Spring 2024
Megan Gall (Biology) received $1,600 for the purchase of microphones to help students learn about animals localize sounds.
David Esteban (Biology) received $740 for an iPad to use for delivering more interactive lectures.
Eréndira Rueda (Sociology) received $3,622 to purchase several licenses for MAXQDA, a software program that students will use to learn about qualitative research techniques.
Joseph Muszynski (Film) receive $300 for memory chips to increase the usefulness of his video camera.
Sara Falcone (Computer Science) received $1,800 for robotics kits for student projects.
Ari Isaacman-Beck (Music) received $1,824 for an iPad and accessories to use for compiling, performing and teaching music.
Dara Greenwood (Psychological Science) received $160 for a wireless keyboard and stylus to improve the usefulness of her iPad.
Sarah Pearlman (Economics) received $550 for an iPad to support various aspects of her teaching and research.
Jeff Seidman (Philosophy) received $1,000 for lifetime licenses for WordPress plug-ins that will enhance the usefulness and supportability of his website.
Fall 2023
Louis Romer (Anthropology) received $1,070 for the purchase of an iPad and peripherals, to help incorporate digital notetaking and visualization of grammatical structures into the teaching of linguistic anthropology.
Jihye Seong (Asian Studies) received $768 to purchase an iPad and stylus, to enhance their teaching of the Korean language.
Joseph Muszynski (Film) received up to $768 towards subscriptions and fees for the use of various artificial intelligence tools, which he will explore to learn about their usefulness in generating screenplays.
Spring 2023
Kimberly Williams Brown (Education) received $1,032 to purchase a copy of MAXQDA software, to use for coding qualitative data, to aid in her research and teaching.
Elizabeth Lastra (Art) and Laura Hayes (Earth Science) received $1,412 for the purchase of photography equipment and related training, to support their student trip to Iceland, to document early cave inscriptions.
Matthew Schultz (English, Writing Center) received $1,600 for the purchase of two iPads and accessories, to enhance the peer feedback process for Writing Center clients.
Fall 2022
Geoff Jehle (Economics) received $680 to replace a computer tablet that he had made much use of in his teaching for the previous 10 years.
Janes Case-Leal (Art) received $2,250 to purchase 3 iPad Pro tablets with Lidar laser scanning, for use by the students in his Digital Art courses.
Jaime Del Razo (Education) received $$1,867 to purchase an iPad Pro, with various peripheral devices, to use for field work in his Education courses.
Spring 2022
Mark Cleaveland (Psychology) received $1,050 to purchase an iPad and stylus, to be used for creating freehand diagrams for his teaching and research.
Megan Gall (Biology) received$1,680 to purchase 14 digital bird feeders, which will automatically release incremental amounts of seeds at the field stations, where trapping, banding, and observations of songbirds is done.
Alicia Atwood (Economics) received $976 for an iPad, with a stylus and software, enhance her real-time and recorded lectures.
Zachary Cofran (Anthropology) has received $900 for a resin-based 3D printer, to make high-quality reproductions of fossils, to be used in his teaching.
Juan Merlo (Physics) has received $1,000 for an additional module for the Comsol software, to be sued for modeling mechanical devices.
Abigail Gunnels (Art) has received $834 to enable her to take a course at the New School, in which she’ll learn how to use video editing software that will aid her teaching.
Shane Slattery-Quintanilla (Film) has received $1,461 to purchase innovative equipment for generating and editing audio materials.
Fall 2021
Prof. Jin Xu (Art) received $2,750 for a camera and lens, t photograph East Asian art objects, in support of her teaching.
Denise Iris (Drama) received $550 for equipment and software that would support her exploration of the use of dual-screen videos in her teaching and research.
Domenic Desocio (German Studies) received $983 to purchase 2 Virtual Reality headsets and accompanying software to be used by students in a mapping exercise.
Catherine Tan (Sociology) received $1,300 to purchase a camera and lenses, to be used in her ethnographic research.
Ken Livingston (Cognitive Science) received $1,685 to purchase hardware components for building a humanoid robot, which will be built and explored by his students.
Spring 2021
Juan Merlo (Physics) received $2,400 for hardware and software enabling his project “Animated videos as a tool for improving the teaching and learning process..”
Rachel Friedman (Greek & Roman Studies) received $423 for her project, “Using the iPad as a remote blackboard.”
Ben Lotto (Math) received $200 for his project, “Wacom tablet to annotate in-class or recorded computer demonstrations.”
Jodi Schwarz (Biology) received $309 for an iPad, to enable her project, “Bringing Biology to Life: Integration of Live Lecture with Illustration and Annotation using iPad/Pencil and Explain Everything.”
Myra Hughey (Biology) received $1,090 for recording equipment to use for her project, “Assessing long-term dynamics of amphibian populations using acoustic monitoring.”
Peter Gil-Sheridan (Drama) received $3,200 for a classroom set of VR headsets, for his project, “Vassar Experimental Theatre in Virtual Reality.”
Abby Baird (Psychology) received $1,750 for recording equipment to enable her project, “Flipping the Classroom (Simone Biles Style).”
Christine Howlett (Music) received $1,43 for audio equipment to enable her project, “Choral Ensemble Recording for Zoom and Performance.”
Fall 2020
Justin Touchon (Biology) received $1,200 for his project, “Creating annotated dissection videos to enhance remote and away-from-lab learning,”
Barry Lam (Philosophy) received $600 to rent software licenses for his project, “Hindenburg Software for Podcast Production Students.”
David Tavarez (Anthropology) received $1,400 for his project, “Scanning of artifacts, sacred sites, and sacred site circuits with a portable LiDAR-equipped device.”
Osman Nemli (Philosophy) received $500 for a software license, for his project, “Mapping Concepts and Digitizing Philosophical Stories.”
Jaime Del Razo (Education) received $1,500 for a software license, for his project, “Using Dedoose to Enhance Methodological Analysis for Senior Theses Projects.”
Spring 2020
Erendira Rueda (Sociology) received funding for her project, “First in our Families Digital Storytelling.” She will use this to book a well-known presenter of workshops on the topic of digital storytelling skills. (The scheduling of this workshop is dependent on the college’s reopening guidelines. ($5,000)
Tanseli Savaser (Economics) received funding to purchase a tablet and digital stylus, to augment online teaching materials. ($1,010)
Shane Slattery-Quintanilla (Film) received funding for his project, “AR-Assisted Film and Media Arts Production Using the LiDAR Scanner.” With it, he will purchase the recently released iPad, in order to scan 3D objects for use in augmented reality video production. ($1,557)
Fall 2019
Candido Diaz (Biology) has received funding for his project “Microscale Materials Testing of Spider Silk.” This will enable him to purchase a sensor that he can use to build a device for measuring the strength of spider silk. ($1,320)
Lisl Prater-Lee (Physical Education) has received funding to support her project, “Advanced Analytics to Enhance Competitive Swim Experience and Performance.” This will enable her to purchase data-gathering devices to be worn by swimmers. ($1,888)
Ay-Young Song (Education) has received funding for her project, “Capturing a Multi-Age Staged Performance.” This will enable her to acquire a 360-degree camera for recording all of the activities in an elementary school activity, for later review. ($455)
Ben Ho (Economics) has received funding for his project, “Slack for managing research teams.” This will enable him to get a one-year subscription to Slack, a tool he will use to enhance communication among the members of his student research teams. ($240)
Gisella Kagy has received funding for her project, “Tablet Accessories to Improve and Enhance Teaching and Research.” She will be able to acquire peripheral devices for her iPad, to enhance her various teaching and research activities. (Economics) ($200)
Diane Pater has received funding for her project, “Exploring electric communication in plants.” She will be able to purchase eight “Plant Spikerboxes,” which students will use to conduct experiments testing cellular electric activity in plants. (Biology) ($1,260)
Susan Reiser (Computer Science) has received funding for her project, “Creative Fabrication Tools,” which will enable the purchase of fabrication tools her students in Digital Fabrication can use in the Vassar Innovation Lab. ($1,850)
David Esteban (Biology) has received a grant for his project, “Video recording lectures.” With it, he will be purchasing equipment for recording lectures. ($440)
Lori Newman (Psychological Sciences) received funding for her project, “Cameras for analysis of animal behavior.” ($960)
Spring 2019
Colin Aitken (Biology) has received funding for his project, “Creating durable mini-lectures,” which will provide an iPad and accessories for videorecording mini-lectures to share with students before classes. ($1,466)
Judy Finerghty (Physical Education) has received funding for her project, “Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Course,” which will allow her to attend a training course to enhance her understanding of how to use heart rate monitoring equipment. ($280)
