For the 2005-2006 academic year, the Center funded research-related and professional travel for 39 faculty members. It funded 35 faculty members in the 2004-2005 academic year and 35 faculty members in the 2003-2004 faculty year. The 2005-2006 recipients are listed below. See the 2004-2005 travel grant recipients and the 2003-2004 travel grant recipients.
| Recipient |
Department |
Purpose |
| Frankye Adams-Johnson |
English and Modern Foreign Languages |
To present a paper at the NAAAS Conference. |
| Olorundare E. Aworuwa |
Mass Communications |
To identify potential candidates for an open position in the department. |
| Quinton Booker |
Accounting |
To present a paper at the AAA Diversity Section Conference. |
| Earnest Bracey |
Political Science |
To present a paper at the Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies. |
| Jean Brooks |
Social Work |
To present a paper at the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors. |
| Mohammad Bsat |
Management and Marketing |
To present a paper at the INFORMS Annual Conference. |
| Charles Carraway |
Art |
To present a paper at the Southeastern College Art Conference. |
| Li-Jing Arthur Chang |
Mass Communications |
To present a paper at the Annual AEJMC Convention. |
| Khashruzzaman Choudhury |
Public Policy and Administration |
To present a paper at the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration. |
| Hyun Jung Cho |
Biology |
To conduct field research on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. (Three trips.) |
| Bobbie Daniels |
Accounting |
To present a paper at the AAA Mid-Year Auditing Conference. |
| Patsy Daniels |
English and Modern Foreign Languages |
To present a paper a the NAAAS Conference. |
| Michelle Deardorff |
Political Science |
To teach two presentation workshops and to serve as a discussant or moderator at the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference. |
| Michelle Deardorff |
Political Science |
To present a paper at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference. |
| Michelle Deardorff |
Political Science |
To moderate a session at the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference. |
| Dal Didia |
Economics, Finance and General Business |
To collect data for research. |
| Jacquelyn C. Franklin |
Education |
To present a paper at the NAAAS Conference. |
| Zachariah Gaye |
Educational Leadership |
To present a paper at the NAAS Conference. |
| Doris Ginn |
English and Modern Foreign Languages |
To chair session on Literature and Language at NCTE Conference. |
| Doris Ginn |
English and Modern Foreign Languages |
To chair a session at the ASALH Conference. |
| Raghu Gompa |
Mathematics |
To meet with University Scholars mentor for summer research project. |
| Raghu Gompa |
Mathematics |
To present a paper at the LA/MS MAA Section Meeting. |
| Vijaya Gompa |
Mathematics |
To present research at the University of Toledo Math Colloquia. |
| Vijaya Gompa |
Mathematics |
To meet with University Scholars mentor for summer research project. |
| Vijaya Gompa |
Mathematics |
To present a paper at the LA/MS MAA Section Meeting. |
| Michael Grayson |
Accounting |
To present a paper at the American Accounting Association meeting. |
| Alferdteen Harrison |
Margaret Walker Alexander Center |
To present a paper and chair a session at the ASALH Conference. |
| Mark Henderson |
Speech and Dramatic Arts |
To chair two sessions and present research at the National Communication Association Conference. |
| Joann White |
Management and Marketing |
To present a paper at the Decision Sciences Institute Meeting. |
| Cecil Hill |
Accounting |
To attend the AAA Mid-Year Auditing Conference. |
| Donna Lander |
Educational Leadership |
To conduct research on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi Gulf Coast school districts. (Two trips.) |
| Preselfannie W. McDaniels |
English and Modern Foreign Languages |
To present a paper at the College Language Association Conference. |
| Leslie Burl McLemore |
Political Science |
To present a paper at the American Historical Association Conference. |
| Benjamin Ngwudike |
Education |
To present a paper and moderate a session at the NAAS Conference. |
| Pius Nyambara |
History and Philosophy |
To present a paper at the Movements, Migrations and Displacements in African Conference. |
| Tabitha Otieno |
Social and Cultural Studies |
To co-present a paper at the National Association of Multicultural Education meeting. |
| Tabitha Otieno |
Social and Cultural Studies |
To present at the Kappa Delta Pi Convocation. |
| Elizabeth Overman |
History and Philosophy |
To present a paper at the American Society for Public Administration Conference. |
| Mahasin Owens-Sabir |
Criminal Justice and Sociology |
To present a paper at the Association of Social Behavioral Scientists Conference. |
| Dharam S. Rana |
Management and Marketing |
To present a paper at the International Academy of E-Business Conference. |
| V.V.P. Rao |
Criminal Justice and Sociology |
To present a paper a the Mid-South Sociological Association. |
| Sunny Smith |
Mass Communications |
To conduct research at the 2005 IRTS Faculty Industry Seminar. |
| Lealan Swanson |
Art |
To present a paper at the Southeastern College Art Conference. |
| Alberta Yeboah |
Social and Cultural Studies |
To present at the Kappa Delta Pi Convocation. |
| Alberta Yeboah |
Social and Cultural Studies |
To co-present a paper at the National Association of Multicultural Education meeting. |
| Zhenbu Zhang |
Mathematics |
To present a paper at the AMS 2005 Fall Central Section Meeting. |
