by Walden for a minimum of six months. Grant funds can be used to support pilot research projects and small-scale research studies, as well as to supplement new areas of investigation that are spin-off studies or substudies of larger ongoing research projects.

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