Research in Norman J Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences is committed to new knowledge and innovative discoveries. From experimental to investigative research, our faculty, students, and staff conduct research and publish groundbreaking discoveries.

Celebrating Scholars

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Norman J. Radow College Scholarly Work 2024-2025

 

2025-2026 Research Funding

The Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kennesaw State University takes immense pride in our faculty members who consistently demonstrate a commitment to excellence in research and creative activities. Many of our distinguished faculty have earned recognition and support for their innovative and impactful work through extramural grants and awards. This page is dedicated to celebrating their achievements and to shedding light on the array of exciting projects they are working on.

$31,829,269

Total Research Funding

22

Projects Funded

30

Faculty Funded

15

External Sponsors

2025-2026 Academic Year External Funding Awarded

SPONSOR LEAD PI ADMIN UNIT PROJECT TITLE  AWARD AMOUNT 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Brian Moore PSYC Georgia Partnership in Action for Co-Responder Training $102,765
Albertine Foundation Abigail Alexander WLC French Film Festival 2026 $2,400
American Institutes for Research Jennifer Dail ENGL Coach Teach Write $11,000
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Brian Moore PSYC Expansion of the Georgia Suicide Mortality Review $293,833
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bernadette Heckman PSYC BWHET NCE Period $28,894
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (BOR) Jeanne Law ENGL English 1102 Composition II $1,000
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Kristin Horan PSYC Veterans and Visionaries: Veterans in the Southeast and the Civil Rights Movement $341,881
National Science Foundation (NSF) Ordene Edwards PSYC Enhancing Engineering Students' Motivation, Academic Success, and Career Development: The Role of a Long-Term Multi-Construct Task Value Intervention (MTVI) $734,059
Eternal Vigilance Action, inc. Kerwin Swint SGIA A public opinion survey of voters' experience with voting methods $7,500
Lexicon Strategies, LLC Israel Sanchez-Cardona PSYC Webinar development for the construction industry with Lexicon Strategies $6,000
Alphawood Foundation Terry Powis GEO/ANTH The Pacbitun Regional Archaeological Project: interdisciplinary research along the southern rim of the belize river $85,000
Affordable Learning Georgia Jonathan Arnett TCID Affordable Materials Grants, Round 28: Continuous Improvement Grants -- TCOM 2010 Revision $10,000
Society for the Teaching of Psychology Ordene Edwards PSYC Investigating a Combined Task Value Intervention in Statistics Courses $2,720
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (BOR) Tamara Powell ENGL The No-Cost ENGL 1102 (Composition 2) Asynchronous Online Project $28,350
Institute for Humane Studies Paul Dover HIST Information: A Human History $23,348
US Department of Labor (DOL) Kristin Horan PSYC Training for Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program $12,500
International Society for the Science of Existential Psychology (ISSEP) Yian Xu PSYC Who Am I? Using Experimental and Computational Linguistic Techniques to Investigate Essentialist Narratives about the Self Across Cultures $2,166