2018 Awards
Sponsor: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Title: Examining Public Library Service to LGBTQ Communities for Health-related Information
PI: Dr. Vanessa Kitzie, assistant professor
School: Library and Information Science
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Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Title: Evolution in Digital Discourse: Toward a Computational Tool for Identifying Patterns
of Language Change in Social Media
PI: Dr. S. Mo Jang, assistant professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications
Sponsor: Library of Congress
Title: Teaching with Primary Sources
PI: Dr. Karen Gavigan, professor
School: Library and Information Science
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Sponsors: Jacqueline M. Albers Guest Scholar in Children’s Literature Fellowship and the Southeastern Conference Visiting Faculty Travel Grant
Title: Visualizing Change through Multicultural and Social Justice Graphic Novels in the
U.S. and Australia.
PI: Dr. Karen Gavigan, professor
School: Library and Information Science
Sponsor: The Pennsylvania State University - Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public
Communication
Title: Understanding Native Communication of Corporate Social Responsibility
Co-PIs: Dr. Linwan Wu, assistant professor and Dr. Holly Overton, assistant professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications
Sponsor: The Pennsylvania State University - Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public
Communication
Title: Moment of Truth: Understanding Corporate Rumors and the Psychology of Rumor Spread
on Environmental Issues via Social Media
PI: Dr. Holly Overton, assistant professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications
Sponsor: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Title: META 2: Furthering Our Understanding of the Economic Value of Public Library Services
Lead PI: Dr. Jennifer Arns, associate professor; Co-PI: Dr. Clayton Copeland, instructor
School: Library and Information Science
Sponsor: CDC
Title: USC PRC Center and Core Research Project: National Implementation Study of the Faith,
Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) Program
Co PI: Dr. Brooke McKeever, associate professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications
Sponsor: The Arthur W. Page Center at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
at Penn State University
Title: The Effects of Self-Construal on Green CSR Perspectives in the U.S. and India: The
Moderating Roles of Environmental Consciousness
Lead PI: Nandini Bhalla, doctoral candidate
School: Journalism and Mass Communications
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Title: IGE: Program for Explicit Prep of Engineering Research
Lead PI: Dr. Darin Freeburg, assistant professor
School: Library and Information Science
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Sponsor: USC Office of the Vice President for Research
Title: Knowledge Discovery in Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Experiences
Lead PI: Dr. Amir Karami, assistant professor
School: Library and Information Science
Sponsor: Center for Teaching Excellence
Title: Innovating and integrating two courses: Photovisual Communication III and Graphics
for Visual Communication
Co PIs: Dr. Sabrina Habib, assistant professor, and Dr. Tara Mortensen, assistant professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications
Sponsor: Center for Teaching Excellence
Title: Global Health Initiative Course Development Grant for a new course: Communicating,
Science, Health & the Environment
Lead PI: Dr. Brooke McKeever, associate professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications