College of Sciences and Humanities

Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Research Area: Victimization; Victimology; Sexual Violence; Intimate Partner Violence (DV)

Department: Computer Science
Research Area: Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Election Administration, Technology of Voting Systems

Department: Chemistry
Research Area: Applications of task-specific ionic liquids and development of paper-based microfluidic devices

Department: Sociology
Research Area: Lesbian studies, qualitative research methods, gender studies, LGBTQ community, feminist research

Department: Biology
Research Area: I am an evolutionary biologist who uses genetic data to answer questions about the biology and conservation of amphibians.

Department: Computer Science
Research Area: Video game preservation and sustainable game development.

Department: Chemistry
Research Area: Engineering enzymes as green chemical catalysts. We apply the technologies of synthetic biology and directed evolution to make targeted changes to existing natural enzymes to develop catalysts with new or improved reactivity.

Department: English, Immersive Learning & High Impact Practices
Research Area: Qualitative research on teaching and learning in higher education

Department: Environment, Geology and Natural Resources
Research Area: Hydrology, water resources, natural resources, water quality, geography, GIS, climate change

Department: Psychological Science
Research Area: Gender, sexuality, and support groups

Department: Disability Services/Women's & Gender Studies
Research Area: 1) All things related to student disability accommodations in higher education, but specifcally transitioning from high school to college; 2) The intersections of feminism and disability; 3) Feminism/WGS in the real world or what do you do with a WGS degree after graduation? 4) Feminism & women's history in Muncie & at BSU

Department: Chemistry
Research Area: My research is broadly focused on BioNanotechnology, which involves design, assembly, synthesis, and application nanometer scale Nucleic Acid-based (made of DNA, RNA, or both) materials.

Department: English
Research Area: Writing, Writing Centers, Student Mentorship, Qualitative research, Interviews, Surveys 

Department: Psychological Science
Research Area: Interconnections between work, family, and gender across the life span

Department: Chemistry
Research Area: Synthesis of semiconductor materials and their applications in energy conversion (photovoltaic or solar cells) and environmental remediation, as well as electrochemical scanning probe microscopy studies of surface, molecules, and materials.

Department: Modern Languages and Classics
Research Area: Kanji recognition, teaching language, culture and perspectives, Japanese linguistics, developing speaking fluency, and translation

Department: Biology
Research Area: Science Education

Department: Biology
Research Area: My lab studies the behavioral ecology and physiology of wild birds, especially as it relates to mate preferences, parental investment, and parasitism. We conduct question-driven research to examine how the various social, ecological, and environmental conditions that an individual experiences can impact their behavior and reproductive success.

Department: Anthropology
Research Area: Cultural Anthropology and Ethnohistory, Native American and Settler ethnohistory, environmental ethnohistory, Food ethnohistory
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Department: Biology
Research Area: Plant Systematics, Modelling trait evolution, Phylogeny, Bioinformatics

Department: Biology
Research Area: Fish collections in the field, and macroinvertebrate collection and identification.

Department: History
Research Area: Women's and Gender Studies, African Women's History, Oral History, Digital Storytelling

Department: Psychological Science
Research Area: My research focus is on human cognition, with a particular emphasis on memory. As a cognitive psychologist, I focus on the formation of false memories (e.g., memories that contain errors), with an applied emphasis on interviewing eyewitnesses.

Department: Chemistry
Research Area: Intermolecular Interactions

Department: Applied Anthropology Laboratories
Research Area: Archaeology, Collections Management, Artifacts

Department: Anthropology and Sociology
Research Area: I currently research family sociology, sexual assault and its prevention, and gun subcultures. Although most of my research is quantitative, I have also published qualitative work.

Department: Biology
Research Area: Understanding the cellular and molecular underpinnings of cardiovascular development and regeneration.

Department: Biology
Research Area: G-quadruplex nucleic acid structures and the cellular enzymes that unwind them with relevance to ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), dementia, and cancer.

Department: History
Research Area: The Indiana Synagogue Mapping Project (ISMP) is a survey of all the built-to-be synagogues across the State of Indiana. Archival documents need to be found to supplement the survey data

Department: Computer Science
Research Area: Data Analytics, Data Mining, and Machine Learning

Department: Psychological Science
Research Area: Understanding and predicting sleep habits using methods from Health Psychology and Applied Social Psychology. Recent work has focused on how attitudes, social pressure, and control beliefs predict college student sleep habits (e.g., Tagler, Stanko, & Forbey, 2017, available upon request).

Department: English
Research Area: African American Literature, African American Studies, Archival Research, Periodical Studies

Department: English
Research Area: Language learning, Coding data, Linguistics

Department: Biology
Research Area: Animal behavior, embryonic learning, social communication, and effects of anthropogenic environmental change on behavior

Department: Chemistry
Research Area: How metal and semiconductor nanomaterials can be prepared, how they interact with various molecules, and how they initiate chemical reactions when irradiated with light.

Department: Biology
Research Area: Isolation of mosquitocidal bacteria from the environment.