Please click on the name of a recipient for a more complete description of the project.
| Recipient | School/Department | Purpose of Travel | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Babka | Arts & Sciences: Theology and Religious Studies | Conference | Italy |
| Thomas Barton | Arts & Sciences: History | Research | Spain |
| Charles Bass | Alumni Relations | Conference | Hong Kong |
| Can Bilsel | Arts & Sciences: Art, Architecture and Art History | Conference | Belgium |
| Bridget Breitenberg | School of Business Administration: Executive Leadership | Coordinate Student Program | Turkey |
| Cynthia Burrows | Information Technology Services | Research | Israel |
| Tara Ceranic | School of Business Administration: Ethics and Law | Guest Lecturer | France |
| Bahar Davary | Arts & Sciences: Theology and Religious Studies | Conference | Italy |
| Mary Doak | Arts & Sciences: Theology and Religious Studies | Conference | Italy |
| Todd Edwards | School of Leadership and Education Studies | Conference | Spain |
| Hugh Ellis | Arts & Sciences: Biology | Research | Norway |
| Ralph Folsom | School of Law | Research | Vietnam |
| Nadav Goldschmied | Arts & Sciences: Psychology | Conference | Israel |
| Rick Gonzalez | Arts & Sciences: Biology | Conference | Italy |
| Aaron Gross | Arts & Sciences: Theology & Religious Studies | Conference | Netherlands |
| David Harnish | Arts & Sciences: Music | Conference | Philippines & Indonesia |
| Noriyuki Inoue | School of Leadership and Education Science | Conference | Japan |
| Kathy James | School of Nursing | Conference | France |
| Eric Jiang | Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Computer Science | Conference | France |
| Kathleen Kramer | School of Business Administration: Engineering | Conference | Austria & Australia |
| Xin Liu | School of Business Administration: Accounting | Research | China |
| Curtis Loer | Arts & Sciences: Biology | Research | Germany |
| Susan Lord | School of Business Administration: Engineering | Research | China |
| Topher McDougal | School of Peace Studies | Conference | Netherlands |
| Geoffrey Morse | Arts & Sciences: Biology | Research | Panama |
| Perla Myers | Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Computer Science | Research | China |
| Clara Oberle | Arts & Sciences: History | Conference/Research | Switzerland & Germany |
| Alma Ortega | Copley Library | Research | Mexico |
| Marjorie Patrick | Arts & Sciences: Biology | Conference | Italy |
| Rodney Peffer | Arts & Sciences: Philosophy | Research | Bangkok, Vietnam & China |
| Leonora Simonovis | Arts & Sciences: Languages & Literatures | Conference | Suriname |
| Monica Stufft | Arts & Sciences: Theatre Arts & Performance Studies | Conference | United Kingdom |
| Mike Williams | Arts & Sciences: Political Science | Coordinate Student Program | South Africa |
| Randy Willoughby | Arts & Sciences: Political Science | Conference | Austria |
Susan Babka, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences: Theology & Religious Studies
sbabka@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Babka is scheduled to give a paper entitled “Emptiness and Otherness: Negative Theology and the Language of Compassion” at the conference, Where We Dwell In Common: Pathways for Dialogue in the 21st Century, organized by the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network.
Thomas Barton, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences: History
barton@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Thomas Barton is completing research for his work entitled Contested Treasure- the Jews of Tortosa through the fourteenth century. The research explores the mechanics by which Catholic Iberian society coexisted with and benefited from non-Christians during the medieval period, an extremely fruitful period in the development of Catholic identity and the Catholic intellectual tradition. It focuses on the town of Tortosa, ruled by noble and ecclesiastical lords until finally falling under royal authority at the turn of the fourteenth century.
Charles Bass, PhD
Alumni Relations
charlesb@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Charles Bass is researching International Advancement Programs through participation in the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Asia-Pacific Advancement Conference.
Can Bilsel, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Arts, Architecture and Art History
cbilsel@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Can Bilsel is attending the International Meeting of the European Architectural Historians Network (EAHN) in Brussels where he will be cochairing a plenary session.
Bridget Breitenberg
School of Business Administration: Executive Leadership
bbreitenberg@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Bridget Breitenberg will be researching Leadership in a Global Context: The ‘Istanbul Experience’ in order to manage and coordinate an international immersion experience for students of the MSEL program in Istanbul during their study of the MSEL 530 Leadership in a Global Context course.
Cynthia Burrows
Information Technology Services
cburrows@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Cynthia Burrows will be conducting research as well as contributing to the Kinneret Boat project (the study of the 1st-century Sea of Galilee boat). her goal is to enhance the the project through the use of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and modeling.
Tara Ceranic, PhD
School of Business Administration: Ethics and Law
tara@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Tara Ceranic will be participating in and teaching during ICN’s international, multi-disciplinary week. This is an annual program in which faculty from around the world teach courses in their areas to the students at the ICN Business School.
Bahar Davary, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences: Theology and Religious Studies
davary@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Bahar Davary will be presenting her original work entitled “Meaning of Human-Stewardship of the Environment: A Muslim-Christian Inter/Intra-Religious Dialogue” at the “Assisi 2012: Where Do We Dwell in Common" conference.
Mary Doak, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences: Theology and Religious Studies
mdoak@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Mary Doak will be presenting a paper, “Practical Ecumenism and Human Survival in the 21st Century,” at an interfaith and international conference on the church and dialogue in the 21st century (“Where We Dwell in common: Pathways for Dialogue in the 21st Century.”
