Research and Creative Activity
Mission Statement
Our mission is to create and sustain a culture of research among COAS faculty and students and to provide faculty with information and resources to facilitate faculty research and student activities.
Mentoring Matters Panel - Spring 24
Mentoring Matters
Date: April 9, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM until 2:30 PM
Location: 8th floor of the Mary & John Gray Library,
Description:
Committee members from the Research and Creative Activity Committee and the students that they've mentored will share and discuss why mentoring matters.
Grant Writing Panel - Fall 23
Committee Members
Department of Biology
Matt Hoch, Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Sylvestre Twagirayezu, Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Sujing Wang, Associate Professor
Xingya Liu, Associate Professor
Department of English and Modern Languages
Casey Ford, Instructor
Department of History
Jeff Forret, Professor
JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing
Raouth Kostandy, Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
Wael Al-Sawai, Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Phil Cole, Professor and Chair
Department of Political Science
Tom Sowers, Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychologyy
Raymond Doe, Assistant Professor
Sociology Program
Jesse Garcia, Assistant Professor
Criminal Justice Program
Sanaz Alasti, Associate Professor
Vidisha Worley, Associate Professor
Co-Chairs
Thomas Sowers
Sanaz Alasti
Research & Creative Activity Initiatives
College Initiatives
Fall 2023
The committee hosted an event where nine Lamar university faculty members spoke on grant writing and publishing in a panel open to all LU faculty and staff. Jerry Lin, Associate Provost for Research, gave the opening remarks.
Department Initiatives
Strategic research initiative each department will pursue in the 2023 - 2024 academic year.
Biology |
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| Initiative: | Research and Coffee Brown Bag |
| When: | Once annually- Fall or Spring |
| Who: | All research faculty and students |
| Measurement: | Event completion |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
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| Initiative: | Encourage faculty and students to attend/present at Welch conference and American Chemical Society National Conference (or any other conference which is relevant to their research) |
| When: | Every year |
| Who: | Faculty and Students |
| Measurement: | Attendance and presentation |
Computer Science |
|
| Initiative: | Set up a monitor wall outside the CS department office to showcase CS faculty research activities and research assistant (RA) opportunities for students. Invite speakers to deliver research talks. |
| When: | Y23-24 |
| Who: | CS Department and ACM advisor |
| Measurement: | Exit Survey and Interview, funded research projects and publications |
Earth and Space Sciences |
|
| Initiative: | Increase research opportunities for T-T faculty via reassigned time. |
| When: |
Spring 24 Summer |
| Who: | New T-T faculty |
| Measurement: | Reassigned or release time granted to each T-T faculty member. |
English and Modern Languages |
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| Initiative: | At least one event in Spring 2024 in which a faculty member working on a creative or research based or creative project is given the opportunity to showcase their work through a lecture or scheduled discussion. Another option might be a roundtable in which several faculty discuss their work. A third idea potentially in the works is to ask a writer such as Dave Oliphant or Walter Bargen to come and do a poetry reading. Further support for release time for faculty working on manuscripts under contract. |
| When: | Spring 2024 |
| Who: |
Adam Nemmers, Jim Sanderson, Amy Smith, Sara Hillin, Katherine Hoerth, Sharon Joffe |
| Measurement: | Publications and/or public discussions of works, student and faculty attendance at events |
History |
|
| Initiative: | Writing brown bag workshop |
| When: | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Who: | Open to all faculty |
| Measurement: | Number of meetings per semester and amount of research published |
JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing |
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| Initiative: | At least three (3) undergraduate nursing majors will engage in undergraduate research / creative activities with nursing faculty as mentors. |
| When: | By May 2024 |
| Who: | Nursing faculty |
| Measurement: | Evidence of at least 3 undergraduate nursing majors engaging in or completed an undergraduate research project / creative activity with a nursing faculty mentor. |
Mathematics |
|
| Initiative: | Resurrect Dept Colloquium |
| When: | Spring 2024 |
| Who: | Vallin |
| Measurement: | Hold at least two colloquia in spring 2024 |
Physics |
|
| Initiative: | Submit Internal and Extramural Grants + publish papers in high-impact journals |
| When: | Now |
| Who: | All Faculty |
| Measurement: | Papers Published & Grants Awarded. |
Political Science |
|
| Initiative: | Attempt to seek outside funding for teaching reduction. |
| When: | All Year |
| Who: | All Faculty |
| Measurement: | Number of funded reductions. |
Psychology |
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| Initiative: | Department brown bag research meetings with students |
| When: | Spring 2024 |
| Who: | All PSYC full-time faculty (and others who wish to contribute) |
| Measurement: | Number of separate meetings. Number of students who end up working with faculty because of the meetings. |
Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice |
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| Initiative: | Faculty will share current and active research with a Research class |
| When: | 2023-2024 Academic Year |
| Who: | One faculty from each program |
| Measurement: | One faculty from each program will share their current research with a research class in the department (may be from a different program). |