CURRENT GRANTS
Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Robert H. Fitts
Chair/Professor
GRANT: $58,686, National Institutes of Health, “Effects of Cyclic Testosterone on Muscle Function in Older Men”
GRANT: $37,140, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, “Combined Effects of Nutritional and Exercise Countermeasures on Bed Rest-Induced Alterations in Single Muscle Fiber Functions”
Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science
Dr. Ruta Bajorunaite
Assistant Professor
GRANT: $21,307, National Institutes of Health, “Techniques for Modeling Complex Longitudinal Studies”
Dr. Gary S. Krenz
Professor
GRANT: $6,728, Veterans Administration, “Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling Structure and Function”
Dr. John C. Moyer
Professor
GRANT: $303,907, National Science Foundation, “A Longitudinal Comparison of the Effects of the Connected Mathematics Program and Other Curricula on Middle School Students’ Learning of Algebra”
Department of Physics
Dr. Andrew Kunz
Assistant Professor
GRANT: $72,000, National Science Foundation, “Studies of Magnetic Domain Wall Injection and Manipulation in a Magnetic Nanowire using Micromagnetic Simulation”
Department of Psychology
Dr. Debra Oswald
Assistant Professor
GRANT: $1,500, Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues, “How are they doing? A follow-up investigation of college women's implicit and explicit math identification and explicit math identification and intended major after the first year of college”
Department of Theology
Dr. Ulrich L. Lehner
Assistant Professor
GRANT: $30,500, Institute for Advanced Study, “Enlightened Monks: The Benedictines of Southern Germany (1750-1800)”
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Peter A. Smith
Adjunct Assistant Professor
GRANT: $150,000, U.S. Department of Education, “Conservative and Surgical Clubfoot Treatment: Multi-Center Study”
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Christopher M. Foley
Assistant Professor
Dr. Baolin Wan
Assistant Professor
GRANT: $1,090, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, “Deck-Truss Monitoring Workshop and Instrument Location Investigation”
Dr. Daniel H. Zitomer
associate Professor
GRANT: $30,000, Naulin Foundation, “Microbes for Enhanced Conversion of Waste to Methane for Combustion”
GRANT: $9,994, “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Sustainable Water Supply for La Garrucha, Guatemala”
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. John P Borg
Assistant Professor
Dr. George F. Corliss
Professor
Dr. James A. Rice
Associate Professor
Dr. Joseph M. Schimmels
Professor
GRANT: $50,000, Kern Family Foundation, Inc., “Student Transformation through Innovation Exercises”
COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Eva M. Soeka
Director, Center for Dispute Resolution Education
GRANT: $31,587, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, “Preventing Disputes through Cultural Competency”
LAW SCHOOL
Janine P. Geske
Distinguished Professor
GRANT: $7,286, U.S. Department of Justice, “Supplement to Safe Streets Initiative”
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Department of Clinical Services
Dr. Christopher Okunseri
Assistant Professor
GRANT: $100,000, Health Resources and Services Administration, “The Impact of a Policy Change in Wisconsin Authorizing Non-Dental Providers to Bill Medicaid for the Application of Fluoride Varnish to Children’s Teeth”
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Department of Counseling & Educational Psychology
Dr. Todd Campbell
Chair/associate Professor
GRANT: $78,750, Department of Housing and Urban Development, “Counseling Services and Management Oversight at the Guest House of Milwaukee”
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
Dr. Christine L Krueger
Associate Professor/Director of Core Curriculum
GRANT: $229,558, U.S. Department of Education, “Who Counts? Math Across the Curriculum for Global Learning”
The Les Aspin Center for Government
Rev. Timothy O'Brien
Director
GRANT: $500,000, U.S. Agency for International Development, “Democracy and Governance Capacity Training for Kenya, Ghana, and Other African Countries”
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Dr. Kathleen L. Bobay,
Assistant Professor, and
Dr. Marianne E. Weiss,
Associate Professor,
Dr. Olga Yakusheva,
Assistant Professor
GRANT: $197,476, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, “A Quality and Cost Analysis of Nurse Practice Predictors of Readiness for Hospital Discharge and Post-discharge Outcomes”
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Division of Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Cesar D. Gonzalez
Associate Professor
GRANT: $60,500, Wisconsin State Department of Health and Family Services, “Marquette University School of Dentistry Community Pediatric Dentistry Program”
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Institute for the Transformation of Learning
Dr. Howard L. Fuller
Director and Distinguished Professor
GRANT: $656,728, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, “Quest Milwaukee: A Partnership for Quality in Education”
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
Educational Opportunity Program
Alexander F. Peete
Associate Director
GRANT: $486,617, U.S. Department of Education, “Student Support Services”
Haggerty Museum of Art
Ms. Mary Lee Coppernoll
Acting Director
GRANT: $5,950, Wisconsin Arts Board, “The Haggerty at Twenty Three”
2007 GRANT AWARD ARCHIVE
Quick Facts About Marquette
| Identity: | Catholic, Jesuit, private |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Undergraduate: | 8,048 |
| Postgraduate: | 3,500 |
| Campus: | Urban, 80 acres |
| Athletics: | 14 NCAA Division I teams (Big East Conference) |
| Colors: | Blue and Gold |
