Interdisciplinary Research Innovation Fund Awarded Grants

About the Symposium 

The Office of the Provost is pleased to welcome all interested community individuals to a symposium with talks given by the research groups who were funded during the 2022-23 call for proposals from the Interdisciplinary Innovation Research Fund. The symposium will be on Wednesday, November 8 from 1:00-4:30pm with a reception to follow in Brinkley Hall at the Mason School of Business.

Schedule 

1:00-1:10 Remarks from the Provost

1:10-1:30 Matt Haug and Meghan Quinn: “Expanding the conceptual framework of self-control: an interdisciplinary approach”

1:30-1:50 Jeff Kaplow and Ryan Musto: “Regional Nuclear Security Agreements:  Revisiting Historical Models for Nuclear Progress”

1:50-2:30 Break

2:30-2:50 Adrian Bravo and Patton Burchett: “Unraveling Contemplative Practices: A Holistic Interdisciplinary Approach”

2:50-3:10 Jenny Kahn: “Inter-disciplinary Examination of Irrigated Taro Farming on Rurutu, Austral Islands: Sustainable Small-Scale Agriculture in Transition”

3:10-3:30 Patton Burchett: “Understanding Indigenous Knowledge and the Cultural and Religious Significance of Nature for Integrative, Holistic Water Conservation Strategies in Nepal”

3:30-3:50 Carrie Dolan: “Ignite Global Health Research Lab:  child immunization in Narok County, Kenya”

3:50-4:10 Alex Angelov: “Ethnicity, Religion, and Citizenship: Disparities in Socio-Economic Capital and Health among Minorities in Post-Communist Eastern Europe”

4:10-4:15 Wrap-up

4:15-5:15 Reception

Ethnicity, Religion, and Citizenship: Disparities in Socio-Economic Capital and Health Among Minorities in Post-Communist Eastern Europe

Executive Summary (pdf)

Principle Investigators

• Alexander Angelov, David Holmes Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Member of the Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program, and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
• Vladimir Atanasov, Brinkley-Mason Professor of Finance and Economics, Raymond A.
  Mason School of Business
• Atanas Atanassov, President of the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute and Associate
  Professor of Statistics and Econometrics at the University of National and World Economy
  (Sofia, Bulgaria)
• Joseph E. Glass, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Affiliate Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine and Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington
• Stanley Gyoshev, Lecturer of Finance, University of Exeter Business School (U.K.)
  Jasmina Saraivanova, J.D. (The University of National and World Economy) and Doctoral
  Student (Labor Law and Social Security), University of National and World Economy (Sofia,
  Bulgaria)
• Maya Ivanova, Doctoral Student (Labor Market Analysis), University of National and World
  Economy (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Interdisciplinary Examination of Irrigated Taro Farming on Rurutu, Austral Islands: Sustainable Small-Scale Agriculture in Transition

Executive Summary (pdf)

Principle Investigators

• Jennifer Kahn, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Graduate Studies
  Harmony Dalgleish, Associate Professor of Biology
• Josh Puzey, Associate Professor of Biology

Understanding Indigenous Knowledge and the Cultural and Religious Significance of Nature for Integrative, Holistic Water Conservation Strategies in Nepal 

Executive Summary (pdf)

Principal Investigators

• Patton E. Burchett, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
• Mary C. Fabrizio, Professor and Department Chair of Fisheries Science
• Kunwar K. Singh, Affiliate Faculty, Geospatial Scientist at AidData, Global Research Institute

Collaborators

• Sapana Lohani, Geospatial Data Scientist, Institute for Integrative Conservation
• Ammar Malik, Senior Research Scientist, AidData, Global Research Institute
• Troy Tuckey, Senior Research Scientist, Fisheries Science

Unraveling Contemplative Practices: A Holistic Interdisciplinary Approach 

Executive Summary (pdf)

Principle Investigators

• Adrian Bravo, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
• Patton Burchett, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
• Christopher Del Negro, Professor of Applied Science 
• Cheryl Dickter, Professor of Psychological Sciences and Director of Graduate Studies & Neuroscience
• Matthew Haug, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair
• Kevin Vose, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

• Kelly Crace, W&M Associate Vice President for Health & Wellness
• Mark McLaughlin, Senior Lecturer of South Asian Religions
• Christy Porter, Senior Lecturer of Psychological Sciences & Neuroscience Coordinator
• Greg Conradi Smith, Professor of Applied Science 

Expanding the Conceptual Framework of Self-Control: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Executive Summary (pdf)

Principle Investigators

• Matthew Haug, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair
• Meghan Quinn, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences

Ignite Global Health Research Lab: Child Immunization in Narok County, Kenya

Executive Summary (pdf)

Principle Investigators

• Brad Weiss, Professor of Anthropology
• Carrie Dolan, Associate Professor of Kinesiology 
• IGNITE Global Health Research Lab

Regional Nuclear Security Agreements: Revisiting Historical Models for Nuclear Progress

Executive Summary (pdf)

Principle Investigators

• Hiroshi Kitamura, Associate Professor of History
• Ryan Musto, Director of Forums and Research Initiatives, Global Research Institute
• Jeffrey M. Kaplow, Assistant Professor of Government