2018 Connect Grant Recipients | Early Spring 2018

Capacity-Building for Broader Impacts Contributions to STEM and Science Policy Research

PI – Evelyn Brister, Associate Professor of Philosophy, CLA

Developing Reflective, Instrumental and Transformational Women Leader Area: Leadership Development

PIs - Dr. Kara Maki, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, COS; dt ogilvie, Professor of Urban Entrepreneurship, SCB

Co-PIs – Christy Tyler, Professor of Life Sciences COS; Dr. Leslie Kate Wright, Associate Professor of Life Sciences, COS

Applying 3D Modeling Techniques to Help Understand the Developmental Biology of Echinoderms

PI – Hyla Sweet, Associate Professor of Life Sciences, COS

Co-PIs – Marla Schweppe, Professor of Design, CIAS; Glen Hintz, Department Chair of School of Art, CIAS

Hybrid Documentary Film with Virtual Reality Component- Undocumented Taxi Drivers Chasing the American Dream

PI – Ambarien Alqadar, Assistant Professor of Film and Animation, CIAS

Undocumented Voices of Deaf Women Leaders: A Historical Analysis

PI – Deirdre Schlehofer, Assistant Professor of Cultural & Creative Studies, NTID

Co-PI – Octavian Robinson, Professor of Cultural & Creative Studies, NTID

Development of a Support Group for RIT's International Faculty

PI – Jerrie Hsieh, Associate Professor of Hospitality & Tourism Management, CAST

Co-PIs – Amanda Bao, Professor of Civil Engineering Technology, CAST; Muhammet Kesgin, Professor of Hospitality & Tourism Management, CAST