Justin Touchon (Biology) has received funding for his project, “Determining mate choice in a Neotropical treefrog,” which will allow him to purchase audio equipment to use with students in studying frog behavior ($1,070)
Mark Schlessman, John Long, Kate Susman (Biology) have received funding for their project, “Digital Imaging in the Biological Sciences,” which will allow them to purchase a camera which will be used to create teaching and research images for a variety of uses in biology. ($1,815)
Shane Slattery-Quintanilla (Film) has received funding for his project, “360-Degree Camera for Immersive Cinematography” which will allow him to purchase a 360-degree camera, to aid in his teaching and curricular development of production techniques in this new genre of film-making. ($600)
Anne Brancky (French) has received funding for her project, “Using Virtual Reality Technology to Create Immersive Language Learning Environments” which will allow her to purchase a 360-degree camera and microphone, which she will use to develop immersive language learning materials. ($955)
Sophia Harvey (Film) has received funding for her project, “Still Images, Sensuous Images: Mapping the World Using the Diana F+,” which will allow her to purchase a set of basic analog cameras and film, which will give students experience in this traditional medium. ($425)
Osman Nemli (Philosophy) has received funding for his project, “Story Mapping: Digital Innovations and New Ways to Teach Philosophy” which will allow him to purchase licenses for Geographical Information System (GIS) software, which his students will use to map arguments and narratives to physical locations. ($1,000)
Fall 2018
Yvonne Elet (Art) has received funding to purchase the software application DevonThink, along with a data storage array. DevonThink is a robust and flexible information management system that additionally deploys AI to help make connections among disparate source material. ($490)
Quincy Mills (History) has received funding for a pair of microphones, to use in making oral history recordings. ($880)
Judy Linn (Art) has received funding for training in the digital scanning of analog film. ($500)
Krystle McLaughlin (Chemistry) has received funding for a high-power laptop and peripherals to use in presenting a virtual reality experience of biomolecules to students. ($2,550)
Heather Gould (Quantitative Reasoning Center) has received funding for two computer tablets to be used by tutors working with offsite refugee students. ($1,050)
Spring 2018
Josh deLeeuw (Cognitive Science) has received funding to purchase a graphical processing unit (GPU) card, to provide better visuals in gaming and media-rich applications for the teaching and research of deep learning. ($1,200)
Ming-Wen An (Mathematics & Statistics) has received funding for a tablet computer and stylus to facilitate instructional videos, homework feedback, and office hour discussions. ($878)
Zachary Cofran (Anthropology) has received funding for a high-powered laptop and peripherals to develop virtual reality materials for teaching archaeological methods. ($3,030)
Kate Susman (Biology) has received funding for a tablet computer, to incorporate visualization, annotation and flexibility into the teaching of human physiology. ($824)
Shona Tucker (Drama) has received funding for video recording equipment that will be used to teach student about auditioning and acting for the camera. ($2,516)
Fall 2017
Barry Lam (Philosophy) has received a grant for a software license for Hindenburg, software designed specifically for radio journalism. He and his students have used the software this spring to produce podcasts in his course, “Ideas, Stories, Sound: Podcast.” ($1,375)
Pavel Naumov (Computer Science) has received funding to purchase a license for sharelatex, a collaborative writing system that he will use to write mathematics- and formula-intensive articles with colleagues. (180)
Vinay Swamy (French) has received funding for a subscription that will allow him and his colleagues to access to current television clips, to be used in class with students at all levels of the French curriculum. ($600)
Erin McCloskey (Education) has received funding to purchase an iPad for the filming of extra-curricular activities designed for autistic students, to support her research and teaching. ($1,830)D
Dorothy Kim (English) has received funding to purchase a 360-degree camera, to be used in creating immersive virtual reality materials related to a pilgrimage site in Jerusalem. ($730)
Tom Beasley (Greek & Roman Studies) has received funding for 25 licenses for a digital role-playing game, to be used to provide students with an immersive virtual reality experience in 5th century BCE Athens. ($500)
Erendira Rueda (Sociology) has received funding to purchase five licenses of MAXQDA, a program that will allow her and her students to code and process hundreds of pages of interview transcripts for analysis. ($589)
