Sponsored Research

Seven Evergreen faculty members received college Sponsored Research awards to support their scholarly and creative work:

• Jennifer Gerend and Ralph Murphy — for a study of municipal planning policies in the state of Washington
• James Neitzel — for the project, "Measure of Oxidative Damage to Essential Fatty Acids"
• Michael Vavrus — for the project, "Origins of How We Debate Diversity: The Impact on Education and the Future of Our Children"
• Sarah Williams— for the project, "When Beads Speak: Turkana Women's Ornament and Ethnographic Reason"
• Anthony Zaragoza — for a study on the economic impacts of automation and robotics on the Italian auto industry
• Julia Zay —for components of the project, "'Buildings to be held in your hand': Small Architecture of the Pacific NW Alternative Photographic Processes & Large Format Photography"

Grants for Faculty

Thirteen faculty members received a Faculty Foundation Grant, supported by The Evergreen Annual Fund:

• Abir Biswas — for the project, “Mercury Assessment in Pacific Northwest (Evergreen) Forest, Stream, and Intertidal Ecosystems”
• Jennifer Calkins — for the project, “Phylogenomic Analysis of Odontophoridae”
• Erin Ellis — for the project, “Assessing the age of plant-derived carbon exported by the Queets River: A glimpse into the carbon cycling dynamics of temperate rainforests”
• Miranda Mellis — for the project, “Encyclopedia Vol. 3, L-P: Editorial Work and Research”
• Greg Mullins — for the project, “The Banality of Good: Rights, Moralism, and the Growth of Amnesty International USA”
• James Neitzel — for the project, “A Method to Evaluate the Ability of Antioxidants to Prevent Oxidative Damage to Essential Fatty Acids”
• Shaw Osha — for the project, “The Insistence of Painting”
• Benjamin Simon— for the project, “Yersinia ruckeri as a Vaccine Delivery Vehicle to Immunize Rainbow Trout”
• Richard Weiss and Arun Chandra — for the project, “Integrating Music, Robotics and Cybernetics”
• Elizabeth Williamson — for the project, “Shakespeare's Political Martyrs”
• Julia Zay — for components of the project, “‘Buildings to be held in your hand’: Small Architecture of the Pacific Northwest Alternative Photographic Processes and Large Format Photography”