College of Business & Behavioral Sciences
Pam Alley
My project focuses on the advising experience, which has become increasingly recognized, both here at Clemson and nationwide, as a critical component of a students' collegial experience. Specifically, my creative inquiry team is exploring the feasibility of enhancing the current faculty-based system within the Psychology Department by adding an academic peer advising component. Very broadly, the goals of the program are for trained peer advisors to assist other students with course selection and to serve as a referral source for opportunities and resources available within the Psychology Department, within the College of Business and Behavioral Sciences, at the University level as well as in the community and professionally. This undergraduate initiative provides students with hands on experience in researching, evaluating, and designing an academic advising model as well as experience serving as an academic peer advisor of other Psychology students.
Thomas Britt
Students are active participants in research related to social and organizational psychology, including the predictors and consequences of a person's energy level, the consequences of engagement in activities, the stigma of seeking treatment for psychological problems, and organizational stress and resiliency.
Marjie T. Britz
Exploring the history of organized crime in the U.S. Team members will finish the project with a trip to New York City to visit historical mob locations, including St. John's cemetery.
Johnell Brooks
Our research team investigated transportation issues associated with both drivers and pedestrians. Members of our research team interacted with a broad range of individuals in the community ranging from high school students to senior citizens to English and Spanish speaking roadway workers. The goal of this interdisciplinary collaboration is to increase the understanding of human behavior and awareness concerning the risks and realities associated with these diverse aspects of transportation so that roadway environments can become safer.
Robert Campbell
Self-esteem is a topic of major importance in psychology, but it remains highly controversial. This team provides opportunities to resolve theoretical questions about self-esteem and to improve the ways that self-esteem is measured.
Matthew Crosston
An intensive investigation into one of the main controversies facing US foreign policy today: is there such a thing as moderate Islam? If so, what does it mean? What does it look like and where are the moderate Muslims? This study aims to achieve a consensus of definition and also analyze the likelihood of moderates being able to influence Middle East development. Answers to these questions help us understand how likely our own foreign policy of developing democracy will be successful.
Richard Dull and Lydia Schleifer
Investigating how to use the vast amounts of data collected by today’s enterprise systems. We are looking at ways to understand the system, extract data, and present it to decision-makers.
Jeff Fine
This project examines the factors that determine how members of Congress vote. We will investigate how well various groups (racial/ethnic, religious, and age groups) are represented through congressional voting. We will also consider the interaction between Congress and other actors (namely the president and courts).
Lawrence Fredendall
An examination of Customer Satisfaction at Redfern Health Center
William B. Gartner
Students will videotape, transcribe, edit, analyze and publish interviews of South Carolina entrepreneurs.
Xiaobo Hu
Examination of China's rise and its impact on the U.S. through new analyses and discussions with government officials and business people.
Kathy Kegley
Students develop creative thinking skills and apply them in authentic business related projects.
Kathy Kegley
Students develop reusable outreach learning objects based on their interests and career goals.
Richard Klein
Gaining greater insights into the impact of online user-generated encyclopedias on a cross section of organizations, both public and private.
James A. McCubbin
This creative inquiry group interfaces with my research on the effects of stress and fatigue on normal human functioning at the physiological, behavioral and cognitive levels. Basic laboratory studies assess autonomic and neuroendocrine control of blood pressure, affect regulation and pain sensitivity in persons at enhanced risk for hypertension, coronary heart disease, and pain disorders. Applied studies assess the effects of occupational stress and fatigue on professional and executive performance. The overarching goal of applied studies is to design stress prevention and mitigation strategies to optimize human health and performance in difficult work environments.
Michael Morris
Students compare developed and developing countries to highlight contrasts and similarities.
Eric Muth
Broadly defined, the research in this laboratory covers mind-body interactions during stress. Specifically we are interested in the effects of stress on physiology and performance in high workload environments (e.g., military operations in urban terrain) and the role of stress in gastrointestinal (GI) disease. Non-invasive psychophysiological techniques are employed to study the responses of the GI and autonomic nervous systems to stress.
Richard Pak
A better understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the cognitive system can contribute to the design of easier to use technology. Currently, we are examining how age-related change in cognition affects the ability to use technology.
June Pilcher
This CI team examines the effects of sleep deprivation and sustained operations on performance. Performance measures include complex measures of cognitive performance, measures of short-term memory and vigilance tasks. This research effort includes reading and critically evaluating relevant literature, data management in Excel, data analyses in SPSS, and data presentation and publication. Students are encouraged to join the team for multiple semesters to fully engage in the research process.
June Pilcher
This CI team examines the physiological responses to sleep deprivation and sustained operations. The physiology measures can include measures of heart rate, blood pressure, ocular measures of alertness, body temperature, and body activity. This research effort includes reading and critically evaluating relevant literature, data management in Excel, data analyses in SPSS, and data presentation and publication. Students are encouraged to join the team for multiple semesters to fully engage in the research process.
Dennis Placone
"This country is in wretched condition, no money and nothing to sell. Everyone is ruined and those that can are leaving." Thomas Green Clemson. The economics department conducting undergraduate research project that quantifies the famous quote of Thomas Green Clemson. This is a multiyear commitment of the economics department to pursue a faculty-led, student-driven effort to document the process of economic change in South Carolina.
Lydia Schleifer and Richard Dull
Investigating the need for and the nature of lifelong learning in the accounting profession, and identifying learning attributes associated with professional success.
Ben Stephens
My team will investigate student learning and development. What are the learning goals and outcomes for undergraduates? How can we facilitate achievement of these objectives? How do we know if we are effectively guiding students in their educational and career goals? Our study of these issues draws heavily from cognitive, developmental, individual difference, and educational psychology. Students explore empirical methods to address complex real-world issues, such as the value of electronic portfolio, study abroad, and research experiences in undergraduate education.
Zeynep Taydas
This project is about the causes of civil wars. Using state level of analysis we try to understand why some states experience civil wars but not others.
Melissa Vogel
The 2007 Creative Inquiry Group: Exploring Andean Archaeology will continue this fall. Newcomers will spend Fall 2007 learning about the project and Andean archaeology in general, and preferably taking Anthropology 201. They will then take Anthropology 331 (Intro. to Archaeology) in Spring 2008, while they prepare for the summer field season at the site of El Purgatorio, Peru, where I direct an ongoing archaeological research project. Each student will select an individual research focus, which will be an integral part of the larger project and contribute significantly to its success. During the summer semester, they will spend 4-6 weeks during June/July conducting fieldwork in Peru, providing a unique opportunity for cross-cultural experiences. Then during Fall 2008 they will conduct any further analyses necessary to interpret the results of their summer research, and write up their results as part of a group report.
Adam Warber and Laura Olson
This project analyzes the nature and frequency of religious rhetoric that comprises the public speeches and statements made by modern presidents from Harry S Truman through the George W. Bush administration.
HR/OB research project exploring the relationship between developmental experiences and turno