Spring 2017
Lisl Prater-Lee (Physical Education) has received funding to purchase an electronic voice communication system that will allow swimming coaches to speak directly to swimmers during practices and competitions. ($1,040)
Alison Spodek Keimowitz (Chemistry) has received funding to purchase an iPad Pro, which whe will use to create instructional videos for her courses. ($800)
Mootacem Mhiri (Africana Studies) has received funding to purchase an iPad and peripherals to use in his Arabic classroom. ($820)
Kenisha Kelly (Drama) has received funding to purchase a camera that will be sued to create 3-dimensional images of items in the college’s historical costume collection. ($1,538)
Shane Slaterry-Quintanilla (Film) has received funding to purchase a film and video music composition workstation, which will assist with exploring music composition for film and video. ($2,200)
Justin Touchon (Biology) received funding to purchase materials to build 10 portable waterproof automated sound recorders for recording animal calls in the ecological preserve. ($1,000)
Fall 2016
Shane Slattery-Quintanilla (Film) received funding to purchase a “Black Magic Micro Cinema camera and lens,” a very small video camera which can be attached to a drone or other device so that students can explore a new approach to film capture. ($2,155)
Ben Ho (Economics) received funding to purchase a Lenovo Yoga Book tablet computer, for writing equations before and during classes. ($600)
Andrew Tallon (Art) received funding to purchase a pair of spherical video cameras, with accessories and software, which will enable him to create virtual-reality videos of architectural interiors. ($1,644)
Christine Howlett (Music) has received funding to purchase a number of different tablet computers, in order to explore their relative usefulness for voice students to read and annotate digital sheet music during rehearsals and performances. ($1,780)
Spring 2016
Curtis Dozier (Greek & Roman Studies) received funding to purchase a copy of ABBYY Fine Reader, an optical character recognition (OCR) program that is particularly well suited to transcribing ancient Greek writing to electronic form ($120)
Patrick McElnea (Art) received funding to purchase a portable sound system to be used for student’s audiovisual art installations. ($400)
Hadley Bergstrom (Psychology) received funding to purchase video tracking software to quantify the movements of laboratory mice. He and his students will use this in research and it may be usable for other areas of research as well. ($3,465)
Matthew Schultz (Writing Center and English) received funding for a head-mounted GoPro camera, for students to use in an assignment in which they create video documentaries of their activities. ($750)
Leonard Nevarez (Sociology and Urban Studies) received funding to purchase a video camera and accessories, which will enhance his students abilities to record field trip activities and share them via social media. ($1,926)
Tobias Armborst (Art) received funding for a one-year license of Social Explorer, an easy-to-use tool for searching current and historic demographic data, creating maps and visual narratives. ($500)
Fall 2015
Barry Lam (Philosophy) received funding to purchase a microphone and related equipment for creating a podcast on philosophy topics. ($1,200)
Lynn Scow (Math) received funding to purchase a LiveScribe pen, for recording handwritten mathematica work for student viewing. ($120)
Bill Hoynes (Sociology) received funding for voice recognition software to aid in transcribing interviews as part of a long-term ethnographic research project on youth sports. ($300)
Andrew Tallon (Art) made a request to purchase a camera-equipped drone, for generating photography of architectural works. The equipment has been purchased by Academic Computing Services, from whom it will be made available to Prof. Tallon and other qualified users. ($1,900)
Jennifer Herrara (Chemistry) received funding to purchase a document camera for projecting her handwritten calculations and drawings during class. ($600)
Cindy Schwarz (Physics), Brian Daly (Physics), Susan Trumbetta (Psychology), Nancy Pokrywka (Biology), and Ken Livingston (Cognitive Science) received funding to purchase 4 tablet computers with speech recognition software. This technology will enable faculty and students to create screen recordings of hand-written work, such as equations, graphs and diagrams, with spoken accompaniment. Transcriptions of student voiceovers will be used as research data on the subject of science learning. ($2,600)
Laura (Sangeeta) Biagi (Italian Studies) has received funding to purchase a microphone and related equipment, which will allow her and her students to create audio recordings for their class on the Divine Comedy. ($300)
Zach Donhauser (Chemistry) has received finding to purchase a tablet computer to aid in the production of instructional videos for his classes. ($650)
Spring 2015
