2023 Faculty Stipend Recipients Announced

By Janey Roeder

Ethics Across the Curriculum and Ethics Research Stipend Recipients Announced

To advance our vision of having an ethics module in every Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà course, seventeen $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 over $450,000 in Ethics Across the Curriculum stipends since the program was initiated in 2005.  The 2022-2023 proposal review committee, chaired by Danny Paskin (Journalism and Public Relations), selected the following faculty stipend recipients:

Ethics Across the Curriculum Stipends

  • Babette Benken – Ethical Considerations of Research in Mathematics Education (Mathematics and Statistics)
  • Donna Binkiewicz – Understanding Immigration History, Policy, and Ethical Choices (History)
  • Brian Cole – From Ethical Theories to Action: Promoting and Balancing Ethical Principles in Public Health Practice (Health Science)
  • Kate Flach – Ethical Appeals for Black Civil Rights (History)
  • Greg Gaynor – Teaching Ethics in Financial and Cost Accounting: Emphasizing Both the Positive and Negative Ramifications of Ethical vs. Non-Ethical Financial Reporting (Accountancy)
  • Anna Gluzman – Instagram in Creative Teaching of Ethics: Ethical Dilemmas in Sociological Research through Social Media (Sociology)
  • Cindy Gotz – Operationalizing Ethical Concepts within the Health Care Administration Internship (Health Care Administration)
  • JinHee Hur – Ethics in Language Development: Effectively Supporting Children who are Dual Language Learners (Family and Consumer Sciences – Child Development and Family Studies)
  • Elena Ionescu – Ethical Concerns and Biogerontology (Family and Consumer Sciences – Gerontology)
  • Seung-hoon Jeong – Biopolitical Ethics in Global Cinema (Film and Electronic Arts)
  • Kimberly Kelly – Dismantling Systemic Environmental Racism: The Ethics of Climate Justice (Human Development)
  • Kevin Mills – Ethical Issues in the Renewable Energy Supply Chain (Management and Human Resource Management)
  • John Palmer – Ethics and Corporate Fraud Impacts on Corporate Governance (Accountancy)
  • Steven Rousso-Schindler – Ethical Challenges in the Production of Visual Anthropology Projects (Anthropology)
  • Shabnam Sodagari – Reaching Equitable Quantum Assessment  (Computer Engineering and Computer Science)
  • Jeanelle Uy – Ethical Research in Biological Anthropology  (Anthropology)
  • Claudia Barrulas Yefremian – Personal Ethical Code in Decision Analysis  (Management and Human Resource Management)

Faculty Ethics Research Stipends

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.  $100,000 has been awarded since this program began in 2013.  The review committee, chaired by Maria Claver (Family and Consumer Sciences – Gerontology), is pleased to announce the following 2022-2023 research stipend recipients:

  • Lauren Heidbrink – Age Assessments of Unaccompanied Children in U.S. Federal Custody (Human Development)
  • Devery Rodgers – Coded Bias: Exploring Algorithms of Oppression (Educational Leadership)

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!