2022 Faculty Stipends Announced

Published April 21, 2022

Ethics Across the Curriculum and Research Stipend Recipients Announced

To advance our vision of having an ethics module in every Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà course, fifteen $3,000 stipends are being granted to faculty for integrating 3-hour ethics modules into their courses.  The Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership has awarded $400,000 in Ethics Across the Curriculum stipends since the program was initiated in 2005.  The 2021-2022 proposal review committee, chaired by Danny Paskin (Journalism and Public Relations), selected the following faculty stipend recipients:

  • Shadnaz Asgari – Ethics of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (Biomedical Engineering)
  • Andrea Calabrese – Ethics in Engineering (Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management)
  • Navdeep Singh Dhillon – Ethical Issues in Power Generation and Energy Usage (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
  • Sara Dozier – Equity in Science for Future Teachers (Science Education)
  • Niloofar Bavarian Ellis – Community Organizing in Public Health: Ethical Considerations (Health Science)
  • Christine El Ouardani – Racial and Social Justice Ethics in Qualitative Methods (Human Development)
  • Jana Fogaca – Ethical Practice in Applied Sport Psychology (Kinesiology)
  • Bo Fu – Embedding Ethics in Computer Science Education (Computer Engineering and Computer Science)
  • Lauren Heidbrink – Ethics in Community-Based Research (Human Development)
  • Jayne Howell – Ethical Ethnography: Applying Anthropological Guidelines in Global and Local Research (Anthropology)
  • Kara Miller – Teaching Ethics with High Impact Practices in Applied Anthropology (Anthropology)
  • Janet Muñiz – Ethics in Interviewing Immigrant Populations (Sociology)
  • Bridget Rogala – Harm Reduction in Public Health (Health Science)
  • John Scenters-Zapico – What are your Ethics and Identity?  The Role of Ethics in Understanding Ourselves and Others (English)
  • Sophea Seng – Ethics in Implementing Social Justice Projects in Ethnic Studies  (Asian and Asian American Studies)

To strengthen its research pillar, the Ukleja Center also offers $5,000 Faculty Ethics Research Stipends to support original research and contribute to the body of knowledge in disciplinary and interdisciplinary ethics.  $90,000 has been awarded since this program began in 2013.  The review committee, chaired by Gwen Shaffer (Journalism and Public Relations), is pleased to announce the following 2021-2022 research stipend recipients: 

  • Michelle Taylor – What about Early Childhood Education Teachers?  Understanding Teachers' Personal and Professional Experiences in Relation to their Practice (Family and Consumer Sciences – Child Development and Family Studies)
  • Sarah Taylor – Ethics in Sexual Decision-Making: A Study of Contraceptive Control in Young Adults (Family and Consumer Sciences – Child Development and Family Studies)

Congratulations to all our faculty stipend recipients and thank you for bringing our vision to life-enhancing the integration of ethics across the entire Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà campus!