SUPPORTING SCHOLARSHIP AT NLU Internal Grant Programs NLU has two internal grant programs to support research: the Seed Grant Program and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Fellowships.
Seed Grant Program The seed grant program provides small grants to support faculty and staff in launching research agendas that hold the promise of external funding and linked to NLU’s strategic priorities. The 2024-25 Grantees were: leaf STEM Spaces Outcome: Development of NLU’s design of STEM learning and building the research base by gathering student perceptions through photo journalism research and proposal for continued funding Project Lead: Dr. Orinna Clark, Undergraduate College leaf The Impact on Student Outcomes and Engagement of Career-Aligned, Project-Based Assessment of Visual-Problem Solving and Design Concepts in Art Outcome: Development of curriculum for career-aligned, project-based learning of
design concepts and proposal for continued funding Project Lead: Noelle Garcia, Undergraduate College
leaf A Critical Realism Approach to Understanding Causal Attributions and the Intentionality of Racism Outcome: Creation of a new research instrument to measure attribution focusing intentionality and proposal for continued funding Project Leads: Dr. Bradley Olson and Dr. Ericka Mingo, College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) fellowships are designed to activate and support the examination and study of NLU faculty teaching and learning practices intended to advance equity for NLU students. In the 2024-25 academic year, seven fellowships were awarded across two teams of scholars studying the use of AI in NLU classrooms. 2024-25 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Fellowship Awardees Book-Reader AI and Culturally Responsive Teaching Outcome: Enact and study best practices in using AIs tools to build teacher preparation students’ capacity to carry out culturally responsive teaching Fellows: Dr. Xiaoning Chen, Dr. Eun Ko and Dr. Vishodana Thamotharan, National College of Education Book-Reader AI in Supporting Doctoral Candidates Outcome: Enact and study use of AI in supporting doctoral candidates in instructional and research design Fellows: Jack Denny, Dr. Angela Elkordy, Ayn Keneman and Donna Wakefield, National College of Education
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