CEHS researchers earn Layman Awards

28 Jun 2021    

Several researchers in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have earned Layman Awards to support research projects from Aug. 1, 2021 – July 31, 2022.

The Layman Awards provide funding for projects that will enhance the grantee’s ability to obtain external funding to support prominent scholarly work. Awards of up to $10,000 per application for each program are made possible by support from the University of Nebraska Foundation.

“Layman Awards provide both the institutional commitment and financial support to faculty as they launch their research careers or venture into new research directions,” said CEHS Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activity, Susan Sheridan. “They can be pivotal in positioning investigators for future extramural funding. We are very proud of all of the CEHS researchers who were awarded Layman grants this year, and optimistic about their ability to leverage these grants in the near future.”

CEHS Layman Award recipients and the title of their projects are listed below.

Ricardo Martinez, assistant professor, Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education

Project: Mathematical Spiritual Wisdom Within Young People

Nicholas Husbye, associate professor, and Amanda Thomas, assistant professor, Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education

Project: Supporting Pre-Service Teacher Development Through University-School Partnerships

Katie Edwards, associate professor, Department of Educational Psychology, and Ramona Herrington, cultural outreach manager, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools

Project: Formative Research to Inform the Development of an Initiative to Prevent Violence against Native American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Two-Spirit Youth

Rochelle Dalla, professor, Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies

Project: Disrupting Illicit Supply Networks in a Global Human Trafficking Hot Spot

In addition, Beth Dotan, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education and Ari Kohen, Schlesinger Professor of Social Justice in the Department of Political Science, received a Layman award for their project, the Nebraska Holocaust Survivor and WWII Veteran Network and Educational Portal.