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Calvin Research Fellowship and Sabbatical Award Recipients

The following individuals received Calvin Research Fellowships or Sabbatical in 2023-2024.

CalvinResearch Fellowship (CRF) Awardees

  • Ken Arnold, Computer Science: Interactive Natural Language Technology for Supporting Writers in Structuring and Revising Documents
  • Kevin Corcoran, Philosophy: Fitting Consciousness In A Physical World
  • Randall DeJong, Biology: Advancing molecular research of phages and parasites
  • Matt Halteman, Philosophy: Living Well Toward a New Vegan Normal
  • Paul Harper, Physics & Astronomy: Lipid Structural Biophysics
  • Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Philosophy: The Ethical Life: Formation and Integration
  • Clair Mesick, Religion: Conflict & Conflict Resolution in Paul
  • William Miller, Biology: Developing the One Health approach as a new paradigm in Christian Environmental Stewardship
  • Larry Molnar, Physics and Astronomy:Testing Contact Binary Star Models
  • Mark Muyskens, Chemistry and Biochemistry: Involving undergraduate researchers in studies of fluorescent coumarin compounds
  • Kumar Sinniah, Chemistry and Biochemistry: Mentoring and Training Undergraduate Students on the Structural Changes of G-Quadruplex DNA
  • James Skillen, Geology, Geography, & Environment: Our Public Lands: An Introduction
  • James Smith, Philosophy: A History of Self-Consciousness: Hegel's Christian Philosophy of Modernity
  • James Turner, Mathematics & Statistics: Book project: Algebraic Structures over Homotopy Operations
  • Frans van Liere, Historical Studies: A Critical Edition of Andrew of Saint Victor's Commentary on Jeremiah
  • Laura Westrate, Chemistry & Biochemistry: Protein Trafficking in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • Julie Yonker, Psychology: Virtue Practices for Strengthening Community

Sabbatical Leave of Absence Awardees

  • Fred Haan, Engineering: Tornado aerodynamics - a critical time for the discipline and for the planet
  • Craig Hanson, Historical Studies: Before & After: The History of a Visual Convention
  • Geert Heetebrij, Communication: Faith Under Fire
  • Matt Heun, Engineering: Insights from a PFU Energy Database
  • Jonathan Hill, Sociology: Intellectual Humility in Science, Religion, and Politics
  • Scott Lamanna, World Languages - Spanish: The Gift of the Stranger and Linguistics in the Target Language
  • Youngkhill Lee, Kinesiology: Leisure and Posttraumatic Growth of People with Spinal Cord Injury: Aging and Theological Reflections
  • Elizabeth Oommen, SPAUD: Examining Findings from an Interprofessional Dysphagia Support and Educational Group on Curriculum and Student Preparation for Service-Delivery at Calvin University
  • Derek Schuurman, Computer Science: Perspectives on Progress
  • Alisa Tigchelaar, World Languages - Spanish: Early Modern Female Monastic Voices and Calvin (Core) Commitments: Sustainability and Global Diversity & Inclusion through a Cloistered-Order Lens
  • David Urban, English: C. S. Lewis, Miltonist: The Influence of Milton's Paradise Lost on Lewis's Creative and Apologetic Imagination