List of Grantees & Projects

SPRING 2007

STUDENT GRANTS

Through Campus-Wide RFP Process
• Jessica Chang, "Who's Really Wearing the Pants Once They're Taken Off?: Obstacles to condom use in the sexual exchanges of Kenyan college women" Community Partner: Rose Odhiambo (Egerton University, Kenya). Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Bach, Sociology.
• Courtney Jamison, "The creation and effects of Durham's first school for blacks, the Whitted School." Community Partner: Durham County Library. Faculty Mentor: Trudi Abel, History.
• Elizabeth Kelly, "Educational Institutions and the Recovery Process." Community Partner: Ruth White, Director of Housing & Homelessness, Catholic Charities USA. Faculty Mentor: Kerry L. Haynie, Political Science.
• Emily Long, "MEND International: The resources for and barriers to developing MEND US and Australia." Community Partner: MEND Central, LTD. Faculty Mentor: Sherryl Broverman.
• Grant Smith, "Growing Up With Sickle Cell Disease: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Transition Program for Adolescent Sickle Cell Patients." Community Partner: Vivian Lewis, Child Family Life Specialist, Duke Children's Hospital . Faculty Mentor: Deborah Gold, Sociology.
• Christian Sotomayer,"Exploring Microfinance Options for the Families of Street Children in Moshi, Tanzania." Community Partner: Amani Children's Home. Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Whetten, Public Policy.

SUMMER 2006

COMMUNITY PARTNER GRANT
• Student Action for Farmworkers, for further implementation of Elizabeth Ris’ CBR project and development of further CBR project opportunities.

SPRING 2006

STUDENT GRANTS

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH GRANTS
Through Campus-Wide RFP Process: Trinity College
• Nicole Arkin, “Citizenship and the Right to Health Care: How Can Health Information be Distributed in an Effective Way to Latina Immigrant Women?” Community Partner: Duke El Centro Hispano/Division of Community Health, Duke University. Faculty Mentor: Diane Nelson, Cultural Anthropology.
• Melanie Blohm, “Conservation Biology of the Eno River: The distribution and impact of invasive plant species.” Community Partner: Eno River State Park. Faculty Mentor: Julie Reynolds, Writing Program and Biology.
• Aaron Glover, “Appealing to At-Risk Youth: How Effective is a Boys and Girls Club’s New Marketing Strategy in Increasing Adolescent Enrollment?” Community Partner: Tamarind Stewart, Boys and Girls Club of Hall County, GA. Faculty Mentor: Jason Mahn, Writing Program.
• Megan Moskop, “Women of Black Wall Street.” Community Partner: Parrish Street Advocacy Group. Faculty Mentor: Barbara Lau, Documentary Studies.
• Grant Smith, “Growing Up with Sickle Cell Disease: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Transition Program for Adolescent Sickle Cell Patients.” Community Partner: Vivian Lewis, Child Life Specialist, Duke Children’s Hospital.
• Caroline Whistler, “Viva Isonza: Capacity Building in Rural Indigenous Schools of Argentina .” Community Partner: Jean Wittman, The Language Experience: Experiment Argentina. Faculty Mentor: Sergio Berensztein, Political Science.

Through Campus-Wide RFP Process: Engineering
• Duke University Engineers Without Borders, “Sustainable Water Resource and Sanitation Program in Southern Uganda.” Community Partner: John Veldhuis, Central Buganda University. Faculty Mentor: David Schaad, Engineering.
o Benjamin Abram, “Watershed Mapping and Water Flow”
o Kerry Costello and Philip Wolfe, “Exploring the Socio-Cultural Effects of Implementing Water Technology at Central Buganda University in Mpigi, Uganda”
o Lee Pearson, “Augmenting and Managing the Water Supply”
o Yaquin Wen, “Assessing, Evaluating and Refining a Safe and Clean Water Education Curriculum”
o Yvonne Yamanaka, “Analysis of Drinking Water Quality and Handling in Relation to Water-Borne Diseases”

Through Service Opportunities in Leadership Program (SOL)
• Priscilla Baek
• Trisha Bailey
• Jessica Ballou
• Alissa Dolan
• Sarah Gordan
• Kate Guthrie
• Kristin High
• Hannah Kaye
• Kelvin Low
• Oindri Mitra
• Sarah Schnee
• Michelle Sowemino
Click here for information on the 2006 SOL participants

FACULTY GRANTS

MENTORSHIP GRANTS
• Deborah Gold, Sociology and Psychology, to support Grant Smith’s work on a Sickle Cell Anemia curriculum project with the Child Life Specialists at Duke Children’s Hospital.
• Kristin Goss, Public Policy and Political Science, for supporting Susan Patrick’s Capstone project.
• David Schaad, Engineering, to support the Engineers Without Borders project in Uganda with the Duke University Office of Study Abroad.
• Julie Reynolds, Writing Program, for her work with Melanie Blohm’s project on mapping invasive plant species with the Eno River State Park.

COURSE ENHANCEMENT GRANTS
• Charles Thompson, Center for Documentary Studies, to support his Stage II/CBR course, Social Activism and its Motivations.

FALL 2005

STUDENT GRANTS

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH GRANT
• Elizabeth Ris, “What are effective strategies for involving students with organizations that support farmworkers?” Community Partner: Student Action for Farmworkers. Faculty Mentor: Charles Thompson, Center for Documentary Studies.

FACULTY GRANTS

DISSEMINATION GRANT
• Rebecca Bach, Sociology, to participate in a research service-learning panel at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society.

Spring 2005

STUDENT GRANTS

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH GRANTS
Through Campus-Wide RFP Process

• Lissett Babaian and Sally Ong “SEE: The World (Serve, Educate, Engage).” Community Partner: Duke Office of Study Abroad. Faculty Mentors: Professors Tony Brown and Betsy Alden, Public Policy.
  
• Sonny Byrd, “Rebuilding the Joe Slovo Informal Settlement: Burn Prevention in South Africa.” Community Partner: Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Southern Africa. Faculty Mentor: Professor Sherryl Broverman, Biology.
  
• Tyler Green, “Comparison of the World Camp for Kids and Malawian public school HIV/AIDS awareness curricula to identify effective learning strategies for improvement of the national Malawian HIV/AIDS education initiative.” Community Partner: World Camp for Kids, Inc. Faculty Mentor: Professor Sherryl Broverman, Biology.
  
• Jill Isenstadt, “Manos a la Obra: Evaluating the Effects of Privatizing Social Programs in Argentina.” Community Partner: Grupo interrupcion*. Faculty Mentor: Professor Michelle Connolly, Economics.
  
• Caitlin McLaughlin, “Ma’alaea Harbor Expansion in Maui, Hawaii.” Community Partner: The Surfrider Foundation Maui Chapter. Faculty Mentor: Professor Julie Reynolds, Writing Program and Biology
  
• Susan Patrick, “Coordinating Volunteer Programs at Carter Community School.” Community Partner: Carter Community School. Faculty Mentor: Professor Barbara Jentleson, Education.
  
• Hsun Chin (Kevin) Peng, Mary Ann Nyc, Ai (Chloe) Chien, “Asian Food Cultures and Southern Health: Do Group Clinics Make a Difference?” Community Partner: Doris Hall. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Charles Beauchamp, General Internal Medicine.
  
• Erin Phillips, “Reproductive Rights and Family Planning in Rural Argentina: Interactions between Culture and Policy.” Community Partner: Fundacion Gemina. Faculty Mentor: Professor Kathy Rudy, Women’s Studies.
  
• Noah Raper, “North Carolina’s Farmworkers: An Inquiry of Housing and Health.” Community Partner: Student Action with Farmworkers. Faculty Mentor: Professor Charlie Thompson, Documentary Studies.
  
• Sritha Reddy, “Analysis of the Effects on Children When They Are Unable to Have Face-to-Face Contact with Their Incarcerated Parents.” Community Partner: Prison Families Community Forum. Faculty Mentor: Professor Ken Dodge, Public Policy Studies.
  
• Jimmy Soni, “Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Assessing Legal Aid Inequalities in Tanzania.” Community Partner: Legal and Human Rights Center (LHRC). Faculty Mentor: Sherryl Broverman, Biology.

Through Service Opportunities in Leadership Program (SOL)

• Sally Ong, How eye care NGOs should prioritize and provide eye care services and education programs to the 30,000 refugess at Budaburam refugee camp." Community Partner: Unite for Sight, Gamoa, Ghana. Faculty Mentor: Professor Alma Blount, Public Policy Studies.
  
• Adam Yoffie, How the Center for Death Penalty Litigation can best utilize its resources to convince the State House to support a moratorium. Community Partner: North Carolina Death Penalty Moratorium Campaign at the Center for Death Penalty Litigation. Faculty Mentor: Professor Phil Cook, Public Policy Studies.

FACULTY GRANTS

MENTORSHIP GRANTS

• Dr. Betsy Alden, Public Policy, to support Lissett Babaian and Sally Ong’s research project with the Duke University Office of Study Abroad.
  
• Dr. Sherryl Broverman, Biology, for work with Sonny Byrd (burn treatment in South Africa), Tyler Green (evaluating HIV education curriculum), and Jimmy Soni (HIV/AIDs and legal rights in Tanzania).
  
• Dr. Michelle Connolly, Economics, to support Jill Isenstadt’s study of privatization in Buenos Aires.
  
• Dr. Kathy Rudy, Women’s Studies, for her support of Erin Phillips’ project on reproductive rights in Argentina.

NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

• Joan Clifford, Spanish, to develop a new Stage II course in the Public Health Inequalities pathway, Issues of Education and Immigration, to be offered for the first time in the fall of 2005.
  
• Julie Reynolds, The Writing Program and Biology, to develop a new Gateway course in the Human Development and Education pathway, Conservation Ethics, to be offered for the first time in Fall 2005.
  

Winter 2005

STUDENT GRANTS

RESEARCH MINI-GRANTS

• Lissett Babaian. Community Partner: John Avery Boys and Girls Club.
  Faculty Mentor: Professor Vicki Stocking, Psychology and Education.

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH GRANTS

• Sravan Kakani. “Quitting Tobacco in a Residential Drug Treatment-Part
  1: Knowledge and Attitudes.” Community Partner: Triangle Residential Options
  for Substance Abusers (TROSA). Faculty Mentors: Dr. Cynthia Kuhn, Psychology,
  and Dr. Leonard Handelsman, Duke University Medical Center.

FACULTY GRANTS

NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

• Trudi Abel, History, to develop a new Gateway course in the Human Development and Education pathway, Documenting Durham in the New South, to be offered for the first time in Spring 2006.
  

FALL 2004

FACULTY GRANTS

NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

• Charles Thompson, Center for Documentary Studies, to develop a new Stage II course in the Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues pathway, DOCST 190.05S/CULTANT 180.05S: Documentary Fieldwork Practicum, to be offered for the first time in Spring 2005.

COURSE ENHANCEMENT GRANTS

• Elizabeth Kiss and Imke Risopp-Nicholson, Co-Directors, Humanitarian
  Challenges at Home and Abroad FOCUS, for strengthening the RSL component of the Interdisciplinary Discussion Course (IDC), beginning Fall 2004.
  
• Phil Rubio, Center for Documentary Studies, for his Stage II course,
  DOCST 190.01S/HIST 106S/AAS 199S: Civil Rights/Labor Struggles, in the Spring
  of 2005.
  

SPRING 2004

STUDENT GRANTS

RESEARCH MINI-GRANTS

• Margaret Andrews. Community Partner: West End Community Center. Faculty Mentor: Vicki Stocking, Education.

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH GRANTS

1. Through Campus-Wide RFP Process:

• Lissett Babaian. "An Exploration of Service-Learning in La Paz, Bolivia." Community Partner: Duke Office of Study Abroad. Faculty Mentor: Professor Betsy Alden, Public Policy Studies.
  

