Our internal award list for the Research Scholarship and Creative Activities (RSCA) and Provost’s Direct Costs Grants for Research and Creative Activities competitions at the California State University Channel Islands.
| Principal Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Baker, Dana Lee | Handbook on the Politics of Neurodiversity |
| Becerra Garcia, Maricela | Summer 2026 Editorial Work on Medium Brown Girl: The First Scholarly Volume on Michele Serros |
| Clobes, Thomas | Frontline Advisors in an Unregulated Space: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Medical Cannabis Budtenders |
| Collazo Jr., Jose Luis | Navigating the Future: The Experiences of Older Immigrants in Retirement, Work, and Health |
| Drescher, Talya | Transformative Learning Abroad: Applying the Figure-8 Model to Support First-Time Graduate Student Travelers |
| Hayakawa, Kevin | Assessing the Impact of NASA’s Here to Observe (H2O) Program on STEM Undergraduate Success at CSU Channel Islands |
| Jimenez-Jimenez, Antonio | Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies into the Third Edition of Introducción a la Traducción: Inglés-Español |
| Lee, HyeSun | Negatively Worded Items in Psychological Assessments: Understanding the Method Factor and Its Impact of Decision Accuracy |
| Machado, Vanina | Sociophonetic variation among heritage speakers of Spanish in California |
| Nolde, Lance | Translating the Lontaraq Boné-Bajoé: Indigenous Histories of Power in Nineteenth-Century Southeast A |
| Park, Kay | Completing a Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Educators Use of Educational Technology in PK-12 Settings |
| Reynoso, Jacqueline | Plant Politics: Pecans and the Meaning of American Independence Abroad |
| Vaughn, Ariel | Chemistry in the World Around You: Publication of Student Resources Activation in the Classroom |
| White, Annie | Learning Stories: Supporting Diverse Learners in Multiple Settings |
| Youn, Hyunsook | Bridging the AI Gap: Faculty Adoption and Its Impact on Student AI Literacy |
| Zhu, Hui | CEO Compensation as Information-Provision Incentives |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Baker, Dana Lee | Reclaiming Numeracy: Why Innumeracy Leads to Discrimination and How to Prevent It |
| Becerra Garcia, Maricela | “2 de octubre no se olvida”: (Post)Memories of Tlatelolco 1968 |
| Dai, Hua | The Tales of Big Data Success: Two Empirical Studies |
| Dixon, Lydia | Analyzing Scotland Midwifery Education Study Data |
| Feister, Scott | Engineering Autonomous Science Laboratories |
| Flores, Cynthia | Beyond Numerical Optimization: Intelligence Redesigned through Adaptive Frequencies and Homeostasis |
| Hachey, Alysha | Examining the Role of Influencers in the Sales Process |
| Isaacs, Jason | Multimodal Vital Signs Monitoring for Trauma Patients Using Thermal, RGB, and Millimeter-Wave Fusion for Enhanced Heart and Respiratory Rate Detection |
| Kim, Sydney | Empowering Financial Literacy Through AI-Driven Games: A Mixed-Methods Study to Enhance Student Engagement and Financial Skills at CSUCI |
| McGrath, Marianne | Personal Structures”: An Invitational Exhibition opportunity at the European Cultural Centre in Venice, Italy |
| Meriwether, James | 1956: The World Ablaze with Freedom Struggles |
| Naidoo, Kara | Being and Becoming Teacher Educators: Editor of a Book Volume |
| Spies, Brenton | Climate-Driven Recovery in Endangered Fish Populations: Examining the Effects of Increased Precipitation on Habitat Connectivity and Species Resilience |
| Yeager, Kristopher | The Effect of A Strength-Based Training for Pre-Service Teachers in a Special Education Course |
| Zerr, Argero | Developing a New Method to Assess Child Compliance among Youth with Behavior Problems |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Awad, Ahmed | High glucose reduces influenza and parainfluenza viruses’ productivity in specific A549 cells glycolytic pattern |
| Congello, Neomie | Student Self-efficacy and the Dedicated Education Unit Model |
| Costache, Irina | THE ART OF UNDERSTANDING ART - 2nd edition |
| Roberson, Malia | Creative Projects: Album Recording and Music Theory Method Book |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Abbasi, Bahareh | Enabling Sawyer Robot with Artificial Intelligence and Object Manipulation Capabilities to Enhance Human-Robot Interaction |
| Abramiuk, Marc | Uncovering Early Political Leadership in the Middle Bladen Branch Drainage and Interpreting Its Implications for the Rise of Civilization in the Southern Maya Mountains, Belize |
| Awad, Ahmed | Synthesis and evaluation of novel nucleoside analogues as potential therapeutics for pancreatic cancer |
| Baker, Dana Lee | Accountability, Transparency, and Ungrading: Alternative Grading Strategies as Public Administration |
| Becerra Garcia, Maricela | #MexicoFeminicida: Hashtags as Resistance in Mexico |
| Berkowsky, Ronald | Evaluating the Efficacy of an Online Training Program Designed to Enhance Skills in Communicating with Older Adults |
| Burriss, Catherine | Watchmen and Whiteness: an Original Solo Performance |
| Carswell, Sean | The Pynchon Archives |
| Clobes, Thomas | Impact of Clinician Implicit Bias on Medical Cannabis Recommendations |
