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Abreu,Eduardo Nursing   My research focus on the musculoskeltal (MSK) system, more specifically on tendon, its biology and how it related to other tissues of the MSK system. Tendons have historically been studied to a lesser extent than bones and muscles, and there is a lot we do not know about it. Tendons are difficult to heal, and we can only improve tendon healing by knowing more about it and about the tendon cells, called "tenocytes".
Adney,Kaleb History   I teach classes on the history of Africa, the Middle East, and the World. My research has primarily been on the Ottoman Empire and its economic and cultural life. I am espeically interested in the economic development of the Eastern Mediterranean and the dynamics of ethnic cleansing and demographic engineering that accompanied growth in key industries like tobacco. I have also conducted research on Middle Eastern and North African migration to the Americas and I am the coordinator for a website called The Middle West: MENA Histories of the American Heartland, which provides historical analysis of key events, people, and institutions in the connection between the Middle East and the American Midwest. Students should contact me at ka2cc@umkc.edu to become involved in research on any and all of these topics or themes. First-generation college graduate
Albu,Cristina Media, Art & Design (MAD)   Cristina Albu came to UMKC in 2012 after receiving her Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research addresses how contemporary art enables us to question what and how we perceive. It focuses on artists' uses of neurofeedback technology to modulate attention and enhance awareness of the fluidity of selfhood and interpersonal exchanges.
Allen,Rachael Biology   I have a relatively wide range of research interests. Primarily I am a vertebrate anatomist and enjoy working on topics related to comparative anatomy as well as the anatomy of humans. I maintain dermestid beetle colonies and have had several students work on projects involving dissection, skeleton preparation, and mounting of skeletons. One such project resulted in the red kangaroo skeleton display that is located in the first floor corridor of the Biological Sciences building. I am currently working on a project that involves 3D scanning also. As well as the anatomy I am interested in investigating observable patterns relating to vertebrate evolution, and have a history of working in vertebrate paleontology. In addition I am also interested in invertebrate biology and have several colonies of beetles, isopods, and other invertebrates that will be the subject of future research. Topics may include observing the interactions between species as well as the feasibility of using different species in skeleton preparation. I have also had students that have worked out in the field collecting invertebrates, identifying them, and comparing their abundance at different localities. Other potential areas of interest include phylogenetic analysis, and gross-level morphological comparative studies.
Anderson,Barry Media, Art & Design (MAD)   My current artistic research and practice is primarily in the fields video, animation, 3D modeling, and installation with interest in cultural mythology and the landscape. My artistic and academic history in the field of photography. My work has been shown internationally in over 30 solo exhibitions and over 80 group exhibitions and festivals and is also included in the permanent collections of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, KS, and the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY.
Bani Yaghoub,Majid Mathematics   Current Research: I use partial, delay and ordinary differential equations for modeling and analysis of infectious diseases and population dynamics. Research interests: Construction of traveling/stationary waves, speed of spread, analysis and numerical simulations of mathematical models in epidemiology and population biology. You can learn about the past undergraduate projects that I supervised: http://b.web.umkc.edu/baniyaghoubm/pur.htm I am also a member of UMKC Applied Mathematics Group: http://cas.umkc.edu/mathematics/amg/
Bennett,Kym Psychology & Counseling   Our team examines several aspects of health related to social cognition, with a particular focus on the creation of attributions following a chronic disease diagnosis, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) or cancer. We’ve examined causal attributions and their short- and long-term effects on physical and mental health status. We’ve also explored the effects of discrimination on affective and health outcomes among Hispanic Americans, as well as the effects of poverty and stress on health-related quality of life following a heart attack. More recently, our team has developed two scales to assess self-blame attributions in patients with CVD and cancer. In addition to these projects, we are studying benefit-finding during the COVID-19 pandemic among college-age adults in the US. We are interested in exploring how benefit-finding may affect adjustment processes and academic outcomes during this unprecedented time in our history. We are also conducting a study examining whether perseverative cognitions, like vigilance and worry, mediate the associations between experiences of discrimination, experiences of microaggressions, and sleep quality among Black Americans. You can visit our team web page here: https://info.umkc.edu/soccogandhealth/ Thanks for your interest! First-generation college graduate
Best,Rebecca Political Science & Philosophy (PSP)   Dr. Best's research interests include the involvement of women in terrorism and insurgency, the reintegration of female veterans, the involvement of veterans in civil society and politics, negotiations between states and insurgencies, women in conflict, and the effectiveness of terror proscription regimes and watch lists.
