Awards & Grants

Awards

April 2022 Professor of the Year award, School of Communication Studies, James Madison University

April 2018 The Provost Award for Excellence in International Education, James Madison University

Grants

May 2024 KACA-KOFICE (Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange) Research Grant Initiative, $600, Co-PI with Victoria Bertram, Yufan Sunny Qin, & Kristen Okamoto, Korean American Communication Association (KACA)

April 2022 Professional Development Grant, $1,500, To purchase Qualtrics participants pool for an experimental study, School of Communication Studies at James Madison University

February 2022 Mini-Grant, $1,500, To purchase Qualtrics participants pool for an experimental study, College of Arts and Letters at James Madison University

May 2018 Professional Development Grant, $1,000, To purchase Qualtrics participants pool for an experimental study, School of Communication Studies at James Madison University

November 2012 National Research Foundation of Korea, $500, The Effect of Cross-Cultural Cause-Related Marketing on a Consumer’s Brand Attitude after a Multinational Enterprise’s Crisis. Co-PI along with Seung Ho Cho (Soongsil University, South Korea)

May 2011 Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement Faculty Learning Community Development Grant, $5,000, The Dragon Slayers (Topics of Student Assessment), Co-PI along with Jamee Brandhorst Hubbard, Lynn Ludwig, and Pamela Terrell, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

May 2010 Supporting the Growth Agenda Grant, $68,000, Desire2Learn’s ePortfolio: Can it Meet a Variety of Curricular and Co-curricular Needs? Co-PI along with, Karyn Biasca, David Hastings, Steven Hill, Jasia Steinmetz, Rhonda Sprague, Debora Tang, and Mark Tolstedt, University of Wisconsin System

May 2009 RGC grant, $800, The Role of Mood in the Effects of Regulatory Fit on: Information Processing and Persuasion Co-PI along with Doo Hwang Lee, The University of Alabama