Stephen Jones (Drama) received funding to purchase a 3D printer, to use with his students for creating set design models and small props. ($2,585)
Sarah Pearlman (Economics) received funding to purchase a copy of the Camtasia software, to create screen recordings to be used for “flipped classroom) lecture recordings. ($209)
Erin McCloskey (Education) received funding to purchase a “Swivl” device, to aid Education majors in making video documentation of their teaching, required for receiving state teaching credentials. ($750)
Colette Cann (Education) received funding to purchase a Swivl device and four iPods, for recording classroom audio and video and for doing basic translation for student teachers visiting Costa Rica. ($1,600))
Mary Ann Cunningham (Geography) received funding for a thermal infrared camera, for mapping energy loss from buildings. ($1,250)
David Esteban (Biology) received finding for a camera and close-up lens, for photographing microbe cultures. ($2,000)
Fall 2014
Erin McCloskey (Education) received funding to purchase four pocket-size video recorders, for students in her Adolescent Literacy class to use for digital story-telling assignments with area high school students. ($1,250)
Jennifer Kennell (Biology) received funding to purchase a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet computer, as an aid for presenting classroom lectures. ($1,000)
James McCowan (Physical Education/Athletics) received funding to purchase a Foot Pod Accelerometer for biomechanic analysis for improved performance and injury reduction in track athletes. ($219)
Andrew Tallon (Art) received funding for a 20mm camera lens for creating very high-resolution images of architectural works, for his lectures. ($820)
Nancy Pokrywka (Biology) received funding for a one-year license for Turnitin software, to explore the usefulness of plagiarism detection software. ($750)
Tracey Holland (Education) received funding for Snap Circuit kits, for the Vassar College Urban Education Initiative to use for teaching circuit board design to area high school students. ($150)
Curtis Dozier (Greek & Roman Studies) received funding for a desktop microphone, to aid in the creation of “flipped classroom” lecture recordings. ($125)
Christine Malsbary (Education) received funding for a license for Nvivo, a qualitative research analysis program that she will use for managing the data she collects in her fieldwork. ($500)
Michael Yarmosky (Education) received funding to purchase a hard drive and memory cards, to aid in the production of videos by local elementary school students. ($132)
SPRING 2014
Candice Lowe-Swift and Benjamin Smith (Anthropology) received funding to purchase ten pocket-size video cameras, for their students to use in their field work. ($1,380)
Martha Kaplan (Anthropology) received funding to purchase an iPad tablet, to explore its use in the anthropology classroom.
April Beisaw (Anthropology) received finding to purchase three GPS units, so that her students could explore their use in their field work. ($1,569)
Lisl Prater-Lee (Physical Education) received funding towards her purchase of a Proform stationary bicycle, with a computer display and Google Maps integration, to explore how this technology could enhance training. ($1,600)
Debra Zeifman (Psychology) received funding to purchase three RealCare® babies, to explore how they can be used in the research of infant caregiving. ($2,708)
Judy Linn (Art) received funding to purchase an iPad tablet, to explore the use of that technology in the digital photography classroom. ($600)
Curtis Dozier (Greek & Roman Studies) received finding to purchase the Adobe InDesign software, in order to do the text layout for an upcoming publication. ($240)
FALL 2013
Marc Smith (Computer Science) received funding to purchase screen recording software, to use for creating lecture recordings. ($100)
Laura Newman (Art) received funding to purchase an iPad tablet, so that she could explore the use of a mobile device in the studio art classroom. ($625)
Shane Slattery-Quintanilla(Film) received funding to purchase a GoPro video camera and a copy of the Avid Media Composer software, so that his students could explore the use of those technologies in their filmmaking. ($825)
Dorothy Kim (English) received funding to purchase the Oxygen Editor and Zoomify Developer software, to aid in her development of digital editions of medieval manuscripts. ($1,979)
Cindy Schwarz (Physics) received funding to purchase a Microsoft Surface tablet, to explore the use of that technology in the physics classroom. ($1,030)
Geoff Jehle (Economics) received funding to purchase a Microsoft Surface tablet, to explore the use of that technology in the economics classroom. ($1,120)
Bill Hoynes (Sociology) received funding to purchase a one-year subscription to SurveyMonkey, to allow his students to explore the use of that survey-making software. ($300)
Kelly Thayer (Chemistry) received funding to purchase a license for the Amber software, to aid in her research.