Blanton,Virginia English Language & Literature  Race, Ethnic & Gender Studies (REGS)   My research focuses on book history, specifically medieval manuscripts. I'm interested in the stories that these cultural objects can tell us about past makers, users, and owners.
Bora,Kabeer Economics   I specialize in using empirical tools mainly causal methods to understand classical political economy. I teach Econometrics, Economic History, Sports Economics and Radical Political Economy.
Bouyain,Samuel Cellular & Molecular Biology   The long-term goal of the research undertaken in the lab is to determine how interactions between cell recognition molecules underpin communication between cells during the development of the nervous system. Currently, our work is focused on a family of cell surface receptors called contactins and the complexes they form with amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its homologs APLP1 and APLP2. The role of APP in the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease is well described, while its normal physiological functions have not been explored as thoroughly. In particular, complexes between APP and contactins have been involved in axon guidance and synapse formation. My laboratory uses biochemical and structural (X-ray crystallography) approaches to gain insights into the contactin/APP interactions that underlie the development and maintenance of the nervous system. An undergraduate student working in the lab can expect to acquire valuable skills in protein expression and purification. He/she will design and perform protein-protein binding assays and, hopefully, participate in protein crystallization and data collection.
Bumann,Erin Oral and Craniofacial Sciences   Ever wonder how your jaw and skull know exactly how to grow during development — and what happens when they don’t? Roughly 2–3% of babies are born with skull and jaw anomalies like cleft lip/palate or tiny lower jaws. These conditions often require multiple invasive surgeries starting in infancy, with no guaranteed long-term fix. At the UMKC School of Dentistry, our lab studies how the bones of the face form during early development — and what goes wrong when they don’t. Our goal? To uncover the root causes of these facial birth defects and design less invasive, more effective therapies that could change lives. If you're fascinated by embryology, bone biology, genetics, or regenerative medicine, come join us! You’ll get hands-on experience with cutting-edge research and help us explore how to support babies born with craniofacial differences — from basic science to better care. As part of our research team, you’ll get hands-on experience working side-by-side with a lab member who’ll help you learn the ropes. You’ll learn how to keep a real lab notebook, design and lead experiments, and become a contributing member of an active research team. You’ll also sharpen your skills in reading and interpreting scientific papers, making sense of data, and communicating science clearly — whether that's in a lab meeting or on a poster at a research event. Expect to meet one-on-one each month with Dr. Bumann, who is a Board-certified Pediatric Dentist-Scientist, to talk about your progress, your goals, and what kind of scientist (or healthcare pro!) you want to become. Along the way, you’ll pick up tools like GraphPad for data analysis, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and learn to use other software or equipment depending on your project. It’s a great way to explore your interests, build your resume, and make discoveries that matter. We’re looking for students who are curious, collaborative, and ready to dive in — no matter your background. If you're someone who likes working on a team, keeps things organized, pays attention to the little details, and isn’t afraid to ask questions or try (and retry!) until something works, you'll thrive here. Whether you're interested in dentistry, medicine, developmental biology, bone and tooth science, craniofacial research, or just want to explore how science impacts health, there’s space for you here. We welcome students from a wide range of majors, and we’ll match your project to your goals — whether that’s applying to dental school, diving into research, or discovering what lights you up. We’re looking for students who can spend about 10+ hours a week in the lab, ideally in two solid chunks of time between Monday and Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM — you won’t be stuck here all day every day, but we want you to have enough time to really dig into your project and get results! Planning to stick around for two or more semesters? Even better! Long-term students get to dive deeper into their projects, gain more skills, and make a real impact. Our lab is located at the UMKC School of Dentistry, right in the heart of Kansas City at 650 E. 25th Street on the 2nd and 3rd floors. It’s a collaborative, welcoming space where science meets real-world impact — and we can’t wait to show you around.
Cao,Shuhao Mathematics   Computational and Data-Driven Methods for Partial Differential Equations, including finite element methods, multilevel methods, nonconforming methods. The design and analysis of novel neural operator architectures. Contributing to open-source software packages on GitHub.
