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The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School is pleased to announce the fall 2022 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) award recipients.

The awards, valued at up to $500 each, will support the research and creative activities of 34 graduate students studying in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Schools of Engineering, Pharmacy, and Education, Health and Human Behavior.

“Graduate students at SIUE engage in their profession through the creation and publication of original research and creative activities,” said Jerry Weinberg, PhD, associate provost for research and dean of the Graduate School. “Their projects have regional, national, and international impact. The Research Grants for Graduate Students program recognizes the project’s potential contribution and provides students with necessary resources to conduct the work.” 

Faculty advisors oversee the students’ individual research or creative activity. The primary purpose of the RGGS program is to support the graduate students’ work, particularly as it relates to their thesis or final project.

The fall 2022 RGGS projects are listed at siue.edu/graduate-students/awards/research-grants.

A sampling of projects includes:

• Investigating the Genetic Locus of a Mutant Gene in a Mushroom-forming Basidiomycete Fungus (Ibrahim Olabanji Bello, Biological Sciences)
• A Qualitative Approach to the Use and Perceptions of Mental Skills in Collegiate Hockey with the Consideration of Hockey Culture (Elia May Burbidge, Kinesiology-Exercise and Sport Psychology)
• Water Quality Monitoring, Quantification, and Characterization of Polychlorinated Biphenyls across the American Bottom (Courtney Mayhew, Chemistry)
• Increasing the Effectiveness of Respondent-Driven Sampling by Surveying the Experiences of Women in STEM (Trevor Auten, Computer Science)
• Accurate Buckling Factor Calculation for Bridge Intermediate Columns (Narek Galustanian, Civil Engineering)
• A Safe Space for Our Students: Global Zone - an International Student Ally Program (Madeline Schurman, Higher Education & Student Affairs)
• Radicalizing Home: A Study of Diaspora Women's Autobiography (Rodaina Tarek Mahmoud Mohamed Mousa, English Literature)
• Monitoring the Occurrence of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Waterborne Disease Pathogens in Horseshoe Lake and Dunlap Lake (Catherine Oluwalopeye Ojewole, Environmental Sciences)
• The Satanic Panic: American Myth, Moral Panic, and Civil Religion in the Postwar Period (Jessica Guldner, History)
• Design and Synthesis of Hexahydrobenz[e]Indoles as Selective Sigma2 Receptor Ligands for Cancer Therapy (Ousman Boye, Pharmaceutical Sciences)
• Cognitive Impairment Within the Psychosis Superspectrum (Thomas Phillips, Clinical Psychology)

Photo: The cougar statue on Edwardsville's campus.