2024 Faculty Stipend Recipients Announced

Ethics Across the Curriculum and Ethics Research Stipend Recipients Announced

To advance our vision of having an ethics module in every 91制片厂 course, twenty-two $3,000 stipends are being granted to faculty for integrating 3-hour ethics modules into their courses.  The Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership has awarded over $500,000 in Ethics Across the Curriculum stipends since the program was initiated in 2005.  The 2023-2024 proposal review committee, chaired by Danny Paskin (Journalism and Public Relations), selected the following faculty stipend recipients:

Ethics Across the Curriculum Stipends

  • Sandra Arevalo&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethics, Climate Change and Health (Human Development)
  • Jesus Ayala&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Integrating Ethical Use of Video in Journalism Curriculum (Journalism and Public Relations)
  • John Becker&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Religion and Nature: Framing Religious Ecologies of Justice (Religious Studies)
  • Shivani Bothra&苍产蝉辫;鈥�Ethical Foundations of South Asian Traditions: Exploring Values and Virtues of Living Traditions (Religious Studies)
  • Worapron Chanthapan&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethics and Framing: The Responsibility of Public Relations Practitioners (Journalism and Public Relations)
  • Tyler Dilts&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Ethics of Representation for Fiction Writers (English)
  • Shirley Feldmann-Jensen&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethical Challenges, Decision Making, and the Professional Code of Ethics for Emergency Management (Criminology, Criminal Justice and Emergency Management)
  • Casey Goeller 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethical Considerations of using OpenAI (Chat GPT) in the Classroom (Family and Consumer Sciences 鈥� Gerontology)
  • Aiden Lee 鈥�Integrating Ethical Considerations into Marketing and Analytics Education (Marketing)
  • Seungjoon Lee&苍产蝉辫;鈥� Ethical Modeling and Communication in Data Science (Mathematics and Statistics)
  • Yuping Mao&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Applying Various Ethical Perspectives to Understand and Resolve Intercultural Conflicts (Communication Studies)
  • Tina Matuchniak&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethical Considerations When Using AI for College Writing(English)
  • Rezenet Moges-Riedel 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethical Reflectivity of each Positionality as an Able-Bodied and/or Hearing Person in a Disabled or Deaf Space (American Sign Language, Linguistics, and Deaf Cultures)
  • Nayawiyyah Muhammad&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Faith and Race: Environmental and Social Justice across Communities (Religious Studies)
  • Jennifer Newton&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Dark Public Relations Tactics in a Post-Truth Era: Navigating Ethical and Unethical Practices in Modern-Day Journalism and Public Relations (Journalism and Public Relations)
  • Teresa Puente&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Applying Cultural Competence and Ethics in Journalistic Coverage of Latinx Communities (Journalism and Public Relations)
  • Wikrom Prombutr&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethical Issues in Company Valuation: A Deep Dive into Controversial ESG Companies  (Finance)
  • Loretta Ramirez 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Hauntology as Homecoming: Cultural Rhetorics Ethics Module (Chicano and Latino Studies)
  • Itxaso Rodriguez 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethically Assessing Bi/Multilingualism in Children (Linguistics)
  • Hojong Shin 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Global Financial Crisis and Ethics (Finance)
  • Shams Tanvir 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethical Issues in Transportation Engineering: A Vital Step Towards Sustainable Mobility (Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering Management)
  • Tina Zhao 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Ethical Issues in Government Budget Cycle (Public Administration)

Faculty Ethics Research Stipends

To strengthen its research pillar, the Ukleja Center also offers $5,000 Faculty Ethics Research Stipends to support original research and contribute to the body of knowledge in disciplinary and interdisciplinary ethics.  $110,000 has been awarded since this program began in 2013.  The review committee, chaired by Maria Carpiac (Family and Consumer Sciences 鈥� Gerontology), is pleased to announce the following 2023-2024 research stipend recipients:

  • Shadnaz Asgari&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Artificial Intelligence Fairness in Clinical Decision Support Systems (Biomedical Engineering)
  • Ezgi Yildiz&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Compromising Under State Pressure: The European Court of Human Rights Walking Back on Rights of Refugees (Political Science)

Congratulations to all our faculty stipend recipients and thank you for bringing our vision to life 鈥� enhancing the integration of ethics across the entire 91制片厂 campus!