Todd Edwards, PhD
School of Leadership and Education Studies
tedwards@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Todd Edwards will be presenting a symposium on "The Treatment of Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Primary Care: Multidisciplinary Perspectives" with colleagues from Slovenia, England, and the United States at the World Psychiatric Association Thematic Conference, Mental health and family medicine working together, in Granada Spain.
Hugh Ellis, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences: Biology
ellis@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Hugh Ellis will be collaborating with a well known lab in Norway to study the hormonal effects on metabolic rates in Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), a gull-like bird breeding in the Arctic Ocean.
Ralph Folsom, J.D., LL.M
School of Law
rfolsom@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Ralph Folsom will be conducting research, writing, lecturing and providing assistance to the Vietnamese government on international trade and investment treaty negotiations and law.
Nadav Goldschmied, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Psychology
ngoldschmied@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Nadav Goldschmied will be delivering a research talk titled “why do people support underdog entities?”
Rick Gonzalez, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Biology
gonzalez@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Rick Gonzalez will be presenting at a conference honoring the long and distinguished research career of Dr. Chris Wood, Canadian Research Chair and Professor of Biology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Aaron Gross, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Theology and Religious Studies
aarongross@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Aaron Gross will be presenting his paper “Religion Scholarship and Faith-based Advocacy in Abrahamic Traditions” at the “Minding Animals Conference 2: Building Bridges Between Science, the Humanities and Ethics."
David Harnish, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences: Music
dharnish@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. David Harnish will be participating and collaborating in an International Conference as well as organizing an International Studies Abroad course in Bali, Indonesia, for Intersession 2013.
Noriykui Inoue, PhD
School of Leadership and Education Science
inoue@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Noriykui Inoue will be presenting and participating in the annual Action Research Symposium in Tokyo.
Kathy James, DNSc
School of Nursing
kjames@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Kathy James will be participating in the “ 1st International Conference on Nutrition and Growth.” This event will bring together pediatricians, nutritionists, neonatologists, experts in child development and other specialists to discuss the challenges of the interplay between Nutrition and Growth in the pediatric population.
Eric Jiang, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences: Mathematics & Computer Science
jiang@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Eric Jiang will be participating in the 2012 International Conference on Computer, Communication and Information Sciences and Engineering in Paris, France. The conference provides an important international forum for the presentation of technological advances and research findings in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied computer science and information technology.
Kathleen Kramer, PhD
School of Business Administration: Engineering
kramer@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Kathleen Kramer will be presenting her paper entitled “Research in Unattended Sensor Networks" at the 2012 IEEE International Measurement Technology Conference.
Xin Liu, PhD
School of Business Administration: Accounting
xliu@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Xin Liu will be collecting data for a project entitled "Enterprise Risk Management: A Cross-cultural Comparison Between China and the United States."
Curtis Loer, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Biology
cloer@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Curtis Loer will be conducting research on the nematode nervous system evolution with Dr. Schierenberg – the leading expert on nematode embryology evolution.
Susan Lord, PhD
School of Business Administration: Engineering
slord@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Susan Lord will be conducting research for her project entitled "Comparison of Electrical Engineering Education in the USA and China."
Topher McDougal
School of Peace Studies
tlm@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Topher McDougal will be presenting his research entitled “The Ghost of War in Post-Conflict Economic Policy: The Case of Biofuels Concessions in Mozambique,” at the 12th Annual Jan Tinbergen Conference of the Network of European Peace Scientists (NEPS).
Geoffrey Morse, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Biology
gmorse@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Geoffrey Morse will be conducting research for his project entitled “Diversity of armored scale insects in Neotropical rainforest canopies."
Perla Myers, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Computer Science
pmyers@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Perla Myers will be conducting research on Mathematics Education, Attitudes, and Abilities in Rural China.
Clara Oberle, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences: History
oberle@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Clara Oberle will be presenting her paper entitled "Antifascist Myth Generation" at the Antifascism as a Practice and as a Discourse: Western
Europe- Eastern Europe Conference & Workshop, hosted by the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland.
Alma Ortega
Copley Library
alma@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Alma Ortega will be conducting research on the a paper entitled "Expansion of Library Services and Advanced Research Centers in Baja California Norte."
Marjorie Patrick, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Biology
mpatrick@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Marjorie Patrick will be presenting at a conference honouring the research career of Dr. Chris Wood, Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Rodney Peffer, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences: Philosophy
peffer@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Rodney Peffer will be conducting research on the related topics of global justice, endemic hunger, extreme poverty, & environmental degradation necessary to complete his work Global Justice, Human Rights, & the Natural Environment.”
Leonora Simonovis, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Languages and Literatures
simonovis@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Leonora Simonovis will be presenting her paper “Re-Thinking Slavery, Recovering the Past in Mayra Santos-Febres’s Fe en Disfraz” at the ACWWS (Association of Caribbean Women Writer and Scholars) Conference.
Monica Stufft, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Theatre Arts & Performance Studies
mostufft@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Monica Stufft will be participating in the Performative Classroom, a shift offered as part of the Performance Studies international conference.
Mike Williams, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Political Science
jmwilliams@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Mike Williams will be living in the Makuleke village within the province of Limpopo, South Africa in order to assist the non-profit organization called Sharing to Learn.
Randy Willoughby, PhD
Arts & Sciences: Political Science
rwillough@sandiego.edu
Description of Project/Purpose of Travel
Dr. Randy Willoughby will be presenting his work entitled "Nuclear Power Futures After Fukushima" at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference.
