2026-2027 Research Fellowship (CRF) Awardees
| Name | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Toluwani Adekunle | Social Work | Trust- a determinant of healthcare engagement |
| Eric Araujo | Computer Science | Modeling Political and Religious Polarization in Christian Communities |
| Tim Baylor | Religion | The Oxford Handbook on the Divine Attributes in Christian Theology |
| Emily Grantham | Nursing | A Multifactorial Intervention to Increase Resilience Among Nursing Students |
| Tyler Greenway | Psychology | Assessing the Impact of Religious Teachings: A Psychological and Theological Investigation |
| Matt Halteman | Philosophy | Hungry Beautiful Animals Public Scholarship Campaign (Phase Two) |
| Matthew Heun | Engineering | Toward a database to study the impacts of the energy transition and climate scenarios |
| Dani McBride | Kinesiology | PFAS Study Data Analysis & Report Back |
| Clair Mesick | Religion | Discourses of Madness in 1–2 Corinthians and Acts |
| Mark Mulder | Sociology | Sewer Socialism and Christianity: A Biography of Mayor Frank Zeidler |
| Darrell Rohl | Historical Studies | Umm Al-Jimal Archaeological Project: Sustaining Calvin’s Leadership at a UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| John Sampson | Religion | T.C. Chao: Countercultural Theologian of China |
| Samuel Smartt | Communication | "Ask Me About College" (working title) documentary project |
| Amanda Smith | Chemistry and Biochemistry | The design of novel LYTACs as cancer treatment strategies |
| Dwight TenHuisen | World Languages | Emblems, Gender and Court Culture in early modern Germany and Scandinavia |
| Kevin Timpe | Philosophy | Second Edition of The Routledge Companion to Free Will |
| David Urban | English | “Milton’s Orthodoxy: Investigating Trinitarianism in John Milton’s Major Poems.” |
| Jess Vriesema | Physics and Astronomy | Refining Models of Contact Binary Stars Through High-Performance Modeling and Data Analysis |
| Dave Warners | Biology | Botanical, Soil Chemistry, and Biodiversity Field-based Research in West Michigan |
| Abraham Zapata | World Languages | Cultural and Linguistic Resistance in Underground Chicano Magazines |
| Yingying Zhao | Education | Strengthening Personnel Preparation through Collaborative Design of Inclusive Play-Based Resources and Activities |
2026-2027 Sabbatical Leave of Absence Awardees
| Name | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Rebecca DeYoung | Philosophy | An Integrated Life: Reimagining Christian Ethics (book project) |
| Kristine Johnson | English | The Writing Practices of Third Culture Kids |
| Lew Klatt | English | Sudden Eruptions of the Paper Planet (a book of poems) |
| William Miller | Biology | One Health Surveillance for the Invasive Longhorned Tick, and Other Emergent Species, in Michigan |
| Debra Rienstra | English | Intertwining: A Multi-Media Collaboration Celebrating Reciprocity with the Earth |
| James KA Smith | Philosophy | "Whose Hegel? Which Spirit? A Theological Intervention in Hegel Studies" |
| Doug Vander Griend | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Developing the Computational Arm for Hunting Elusive Species in Supramolecular Systems |
| Frans van Liere | Historical Studies | Hebraica Veritas: How the Jewish Bible Became a Christian Book |
| John Wertz | Biology | Exploring the Diversity of Rhodococcus Bacteriophages in the Laboratory and “The Phage Course” at Calvin |
| Gail Zandee | Nursing | Community-Based Participatory Research: Instilling Virtues in Academia, Fostering Community Driven Solutions, and Transforming Healthcare |