SPRING 2013
Tracey Holland (Education) received funding to purchase three iPads to be used in the various outreach programs in Poughkeepsie schools, under the coordination of the Vassar Urban Education Initiative. ($1,720)
Colleen Cohen (Anthropology) received funding to purchase ten pocket video cameras to be used by her students for producing video materials for class assignments. ($1,750)
Amitava Kumar (English) received funding to purchase eight digital audio recorders cameras to be used by his students for producing audio materials for class assignments. ($1,000)
Bert Lott (Greek & Roman Studies) received funding to purchase one iPad Mini, for use in class, in support of a new online commentary system and pedagogical approach to teaching Latin. ($600)
Andy Jennings (Physical Education, Athletics) received funding to purchase a laptop for running the SoccerLAB video analysis program, to assist in coaching student soccer players. ($1,500)
Nancy Pokrywka (Biology) received funding to purchase 3D visualization software to be used to create 3D images of cells viewed with the department’s new confocal microscope. ($5,300)
Jane Parker (Physical Education, Athletics) received funding to purchase one iPad and special mounting hardware to do video recording and immediate analysis of performance by student squash players. ($870)
FALL 2012
Alison Keimowitz (Chemistry) received funding to purchase 7 iPads with accessories, in order to pilot-test the use of electronic laboratory notebooks in the 300-level Integrated Laboratory course. ($3,500)
Bojana Zupan (Psychology) received funding to purchase a copy of the Screenflow software, for creating recorded lectures (voice over slides) for “flipping” some of her class sessions. ($100)
Lucy Johnson (Anthropology) received funding to purchase two copies of Photoshop, for use in preparing artifact and excavation photos for publication of student and faculty research in archaeology. ($400)
Jodi Schwarz (Biology) received funding to purchase one copy of Adobe Creative Suite, to prepare images and PDF files for lectures, student readings, student labs, and publications. ($250)
Dorothy Kim (English) received finding to purchase one iPad, for creating digital images of manuscripts and other materials in her archive research. ($700)
Rachel Friedman (Greek & Roman Studies) received funding to purchase one iPad, in order to explore several made-for-iPad apps for the reading and interpreting of Greek texts. ($600)
SPRING 2012
Tracey Holland and Jazmin Pichardo (Education) received funding to purchase six pocket video cameras on behalf of the Exploring College (EC) and Vassar After School Tutoring (VAST) programs. These cameras will be used by the program administrators, like the Outreach Fellows, and Vassar student volunteers, as well as by high shcool and middle school students, for educational projects. ($1,440)
Abigail Baird (Psychology) received funding for a set of audience response system units (“clickers”), to explore their use in classroom learning. ($1,300)
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Hispanic Studies/Environmental Studies), Colleen Cohen (Anthropology) and Leslie Offutt (History) received funding for a digital storage medium on which to store the video and photo records of the 2012 International Studies Study Trip to Cuba. These materials will be used, among other things, to develop a “video book” about their findings. ($920)
Maria Hantzopoulos, Chris Bjork, Tracey Holland (Education) received funding to purchase one pocket video camera and accessories to be used for observation and self-critique of Vassar student teachers. ($660)
Lucy Johnson and April Beisaw (Anthropology) received funding for a set of handheld GPS units to enhance archaeological education and research at Vassar. ($2,500)
Andrew Tallon (Art) received funding for a digital camera and stabilization system for use in creating 3D video recordings of cathedral interiors, for use in his teaching and research. ($752)
Andrew Tallon has also recieved funding for a zoom camera lens to be used for creating extremely high-resolution (“gigapixel”) imagery of sculptural ensembles, for use in his teaching and research. ($590)
FALL 2011
Judy Finerghty (Physical Education) received funding for two collections of digital images of anatomy and sports injuries, to use in the development of teaching materials. ($800)