2. Through Service Opportunities in Leadership Program (SOL)

• Linda Arnade, "Assessing the Gap in Expectations between Health Care Providers and HIV/AIDS Patients in a Home-Based Care Program in Lyanga and Lhanga Townships." Community Partner: South African Red Cross. Faculty Mentor: Professor Alma Blount, Public Policy Studies.
• Jeff Faulring, "The Feasibility for the Creation, Development, and Implementation of a Parent Center." Community Partner: Helping to Empower Local People, Charlotte, North Carolina. Faculty Mentor: Professor Alma Blount, Public Policy Studies.
• Suparna Salil, "Conversing with the Refugee Youths: A Community-Based Needs Assessment." Community Partner: Interfaith Refugee and Immigrant Ministries, Chicago. Faculty Mentor: Professor Elizabeth Kiss, Political Science.
• Hanna Kim, "Sexual Behavior and Religious Affiliation in the LGBT Community." Community Partner: Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago. Faculty Mentor: Professor Elizabeth Kiss, Political Science.
• Lynn Zhang, "Barriers to Obtaining Primary Health Care in Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless." Community Partner: Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, Albuquerque, NM. Faculty Mentor: Professor Alma Blount, Public Policy Studies.

FACULTY GRANTS

NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

• Ellen McLarney, Asian & African Languages & Literature, to develop a new Stage 1 course in the Human Development & Education pathway, AALL "Local Islams."

MENTORSHIP GRANTS

• Betsy Alden, Public Policy Studies, to work with Lissett Babaian on her project for Duke Study Abroad on the feasibility of service-learning at La Paz, Bolivia.

DISSEMINATION GRANTS

• Rebecca Bach, Sociology, to participate in a panel on undergraduate community-based research at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.

COMMUNITY PARTNER GRANTS

• Lucy Haagen, Durham Literacy Council, for her work with Dr. Sy Mauskopf, History, to develop a community-based research course examining "Durham Through the Lens of Literacy."

WINTER 2004

STUDENT GRANTS

RESEARCH MINI-GRANTS

• Jamie Frank. Community Partner: West End Community Center. Faculty Mentor: Professor Barbara Jentleson, Education

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH

• Chelsea Friauf-Evans, "HIV+ Mothers and Their Families: A Comparative Analysis of How Grassroots Organizations in Kenya and the United States Work to Support This Population." Community Partner: ACRA and Kicoshep, Kenya. Faculty Mentor: Professor Sherryl Broverman, Biology.

DISSEMINATION GRANTS

• Jennifer Farrell, to share the process and results of her project, "Designing and Implementing a Health and First-Aid Curriculum in Cape Town," at an international health conference and Visible Thinking at Duke. Community Partner: Amy Biehl Foundation Trust, South Africa. Faculty Mentor: Professor Alma Blount, Public Policy Studies.

FACULTY GRANTS

NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

• Jeff Forbes, Computer Science, to develop new gateway and Stage 2 courses in the Human Development and Education Pathway, CPS 4: "Programming with Robots" (Gateway) and CPS 196: "Mobile Robotics" (Stage 2);
• Sy Mauskopf, History, and Lucy Hagen, Durham Literacy Council, to develop a new Stage 2 course in the Human Development and Education pathway, "Durham through the Lens of Literacy" (Stage 2).

COURSE ENHANCEMENT GRANTS

• Robert Cook-Deegan, Public Policy Studies, for the Spring 2004 Health Policy Capstone course in the Public Health Inequalities pathway.
• Liliana Paredes, Romance Studies, to strengthen the RSL component of her Gateway course in the Public Health Inequalities pathway, "Spanish for the Health Professions: Interactions with the Latino Community in Durham."
• Sucheta Mazumdar, History, for the enhancement of "Introduction to Asian American History: Migration, Citizenship, and Transnational Communities" (HST 195), a Gateway course in Human Development and Education.

FALL 2003

STUDENT GRANTS

• Courtney Crosson and Michele Lanham, to share the process and results of their research on informational needs about HIV/AIDs for Kenyan students at Egerton University. Courtney and Michele are part of an effort to provide educational materials in a variety of forms to the students at the University. Community Partner: Egerton University. Faculty sponsor: Sherryl Broverman, Biology.
  