Chen,ZhiQiang Environmental Studies  Earth & Environmental Sciences  Mathematics  Physics  Social Work  Theatre  Urban Studies  Dance  Electrical & Computer Engineering  Urban Planning & Design  Computer Science  Law- General  Biomedical and Health Informatics  Mechanical Engineering  Emergency Medicine  Bioinformatics  Communication & Journalism   Engineering informatics and mechanics in general. Latest research interests: (1) Human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence and engineering applications. (2) Digital construction: physics-based machine learning, topology optimization, and additive construction (3D printing)
Ching,Wai Physics   Theoretical condensed matter physics and material sciences. Study of electronic, magnetic, optical, dynamical, structural and superconducting properties of ordered and disordered solids, interatomic bonding (including H-bonding) by a variety of theoretical and computational methods. Development of computational methods and tools for interpreting experimental data, and in predicting new materials and phenomena as part of materials informatics. In recent years, major efforts are on the following systems focusing on complex materials.
Chrisman,Matthew Nursing   My primary research interests are health behaviors in communities, particularly physical activity and nutrition. I like to examine how the environment is associated with our behaviors and health, and my research tries to find ways we can intervene to make the places we live more friendly for healthy eating and being active. Current projects include: 1. Assessing food insecurity and use of SNAP among college students in Missouri 2. Examination of knowledge and use of MyPlate nutrition guidelines and wellness policies among K-12 teachers 3. Randomized controlled trial of cycling and cognitive exercises among middle-aged ICU survivors Previous projects that I would consider pursuing further: 1. Use of standing desks among college students 2. Understanding communication and health messaging among state policymakers
Davis,Rebecca History   I am social and political historian of modern American history with research and teaching interests in race, media and the New South. I teach the History department’s large surveys of American history; several courses in the General Education Essentials curriculum; and upper-level history courses in Black history, the 1960s, and World War II film and propaganda. I am one of the history department’s undergraduate faculty mentors and I work with the High School College Partnership (HSCP) program to facilitate dual-credit courses taught in area high schools. As a certified teacher myself, I am the departmental contact for School of Education students interested in a history major/minor as they pursue a career as a social studies teacher. I am a co-editor of a forthcoming digital project on Kansas City activism and have authored various articles and essays on race, education and politics. I am working on my first book with the University of Georgia Press dealing with Mississippi press coverage of the Black freedom struggle. My next research project will focus on the desegregation of the airlines and how Black people flew during and after Jim Crow.
DeSimone,Alison Composition, Music Theory & Musicology   I am a musicologist with many interdisciplinary research interests. I specialize in opera, theater, and singing in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, and I am currently working on research projects concerning the origins of the benefit concert in eighteenth-century England, miscellany and music, and and early modern celebrity. I also have broader interests in Baroque opera/theater, women in early music, and the history of singers before 1800. I have also been a researcher and cataloguer for a large body of musical prints and manuscripts owned privately in the Czech Republic; in the collection are works by late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Bohemian and Austrian composers, including pieces by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Dilks,Stephen English Language & Literature   My research interests are focused on Irish and English Studies, Discourse Analysis, representations of the Professional Author, and Rhetorics of Emancipation. I am currently working on civil rights and strategies of emancipation developed and used in Ireland in 1783 to 1922, in the period when the Irish used military, political, and cultural activism to radically shift their relationship with their immediate neighbors in the British Isles. The project uses newspapers, journals, and magazines from the O'Hegarty Collection at KU to illustrate how popular narratives of Ireland and Irishness were developed and disseminated, specifically in Dublin, suggesting that James Joyce's *Ulysses* gathers these narratives into a complex representation of how the people who experienced the Easter Rising in 1916 understood their various intersecting identities (based on assumptions about, and experiences of, gender, nationality, economic class, religion, and sexuality).
Dissel,Stephane Cellular & Molecular Biology   Why do we sleep? While the answer to this question may appear to be straightforward, the reality is that we still do not know what the function of sleep is. Sleep and more importantly the lack of sleep impacts virtually every aspects of our life. Sleep interacts with many physiological functions, like immune responses, metabolism and cognition. In my laboratory, we study the relationship between sleep and memory. It has been known for a while that there is a strong link between sleep and the formation of memory but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. We use the powerful fruit fly genetic model to address key questions about sleep, memory and plasticity. The methods we are employing in our studies include genetics, behavioral analysis, fixed and live brain imaging and molecular biology.
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