Past Research Topics
Below a list of research topics presented by past grant recipients. An executive summary of the research is linked as the topic name, where available.
| Year | Recipients | Topic |
| 2023 | Dr. Michael Goodman | College Student Government Leaders’ Experiences with Campus Crises and Emergencies |
| 2023 | Dr. Adam McCready | Hazing in Student Organizations |
| 2023 | Chas Thompson | Exploring the Experiences of Queer Student Leaders at Southern Universities |
| 2023 | Dr. Ellissa Brooks Nelson, Dr. Jordan Bullington-Miller, Dr. Paul Holliday-Millard |
Student Involvement in Campus Activities Programs: Does it Matter? |
| 2023 | Juana Hollingsworth | Racialized Equity Labor: The Role of Black Women Student Leaders and Black Student Unions at Predominately White Institutions (PWI) |
| 2023 | Blanca Elizabeth Vega | HSI Training and Student Leadership: Consciousness and Character |
| 2022 | Lauren Irwin | Racialization and Whiteness in College Student Leadership Education Efforts |
| 2022 | Dr. Krista Soria | The effects of college students’ participation in campus activities programs on students’ sense of belonging, resilience, teamwork-related outcomes, creative problem-solving, social capital development, and leadership development. |
| 2022 | Donovan Nichols | The experiences of student activities administrators at four-year colleges and universities with work-life balance. |
| 2022 | Dr. Amy French | Reinvigorating Campus Activities Programming Post-Virtual Programming: A Delphi Study of Student Affairs Professionals |
| 2022 | Brittany Wildman | An Inquiry into the Experiences of Supervisors of On-Campus Student Employees |
| 2022 | Mary Ellen Wade | Undergraduate students in co-curricular leadership roles at a Jesuit Catholic institution. |
| 2021 | Bradley Kovalcik | A Phenomenological Study on Cocurricular Leader Alumni's Perceptions of Soft Skill Preparedness |
| 2021 | Drs. Hoekstra, Velez, Jessup-Anger, and Nemanich | Emerging from COVID-19: Student Involvement in Campus Activities and Young People's Success, Sense of Belonging, Health, and Well-being |
| 2021 | Dr. Jorge Burmicky and Kathleen Rzucidlo | A Snapshot of Campus Involvement in the COVID-19 Pandemic: An HBCU-based Case Study |
| 2021 | Elif Yucel | How Community College Reentry Programs Foster Student Success |
| 2021 | Ryan Terry | Grief and campus activities: A narrative inquiry exploring how campus activities programs influence sense of belonging for grieving college students |
| 2020 | Jennifer Batchelder | Latin* Leadership Meaning Making Using Cultural Practices of Generativity in Student Organizations |
| 2020 | Matthew Kitching | The Contributions of Campus Activities and Student Unions to Student Institutional Pride |
| 2020 | Anh Le | The Role of Racial /Ethnic Student Organizations in the Development of Racial/Ethnic Identity, Sense of Belonging, and Academic Success of Asian American Students |
| 2020 | Victoria Sherif, Jean Patterson, & Chelsea Redger-Marquardt | |
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2018 |
Vincent Edward Bowhay |
Student Employment as a Model for Workplace Readiness Skill Development |
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2018 |
Ashley McMillan |
The Role that Native Student Organizations Play for Native American Students |
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2018 |
Joseph Sammut |
Roles and Expectations of Club Advisors |
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2018 |
Matthew K. Vetter |
Is There Room for Conservative Students in Leadership Development Programs? |
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2018 |
Leslie Cothren |
Student Feelings of Psychological Ownership at a Mid-Sized Regional Public Institution |
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2017 |
Matthew K. Vetter |
Quantity and Quality of Co-Curricular Involvement in College |
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2017 |
Adam Gismondi, Ph.D and Inger Bergom, Ph.D. |
Colleges & Universities as “Laboratories of Democracy?”: An Exploration of the Political and Civic Outcomes of Undergraduate Co-Curricular Involvement |
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2017 |
Dr. Kathy Guthrie, Dr. Vivechkanand Chunno, and Sally Watkins |
Student Success through Leadership and Involvement: Socially Responsible Leadership Values in Action |
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2017 |
Laura Pasquini, Ph.D., Paul W. Eaton, Ph.D., and Josie Ahlquist, Ed.D. |
Online Networking and Digital Identity Development |
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2017 |
Erika Cohen Derr |
