Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Pamplin faculty engage in a wide variety of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA).

Our work is as diverse as we are and includes lab experiments, musical compositions and performances, statistical analysis of surveys, creative writing, archival data collection, art installations, literary criticism, ethnographic field research, archaeological digs, and more. In each of these, our faculty use state of the art techniques and equipment to discover scientifically sound research findings, develop compelling scholarship, and create the highest caliber of artistic design.​

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RSCA Support

Pamplin faculty have access to multiple forms of support to engage in cutting edge RSCA, in whatever form that takes within their discipline.

Pamplin Summer RSCA Program

The Pamplin Summer RSCA Program provides small internal grant funding for Pamplin faculty to focus on a specific RSCA project during the summer. This funding enables the purchase of needed materials, travel to collect data, participant recruitment, and/or time to complete the project, among other activities. 

Pamplin Professional Impact Fund

The Pamplin Professional Impact Fund (PPIF) provides funding for Pamplin faculty to facilitate the dissemination of RSCA through conference presentations, performances, and exhibitions, as well as to create, conduct, or prepare of RSCA.

CSSR Fellows

Each year Pamplin’s Center for Social Science Research selects faculty within Pamplin who are working on specific social science projects to participate in our Fellowship Programs. Both the CSSR Fellowship Program and the Grant Mentorship Program provide time and structured mentorship for faculty to pursue a specific research project.

CSSR Fellows

Summerville Interdisciplinary Research Office

The Summerville Interdisciplinary Research Office provides support for developing and managing grant proposals. In addition to contacting the SIRO directly, please also contact Associate Dean Dustin Avent-Holt in the Pamplin Dean’s office to ensure you have the grant development support you need.

Summerville Interdisciplinary Research Office

Pamplin Humanities Fellows

Each year Pamplin funds one Pamplin Humanities Fellowship for faculty within Pamplin who are working on a specific humanities project. Pamplin Humanities Fellows receive time and structured mentorship, in addition to resources from the National Humanities Center, to pursue their project.

Research Centers

Center for Social Science Research

Pamplin’s Center for Social Science Research is a space for intellectual exchange among faculty and students interested in using social science to advance the common good.

Center for Social Science Research

Faculty RSCA Accomplishments

RSCA Books


  • DeVelvis, Melissa. 2025. Gendering Secession: White Women and Politics in South Carolina, 1859-1861. Cambridge University Press.
  • Heckman, Christina M. 2025. Work and Its Representations in Early Medieval Saints' Lives. Boydell & Brewer.
  • Meyer, E. Nicole and Christina McDonald (Eds). 2025.  Saving English, World Languages and the Humanities: Who and What Should be in the Conversation. The Atlantic Review.
  • Perelló Cabrera, José Luis and Paolo Spadoni. 2025. The Cuban Tourism Industry: Evolution, Challenges, and Prospects. Bloomsbury Academic Press.
  • Head, Karen. 2024. Perspective: New and Selected Poems. Iris Press.
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Exhibitions, Performances, and Recordings


  • Choi, Namwon. Wallflowers. Group Exhibition. Curated by Craig Drennen. March 16, 2024-April 27, 2024. Greene House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Choi, Namwon. 248 Miles. . August 17, 2024-October 12, 2024, Museum of Contemporary Art GA, Atlanta, GA.
  • Choi, Namwon. Proximity & Distance. Group Exhibition. Curated by Shona MacDonald. October 17, 2024-November 15, 2024. Chen Art Gallery, New Britain, CT.
  • Gordon, Wycliffe, Reginald Q Carter II, and A. London Arrington. 2025. "Funky Nature Boy " (feat. Wycliffe Gordon) [Remix], Tiny Tunes.
  • Gordon, Wycliffe and Adrian Cunningham. 2024. "Song for Wycliffe" and "Battle Hym of the Republic" [Songs]. On It's About Time [Album}, Arbors Records.
  • Gordon, Wycliffe and Visions Jazz Ensemble. 2024. "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (feat. Wycliffe Gordon)" [Song]. Across the Field College Fight Songs Reimagined [Album]. Patois Records.
  • Kameen, Katie. Re: Play. Solo Exhibition. April 5, 2024-May 24, 2024, Baltimore Jewelry Center. Baltimore, MD.
  • Kameen, Katie. Reflections. Solo Exhibition. July 20, 2024-August 31, 2024. The Silver Fern Fiddlehead Gallery, Cookeville, TN
  • Tolley, Chadwick. Disrupting the Matrix. Group Exhibition. December 1, 2023-March 30 2024. Elder Contemporary Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
  • Wycliffe Gordon (trombonist). 2024. Jump in the Line! Celebrating Harry Belafonte. Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, October 25-26. 

 

 

Publication
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Bakshi, B., Nalloor, R., & Vazdarjanova, A., Mar 2026, In: Psychiatry Research. 357, 116890.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Lewis, L., Sahay, S. & , Feb 2026, In: Management Communication Quarterly. 40, 1, p. 5-25 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Elder, L., Greene, S., Gulati, J. & , Dec 2025, In: Social Science Quarterly. 106, 7, e70108.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, , Weiss, S., & , Oct 2025, In: AORN Journal. 122, 4, p. 226-239 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Bohler, R. M., Lofaro, R. J., Smith, K. D., , Shehaj, B., Kite, B. & Mase, W. A., Sep 1 2025, In: Journal of Rural Health. 41, 4, e70084.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Huang, Y., Zhou, F., Xu, X., Wang, Y., Quintero, M., Liu, S., Liu, C., Zhu, G., Cai, Y., Dong, Z., , , & , Aug 2025, In: American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology. 329, 2, p. C513-C529

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Elder, L., Greene, S. & , Jul 1 2025, In: Research and Politics. 12, 3, 20531680251351916.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, Jul 1 2025, In: World Affairs. 188, 3, WAF270019.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Henriksen, L. F., Poulsen, T. & , Jul 1 2025, In: Socio-Economic Review. 23, 3, p. 1113-1139 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, May 1 2025, In: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 35, 3, e3402.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, Johnson, Z., McCann, C., Hoffman, Z., Jaremski, J., Durbha, S., & , Apr 2025, In: Child Protection and Practice.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, 2025, In: Politics and the Life Sciences. 44, 2, p. 142 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

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& , 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Active Learning in Higher Education. 14697874251372404.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Mahmoud, K. F., Al-Rawashdeh, S., Lindsay, D., Mitchell, A. M., Finnell, D. S. & , 2025, In: American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 51, 5, p. 584-593 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, 2025, In: Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. p. 251-262 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, Choi, Y. J. & , 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, 2025, In: ESPES. 14, 1, p. 123-140 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, Topping, K. & Hosny, Y., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Media, War and Conflict. 17506352251351579.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, 2025, In: Politics and the Life Sciences. 44, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

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Lu, K., Biglaiser, G. & , 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Global Policy.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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& , 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Political Science Education.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, Jan 1 2025, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 337 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

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, Yeo, H. & Choi, Y. J., 2025, In: Aging and Mental Health. 29, 3, p. 435-443 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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, , & , Nov 8 2024, In: Journal of Intercollegiate Sport. 17, 3

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Gilderbloom, J. H., & Riggs, B., Jan 1 2024, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places, and the Planet. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 213-236 24 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Gilderbloom, J. H., Riggs, W. & , Jan 1 2024, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places, and the Planet. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 277-296 20 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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, Gilderbloom, J. H., Squires, G. D. & Jones, A., Jan 1 2024, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places, and the Planet. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 75-90 16 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Gilderbloom, J. H., & Squires, G. D., Jan 1 2024, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places, and the Planet. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 195-212 18 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Gilderbloom, J. H., Squires, G. D., Hayes, B. & , Jan 1 2024, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places, and the Planet. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 171-194 24 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Gilderbloom, J. H., & Williams, R., Jan 1 2024, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places, and the Planet. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 331-364 34 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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, Oct 2023, In: French Review. 97, 1, p. 179-180 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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, Feb 9 2023, A Cultural History of Medicine in the Middle Ages. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 155-175 21 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Li, T., Kim, C. M., Joon Choi, Y., Orpinas, P., & Kraus, C., 2023, ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings. Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R. & Brennan, K. (eds.). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), p. 1835-1836 2 p. (Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Anthony, K. E., , Beckham, J. & Alberti, L., Jun 6 2022, The COVID-19 Impact on Higher Education Stakeholders and Institutional Services. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 127-141 15 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Smith-Frigerio, S., & Butauski, M., Jun 6 2022, The COVID-19 Impact on Higher Education Stakeholders and Institutional Services. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 9-22 14 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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, Jan 1 2021, Cuban International Relations at 60: Reflections on Global Connections. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 223-260 38 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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, 2019, At the Interface: Probing the Boundaries. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 57-66 10 p. (At the Interface: Probing the Boundaries; vol. 119).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Blake, B. B. & , Jan 1 2019, Multimodal Composing: Strategies for Twenty-First-Century Writing Consultations. Utah State University Press, An imprint of University Press of Colorado, p. 23-37 15 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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, Pettit, S. K., & , 2018, In: Journal of International Social Studies. 8, 2, p. 146-159

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Powell, T. C., Dilley, S. E., , Straughn, J. M., & Leath, C. A., Jun 2017, In: Gynecologic Oncology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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RSCA Awards and Grants

 

  • Graham, Latria. 2025. American Mosaic Journalism Prize. Heising-Simons Foundation.
  • Kalbacker, Courtney. 2025. "Defining the Defiant: A Guide to the Art Song and Opera of E. Adaïewsky (1846-1926) for Performers, Teachers and Scholars." AU RSCA Award
  • Ogrodnik, Benjamin. 2025. "Unraveling a Cotton Nation: Textile Histories and Women Artists of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands" AU RSCA Award
  • Samudra, Rhucha. 2025. "Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Mental Health Outcomes" AU RSCA Award
  • Gainey, Clarissa. 2024. Abayomi Academy International Award for Intelligent Communication. Abayomi Academy.
  • Hatcher, William. 2024. 2024 Outstanding Reviewer Award from Public Administration. Wiley.
  • Kameen, Katie. 2024. South Carolina Arts Commission
  • Kitchens, Melanie O'Meara. 2024. Leslie Irene Coger Award for Distinguished Performance. National Communication Association.
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