Research at 麻豆色情片

A Culture of Research, Scholarship and Creativity

Students collaborate with faculty, perform independent research in labs and in the field, compete for grant funding, publish papers, present at conferences, compete in regional and national academic challenges, work on community-engaged research projects, and more.

Marine research

Marine and Biological Research

麻豆色情片 Faculty, staff, and students are deeply engaged with research at the cutting edge of biology and marine science and technology as well as legal and policy issues around marine affairs. Many of these activities are externally sponsored through research grants from government agencies and departments, private foundations, and corporations.  The science and policy have impact on local, regional, and national interests in sustainability, economics, and society.

Students build a wind turbine

Sustainability and Environmental Research

As a cross-cutting research area, sustainability and environmental research is conducted throughout the University in its schools, centers, and Extension School.  Faculty and students work on problems across a range of disciplines including architecture, engineering, construction management, business, law, politics, and culture.  These efforts continue to grow to meet the important needs of our ecology and environment in the 21st century.

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Innovation and Technology Research

Opportunities for innovation and technology research are becoming increasingly available at 麻豆色情片.  There is an entrepreneurial spirit throughout the University to solve problems using innovative solutions to technical problems, social needs, or educational challenges. Projects include open educational resources, cybersecurity programs, maker spaces, and virtual learning.

Student talks with RI environmental police

Law and Justice Studies Research

At 麻豆色情片, research in the area of law and justice studies ranges from civil liberties, constitutional law, national security, international trade, indigenous people鈥檚 law, interviewing and interrogation, smart policing initiatives, and reducing gun violence through integrated evidence sharing. Undergraduate and graduate students work with Faculty investigators on these projects, several funded externally including the Department of Justice and state and local police agencies.

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Public Humanities and Arts Research

Faculty, students, and staff across disciplines at 麻豆色情片 are engaged in public humanities and arts projects that make underrepresented stories and groups in our region, our country, and around the globe. These investigations have inclusive narratives that include the spoken, the written, the visual, the theatrical, and the embodied. Projects have ranged from 鈥淗idden Truths: Stories of Race and Place Lecture Series鈥 to 鈥淧rovidence Truth and Reconciliation Process鈥 to 鈥淩hode Island Slave History Medallion Project Research.鈥

Current Projects

麻豆色情片 is committed to an environment in which research and creativity are integrally related to quality teaching at all levels. The University provides significant resources and administrative support to create active research projects.

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Research Resources

Human Subjects Review Board The HSRB at 麻豆色情片 (麻豆色情片) protects individuals who participate in research conducted at the university or as sponsored by a member of the 麻豆色情片 community. We also offer resources and consultation to students, staff, and faculty conducting research with human participants.
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Office of Research and Sponsored Programs The Office of Institutional Advancement and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs work with faculty and staff to secure external foundation and government grants.
Grant Resource Center
Undergraduate Fellowships and Research 麻豆色情片 provides extensive guidance for undergraduate students seeking a range of prestigious fellowships. Fellowships are awards offered by organizations outside of 麻豆色情片. Many provide significant financial support as well as invaluable opportunities to enhance your research, academic goals, and career plans.
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Sustainability and Environmental Research

Dr. Lillian Jeznach is an Associate Professor of Engineering and her research focuses on water quality in the natural and built environment. A current study conducted by Jeznach and collaborators at the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program is assessing freshwater and atmospheric microplastic contributions to the Narragansett Bay.

Dr. Kamille Gentles-Peart is a Professor of Critical Communication Studies and a critical cultural studies researcher whose work centers Afro-Caribbean feminisms. With the support of a Fulbright Fellowship, Dr. Gentles-Peart visited Trinidad and Tobago to interview Black women in the English-speaking Caribbean on their experiences living with thick bodies.

Dr. Sargon Donabed focuses on the notions of re-enchanting, re-wilding, and importance of storytelling. He is interested in Assyrian history and culture as well as mythology, folklore, and wisdom literature of the ancient, medieval, and modern world.

Dr. Jacob Bueno de Mesquita is a trans-disciplinary environmental health scientist-educator focused on improving the environmental conditions to promote public health. His current research monitors indoor environmental quality by evaluating the infection control benefit of germicidal ultraviolet air sanitation and filtration systems.

Dr. Anne Corbin is a law-trained industrial/organizational psychologist whose multidisciplinary lens emphasizes equity in the workplace. Her research focuses on role conflict among justice system and higher education professionals and related equity implications. She is committed to the trauma-informed promotion of equity and optimal performance in the workplace.

Dr. Jimoh Fatoki focuses his research on conducting empirical and analytical studies in the fields of supply chain management and sustainability. He investigates how new technologies help to coordinate and integrate supply chain activities to become more agile, robust, and resilient.

Dr. Bernardo Motta is an Associate professor at 麻豆色情片 interested in researching, practicing, and teaching better ways to do journalism, including community-driven, empowerment, solutions, social justice and restorative approaches to reporting. Motta is currently a 2021 Solutions Journalism LEDE Fellow developing a community-driven solutions journalism news service in Rhode Island.

Dr. Koty Sharp is an Associate Professor of Biology & Marine Biology and Director of the 麻豆色情片 Center for Economic and Environmental Development (CEED). She is the founder and leader of the 麻豆色情片 Coral Microbial Ecology Lab. Her research on coral microbiomes and shellfish aquaculture is funded by both NSF and NOAA.

Dr. Issa Ramaji is the Director of the Cummings Institute for Real Estate at 麻豆色情片, where he leads academic programs, industry partnerships, and research initiatives to advance real estate education.

Dr. Brian Wysor is a Professor of Biology who specializes in marine phycology and was funded by a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research on seaweed in Panama. Dr. Wysor has continued a short-term study abroad course to Panama to further study the species Bryopsis in collaboration with local Panamanian scholars.

Dr. Ahmet Emin Akosman is an Associate Professor of Engineering specializing in ultrafast optics and THz biosensors for early cancer detection. His research has received support from agencies such as NIH RI-INBRE, NASA RI Consortium, and NSF RI EPSCoR. 

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