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Catherine Estis, Executive Program Director in the
office of Vice President of Student Affairs - Dr. Estis’ research work
focuses on low income and disadvantaged populations. She is a published
author whose research has been presented nationally and internationally.
Dr. Estis currently serves as the director of the two federal programs
active at ULM: the Educational Talent Search and Upward Bound program.
These programs work to assist low income and potential first generation
college students by arming them with the necessary skills to enter into
the post- secondary segment. Dr. Estis’ recent research also includes
the problems with public transportation and the economic barrier it
presents for the poor in the South. |
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November - December 2011
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Lynn Clark, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and
Instruction - She has an extensive background in curriculum development
in both print and web media. Dr. Clark has published and presented
nationally and internationally on issues relating to diversity. Her
sponsored programs effort focused on developing the CEHD Culture
Connection Center. This center provides a space where international
students can meet and cross cultural exchanges between different
students and faculty can take place. The CEHD Career Connection is also
equipped with a video production studio and a dual platform curriculum
development lab that is equipped to collect video narratives from
students and faculty, creating a media database of different
perspectives that can be used to infuse diversity into course curricula. |
| November - December 2009 |  | Dr.
Kevin Baer, Department Head, Toxicology, is the first department head
to be
elected Star of the month. His independent research involves the
development of synthetic media for culturing and bioassay testing
Daphnia magna. Other research interests include the use of
biochemical and physiological biomarkers in freshwater fish,
invertebrates and amphibians to assess environmental contamination.
Currently, he holds three sponsored programs that involve testing and
monitoring of potential pollutants in Louisiana's waterways. To read
more, follow THIS link. | | October 2009 |  | Dr.
W. Greg Leader, Dean, College of Pharmacy, is the first dean to be
elected Star of the month. His sponsored projects are designed to
enhance existing facilities as well as educational programs. He has
been able to secure external funding that increase number of faculty
across all three COP campuses (Monroe, Shreveport, and Baton Rouge) as
well as expand capacity of the main building. His funding comes from a
variety of sources, including state and federal. | | August - September 2009 |  | Dr.
Seetharama Satyanarayanajois (Jois), Assistant Professor of Medicinal
Chemistry is the first elected Star of the month in the new 2009
academic year. Jois' research seeks answers to rheumatoid arthritis
(RA). RA is an autoimmune disease, which means that one's body is not
able to distinguish between its healthy tissues and harmful substances.
As a result, the body attacks itself. There are over eighty types of
autoimmune diseases and no known causes for any particular type. Most
of them are chronic diseases but many can be controlled with treatment.
Jois' research is funded through Board of Regents and National
Institutes of Health through Louisiana Biomedical Research Network
housed at LSU. | | April 2009 |  | Thomas Sasek, Ph.D. Sasek is seeking an explanation
for the relative resistance of particular plants to ozone pollution and
carbon dioxide interactions in physiological studies. Increased CO2
levels can result
in a noticeable effect on photosynthesis, pollution uptake, and biomass
accumulation, thereby reducing ozone stress. He also leads a team of
Louisiana scientists, funded by the National Science Foundation, in
development of an electronic statewide database
featuring all of Louisiana's 1.1-million plant specimens, of which
475,000 are housed at the ULM Museum of Natural History. |
March 2009 |  | Paul Sylvester, Ph.D. - During a distinguished career,
his credits include an endowed chairship, teacher of the year award,
outstanding professor by the Mortar Board Honor Society as well as
maintaining his teaching, research, service and mentorship
responsibilities. Dr. Sylvester's current research, entitled "Cancer
Research and Health Project" received funding from First Tech
International, Limited, of Hong Kong. This five-year project in
excess of $5.3 million brings Dr. Sylvester closer to the goal of
developing a cure for breast cancer. To read more about this research,
click HERE. |
January - February 2009 |  | Jana Sutton, Ph.D. - As an early
career faculty, she has published multiple journal articles, a book chapter,
invited presentations and multiple externally funded sponsored programs. Dr.
Sutton’s current funded research focuses on youth therapy for
the 4th
Judicial District Court Juvenile Drug Court. This year’s renewal brings the multi-year award to a total of
$360,000. The support provides ULM students the opportunity to gain
experience through the internship component. |
December 2008 |  | Beverly Flowers-Gibson, Ed.D. - During a distinguished career, her credits include community and
profession service, peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and
more than a dozen externally funded sponsored programs. Her current funded project entitled “Louisiana-Mississippi
Regional Transition to Teaching Project” (Teach Delta Region) received
funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The project is a partnership among ULM, Jackson State University
and twenty-six high-need local education agencies in the two states. Their focus is to enhance alternative
certification programs to enable participants to achieve teaching certification
in an accelerated timeframe. |
November 2008 |
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 | Rebecca L. Stephenson, Ph.D. - Democracy
is at work. Our first star is Dr. Rebecca Stephenson. In a
short four year time, her credits include a book chapter, some refereed
journal articles, many conference presentations, as well as, being
dedicated teacher.
Dr.
Stephenson’s funded research entitled “The Politics of Language:
Byrhferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine
Reform” received funding from the LA Board of Regents ATLAS (Awards to
Louisiana Artists and Scholars) program. The panel of
out-of-state experts evaluated the proposal and deemed it
"exceptionally fine." The funding allows her a year-long sabbatical and
a trip to England where she will be researching old
manuscripts. The grant award totals $36,975, and was one of only
11 awarded in the
state. |
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