Peter Antelyes (English) received funding to purchase an iPad and software for accessing and displaying out-of-print and hard-to-find comics for his research and teaching, specifically for his course on that subject. ($665)
Tom Ellman (Computer Science / Media Studies) received funding to purchase electronic game hardware and software to create the Vassar Game Lab, to be used in connection with Media Studies courses on game design, production and critique. ($1,850)
Tom Parker (French) received funding to enhance the computer and large display in the French Lounge to make it suitable for Internet-based videoconferencing with native French speakers. (up to $2,000)
Harry Roseman (Art) received funding to purchase an iPad and software to explore digital drawing and animation techniques. ($770)
SPRING 2011
Matthew Schulz (Learning, Teaching & Research Center) received funding to purchase three iPads to use in his “Process, Prose and Pedagogy” course. ($1, 650)
Jeremy Davis (Biology) received funding to purchase a handheld digital microscope that will allow the viewing of microscopic images by an entire class. ($1,150)
David Tavárez (Anthropology) received funding to purchase one iPad, for his students to use for conversation analysis and ethnographic research. ($570)
Quincy Mills (History) received funding to purchase one iPad, to explore its use in research and teaching in the field of history. ($800)
Chris Bjork, Colette Cann and Erin McCloskey (Education) received funding to purchase three iPads, to use in video recording and analyzing of student teaching. ($1,680)
Jill Schneiderman (Earth Science) received funding to purchase one iPad for her students to use for geologic mapping during field trips. ($715)
FALL 2010
Stuart Belli (Chemistry) and Jamie Kelly (Philosophy) received funding to purchase two netbook computers, to run simulation software in their Environmental Studies course, “Risk.” ($1,500)
Sarah Kozloff (Film) received funding to acquire Adobe Design Premium software, to use in preparing graphics for her research and for assisting her students. ($450)
Chris Bjork (Education) received funding to purchase a video camera, with tripod, tapes, and external hard drive, to use for a student documentary project. ($2,250)
Arden Kirkland (Drama) received funding to purchase a camera with additional battery and memory, and an iPad, to use for teaching with digital collections. ($1,050)
Eric Eberhardt (Chemistry) received funding to purchase 20 copies of TopSpin 3, software to facilitate his students’ access to research data. ($2,400)
Jamey Kelly (Philosophy) received funding to purchase one copy of Adobe Acrobat X Pro, to explore its use in the electronic grading of papers. ($120)
SPRING 2010
Andrew Tallon (Art) purchased a robotic camera mount for creating extremely high-resolution photographs of art history sites. ($720)
Jenny Walter and Marc Smith (Computer Science) purchased three Apple iPads, so that students could learn to create software applications for them. ($2,200)
Sarjit Kaur (Chemistry) purchased software for data analysis used by scientists performing spectroscopy, chromatography and electrophoresis. ($500)
Jonathan Penn (Physical Education) purchased software and a tablet PC to enable the recording and analysis of individuals’ performance in volleyball. ($3,200)
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Hispanic Studies) purchased Adobe Premier Design Suite, for creating high-quality graphics for her teaching and publishing. ($370)
Lisa Brawley (Urban Studies) purchased Adobe Premier Design Suite, for creating high-quality graphics for her teaching. ($370)
Lucy Johnson (Anthropology) purchased a data storage device to archive her digitized images of archaeological artifacts. ($200)
Fall 2009
Marc Epstein (Religion/Jewish Studies) purchased specialized software for converting scanned images of Hebrew texts into editable files. ($250)
Erin McCloskey (Education) purchased portable video cameras for student teachers to use, to record their tutoring sessions in local schools and present them to their classmates. ($825)
Steve Rooks (Dance) purchased software that makes it simple to create multimedia design for live dance performance and installations. ($450)
Jenny Magnes (Physics purchased portable spectrophotmeters for students to use in their field research. ($2,700)
Jane Parker (Physical Education) was given a projector for experimental use in a squash court, for teaching squash techniques. ($0– Was given an available projector.)
