The 2018 distinguished faculty cohort selected to receive 2018 University Research Council Awards were honored at a luncheon hosted by the University Research Council and the Office of Grants and Research Services on May 1.

The summer stipend and research grant competition is one of the most longstanding and competitive sources of faculty development at Seton Hall. To be considered for awards, faculty submit research proposals that are judged by a panel of faculty experts, including senior faculty and previous award winners. This year's honorees received 13 awards, selected from 36 submissions.

Since its inception in the late 1970s, the University Research Council has made more than 300 awards and has been a primary venue for university-sponsored faculty research support. The Office of the Provost, which supports the Council, has increased the funding by about 80 percent during the past three years. The current awardees receive a summer stipend or research grant of $10,000.

The 2018 honorees and their projects include:

• Matthew Corrigan
  Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, College of Arts and Sciences
  "Known Instrument Construct Validity Test for the Adolescent Domain Screening Instrument for use with an Anti-Social Population"

• Jessica Cottrell
  Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
  "The Effect of Multiple Myeloma Treatment on Bone Homeostasis in a Three-Dimensional Cell Culture Bone Model"

• James Hanson
  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
  "Designed Polymer Materials for Ball Sealers: Controlled Solubility and Biodegradability"

• Jonathan Kraszewski
  Department of Visual and Sound Media, College of Communication and the Arts
  "Route 66: Understanding the Series as a Television Milestone"

• Minsun Lee
  Department of Professional Psychology and Family Therapy, College of Education and Human Services
  "Let's Talk about Race: The Experience of Race Talk for People of Color in Psychotherapy"

• Jeffrey Morrow
  Department of Undergraduate Theology, Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology
  "Toward a Theology of Work and Rest: Jewish and Catholic Contributions"

• Penina Orenstein
  Department of Computing and Decision Sciences, Stillman School of Business
  "Developing a Digital Mapping Platform to Identify Supply Chain Network Structure, Evolution and Performance"

• Matthew Pressman
  Department of Journalism, College of Communication and the Arts
  "Tabloid Journalism and Right-Wing Populism: The New York Daily News in the Mid-20th Century"

• David Sabatino
  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
  "Silencing the Glucose Regulated Chaperones in Cancer"

• Andrew Simon
  Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
  "Employee and Organizational Resilience"

• Travis Timmerman
  Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
  "Are Moral Obligations Determined by Actual or Possible Free Choices?"

• Denise Vigani
  Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
  "Defending an Aristotelian Ideal of Practical Reasoning"

• Zheng Wang
  Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, School of Diplomacy and International Relations
  "Taiwan and the South China Sea Disputes: The 1947 Map and the 2016 Arbitration"

For additional information, contact the University Research Council and the Office of Grants and Research Services.