Double (Privilege) Jeopardy: Does an Elite Institutional Context Undermine “Good” Leadership Identity Development? |
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2017 |
Gary Myers III and Lindsey Myers |
Harnessing High-Impact Practices through a Virtual Leadership Development Program |
| 2016 | Erica Wiborg and Amanda Mintz | The Student Leadership Development Plan at Florida State University: A Cross Functional-Area Assessment of Student Leader Learning through Involvement Experiences. |
| 2016 | Jason Meier and Amma Marfo | That's Not Funny, But Why? Better Understanding Student Reactions to Comedy |
| 2016 | Katie Winstead Reichner | Key Indicators for Developing Lifelong Institutional Affinity through Undergraduate Student Involvement and Campus Programs. |
| 2016 | Salandra Bowman and Rosline Sumpter | The Impact of System-wide Activities in the Community College Setting: A South Carolina Case Study |
| 2016 | Colin Stewart | The Degree to Which Participation in College Improv Comedy Affects Student Development |
| 2016 | Brianne Rogers and Emily Nacy | An Examination of the Difference between Student Organization Advisors Who Do and Do Not Participate in Support and Education Initiatives |
| 2015 | Scott Lyons | A Study of Exemplary Co-Curricular Advising by College and University Faculty |
| 2015 | Julia Broskey and Amanda Papinchock | Cross Campus Collaboration to Assess an Alcohol Alternative Program at Illinois State University |
| 2014 | Cindy Kane | A Place for Scholarship in Campus Activities Practice: A Collective Case Study |
| 2014 | Kim Bruemmer | Risk Perceptions in the Management of Student Organizations |
| 2014 | Jessica Inman and Catherine Pedersen |
Do Peer Consultants have a Positive Impact on the Success of Student Involvement? |
| 2014 | Bryce Hughes | How a Jesuit University Engages LGBT Students: A Case Study |
| 2014 | Beth Hoag | Odd Bedfellows or Perfect Partners: A Case Study of Academic Librarians and Student Affairs Professionals Mental Models toward Collaboration |
| 2013 | Justin Janak and Patrick Edwards | Assessing Student Leader Learning: A Comprehensive Competency-Based Approach for Current Practitioners |
| 2013 | Margaux C. Manley | The Relationship Between Student Involvement in Extracurricular Activities and Sense of Belonging among Undergraduate Commuter Students |
| 2012 | Adrian H. Huerta and Gina A. Garcia | A Mixed Methods Perspective on Latino Male Undergraduates: Examining Their Leadership Abilities and Development in Postsecondary Education |
| 2011 | Linda M. Campbell | A Study of Involvement Variables in Higher Education: Their Influence on the Uniform CPA Examination |
| 2011 | Ladanya Ramírez Surmeier | SOARing to New Heights: Measuring the Learning of Student Leaders |
| 2010 | Regina Young Hyatt | The Influence of Time Spent by Students Engaged in Co-Curricular Involvement, Online Social Networking, and Studying and Doing Coursework on the their Academic Achievement |
| 2010 | Kat Kaszpurenko | The Fort After Dark |
| 2010 | Elizabeth Niehaus | The Contribution of Alternative Break Programs to Students' Future Intentions |
| 2010 | Adam Peck | A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Periodic and Meta-Cognitive Reflection for Fostering Learning Outcomes in Presidents of Campus Programming Boards |
| 2009 | Tina Samuel Powellson | Student Event Planning Using Risk Management: A Moral Process? |
| 2009 | Jacob Livengood | Anticipatory Socialization of New College Students: Connectivity Experiences on Facebook |
| 2008 | Cari Murphy and Thomas E. Miller | Predicting the Risk of Individual Student Attrition and Enhancing Student Persistence and Degree Attainment for First Time College (FTIC) Students |
| 2008 | Linda Kennedy | Mapping Leadership Skills to Activities: Transforming Student Stories into a Useful Tool |
| 2008 | Andrew Sonn | Student Affairs Fundraising at Private Research Universities: How Organizational Culture Affects Collaborations Between Student Affairs and Development Units |
| 2008 | Brian Bourke | An Exploratory Investigation of the Relationship Between Involvement and Persistence Beyond the First Year Among Black Students Attending a Predominantly White Institution |
| 2008 | Elizabeth K. Green and George J. Allen | A Longitudinal Study of Leadership Value Development of First-Year College Students |
| 2008 | Michael Siegel | A qualitative and Quantitative Study on Student Engagement: An Exploration into the Impact Co-curricular Involvement has on Retention Rates of Residential Students |
| 2008 | Susan Komives | Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership |
| 2008 | Danielle DeSawal | Development of an Instrument to Measure an Advisors Approach |