Provost’s Office

Dr. Derek Wright

• Development and Application fo Microanalysis and Chemical Imaging to Research and Instruction in the Biological, Forensic, Materials, Earth, and Environmental Sciences
• Wright Sabbatical Abstract

Dr. Brit Ranson-Olson

• Gaining Expertise in Advanced DNA Methods for New and Exciting Molecular Explorations at LSSU
• Ranson Olson Sabbatical Abstract

Dr. Jun Li

• Expending LSSU’s Instruction and Research Capabilities by Using Zebrafish Model
• Li Sabbatical Abstract

Dr. Barbara Evans

• Advancing Student Centered Science at LSSU: Structured Labs, Experiential Learning, adn Professional Opportunities
• Evans Sabbatical Abstract

Dr. H. Russell Searight

• Multiple Scholarly Projects: Two Books and Eight Jornal Articles
• Searight Sabbatical Abstract, Searight Sabbatical Leave Report

Dr. Paul Kelso

• How does the Earth work? Developing 3D geophysical models of the early Earth. Science education research and application: scientific uncertainity, digital field data, and 3D modeling
• Kelso Sabbatical Abstract, Kelso Sabbatical Leave Report

Dr. Jason Garvon

• Modernization and Publication
• Garvon Sabbatical Abstract, Garvon Sabbatical Leave Report

Given COVID, Dr. Christopher Smith chose to defer his sabbatical to 2021-2022.

• Intelligent Robotic Systems for Reducing the Cost and Ecological Impacts of Agriculture
• Smith Sabbatical Abstract, Smith Sabbatical Leave Report

Dr. R. Adam Mosey

• NMR-Guided Reactivity Studies for New Reaction Methodology Development and Structure Activity Relationship Studies for the Development of Potent Proteasome Modulators
• Mosey Proposal, Mosey Sabbatical Leave Report

Dr. George Voutsadakis

• Research Collaboration on Abstract Algebraic Logic and Explorations on Coalgebraic Methods in Computational Synthetic Biology
• Voutsadakis Proposal, Voutsadakis Sabbatical Leave Report

Sabbatical awards were deferred to 2019-2020

Dr. Alexei Iretski

• Expanding National and International Research Collaboration on Design and Study of Novel Transition Metal Containing Catalysts for Small Molecules Activation
• Iretski Proposal, Iretski – 2018 Sabbatical Leave Report

Dr. James Schaefer

• A Kaleidoscope of Masculinity: Cultural Patterns of Manliness in the Great Lakes Region, 1600-1800
• Schaefer Proposal, Schaefer – Sabbatical Leave Report 2018

Dr. Britton Ranson-Olson

• PFC Transport Assay
  Ranson-Olson Proposal and Ranson-Olson Final Report F17

Dr. Paige Gordier

• Capital Murder Trials 1850-1900
  Gordier Proposal and Gordier Report.

Jason Garvon, Ph.D.

• Keeping Pace with the Field: Learning DNA Extraction, PCR and Sequence Analysis
  Garvon Proposal and Garvon Report.
• Presentations: Student co-author posters: Peters, Flannigan, Kane. The Science of Evolution, Garvon. Entomological Society of Ontario – October 2016. Eastern Upper Peninsula Citizen Advisory Council (EUPCAC) April 2016.
• Publications: Blood Parasites of Blue-winged Teal from Two Migratory Corridors in the Southern US. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 52,3,2016.

Jun Li, Ph.D.

• Study of Fish Infectious Diseases and Immunity in the Great Lakes: Enhancing the Research Ability of LSSU’s Fish Disease Laboratory
  Li Proposal and Li Report

Chad Barbour, Ph.D.

• “White Blood Turns Red”: The Frontier, Playing Indian, and American Culture
  Barbour Proposal and Barbour Report

Ashley Moerke, Ph.D.

• Understanding Aquatic Ecosystem Linkages in the Great Lakes Basin: Enhancing LSSU’s Research Capacity and Collaboration
  Moerke proposal and Moerke report

Kathy Berchem

• Summary: Professor Berchem’s application for sabbatical is based on her desire to pursue advanced education in her professional field of Nursing
• Berchem proposal and Berchem report

Jason Swedene, Ph.D.

• Summary: Dr. Swedene will study perspectives on childhood and children from the 8th century BCE through the 18th century neoclassical period
• Swedene proposal and Swedene report

Brian Zinser

• Summary: Professor Zinser’s proposed sabbatical project will attempt to explain the determinants of American Muslim’s intentions to use retail Islamic banking and financial services in the United States
• Zinser proposal and Zinser report

Dennis Merkel, Ph.D.

• Summary: Researching correspondence between J.O. Veatch & the Bureau of Soils:  Investigation of the soil profile method as a paradigm shift.
• Merkel Proposal, Merkel Report and Merkel Addendum on Podology

Aaron Westrick, Ph.D.

• Summary: Fourth Amendment Seizures: The Processes of Investigating Police Force Incidents – A (book) guide for evaluating law enforcement use-of-force.
• Westrick proposal and Westrick Report

Greg Zimmerman, Ph.D.

• Summary: Dr. Zimmerman’s sabbatical follows on research he has been doing over the past few years in the area of using local weedy grasses for pellet fuels for heating
• Zimmerman proposal and Zimmerman report

Paul Kelso, Ph.D.

• Summary: An EarthScope project to study deformation and magmatic modification, Western Idaho – Eastern Oregon and Localization of deformation in lithologically heterogeneous lower crust, Arunta block, central Australia.
• Kelso Sabbatical Report

David McDonald

• Summary: Control and Integration of Electrical Motors for Electric Vehicle and Industrial Applications
• McDonald Sabbatical Report

James Zukowski, Ph.D.

• Summary: Relocating a Career in English: The Move from Traditional Scholarship to Creative Writing
• Zukowski Sabbatical Report

Brian Snyder, Ph.D.

• Summary: Mathematics Visualization Program (MVP) – Developing Visual Media in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
• Snyder Sabbatical Report

Marshall R. Werner, Ph.D.

• Summary: Expanding Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Capabilities of 60 MHz permanent magnet systems through the development of novel pulse sequences for use in an undergraduate chemistry curriculum and incorporation into a course on Molecular Spectroscopy.
• Werner Sabbatical report

David Szlag, Ph.D.

• Summary: Detection, Occurrence, and Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products released from On-Site Wastewater Systems.
• Szlag Sabbatical Report