The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is pleased to announce the Fall 2025 Butine Faculty Development Fund Awards. Congratulations!
- Sherry Abbasi, Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2026), $2,000
- Kali Abel, Es Otro Cuento: Invisibility and Adaptation in Colombia’s Changing Climate, $5,000
- SimonMary Aihiokhai, World Christianity Conference; African Studies Association, $2,000
- Lauren Alfrey, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, $2,000
- Christina Astorga, College Theology Society 2026 Conference, $2,000
- Matthew Barner, Developing a framework for explaining the value of a liberal arts education to engineering students, $3,253
- Lauren Berger, Examining Social and Structural Determinants of Mental Health Among Immigrants in the United States, $4,600
- Daniel Hansen, Nursing ethics in action, $5,000
- Itzel Cruz Megchun, Research experiences with an international component for undergraduates that impact the city, $5,000
- Bill Curtis, Richard Rorty Society Conference: Philosophy, Democracy, and Conversation, $300
- Brandy Daniels, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, $2,000
- Katie Danielson, American Educational Research Association Conference, $2,000
- Timothy Doughty, American Society of Mechanical Engineering’s International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exhibition 2025 Annual Conference, $2,000
- Maria Echenique, Latin American Studies Association (LASA), $2,000
- Terry Favero, Sport Science Research Renewal, $3,428
- Kyle Flann, Metabolic Cost and Performance Decline in Recreational Physical Activities, $2,835
- Layla Garrigues, Establishing, Deepening, and Evaluating Sustainable Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Partnerships, $2,778
- Sean Gestson, Developing a framework for explaining the value of a liberal arts education to engineering students, $3,253
- Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, $2,000
- Naveen Gudigantala, The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), $2,000
- Rebekah Hanson, Suzuki Association of the Americas and American String Teachers Association Join Conference, $1,308
- Dierdre Hon, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), $2,000
- Dierdre Hon, Expanding and Evaluating Compassion-Based SEL Implementation in Teacher Colleges in Coahuila, Mexico, $5,000
- Jeff Kerssen-Griep, National Communication Association (NCA) Convention, $350
- Azeb Madebo, National Women’s Studies Association (45th Annual Conference), $483
- Steve Mayer, Using ChatGPT to Enhance Teaching, Research and Service, $5,000
- Poulami Mitra, Enhancing Academic Performance Through an Immersive Virtual Reality-Based Anatomy Lab for Students With ADHD and Online Learners, $2,412
- Natalie Nelson-Marsh, National Communication Association & Pre-Conference on AI and Organizational Communication, $1,975
- Hans Nordstrom, Joint Mathematics Meeting, $1,195
- Neil Oculi, Developing Geospatial Modules for Coastal Vulnerability and Watershed Vulnerability Index for Saint Lucia to Better Understand the Impacts of Climate Change, $5,000
- Toyin Olukotun, Examining Social and Structural Determinants of Mental Health Among Immigrants in the United States, $4,600
- Nicole Ralston, 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, $2,000
- Rebecca Smith, 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, $2,000
- Kristin Sweeney, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting and Gilbert Club Meeting of Geomorphologists, $2,000
- Joshua Swidzinski, The Collected Works of Abraham Cowley – Collation of Manuscripts for Volume 9, ‘Uncollected Poetry and Letters’, $1,023
- Buck Taylor, American Chemical Society National Meeting, $2,000
- David Turnbloom, North American Academy of Liturgy, $986
- Naga Vemprala, Designing a Decentralized, Gamified Platform for Misinformation Detection – A Blockchain-Based Incentive Model, $4,000
- Shaz Vijlee, 2026 ASEE National Conference, $2,000
- Jordyn Wolfand, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, $2,000
- Aaron Wootton, JMM 2026 (Joint Mathematics Meetings), $1,962