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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has a new class of recipients of the Graduate School’s 2025 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students (RGRDS). The RGRDS program awards grants of up to $1000 to support research and projects initiated and conducted by students of the SIUE EdD program, PharmD program, DNP programs, and the co-operative PhD programs to enhance their academic progress. The purpose of this program is to support the research of doctoral students under the guidance of faculty advisors.

The following is a list of the 2025 RGRDS award recipients:

School of Engineering

Bonan Yang in Computer Science, “CKG-SIUE: A Content-driven Knowledge Graph for Curriculum Modeling and Personalization”


School of Nursing

Lainey Ogle in Family Health & Community Nursing, “Water Filter Implementation in Guatemala”

Christi Teufel in Family Health & Community Nursing, “Patient Appointment Adherence Program”

Kelly Shelton in Nurse Anesthesiology, “Evaluating the Effect of POCUS Education on Gastric Ultrasound Utilization and RSI Reduction”

Shelby Willen in Nurse Anesthesiology, “The Effect of Simulated SALAD Technique Training on SRNA Confidence and Management of a Contaminated Airway”


School of Education, Health and Human Behavior

Philip Carter in Educational Leadership, “Secondary Instrumental Music Educators’ Experience with Role Stress: A Qualitative Study”

Florence Chears-Lawrence in Educational Leadership, “Preschool Directors' Experiences with the Teacher shortage in the Metro East Region”

Michelle Kirby in Educational Leadership, “Student Disengagement: A Qualitative Study”

Leigh Lewis in Educational Leadership, “ESSER-funded Technology and Its Effects on Teaching: A Qualitative Study of District Administrators' Experiences”

Connor See in Educational Leadership, “The Gendered Leadership Experiences of Female Principals: A Qualitative Study”

Congratulations to all RGRDS award recipients.
 

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