The purpose of the Faculty Summer Grants is to enhance the development of a culture of scholarship at Cedarville University. To this end, up to four grants are awarded annually to Cedarville University faculty members for research projects to be carried out during the summer.
Research papers prepared by recipients of Faculty Summer Grants are listed below. These papers can only be accessed by on-campus users.
Submissions from 2014
Cedarville University and the Legacy of Christian Higher Education in America, Barbara L. Loach
The Parrot AR Drone 2.0 and Autonomy, Timothy R. Tuinstra
Submissions from 2013
Faculty Summer Grant, Scott D. Calhoun
A Moral Case for Markets?, Marc A. Clauson
Population Genetics of Raccoons and Raccoon Roundworm, Matthew E. Ingle
Embryos, Metaphysics, and Morals: Human Personhood and the New Biotechnologies, Dennis M. Sullivan
Submissions from 2012
The Place of Metaphor Analysis in Evangelical Exegesis, T. C. Ham
Atonement: A Guide for the Perplexed, Adam J. Johnson
Submissions from 2011
Remediating Remediation: From Basic Writing to Writing Across the Curriculum, Melissa S. Faulkner
Submissions from 2010
Chameleon: An Adaptive IDE for Early Programming Instruction, Keith A. Shomper and Mark Erikson
The Abortifacient Potential of Emergency Contraceptives, Dennis M. Sullivan and Jeffrey D. Lewis
God and Claude Shannon: The Design and Origin of Error Coding in Living Systems, Timothy R. Tuinstra
Submissions from 2008
Faculty Summer Grant, Scott D. Calhoun
Double Bind: Abraham, Isaac, Levinas, and Derrida in the Ashes of the Holocaust, Dave Mills
Forming the Life of the Congregation Through Music, John Mortensen
Muzak of the Buy-o-Spheres: Hearing and Making Music in Consumer Culture, John Mortensen
Submissions from 2007
Personhood, Community, and the Post-Modern Turn: Toward a Theology of Online Education, Don Humphreys
Christian Political Involvement in the 20th Century: A Theological and Methodological Critique, Thomas S. Mach, Mark Caleb Smith, and Marc A. Clauson
Non-Destructive Sources for Embryonic Stem Cells: A Moral Analysis, Dennis M. Sullivan
Submissions from 2006
The Technology of Religious Broadcasting, J. Wesley Baker
Order Out of Chaos - Toward a Christian Theology of Organizing, Richard J. Martinez and Randy Franz
Faculty Summer Grant, Dennis M. Sullivan and Charles D. Dolph
Hirota Equation, Unstable Plane Waves and Heteroclinic Connections, Otis C. Wright III
Sasa-Satsuma Equation, Unstable Plane Waves and Heteroclinic Connections, Otis C. Wright III
Submissions from 2003
Stem Cells and Moral Analogies, Dennis M. Sullivan
Submissions from 2002
George Hunt Pendleton and American Political History in the 19th Century, Thomas S. Mach
Submissions from 2000
The Bioethical Implications of Personhood, Dennis M. Sullivan