Provost's 2018 Grant Recipient and Author Honorees
- Nathan Carlson – from the government of Italy for research collaboration in mathematics.
- Kwasi Connor – from the PADI Foundation to research the digestive systems of Mytilus galloprovincialis.
- Jamshid Damooei – from the Gold Coast Health Plan to study the integration of behavioral health into managed care.
- Matthew Fienup and Dan Hamilton – from Southern California Association of Governments for the Center for Economic Forecasting; and from Fox Canyon Groundwater Exchange and CoBank for the groundwater market system.
- Sergio Galvez – from the U.S. Department of Education and Edison International for four Upward Bound programs.
- Timothy Hengst – from the Oxnard School District, the Conejo Valley School District, the City of Thousand Oaks and the City of Westlake Village for the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company.
- Kirstie Hettinga – from the Arthur Page Center to study errors in digital media.
- Richard Holigrocki – from City of Westlake Village for counseling services.
- Katherine Hoffman and Jason Kingsbury – from the National Science Foundation to train students to research proteins that enable pathogenic bacteria to thrive.
- Sabith Kahn – from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action for research on nonprofit leadership in Saudi Arabia.
- Cindy Keitel and Michaela Reaves – from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation for a history lecture series.
- Cindy Lewis – from Bank of America for the 4 A Cause Internship Program.
- David Marcey – from the National Science Foundation for the So Cal PULSE Institute.
- Michael “Mac” McCambridge - from Amgen for the Next Generation Science Standards Circles.
- Jessica Lavariega Monforti – from the American Political Science Association for the Women of Color in Political Science workshop.
- Kelly Owens, Haco Hoang and Elena Jaloma - from the U.S. Department of Education for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement program.
- Michael Panesis and Greg Monterrosa - from Bank of the West for Hub 101.
- Moses Penumaka – from the InFaith Foundation for mentoring scholarships.
- Melissa Spence – from the U.S. Department of Education to help teachers identify and teach “twice-exceptional students.”
- Sam Thomas – from the City of Thousand Oaks for the Sustainable Edible Education project.

Dean Jessica Lavariega Monforti (left) and Provost Leanne Neilson (right) congratulate
Dr. David Marcey for obtaining funding from the National Science Foundation for the
So Cal PULSE Institute.

Dean Jessica Lavariega Monforti (left) and Provost Leanne Neilson (right) congratulate Dr.
Kwasi Connor on obtaining funding from the PADI Foundation for his research on the
digestive systems of Mytilus galloprovincialis.
- Michael Cosenza – Visions From Professional Development School Partners: Connecting Professional Development and Clinical Practice
- Morris Eagle – Core Concepts in Classical Psychoanalysis, Core Concepts in Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and Psychoanalytic perspectives on Conflict (ed.).
- Sabith Kahn – Islamic Education in the United States and the Evolution of Muslim Nonprofit Institutions
- Cynthia Moe-Lobeda – Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life
- Daniel Tillapaugh – Critical Perspectives on Gender and Student Leadership
- Cynthia Jew – Culturally Proficient, Inclusive Schools
- Simon Joseph – Jesus, the Essenes, and Christian Origins
- Jacqueline Lyons – Earthquake Daily
- Robert Meadows – Understanding Violence & Victimization, 7th edition
- Robert Smitheram – translation of The Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise by Nāgārjuna

Dr. Sabith Khan with his book, Islamic Education in the United States and the Evolution of Muslim Nonprofit Institutions

Dr. Cynthia Jew with her book, Culturally Proficient, Inclusive Schools

Dr. Robert Smitheram with his translation of the ancient text of Nāgārjuna, titled The Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise