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Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Awards Program
The annual Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Awards Program is an intramural faculty research grant program intended to support faculty research, scholarship, and creative activity, interpreted broadly to mean the disciplined quest for broadening human understanding.
The call for proposals is typically announced late Fall-early Spring and applications are due each Spring semester. This opportunity is open to all members of Unit 3. Applicants should request one of three possible categories of awards:
1) 3 WTUs of reassigned time;
2) Summer salary support; or
3) Mini-grants to purchase materials and supplies, travel to conduct research, and/or purchase equipment.
To encourage mentoring of students who engage in faculty-led RSCA projects, applicants may also request up to $1,500 in supplemental funding for student assistantship and/or student travel to present at a professional conference or meeting.
Congratulations to the 2024-25 RSCA Awardees!
| Faculty Name | College | Department | Project Title |
| Kirstin Ellsworth | CAH | Art & Design | The Lakewood Home and the Architecture of Postwar America |
| Jimena Sarno | CAH | Art & Design | Rhapsody |
| Aandrea Stang | CAH | Art & Design | Brackish Water Los Angeles Exhibition |
| Virginia Todd Eames | CAH | Communications | Buzzard Luck Professional Pitch Deck |
| Debra Best | CAH | English | Law in the Middle English Romances of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales |
| Kimberly Huth | CAH | English | Pericles and Emblematic Drama in the Shakespearean Canon |
| Kerry Shannon | CAH | History | Going to the Bathroom for the Nation: A History of the Modern Japanese Toilet |
| Laura Talamante | CAH | History | Mapping the Shifting Terrain of Revolutionary Marriage and Divorce in Marseille |
| Annemarie Perez | CAH | Interdisciplinary Studies | Recovering Marcella Lucero Trujillo: Digitalizing Memory, Space, and Place |
| Tahereh Aghdasifar | CAH | Women's Studies | Institutionalizing Model Minority Politics |
| Nancy Deng | CBAPP | Information Systems & Operations Management | Will ChatGPT Makes My Knowledge and Skills Obsolete? Understanding AI Literacy from the Perspective of Underserved Students |
| Jian-yu Ke | CBAPP | Information Systems & Operations Management | Towards Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery: Analyzing the Impact of Crowdsourced Logistics on E-Commerce Transportation |
| Xun Xu | CBAPP | Information Systems & Operations Management | Carbon Emission Reduction and Channel Development Strategies Under Government Subsidy and Retailers’ and Consumers’ Fairness Concerns |
| Saahir Shafi | CBAPP | School of Public Service & Justice | Policy Rhetoric around Polarizing Issues: Evaluating States’ Messaging on the Opioid Crisis |
| Rui Sun | CBAPP | School of Public Service & Justice | Fiscal Transparency, Citizen Participation, and Social Media: Do They Affect Fiscal Health? |
| Zheng Yang | CBAPP | School of Public Service & Justice | Beyond the Crisis: Volunteer Engagement and Psychological Well-being in Los Angeles During COVID-19 |
| Kara Kogachi | CHHSN | Child Development | Reducing Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Middle School Math Through Peer Social Networks: A Study of Peer Social Capital |
| Jahangir Abdi | CHHSN | Clinical Science | Experimental investigation of cytotoxic T cells’ killing activity against blood cancer cells |
| Annalyn Valdez-Dadia | CHHSN | Human Services | Exploring the mental health experiences and support needs of Filipino family caregivers |
| Parichart Sabado | CHHSN | School of Public Health & Health Science | Examining the Association between Intergenerational Trauma and E-cigarettes Use and Use of Other Nicotine and Marijuana Products among Cambodian Transitional Age Youth |
| Karin Kram | CNBS | Biology | Characterizing Stresses in Long-Term Bacterial Cultures |
| Samantha Leigh | CNBS | Biology | The Impacts of Chronic Microplastics Exposure on Zebrafish Physiology |
| Sonal Singhal | CNBS | Biology | A genetic perspective on the number of species on Earth |
| Amine Laradji | CNBS | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Engineering an In-Situ Gelling Vitreous Substitute with Antiproliferative Properties |
| Amlan Chatterjee | CNBS | Computer Science | Early detection of Mental Health Problems in Underrepresented Populations Using Predictive Analysis on Online Social Network |
| Alireza Izaddoost | CNBS | Computer Science | AI-Powered Platform to Detect New and Unidentified Fraudulent Activities in Credit Card Transactions |
| Ali Jalooli | CNBS | Computer Science | Safeguarding IoT Devices: Machine Learning-Driven Solutions for Smart Home Security |
| Bin Tang | CNBS | Computer Science | Budget-Constrained Traveling Salesman Problem: a Cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach |
| Liudong Zuo | CNBS | Computer Science | Optimizing Data Transfers in High-Performance Networks: Balancing Completion Time and Cost Efficiency |
| Parveen Chhetri | CNBS | Earth Science | Can trees reduce the effect of the urban heat islands exacerbated by climate change? |
| Ashish Sinha | CNBS | Earth Science | A Multi-Millennium Paleoclimate Context for Understanding the Causal Mechanisms of the 20th Century Sahel Megadroughts |
| Shubhechchha Thapa | CNBS | Earth Science | Comparison and validation of MODIS and VIIRS snow products for the 2022 hydrological year over the Midwestern United States |
| Alexander Chen | CNBS | Mathematics | Mathematical modeling, experimental cell cultures, and the biological system: bridging the knowledge gap in respiratory viruses |
| Carolyn Yarnall (with Jessalynn Bolkema & Sharon Lanaghan) | CNBS | Mathematics | Unlocking Voter Dynamics: Exploring Agreement and Piercing in Discrete Societies |
| Lamar Glover | CNBS | Physics | Further Optimization of Electric Energy Storage Component Fabrication Incorporating Carbon-Based Materials from Waste Biomass |
| Apostol Gramada | CNBS | Physics | Coarse-Graining Biological Interactions: Computational Tool for Geometric Partitioning |
| Hyo Joon Chang | CNBS | Political Science | That's a Good Question! |
| Christopher Hallenbrook | CNBS | Political Science | What We Owe to the Future – A Social Contract Approach to Intergenerational Justice |
| Yea Ji Kim | CNBS | Political Science | Who to Target: Changing Nature of Political Parties’ Platforms in South Korea |
| Giacomo Bono | CNBS | Psychology | Advancing Research on Youth Thriving Through Adversity During the Pandemic |
| Kaylie Carbine | CNBS | Psychology | Don’t Forget to Breathe! The Lasting Effects of Meditation on Academic-Related Cognitive Outcomes |
| Irene Tung-phan | CNBS | Psychology | Examining the Utility of Mobile Health Tools to Promote Prenatal Stress Resilience |
| Monique Turner | CNBS | Psychology | The Exploration of Microaggressions |
| David Weissman | CNBS | Psychology | Examining affective processes contributing to CSUDH students’ mental health vulnerability and resilience following childhood adversity |
| Kelin Li | CNBS | Sociology | Can Concordant Advices among Health Professionals Improve Breastfeeding Outcomes among Low-Income WIC Participants? |
| Margarita Landeros | COE | Graduate Education | From School Counselor to School Administrator: Exploring Training Opportunities for School Counselors |
| Angela Macias | COE | Liberal Studies | Bridging the World of Education with Gaming Culture |
| Jenny Chiappe | COE | Special Education | Individuals with a Sibling with a Developmental Disability and their Perspectives on Special Education |
| Conrad Oh Young | COE | Special Education | Utilizing ChatGPT-4 To Assist With The Systematic Review of Special Education Research Studies |
| Nallely Arteaga | COE | Teacher Education | Towards Linguistic Justice: Unpacking the Raciolinguistic Pushout of Latine Emergent Bilingual Students |
| Stephanie Cariaga | COE | Teacher Education | Ungrieved Endings: A Visual Understanding of Teachers of Color Who Leave the Classroom |
| Minhye Son | COE | Teacher Education | Exploring Cultural Competence of Early Childhood Education Students |
Grants for My Research (GMR)
Grants for My Research (GMR) is CSUDH’s grant proposal development program that aims to equip faculty with the tools required for the development and submission of competitive extramural grant proposals. This program is designed to provide faculty with resources for research development and idea refinement, editorial and writing support, grantspersonship, and mentoring for the timely submission of high-quality extramural grant proposals. Overall, GMR will support faculty in their efforts to achieve success in research, scholarly, and creative activities for tenure and promotion.
GMR program activities will include:
- Online Kick-off workshops
- One-on-one consultations with a grant development mentor in addition to other cohort/group meetings.
- Opportunity to attend local meeting(s) or trainings in grant development.
- Ongoing access to grant reviewers and proposal editors.
For the current program deadline, visit the InfoReady online applications and submission portal. The program guidelines can be found in the InfoReady portal.
If you have any questions regarding the GMR program, please email research@54zhangmi.com.