$749,999 John C. Tedesco (co-PI), received support from the National Science Foundation to support, Participation on the Town Square in the era of Web 2.0. Tedesco teamed with researchers from Computer Science (Andrea Kavanaugh, PI; Naren Ramakrishnan and Manuel Perez, co-PI).
The three-year project begins August 15, 2011 and ends August 14, 2014.
$2,947,383 Yi-Chun (Yvonnes) Chen (co-PI), received support from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute to support SIPsmartER: A nutrition literacy approach to reducing sugar-sweetened beverages. Chen teamed with researchers from HNFE (Jamie Zoellner, PI; Paul Estabrooks, Co-PI; Brenda Davy, co-PI) and Health Economics and Applied Microeconomics (Wen You, co-PI). The five-year project is funded from July 12, 2011 to June 30, 2016.
$34,582 Yi-Chun (Yvonnes) Chen (co-PI), received support from the Virginia Youth Tobacco Projects (VYTP) Small Grants Program of the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation (VTSF) to support Media Literacy Tobacco Prevention for Youth in Virginia: A Randomized Impact Assessment Pilot Study. Chen teamed with Christine E. Kaestle (PI) from Human Development. The project ended on June 30, 2011.
$3,000 Kuypers, Jim A., South Atlantic Studies Initiative Award, College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences, Virginia Tech, 2009-2010, to fund original research into the 1832 Virginia slavery debate.
$3,000 Yi-Chun (Yvonnes) Chen (PI), received support from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Niles Research Awards to support Mom, Can We Stop by McDonald’s? A Comparison of a Knowledge-Only Curriculum and a Media Literacy Enhanced Curriculum on Changing Children’s Attitudes and Food Preferences. The project begins summer 2011.
$22,426 Yi-Chun (Yvonnes) Chen (co-PI), received support from the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment at Virginia Tech to support ISCE Summer Scholars in Residence Team Grant. Chen teamed with researchers from Human Development (Christine E. Kaestle, PI) and HNFE (Jamie Zoellner, co-PI; Paul Estabrooks, co-PI). The project ended in summer 2010.
$15,000 Yi-Chun (Yvonnes) Chen (co-PI), received support from the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment at Virginia Tech to support The Ethics of Medical Communication: Bioethics and Genomic Rhetorical Situations. Chen teamed with researchers from English (Bernice Hausman, PI; Kelly Pender, co-PI; Kelly Belanger, co-PI) and Public Health (Kerry Redican, co-PI). The project ended in Spring 2011.
$9,000 Yi-Chun (Yvonnes) Chen (PI), received support from the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment at Virginia Tech to support A pilot test of the effectiveness of obesity prevention entertainment-education programming targeted to Latino adult population in Virginia. Chen teamed with researchers from HNFE (Jamie Zoellner, co-PI and Elena L. Serrano, co-PI) and Virginia Corporative Extension (Mary McFerren, co-PI). The project ended in summer 2010.