Sabbatical leaves granted for 2014-15
Dinorah Azpuru, associate professor, Political Science Department, fall 2014.
Azpuru will participate in a faculty exchange program in Spain leading to future student exchanges and to research and prepare “Authoritatian Political Culture in Latin America†for publication.
Deborah Ballard-Reisch, professor, Elliott School of Communication, 2014-15 academic year.
Ballard-Reisch will serve as the Fullbright Bicentennial Chair at the University of Helsinki. If the position is not awarded, Ballard-Reisch will continue her hunger awareness research and develop recommendations for WSU hunger management.
Catherine Consiglio, associate professor, Music Department, spring 2014.
Consiglio will serve as faculty in residence in Paraguay, strengthen relationships with the Miranda School of Music and encourage potential WSU study by Paraguan students.
Ward Jewell, professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, spring 2015.
Jewell will expand funding opportunities for WSU electrical energy systems research and further develop research in energy efficiency, conservation and demand response.
Tianshi Lu, associate professor, Math Department, spring 2015.
Lu will research pellet ablation in tokamaks and degradation of composite material under lightning strikes leading to research papers and grant proposals, as well as participation in national and international conferences.
Gergana Markova, associate professor, Management Department, fall 2014.
Markova will survey extant research in management of small businesses and write a review paper including an agenda for future research.
Steven Oare, associate professor, Music Department, fall 2014.
Oare will create an instrumental music method book based on the Kodaly method and develop and implement a survey of technology usage in public school music classes.
Brigitte Roussel, associate professor, Modern and Classical Languages and Literature Department, spring 2015.
Rousell will write a manuscript for publication on four French Renaissance women writers.
Levente Sulyok, associate professor, Art and Design Department, fall 2014.
Sulyok will continue research, produce a body of new artwork including a series of paintings, a large-scale installation and small photographs, and mount solo local and national exhibitions.
Xiao-Ming Sun, associate professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders Department, fall 2014.
Sun will finalize eight research projects experimenting on a new clinical technique and submit 14 papers for publication in major audiology journals.
Thomas Wine, professor, Music Department, spring 2015.
Wine will revise manuscripts of current compositions and submit them for publication and complete a contemporary “Magnificat†for the 2015 Candlelight concerts.