| Cooper, Dylan | What attracts job seekers to employee-owned organizations? |
| Cosby, Kat | Taking the Middle Path: A Book on Post-abolition Era Brazil |
| Dai, Hua | Factors Affecting Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Higher Education: An Empirical Investigation |
| Dixon, Lydia | Analyzing Mexican Cesarean Section Study Data |
| Dozono, Tadashi | Paradigm Shifts in History Education: Centering Racial/Ethnic Community Approaches to History |
| Elliott, Jesse | Requested support for authoring an interdisciplinary textbook in the philosophy of mathematics |
| Ernest, Brooke | Mathematics, Artistic Engagement, and Students’ Self-perceptions |
| Gamez, Cristal | Tutor Education Research and Professional Development at the International Writing Center Association Summer Institute |
| Hakala, Taryn | The Subversive Power of Popular Fictions: Identity Performance in Dialect Writing and Melodrama |
| Harris, Gareth | Mapping olfactory pathways involved in human sensory processing |
| Hayakawa, Kevin | Elliptical Debris Rings from Extrasolar Irregular Satellites |
| Jordan, Rachael | Terms of Service & Community Guidelines’ Ethical Work: An Adapted Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis |
| Kadakal, Reha | “Where Are We in History?”: Theology, “Transcendence” and Critical Ontology of Representations in the 21st Century |
| Kuzzminsky, Susan | Expanding Investigations of Cranial Vault Modification and Social Landscapes among Ancient Andean Communities using 3D Imaging Methods |
| La Monte, Michelle | Examining the Impact: Student Perspectives on Self-Checks in Upper-Division Online Courses at CSUCI |
| Lee, HyeSun | Test Fairness Examination: Determining Cutoffs for Changes in Correlations between Target and Criterion Tests |
| Lenz, Daniel | Generative Artificial Intelligence and Writing Center Research and Professional Development at the International Writing Center Association Summer Institute |
| Lewis, Nik | Phase 2: Emotional Intelligence and Motivation in Pedagogy |
| Linton, Kristen | Enhancing Hand Rehabilitation through Virtual Reality for Brain Injury Patients in Partnership with Ventura County Medical Center |
| Matera, Jaime | Fostering a Collaborative Approach to Assessing the Socioecological Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Communities in the Cook Islands |
| Meriwether, James | "Let Freedom Ring": 1956 and the Freedom Struggles on Three Continents |
| Murphy, Ryan | Understanding Transfer Student Development and Application of Skill: A Mixed Methods Longitudinal Study in MVS School of Business and Economics |
| Naidoo, Kara | Evaluating and Improving Teaching and Learning Experiences in CSUCI’s Computer Science Supplementary Authorization Program |
| Perchuk, Alison | Narrative Sequences of the Apocalypse in Medieval Europe: History, Location, Structure, Function, Meaning |
| Quintanilla-Salinas, Isaac | Package Development of Multilevel Generalized Joint Longitudinal-Survival Models |
| Reineman, Dan | Coastal Access and Environmental Justice in a Changing Climate |
| Riojas Cortez, Mari | Using Children’s Picture Books to Engage Young Dual Language Learners in STREAM Projects |
| Roberson, Malia | Music Theory for Visual Learners: Book and Multi-Media Learning Program |
| Sadiq, Assadullah | Literacy in the lives of Afghan-American refugee families and children |
| Smith, Christina | Supporting Teacher-Scholars in Data-Driven Curriculum Development |
| Soenke, Melissa | A Research Agenda for Terror Management Theory |
| Soper, Rachel | Defining Regenerative Agriculture in California |
| Vakilian, Vida | Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance |
| Vaughn, Ariel | Chemistry in the World Around You: Analysis and Publication of a Study in the Chemistry Classroom |
| Vines, E. Nicole | Widows of the Movement: The Black Women Left Behind and the America They Rebuilt |
| Yoo, Yeawon | Harnessing Generative AI for Personalized Feedback Tailored to Student Backgrounds and Progress |
| Youn, Hyunsook | Exploring Institutional Factors Influencing the Adoption of Generative AI tools in Higher Education: A Case Study on Hispanic Serving Institutions |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Lui, KuanFen | The American Landscapes Recording and Production documentary |
| Matjas, Luke | Creation of the mural-sized digital UV prints on archival adhesive wall fabric |
| McGrath, Marianne | Creative works materials and equipment purchases |
| Newman-Lessler, Daniel | Stomping Ground L.A - venue/performance space |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Berkowsky, Ronald | Identifying and Evaluating Service Needs among LGBTQIA+ Older Adults: Findings from Ventura County, CA |
| Clobes, Thomas | Medical Cannabis Research Publication Costs [Multiple Publications] |
| Dilley, Geoffrey | A Rocky Future: Modeling trends on intertidal sites on the Channel Islands |
| Perchuk, Alison | The Church of Sant'Elia before the 12th century: three-dimensional for art historical research |
| Reineman, Dan | Coastal Access Equity and Environmental Change in California |
| Teranishi-Martinez | Breaking the Silence: Empowering Runners to Combat Sexual Harassment and Assault in Trail and Ultrarunning Communities |