Faculty

Douglas L. Winiarski, professor of religious studies, has been awarded a Fritz and Claudine Kundrun Open-Rank Fellowship from the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies for his new book project. Read more.

Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, was a collaborating investigator on a successfully funded Major Research Instrumentation Grant from the National Science Foundation awarded to High Point University (HPU) for a Maskless Photolithography Instrument. The grant, entitled "Acquisition of a Maskless Photolithography Instrument for Undergraduate Research and Teaching at High Point University," will provide UR faculty and students with access to a state-of-the art direct writing lithography instrument for creating microstructure, applicable to a range of material science projects, as well as strengthening interaction with HPU, one of the most prominent undergraduate focused institutions in the region.

Rick Mayes, professor of health studies, published the article "“Not What We Signed Up For: Nurse Shortages, Physician Scarcity, and Time for Collective Bargaining?" in World Medical & Health Policy.  

Taylor Arnold, associate professor of statistics, along with Elizabeth Kissling, associate professor of Spanish and applied linguistics, published the article "Preliminary Evidence that Applied Cognitive Linguistics is Effective for Novice Learners Regardless of their Individual Differences" in Language Teaching Research.