• Joseph Lee, to share the research process and results of his work on the role of language barriers in access to food bank services. Joseph will develop a web-site and informational pamplet to support Spanish-speaking clients. Community Partner: MANNA Foodbank, Asheville, NC. Faculty sponsor: Kate Whetten-Goldstein, Public Policy.

FACULTY GRANTS

Course Enhancement Grants

• Dr. Rebecca Bach, Sociology, to strengthen the community-based research component of SOC 149: Sexuality and Society

COMMUNITY PARTNER GRANTS

• Dr. Rose Odhiambo, Egerton University, for her ongoing collaboration with Dr. Sherryl Broverman in Biology directed towards improving HIV/AIDs education at Egerton.
  

SUMMER 2003
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STUDENT GRANTS

1. Through Campus-Wide RFP Process

• Courtney Crosson, “Fulfilling Informational Gaps in Knowledge about HIV/AIDS for Kenyans in a Culturally Sensitive Manner.” Community Partner: Egerton University, Kenya. Faculty Mentor: Professor Sherryl Broverman, Biology
  
• Victoria (Tori) Hogan, “Coping in the Aftermath: Addressing the Psychosocial Needs of Refugee Children.” Community Partner: Lutheran Family Services of Raleigh, North Carolina. Faculty Mentor: Robert Thompson, Psychology and Dean of Trinity College
  
• Victoria Kaplan, “Leaving Guanajuato and Entering North Carolina: Causes and Effects of Mexican Migration.” Community Partner: Witness for Peace. Faculty Mentor: Diane Nelson, Cultural Anthropology
  
• Michele Lanham, “Comparative Analysis of the Cultural Factors Impacting HIV/AIDS in Kenya and the U.S.” Community Partner: Egerton University, Kenya. Faculty Mentor: Professor Sherryl Broverman, Biology.
  

2. Through Service Opportunities in Leadership Program (SOL)

• Patrick Ashby, “Domestic Violence and the Enforcement of Gun Control Ordinances.” Community Partner: Gun-Free South Africa.
  
• Jennifer Ferrell, “Assessing and Refining a Health Education Curriculum.” Community Partner: Amy Biehl Foundation Trust, Cape Town South Africa.
  
• Grace Tan, “The Missing Pieces: Comparing the Loan Default Rates of Conventional Lenders and Microlenders.” Community Partner: Accion, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  
• Shiying Lee, “Assessing HIV/AIDS health care providers.” Community Partner: University of Namibia.
  
• Ali Manning, “Assessing and Redesigning a Theatre Curriculum for At-Risk High School Students.” Community Partner: New Africa Theater Company, Cape Town South Africa.

3. Non-FIPSE Funded SOL Interns conducting Community-Based Research

• Kirsten Grimm, “Developing and Implementing a Pregnancy Prevention Curriculum.” Community Partner: Harlem Children's Zone's TRUCE program, New York City
  
  
• Joanna Childers, “Developing a Leadership Course for Civic Engagement.” Community Partner: Harlem Children's Zone's Beacon 54, New York City

FACULTY GRANTS
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Mentorship Grants:

• Dr. Sherryl Broverman, Biology, for work with Courtney Crosson and Michele Lanham and with Egerton University, Kenya to develop a new HIV/AIDS curriculum
  
• Dr. David Malone, Education, to supervise a Fall 2003 independent study with Laurie Ball in collaboration with E.K. Powe Elementary School Durham to complete a needs assessment of the school’s Spanish-speaking immigrant children.

• Dr. Sherryl Broverman, Biology, to strengthen the research component of BIO 46D, AIDS and other Emerging Diseases, and turn it into a Gateway Course in the Public Health Inequalities pathway.

New Course Development Grant:

• Dr. Kathy Rudy, Women’s Studies, to develop a new gateway course in the Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues pathway entitled Gender, Immigration, and Labor Issues

Conference and Dissemination Grant:

• Dr. Trudi Abel, History and Center for Teaching, Learning, and Writing, for a presentation of her RSL teaching project Digital Durham at the American Historical Association’s national conference Innovations in Collaboration: A School-University Model to Enhance History Teaching K-16