Mootacem Mhiri (Africana Studies) purchased software to enhance Arabic vocabulary. ($70)
Dorothy Kim (English) is leasing space on a commercial computer server, to build an interactive, online archive of Early Middle English. ($1,600)
Stuart Belli (Environmental Science) ) is leasing space on a commercial computer server, to host the Dutchess Watersheds website. ($500)
Spring 2009
Maria Höhn (History)
“Software for Academic Archive Creation”
Kathleen Man (Film)
“Computer Storyboarding”
Jannay Morrow, Michelle Tugade and Judith Nichols (Psychology, English)
“Change, Resilience, And Coping: A Study Of Women In Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica”
Simona Bondavalli (Italian)
“Screencasting for Foreign Language Pedagogy”
Jeremy Davis (Biology)
“Microphone for conference calls with research scientists”
Fall 2008
Colette Cann (Education)
“Analyzing Video Data”
Colette Cann (Education)
“Geo-tagging Poughkeepsie”
Carmen Garcia (Education)
“Bringing a New Dimension to the Classroom”
Barbara Durniak (Library)
“Using Screencasts to Create Library Tutorials”
Tracey Holland (Education)
“Education and Immigration: Oral History Project”
Natalie Friedman (Learning, Teaching & Research Center)
“Tablet PCs in the Freshman Seminar”
Paul Kane (English)
“Digital Recorder for Classes & Archives”
Judith Nichols (English)
“Faces of Change: Images of Immigrant Women”
Christopher Smart (Chemistry)
“Tablet PC for Use with Organic Chemistry Courses”
Spring 2008
David Bradley (Physics)
“Room Acoustics Computational Modeling”
Lisl Prater-Lee (Physical Education)
“Underwater Video Analysis”
Nicholas Adams, Andrew Tallon (Art History)
“You Are There: QTVR as a Presentation Tool”
Kristin Carter, Laura Yow (English)
“Bringing Television into the Classroom”
Richard Wilson (Music)
“Improving Music Playback Quality”
Fall 2007
Nicholas Adams, Andrew Tallon (Art History)
“QTVR Technology for Teaching: You Are There”
Colleen Cohen (Anthropology, Media Studies)
“Using Flash and Illustrator in Game Design”
Steve Rooks (Dance), Daniel Pressler (Dance), Peter McCulloch (Music), Tom
Ellman (Computer Science)
“Interactive Dance Multimedia Project”
Jennifer Ma (Psychology)
“Research Management and Data Collection”
Spring 2007
Alan Marco (Economics)
“Tablet PC for Classroom and Conference Presentation”
Michael Walsh (Religion)
“A Day in the Life of a Buddhist Temple”
Jodi Schwarz (Physics)
“Bioinformatics Computing at Vassar”
Fall 2006
Tom Ellman (Computer Science)
“Automatic Programming for Algorithmic, Interactive Music Composition”
Holly Hummel and Arden Kirkland (Drama)
“Virtual Costumes”
Brian Daly (Physics) and Zachary Donhauser (Chemistry)
“Finite Element Software for Multi-Disciplinary Scientific Modeling and
Visualization”
Hiraku Shimoda (History)
“Teaching with Visual Materials from Asia”
Mary Ann Cunningham (Earth Science and Geography)
“Enhancing field-based research and Teaching with GPS-Enabled Palm
Computers”
Susan Trumbetta, Michelle Tugade, Allan Clifton (Psychology)
“Exploring Software for Research and Teaching about Individual Differences”
Spring 2006
Andrew Watsky (Art History)
“Digital Imaging Project”
Jennifer Church (Philosophy)
“Manipulating Music”
Miranda Martinez (Sociology)
“Qualitative Data Analysis Software Usage”
Brian Godfrey (Geography)
“Software for Urban and Regional Mapping”
Yu Zhou (Geography)
“Qualitative Data Analysis Software And Training”